MMO Vets Band Together, Form New Studio

Colony Studios is yet another new studio specializing in MMOs, but unlike other new developers, its team of designers already has loads of experience with some of the most popular titles in the genre, including World of Warcaft, EVE Online, Lord of the Rings, City of Heroes, and Dark Age of Camelot.

Colony Studios CEO Michael Wallis figures that all that experience improves the odds of their game not sucking:

Most dev teams – including Colony’s –
have gone through the process of learning what doesn’t work in game development, but our team members have also been intimately involved with creating what does work in several successful MMOs and that combination will serve us well. Our challenge is, of course, to use our experience and talent correctly to create an MMO that players will enjoy.

Wallis goes on to say that Colony's MMO won't just be World of Warcraft in a different skin, and that the players will help shape the content of the game. The game isn't expected to be out until late 2009, though, so we have plenty of time to wait and see.