It has been announced that Auran, the Aussie developer based in Queensland responsible for the development of the MMORPG Fury, have signed on Gamecock Media Group to the rights to publish the game in North America. The press release follows:
Auran Games has today announced its plans for tackling the USD$12.5 billion US games market by signing North American publishing rights with Gamecock Media Group. Fury, already in development for more than 2 years and the biggest online game ever to come out of Australia, is a fast and frantic combat-based, massively multiplayer online game scheduled for release Q4 2007.
"We were very impressed with the fresh new approach Auran has taken with this genre," said Harry Miller, President and Head of Development of Gamecock Media Group. "Fury is founded upon a unique combat system that emphasizes fast pacing, tactical decision making and strong teamwork, along with a deep and flexible character advancement system. This is a solid team with lots of experience and we look forward to bringing this title to market later this year."
"After meeting the Gamecock team and spending a few days at their new headquarters in Austin, I am incredibly excited that we now have a clear shot at making Fury a break-out title for 2007," said Tony Hilliam, CEO of Auran Studios. "Mike and Harry have a track record for picking innovative titles, and it only took them a short playtest to realize that Fury has the potential to create big waves in today's placid MMO pool.”
Fury is looking to release near the end of 2007, and is an MMO with the primary focus being on PvP (Player vs. Player) combat. Alpha Testers are being recruited to test the current build of the game. More information on that can be found here.
gamec**k?
who thought that name up?
i don't want to see their logo
The name is a constant reminder to themselves that its about promoting the dev, not the publisher. Somewhat fresh thinking.
It's a re-birth of GoD, so attempts to work on a dev focused model, good luck to them I say. Last time it felll apart but their heart was in the right place.
This industry loves its phallic references. My favourite by far is the Massive Black logo.