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Family Guy Online - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Family Guy Online was a massively multiplayer online role- playing game (MMORPG) based on the animatedtelevision series. Family Guy, developed in a partnership between Roadhouse Interactive and 2. Century Fox. Family Guy Online was free- to- play using the Unity game engine. The game launched into public beta in April 2. December 2. 1, 2.
January 1. 8, 2. 01. The shutdown took place as announced, and the game is now closed.[2]Gameplay[edit]Family Guy Online uses cel shaded graphics.[3] The game uses typical MMORPG character classes such as having Stewie act as a ranger, Peter as a tank, and Lois as a healer.[4] Players create their own character in the game using the Griffin family as a template. The actual characters from the show are reserved as non- playable characters (NPCs) in the game in order to give the player quests and advance the storyline (pictured).[4] The NPCs in the game are 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[edit]Family Guy Online was first revealed by 2. Century Fox through social media and through its official website on June 1. People wishing to join the beta phase for the game were invited to register on the website, although registration did not guarantee entrance into the beta.[5] The game would use the Unity game engine to run within a user's web browser.[3] IGN's Nick Kolan said that the game's use of 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 2.
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 2. April 1. 7, 2. 01. On December 2. 1, 2. Family Guy Online website stated that the game would be permanently closed on January 1.
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Wayback Machine.^ abcdef"Family Guy Online Closed Beta Registrations Begin". IGN. Retrieved July 2. Goldman, Eric (April 1. Going Inside Family Guy Online". IGN. Retrieved Dec 2.
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Family Guy Online is Closing - Family Guy Online". Family Guy Online. Archived from the original on Dec 3. Lien, Tracey (Dec 2. Family Guy Online is shutting down for good on Jan. Polygon. com. Retrieved Dec 2.
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