Vanguard: Saga of Heroes announced

Microsoft Game Studios and Sigil Games Online have today announced the development of Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) from renowned designer and cocreator of EverQuest Brad McQuaid. No release date for Vanguard: Saga of Heroes has been announced at this time, but an official Web site for the game is already open for business.

"Sigil's unparalleled expertise and experience in the field will bring groundbreaking advances to the genre," said McQuaid, president and CEO of Sigil Games Online. "In recent years, we've become concerned with a growing trend to water down gameplay in an attempt to appeal to a broader audience. At Sigil, we're designing our game for the existing MMORPG gamer who is looking for both new challenges and new rewards. On one level, Vanguard combines everything we've learned from MMORPGs--their strengths, their deficiencies, and how to address them. Even more important, we plan to introduce a whole new level of gameplay that represents, in our opinion, the logical evolution of the MMORPG genre."

For more information on Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, check out our exclusive interview with Brad McQuaid.