As part of our continuing coverage of Webzen titles being showcased at GStar 2011, MMORPG.com's Richard Aihoshi had the opportunity to find out more about Arctic Combat, a free online first person shooter. Richard sat down with AC's producer, Jungseok Park, and product manager, Sam Oh. Find out more about Arctic Combat in this informative interview.Posted Nov 12, 2011 by Richard Aihoshi
GStar has kicked off in a big way this week and MMORPG.com's Richard Aihoshi will be there gathering news for our readers. As part of his prep-work for the convention, Richard had the opportunity to chat with S.J. Hong and Robin Lee of the ArchLord team about the game, where it's been and what the future holds. Read on!Posted Nov 10, 2011 by Richard Aihoshi
Later this week, Korea's G-Star convention gets underway. To lay the foundation for his visit to Korea, MMORPG.com's Richard Aihoshi had the opportunity to connect with Sung Jin Hong, Executive Producer for Archlord X and Paul Doo, Archlord's Product Manager to chat about Archlord X. We've got an exclusive firsthand look at Archlord X through the eyes of the dev team. Check it out!Posted Nov 7, 2011 by Richard Aihoshi
On Friday, Jon Peters updated the Guild Wars 2 blog with a slew of new changes to the game's pet system, the engineer's tool-belt, and gave us some revealing info on the cross-profession combos. We caught up with Jon to ask him a few questions about each.Posted Nov 5, 2011 by William Murphy
To many folks' great delight, Lineage II developers recently announced that the game would be adopting a free-to-play revenue model. MMORPG.com Managing Editor Bill Murphy caught up with Associate Producer Nico Coutant and Executive VP of Publishing Matt Turetzky to talk about the announcement and the upcoming Goddess of Destruction expansion. Read on and then leave us your thoughts in the comments.Posted Nov 1, 2011 by William Murphy
During last week's Blizzcon in Anaheim, California, MMORPG.com Industry Relations Manager Garrett Fuller had the opportunity to corner Wyatt Cheng and Andrew Chambers to talk about all things Diablo 3. Check out what they guys had to say in our exclusive interview. Let us know what you think!Posted Oct 28, 2011 by Garrett Fuller
At this year's BlizzCon, MMORPG.com Managing Editor Bill Murphy sat down with Rob Foote, senior producer on World of Warcraft, to discuss Mists of Pandaria, the just announced fourth expansion to World of Warcraft.Posted Oct 27, 2011 by William Murphy
During a recent conference call, MMORPG.com Associate Editor Suzie Ford had the opportunity to speak with members of the Final Fantasy XIV team including Naoki Yoshida, Director & Producer, Sage Sundi, Global Online Producer and Michael Christopher Koji Fox, Title Translator. The discussion centered around the just-revealed 'road map' for development leading up to FFXIV v2.0 in late 2012. Check out the interview and then let us know what you think in the comments!Posted Oct 19, 2011 by Suzie Ford
With SOE Austin’s DC Universe Online going the Free-to-Play route at the end of October, we caught up with Community Manager Tony “RadarX” Jones to chat about all things surrounding this move. Most importantly, we talked about how it will change the way he does his job and the way the community interacts with the game as a whole. Check it out and then leave us a comment or two.Posted Oct 18, 2011 by William Murphy
During last weekend's New York Comicon, MMORPG.com partnered with Bioware and the Star Wars: The Old Republic team for a Q&A session. Industry Relations Manager Garrett Fuller has the write up from the event that you definitely won't want to miss. Check it out and then let us know what you're thinking in the comments.Posted Oct 18, 2011 by Garrett Fuller
With Fallen Earth poised on the edge of a new life as a free to play MMO, Managing Editor Bill Murphy had the opportunity to speak with Associate Game Director Joseph Willmon about "The Free Apocalypse". The discussion meanders from why the F2P decision was made to the awesomeness of the Commander's Aura. Check it out!Posted Oct 10, 2011 by William Murphy
In the final "pre-GDC Online" article for MMORPG.com, Industry Relations Manager Garrett Fuller chats with Microsoft's Tom Abernathy about the art of storytelling in today's games. It's a terrific insider's look at writers and writing in the industry. Check it out!Posted Oct 5, 2011 by Garrett Fuller
During GDC Online, MMORPG.com Industry Relations Manager Garrett Fuller had the opportunity to chat with Nexon's Min Kim about one of the hottest topics in the MMO community: Virtual goods. Find out what the pair discussed and about the realities of virtual goods in MMOs today. Have an opinion about the interview? Leave us your thoughts in the comments.Posted Oct 3, 2011 by Garrett Fuller
GDC Online is considered to be a "user friendly" gaming convention, one that many MMO players look to for new information about the games they love. MMORPG.com Industry Relations Manager Garrett Fuller had the opportunity to sit down for a chat with Eugene Evans of Bioware Mythic and Rich Vogel from Bioware to talk about the course the conference is taking and the trends in the industry that keeps growing. Read on! Posted Sep 30, 2011 by Garrett Fuller
Lord of the Rings Online expanded earlier this week with the Rise of Isengard expansion. To celebrate the launch, MMORPG.com Community Manager Mike Bitton had the opportunity to chat with Turbine's Communications Director Adam Mersky and Live Producer Aaron Campbell. Check out what they have to say about LOTRO: Rise of Isengard! Posted Sep 30, 2011 by Michael Bitton
Sony Online Entertainment and the DC Universe Online team announced earlier this week that the game would be going free to play in the near future. MMORPG.com Managing Editor Bill Murphy caught up with Executive Producer Lorin Jameson to talk about the decision and what it means to the game. Keep reading!Posted Sep 21, 2011 by William Murphy
The Rift v1.5 "Ashes of History" update is scheduled to hit the game sometime next week. It's an ambitious update with a lot of new content. MMORPG.com Associate Editor Suzie Ford had the privilege of sitting in a a roundtable discussion about Ashes and she's got the full report. Check it out and then let us know what you think in the comments.Posted Sep 21, 2011 by Suzie Ford
MMORPG.com has partnered with Ankama to bring our readers the first information about a new update set to his the North American beta and the EU version of Wakfu. Called the Gobball Wilderness, we have information about the zone, an interview with Ankama's Game Designer Etienne Fougerousse and screens to boot! Keep reading!Posted Sep 20, 2011 by William Murphy
WildStar was probably the best-kept industry secret up until last month's GamesCom but now Carbine Studios is ready to open the floodgates. In a brand new exclusive interview, MMORPG.com Managing Editor Bill Murphy had the opportunity to sit down for a candid chat with WildStar's Senior Producer Eric DeMilt. Check out what the pair chatted about and then let us know what you think in the comments.Posted Sep 20, 2011 by William Murphy
Namaste's flagship project known as "Storybricks" is dead set on bringing back the RPG to MMORPG. Carolyn Koh met up with the team's Kelly Heckman at their PAX booth for a hands-on demo with the content building tool. If you're sick of the same old, you don't want to miss this one.Posted Sep 17, 2011 by Carolyn Koh
