Raph Koster's New Studio Unveiled

Gamasutra reports on veteran MMOG designer (and sometimes Slashdot Games commenter) Raph Koster's new studio. The company, called Areae, is gearing up for a new title in the Massive space. Raph's comments in the article are overly coy, and despite his statements that 'you can find some tidbits if you look on the site', there's not a whole lot of details yet on what exactly they'll be doing. From the article: "We're going to run quiet for a little while and finish building out the platform so we can actually start talking about what it is that we're going to put out there. I would guess that you'll be hearing from us again in three months or so.'"

It's based on an original IP

[Anonymous Coward]

It's a bit like .hack, where you have players playing games playing players playing games. Raph's character is a hybrid Armchair Psychobabbler/MMOG Designer. His specials include getting Cheetos orange powder on everything he touches, and beard growth.

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[SkeptAck]

I thought I did that.