As the title suggests, THQ have decided to change the focus of Dark Millenium Online from MMO to an “”immersive single player and online multiplayer experience”. So while there will still be multiplayer elements to the game it seems that more of the game will focus on the singleplayer side of it.
This is, however, a step up from earlier this year when there were rumours of THQ going bankrupt and of the game being cancelled completely.
This scaling back in the size of the project has led to quite a few redundancies at developers Vigil Games and Relic Entertainment. We all know by now that the economy is in bad shape and that an awful lot of companies are in trouble, but even now it’s always depressing to be reminded of it.
Even if it is about a game we weren’t particularly interested in…