From The Arizona Republic (Mesa, AZ):
http://www.azcentral.com/community/mesa/articles/0207mr-stargate0208.html(Please follow the link for the complete article.)
Mesa video game center creating 'Stargate Atlantis' gameby JJ Hensley
The Arizona Republic
Feb. 7, 2008 04:44 PM
They play a video game every day, and they take it extremely seriously.
But they're not the guys living in mom's basement, they're the creative team at Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment, and in less than a year, the science fiction universe they're building in an office park in east Mesa will come to life for an eager worldwide audience.
**snipapge**
But the fourth quarter of 2008 will mark the first time fans can control those characters and live the story through a massively multiplayer online role-playing game.
All that familiarity and the expectations that come with the franchise put the game's designers at Cheyenne Mountain in a unique position, and not just because the 100 people who work there are on something of a professional island in Arizona.
**snippage**
That includes a contest, running through March, which allows intrepid fans the chance to have their own character integrated in the game, in addition to breathing life into the stale exterior shots seen on TV.
**snippage**
Doug Lundberg runs one at
http://www.keenandgrave.com and said that Stargate fans are buzzing about the game, but other gamers are hedging their bets on the game's success.
"For Stargate, I think it's going to be a niche market, but there is a market out there for sci-fi games," Lundberg said. "Right now, most of the market is for fantasy games, like World of Warcraft or Warhammer, so people are desperate to go and play a sci-fi game. So Stargate definitely has potential."
