From Aaaah to ooO

What was merely a trickle has become a flood.

Today’s piece of 38 Studios news (which was not obtained from their silent website) is that we now know what their secret first title, previously only referred to as “Project Mercury,” is going to be called, when it is due to be released, and who gets to see it first.

Representatives of 38 Studios, the brainchild of former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, have escaped the humidity of Boston and are currently in San Diego, Calif., where a select few will be treated to teasers of the game, an RPG titled Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, due out in the fall of 2011.

Jen MacLean, CEO of 38 Studios, “can’t wait to share the first details of this universe we have been so dedicated to building over the past few years.” Of course, for those of us still here in Boston, dedication to the task in hand is what continues to drive the vibrant indie games community, which Schilling’s All-Stars may or may not be part of in the near future.

This was in evidence at a packed Boston Indies session held at The Asgard in Cambridge last night. Drawn together by the prospect of good conversation, a fine selection of ales and a presentation by indie superstars Dejobaan Games, it was standing room only in a bar named after the capital city of the Norse Gods.  (more…)