Okay, so this is complete conjecture by me. But seriously, you don’t have to be a genius to figure out that this is on its way to your sweaty palms.

Interestingly, it looks as though it’s coming courtesy of Curt Schilling‘s new game company, 38 Studios.

To start with, they’ve got R.A. Salvatore on staff – one of the most popular fantasy authors ever. And of course, some of his most popular books are set in the Forgotten Realms universe from D&D. That’s got to help.

And then there’s Todd McFarlane. (hooray for another Calgarian! Oh, and kudos to you, Todd for all your work with the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation)

And finally, and most obviously, they’ve got Mary Kirchoff as their CMO, who, in her employee bio page is said to be “the author of twelve best-selling fantasy novels”. Uh huh. At least 5 of which (maybe more) are Dragonlance novels.

So far this isn’t really pointing directly at a Dragonlance MMO. If you’re a complete and total skeptic, that is… until I noticed a news tidbit from a couple months ago on the 38 Studios site announcing that Margaret “Dragon” Weis and Tracy “Lance” Hickman wandered by the 38 Studios offices ‘while they were in town’. Promoting some book. Suuuuure. They just haaaappened to be in town. And I’m Micky Mouse.

Then of course, there’s an article posted (also in February) on Massively.com talking about Dragonlance, and wouldn’t it make a great setting for an MMO? They likely know more than me (who doesn’t?) and are possibly under some sort of NDA or some such. I’m not.

So if this comes true, you heard it here first. If I’m wrong, everyone who comments on this article gets 1 dollar*.

*the one dollar you receive will be via in-game Dragonlance MMO currency. Spend it wisely.

Because game remakes never fail, right? Right? Hm.

Anyway, if it’s good, it’ll be awesome. I don’t know about you, but I spent many, many hours controlling my little team of cyberpunks.

From Joystiq:

Rumorang: Riddick dev helming new Syndicate game.

A new report suggests that Starbreeze Studios is working on a new Syndicate game, with Electronic Arts set to publish. Word of the Riddick and The Darkness dev’s involvement with the title first made the rounds last October. Possibly related is a new casting call posted on superannuation for actors in an upcoming “futuristic” Starbreeze/EA title called “DART,” which according to the post will be set in a “high tech city.”

Though nothing has been formally announced, sources tell GI.biz that the Syndicate series is behind EA and Starbreeze’s mysterious Project RedLime, which was originally referred to as a “classic franchise” for the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC.

While that project was said to be “already deep in development” in February 2008, don’t expect to revisit the classic cyberpunk series anytime soon. According to the report, the new Syndicate title won’t be released until Starbreeze finishes up its current project based on Robert Ludlum’s Jason Bourne. Until then, the four gentlemen in the corner giving us the crazy eyes will just have to wait.