Australian developer Auran is hard at work on Fury, a fast-paced action oriented MMORPG. It took home our Most Surprising award at E3 2006 and we dispatched Staff Writer Jason Heans down to their studio to find out more. He filed this report based on a studio tour, play time and interviews with key developers.

Since MMOs exploded onto the gaming scene a few years back it seems that everyone and their ranger’s pet has had a crack at the market. The problem facing these new games however, lies in the fact that no one has really done anything to set their MMO above the others. Aside from different classes, spells and death animations the onslaught of new MMOs look as if they’ve been cut from the same mould. That is, until Auran Studios releases its new MMO title next year, Fury. I met with Adam Carpenter, Lead Designer and Jason Robson, Art Director in sunny Brisbane Australia to discuss their highly anticipated release. The first thing I can say about Fury is that it is unlike any other MMO I have ever played. Quite simply, the Auran team has gone back to the fundamentals of gaming. What might that be you ask? Fun!

You can read this in-depth report here.