The studio that made one of the first MMOs just announced a new one after 27 years

Fantasy MMO Tibia launched all the way back in 1997, and like contemporaries Ultima Online, EverQuest, and Runescape, the dang thing is still going. There was just something special about that era of MMORPGs; they don't die. 

Now, nearly 30 years later, Tibia developer CipSoft finally has a new MMO to announce: A zombie apocalypse RPG called Persist Online.

"Designed as a true, old-school MMORPG—but with zombies, guns, and baseball bats instead of orcs, mages, and spells—Persist Online...