Is Huxley Ever Going to Come Out?

It looks like Huxley: The
Dystopia is going to join Priston Tale 2 and Dreamland Online
in the ‘never going to be released’ club. I remember YEARS ago, Huxley
was announced as an MMO shooter for consoles, but has since transformed
into a free to play MMOFPS
for the PC. ijji, the folks behind GunZ, Lunia, Soul of the
Ultimate Nation, Soldier Front and Drift City,
were supposed to publish the game. Unfortunately, Huxley has remained
in closed beta testing for over a year now without ANY updates. As a
big fan of MMOFPS games, I’m a bit disappointed that Huxley may never
get released. Obviously, this is only speculation, but from what I’ve
observed, games that go years without any real production updates are
the games that never come out.

The concept of an MMOFPS with an actual persistent world sounds
awesome. Huxley was supposed to have many more ‘RPG’ elements than
other shooters. The game was supposed to be a bit like Planet Side, a
relatively unknown subscription based MMOFPS by Sony Online
Entertainment. If you’ve ever played Planet Side, you’ll definitely
agree with me that it was an awesome game. Even if you didn’t like the
game’s mechanics, the concept of a persistent world MMO shooter is awesome. Huxley is still
being developed by Webzen and uses the Unreal Engine 3 – so the
graphics are definitely top notch.

Come to think of it, there are a numerous games in the ‘never going
to be released’ club. Kart Rider, by Nexon (The same guys behind Mabinogi, Combat
Arms and MapleStory), had its
open beta back in 2007 and has since disappeared without any formal
announcement. Dance Groove Online
has been ‘coming soon’ on Outspark’s (Guys behind Fiesta Online,
Erebus: Travia Reborn and Secret of the
Solstice), portal for ages. Priston Tale 2 has also
been coming soon forever.

I don’t really care too much about the other delayed
MMORPGs, but I really want to see Huxley get released. I’m
confident that if ijji just launches the open beta for the game, it
could be hugely popular.