EverQuest Interview

As part of their continued coverage of EverQuest’s 10-year anniversary, WarCry has conducted an interview with environment artist Kevin Burns and senior programmer Jennifer Chan. The interview isn’t entirely about EQ, as you’ll see below:

Is the future of MMOs a “WOW Killer” or is it something we can’t even imagine?

Burns: I don’t think there will be a WoW killer. I believe games like WoW, EverQuest, and Ultima Online have cemented their place in history. Their numbers may shrink, as more and more MMO’s launch, but I think they’ll have people playing them as long as the servers are up and running.

Future MMO’s will continue to expand the MMO genre, and create games that appeal to all types of gamers from kids and casual weekend warriors to hardcore power gamers.

Chan: I think it’s something that we haven’t thought of yet. There are so many more ideas that we haven’t explored or different styles and ways of gameplay that have yet to be tapped into.