Family Guy Online

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Family Guy Online
MMORPG
Mode(s)Multiplayer

Family Guy Online was a

20th Century Fox, Family Guy Online was a free-to-play game that used the Unity game engine. The game originally launched into public beta on April 17, 2012. On December 21, 2012 the developers announced that the game would not be developed beyond beta status and service was permanently terminated on January 18, 2013.[2]

Gameplay

quest
giver in the game.

Family Guy Online used

quests and advance the storyline (pictured).[4] The NPCs in the game were voiced by the same voice actors in the show.[4]

The game used two types of

in-game currency: cash and clams.[3] Clams are earned by completing in-game objectives.[3]

Development

Family Guy Online was first revealed by 20th Century Fox through social media and through its official website on June 16, 2011,

cel shaded graphics showed potential for the game, but worried that it "could also be a total no-effort cash-cow."[3]

Rather than licensing the rights to create a game based on the television series, Family Guy Online was developed directly by 20th Century Fox, in partnership with Roadhouse Interactive and Sleepy Giant Entertainment.[4] The publisher of the game wanted it to appeal to both casual and hardcore gamers, and to this end chose to make the game using the Unity engine instead of developing it as a game for Facebook.[4]

The game was launched in 2012 and entered a public beta phase on April 17, 2012, but never moved out of beta.[4][6] On December 21, 2012, an announcement posted on the Family Guy Online website stated that the game would be permanently closed on January 18, 2013.[7] Real-money purchases that players had made within the 60 days prior to the announcement would be refunded to them.[8]

References

  1. ^ Splechta, Mike (April 17, 2012). "Family Guy Online". GameZone.
  2. ^ Closure notice on the Home Page Retrieved February 7, 2013. Archived July 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Family Guy Online Closed Beta Registrations Begin". IGN. Archived from the original on June 18, 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Goldman, Eric (April 15, 2012). "Going Inside Family Guy Online". IGN. Retrieved Dec 25, 2012.
  5. ^ a b Reahard, Jef (June 16, 2011). "Fox unveils Family Guy Online... really". Joystiq. Archived from the original on November 10, 2012. Retrieved Dec 25, 2012.
  6. ^ Osborn, Chuck (Dec 24, 2012). "Family Guy Online to shut down, cut-away gag explaining why not that funny". PC Gamer. Retrieved Dec 25, 2012.
  7. ^ "Family Guy Online is Closing - Family Guy Online". Family Guy Online. Archived from the original on December 31, 2012.
  8. ^ Lien, Tracey (Dec 23, 2012). "Family Guy Online is shutting down for good on Jan. 18, 2013". Polygon. Retrieved Dec 25, 2012.

External links

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