Raph Koster on the future of Metaplace

by Rubi Bayer on Jan 5th 2010 6:00PM

Real life, MMO industry, MetaPlace, Virtual worlds

January first of this year brought about the closing of Metaplace, sad news for everyone involved. Shortly before the announcement was made, Eurogamer had an interview with game designer Raph Koster regarding Metaplace. In the end, they made the decision to release the interview in spite of the closing, as it contained some very good insight into the goals of the staff as well as information about the inner workings.

The interview is especially interesting in light of the fact that Metaplace has repeatedly stated that it is not going anywhere, and that we should expect to see more very soon. "Metaplace Inc. isn't about to go away. In fact, we have some pretty exciting plans to announce in the not too distant future," Koster stated. Since we can assume that the basic philosophy and overall goals of the team remain the same, the interview is definitely still relevant for anyone who was a fan of Metaplace. Take a look at the full interview here, and enjoy!

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Tags: eurogamer, interview, metaplace, metaplace-closing, raph-koster

Reader Comments (2)

I really like Raphs designs. I hope they launch some new projects.

I hope he makes a game. Metaplace was interesting, but I do like his game design ideas. He has been on teams that have tried things that are really innovative. Even if some of them didn't pan out completely - I think they pave the way to really cool sandbox designs.

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