Red 5's Offset-powered MMO still in the cards
by Richard Mitchell 
on Jul 8th 2010 11:00PM
The future of
Project Offset may look grim -- what with
the team disbanded and its founders creating a new startup -- but it looks like the Offset Engine will live on.
Red 5 Studios, which has been working on an MMO powered by the Offset Engine (concept art can be seen above) for the last several years, has informed
Gamasutra that its project is still in the works, despite the Offset-related shenanigans at Intel. "While we are using a highly-modified version of the Project Offset engine," a representative said, "the closing of the Intel team does not impact our ability to complete our own project."
Very little is actually known about the project, though Red 5 itself was founded by former
World of Warcraft team members. The studio ran into trouble earlier this year, reportedly
laying off nearly 30 employees. Shortly thereafter, the majority stake of Red 5 was acquired by The9, the company once responsible for running
World of Warcraft in China.
