Stargate Worlds: Stargate Worlds Developers Getting Closer to Launch

Stargate Worlds is picking press momentum, with the latest coverage coming from The Arizona Republic, which interviewed Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment's chairman Gary Whiting about the imminent release later this year:

Stargate SG-1 was the longest-running science-fiction show in the history of North American TV before it shut down production last year, but the franchise already had extended itself with Stargate Atlantis.

Cheyenne Mountain's chairman, Gary Whiting, was so thrilled to have the chance to get in on the franchise that he put down a couple of million dollars out of his own pocket when the opportunity arose a few years ago. The company is now funded through "angel investors" and is fully funded, spokesman Kevin Ballentine said.

But the fourth quarter of this year will mark the first time fans can control those characters who travel distant planets and fight alien foes at every turn through a massively multiplayer online role-playing game.

Read the full article at the Arizona Republic