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The release date of the game has not been announced, nor have the platforms on which it will be available, although it will probably be incorporated into [[mobile device]]s.<ref name=venture/>
The release date of the game has not been announced, nor have the platforms on which it will be available, although it will probably be incorporated into [[mobile device]]s.<ref name=venture/>

It was announced in early June 2012 that the entire project was on hold due to ongoing legal disputes between company executives.<ref name=gamasutra-june12>{{cite web | url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/171940/Will_Wrights_Hivemind_startup_halted_by_litigation_issues.php | author=Rose, Mike | title=Will Wright's Hivemind start-up halted by litigation issues | date=June 6, 2012 | accessdate=August 2, 2012}}</ref> Said Wright, "Hivemind is still a company. But it has no money. No nothing. It's just sitting there because of the litigation. It is frozen. It's so complex and there's quite a bit of disappointment.... We have to find out where this is going in the near term."<ref name=gamasutra-june12/>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 14:30, 2 August 2012

HiveMind
Developer(s)HiveMind
Designer(s)Will Wright
Genre(s)simulation
Mode(s)Single player, Multi-player

HiveMind is an upcoming real life simulation being designed by Will Wright's company of the same name.[1] Wright calls it "personal gaming", in which the player's interests affect the content of the game, saying, "Rather than craft a game like FarmVille for players to learn and play, we learn about you and your routines and incorporate that into a form of game play."[1] The game will harvest data about the players in order to create content. It would not initiate this process, but would be permitted to do so by players.[2] It has been described as "an immersive game that uses real-world information about a user to develop a unique in-game experience tailored to each player."[3]

The release date of the game has not been announced, nor have the platforms on which it will be available, although it will probably be incorporated into mobile devices.[1]

It was announced in early June 2012 that the entire project was on hold due to ongoing legal disputes between company executives.[4] Said Wright, "Hivemind is still a company. But it has no money. No nothing. It's just sitting there because of the litigation. It is frozen. It's so complex and there's quite a bit of disappointment.... We have to find out where this is going in the near term."[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c November 16, 2011 (2011-11-16). "Inside Will Wright's next big game: HiveMind (exclusive)". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2011-11-22. {{cite web}}: Text "Dean Takahashi" ignored (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Mix, John (2011-11-16). "Report: Will Wright's HiveMind Transforms Personal Data into Gameplay | Game|Life". Wired.com. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
  3. ^ Knight, Shawn. "Will Wright details project HiveMind, first "personal gaming" experience - TechSpot News". Techspot.com. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
  4. ^ a b Rose, Mike (June 6, 2012). "Will Wright's Hivemind start-up halted by litigation issues". Retrieved August 2, 2012.