The Mummy MMORPG Announced!

Ready to send Imhotep back to his tomb along with millions of players around the world? You best take a look here then.

German online games publisher and developer Bigpoint announced that it’s working on The Mummy Online, a free-to-play, browser-based MMORPG centred around Universal Pictures’ The Mummy film franchise.

As with the movies starring Brendan Fraser, The Mummy Online is set in Egypt during the first half of the 20th century. Players will take on the role of adventure seekers with customizable talents and skills, explorebeautiful environments and meet characters from the films as they battle against each other and “ancient evil”.

“We are excited to adapt this popular film franchise for the global online games market,” says Bigpoint CEO and founder Heiko Hubertz. “By leveraging our mastery of browser-based games technology and Universal Pictures’ popular entertainment property, Bigpoint is quickly becoming one of the leading publishers of licensed games.”

This is not the first time The Mummy series has been extended outside of the films. With a collection of novels, a tv show, comics and a rollercoaster at Universal Studios Orlando, the series has done extremely well. Lets hope this won’t dissapoint.