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Raph Koster delves into who Playable Worlds is building their community-driven sandbox, Stars Reach, for, and the guiding motivations behind their design.

A new devblog from Raph Koster goes into the themes of Stars Reach and how Playable Worlds supports previously discussed design pillars with the core content and emphasis on learning to work together.

Raph Koster continues outlining the design pillars for Stars Reach. In the latest round, he dives into intentional optimism and welcoming, how heavier topics fit in, and the importance of community.

Raph Koster is sharing more development pillars of Playable Worlds' upcoming MMORPG Stars Reach. This time, he focuses on the fun they're looking to build and provide as part of the experience. 

Raph Koster talks design pillars for Playable Worlds' upcoming MMO, Stars Reach, from creating an alive simulated world to having a sense of history, interdependence, and a move away from a theme park to look at.

Playable Worlds has finally pulled the veil back on its upcoming MMO project, Stars Reach. We sat down with CEO Raph Koster to talk about what this new MMO is and what players should expect in the next sandbox MMO from the legendary developer.

Playable Worlds is continuing its mystery countdown, posing intriguing questions and dropping some hints along the way. 

Raph Koster's Playable Worlds has been pretty quiet on their upcoming project, with the occasional notable hire, info or partnership, but it seems like something is coming with a new mystery countdown happening.

Playable Worlds, Raph Koster's multiverse game studio, is partnering with Didimo to use their Popul8 AI-powered character creation platform for character creation in their future games.

Raph Koster participated in a recent discussion with Edge Magazine on the use of AI in gaming, and a look towards the future. Among the major issues discussed are soaring budgets, live-service and narrative titles, innovation, and the ways all of these might impact what we'll see in the years ahead.

Longtime MMO developer, Gordon Walton has joined Playable Worlds, the company building a new cloud-native sandbox MMORPG helmed by Raph Koster. Walton joins Playable Worlds as both Executive Producer and Chief Product Officer.

Raph Koster and Eric Goldberg's Playable Worlds is moving along on its upcoming cloud-native sandbox MMO with the announcement of $25 million in Series B funding led by Kakao Games, BITKRAFT, and others.

Have you heard the term Metaverse recently? Is it just a buzz word used to hype a new upcoming game or is it the future of interconnected social interactions? we decided to pose the question to someone who has actually created a Metaverse in the past, MMORPG Legend, Raph Koster!

Raph Koster's Playable Worlds won't be officially announcing its MMO until next year, according to a message posted to Discord by its community manager. The message, retweeted by the official Playable Worlds accounts states that while development is 'underway and making great progress,' the studio has decided to delay sharing details until sometime in 2022.

Raph Koster's blogs on the Playable Worlds site keep coming, and this time the legendary MMO developer is tackling the concept of digital ownership.