Dragon Empires

Dragon Empires is a cancelled PC MMORPG by Codemasters. It was to a PvP focused game featuring magic and dragons.



Gameplay
There was to be fifteen classes, five for each race.

You would gain experience points upon completing quests and bounties. Bounty hunters can kill you for your points if you tread into their lands.

There was to be over a hundred quests, spanning all sides of the moral compass.



Development
Dragon Empires started of as an expansion to their previous MMORPG, The Realm Online. Quickly they realized its size and scope meant it should be a new game. And thus Dragon Empires was born.

Cancellation
Dragon Empires was cancelled citing "technical issues". The game was costing a fortune to develop and could cost another fortune to overhaul it. In the end the game was cancelled.

Timeline:
 * September 2001: game announced
 * September 2004: game cancelled