Aug 9

Ramayan 3392 A.D. MMOG

Category: SOE

No joke: this excites me more than Gods and Heroes. My wife is going to be thrilled by this. Nice job.

    SAN DIEGO, California & NEW YORK, New York (AUGUST 9, 2007) — Through a deal that joins two of the world’s most innovative entertainment brands, Sony Online Entertainment (SOE), a global leader in the online gaming industry, is teaming up with Sir Richard Branson and Deepak Chopra’s Virgin Comics to bring the popular, India-based Ramayan 3392 A.D. comic book universe to life as an MMO video game initially for the PC.

The deal was announced today by John Smedley, President of SOE and Sharad Devarajan, Co-Founder and CEO of Virgin Comics.

“Ramayan has inspired the lives of millions of people through the ages. The re-imagining of this great ancient epic through the creativity of a game platform re-affirms the fact that Ramayan is one of the greatest stories ever told,” said Deepak Chopra. “The fact that the same creative team of young Indians that created the story will be involved in working with SOE’s game development team, is a testament to the innovative and mythic minds of these gifted Indian creators who will take a new generation to new frontiers across the seas of consciousness into new realms of mystery, magic, adventure, and transformation.”

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  1. Bildo August 9th, 2007 9:48 am

    Oh my… I’ve never even heard of this comic before, but after checking out that Wiki entry, I’m going to have to look into it more.

    That’s awesome. I’m so glad SoE is actively trying to go out there and branch out their “station” stable. I’m finally being tempted to sign up for it when PotBS comes out. Now if only EA would sell Mythic to them, ha!

  2. KevinC August 9th, 2007 7:09 pm

    I’m not familiar with the comic either, but it sounds very interesting: “…across the seas of consciousness into new realms of mystery, magic, adventure, and transformation.”

    Have there been any other MMOs developed out of India? Seems like every day we hear about some new genre that’s going MMO, or some new developer, or both. Obviously a lot more to hear about this particular title, but it whets the appetite to be sure.

  3. Adele August 9th, 2007 7:54 pm

    This does sound very interesting, and is something I will be keeping an eye on. Although as the others have stated, I have not heard of this comic before.