GamesIndustry.biz is reporting that Funcom has received a NOK 1.5 million (USD 262,000) grant to create a new social MMO based on extreme sports.
“Yes, I can confirm that Funcom is working on a new project called Board with the World… This will be a free-to-play social MMO focusing on the world of extreme sports. Right now we are in a very early planning phase for this project, but we expect to start working on an initial prototype in January next year.
“First and foremost we will be focusing on snowboarding, with the possibility of adding different sports later. We also want this to be a social world rich with different types of media content and pop-cultural elements such as music, video and even fashion. It is definitely exciting, and we look forward to revealing more on this later.” – Erling Ellingsen, director of communications at Funcom
-Justin
