According to a report on Wired, the game is the result of Multiverse shaking hands on a deal with Fox Licensing. Multiverse is a company that's creating an MMO platform and won't be developing the title - apparently, a dev will be hired in to actually forge the game, employing Multiverse tools to do so.
Multiverse co-founder and executive producer Corey Bridges has said, "We want to find someone who wants to do something unique and fun and interesting, not just a re-skin of World of Warcraft or Star Wars Galaxies".
PC Zone's Will Portrer was frothing with excitement over the news. "This is the best thing ever. I've always said it would make perfect MMOG territory", he enthused this morning.
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With the MMOG begin described as "in the fashion of Star Wars Galaxies or Eve Online", presumably we can expect space-based action tied in with on-planet stuff - which would certainly be in keeping with the show. It's unclear whether the series' main characters will feature in any capacity. Maybe they'll turn up as NPCs.
