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Former World of Warcraft and League of Legends MMO developer is working on another new fantasy MMORPGGreg ‘Ghostcrawler’ Street left Riot Games earlier this year after close to a decade at the studio
Greg ‘Ghostcrawler’ Street left Riot Games earlier this year after close to a decade at the studio
Image credit:Fantastic Pixel Castle
Image credit:Fantastic Pixel Castle
Greg ‘Ghostcrawler’ Street, the influential developer with credits on bothWorld of WarcraftandLeague of Legends- including the MOBA’sunreleased MMO- is working on a newMMORPGunder his own studio.
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Street unveiled new studio Fantastic Pixel Castle and its upcoming “epic new MMO”, currently codenamed Ghost, ahead of a fuller livestreamplanned for November 8ththat will apparently share more about the studio and its game.
Fantastic Pixel Castle describe Ghost as being a “modernised fantasy MMORPG” that will be built around playing with friends and building communities as a focus. The online game will be split into private and public ‘shards’, allowing players to choose who to play with as they build bases, collect resources and affect their own shard in ways that will persist between sessions. Shards can also offer PvP between players and guilds.
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Despite the fantasy setting - which will include familiar weapons such as crossbows and axes, as well as elements of magic - Fantastic Pixel Castle said that Ghost wouldn’t include other tropes of the genre, such as orcs or elves. Classes will similarly span familiar offerings of tanks, healers and DPS, but with some “weird” roles said to be in the mix too.
Street was lead systems designer for World of WarCraft for five years until 2013, when he joined Riot Games as lead game designer, later becoming an executive producer on the studio’s planned League of Legends MMO. He left Riot earlier this year due to a “combo of personal and professional considerations”, assuring League of Legends fans that “the MMO is in good hands”.
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Fantastic Pixel Castle | Studio Announcement
Street was clear that Ghost is still early in development, saying “don’t expect to see gameplay footage” at next week’s reveal. Still, the game has quite the list of talent attached already, with Fantastic Pixel Castle currently looking to staff up further as the MMO comes together. Street added that they would “show the game early and often to the community and make sure we are on the right track to incorporate constant feedback”.
