Originally Broadcast: February 21, 2025
This week co-hosts Jon Radoff (Beamable) and Paul Stephanouk (Activision/King) are joined by Raph Koster, legendary developer behind MMOs including Ultima Online, Star Wars Galaxies and now Stars Reach. We'll discuss the evolution of MMORPGs as well as what it means to create a massively multiplayer sandbox for the current generation of gamers.
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Guest: All right. Welcome back everybody to the game development live stream. I am Jon Radoff. I am co-hosting this along with my co-host Paul. And today we have an awesome guest, Rath Koster, legend in MMO game development going back to Ultima Online, Star Wars Galaxy, and now his new game, Stars Reach. So we're going to talk about the whole history of MMO RPGs, the future of MMOs, and everything in between.