Doom creator floats a cell-phone MMOG possibility.

While he doesn't actually say that this is what he's working on, John Carmack suggests that an MMO cell-phone game is something he would be interested in pursuing.

It seems to have paid off. "Orcs and Elves", published by Electronic Arts (Research), got a positive reception at E3, which has led to talk of a sequel. Carmack, though, has his eyes on a bigger cell phone prize.

"We're probably going to have a sequel to 'Orcs and Elves' but I'm really into the idea of a massively multiplayer cell phone title," he said. "I have absolutely no interest in going and competing with Blizzard in the high end of that market, but a cell phone version might be interesting."

The appeal of making games for cell phones, said Carmack, isn't necessarily the technical challenges - something that has long appealed to him on the PC side. Because the field is relatively new and has many limitations that today's gaming machines do not, it actually gives designers more control over how to create the game.

You can read the full article at CNN.com.

[Via VirginWorlds]

Last Updated: Mar 13, 2016

Comments