Codemasters Developing MMO 'In House'

Codemasters Online has been a big name in the MMO business starting way back when with RF Online and Archlord. Moving into more recent history, Codemasters has been very successful with Lord of the Rings Online as well as Dungeons & Dragons Online. That said, GameIndustry.biz has interviewed David Solari about considering the development of an 'in house' MMO:

Q: You just made the point that Codemasters Online Gaming titles are all licensed. Are you currently considering bringing development in-house, because obviously the bigger Codemasters group successfully develops titles, it has it's own engine for titles like DIRT and GRID?

David Solari: We always had a five year plan and it was always in the middle of that five year plan that we would start developing our own games. We are looking at that and we have to think very carefully about what title is right, what will work in the future. These aren't easy questions to answer and it's very easy to fail in the MMO market so you've got to take your time, be careful and be sensible.

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