Gamertell has posted an article that includes interviews with Gaians and Senior Producer Dave Georgeson about the new MMO zOMG!
From the article:
"According to Georgeson, there's more to zOMG! than just the game that sets it apart from other MMOs.
'Many things… in particular, the ring system, which allows for more flexible gameplay than most MMOs; the storyline, dialogue and characters are also much more fully-developed than in other online games; and zOMG! offers a long list of social content unique to Gaia Online,' he said. 'Right now there are about two to three thousand players concurrently online. The servers can handle around 200-300 thousand players, so there definitely no server issues now. In Gaia Online, you can be a member of more than one 'club,' but in zOMG! you can only belong to one 'clan' (team) to give the development team more possibilities for the future (ie: mass pvp, battles, etc.) The programmers are building more tools and features for the clan system to make it more robust over the next few months.'"
Worlds in Motion talked to composer Jeremy Soule about his history developing soundtracks for games, including his time at Square, discuss his influences, and explore the "help" he's recieved composing for ZOMG! from the likes of Beethoven, Wagner and Debussy.
WorldsinMotion: "We're a bit late on this news, but it's still more than worth mentioning-Gaia Online has announced that over half a million players have signed up for their browser-based MMORPG zOMG! Since the game entered open beta.
That's still a small amount of players considering the size of their full community-a remarkable seven million users are active at least on a monthly basis-but does show incredible growth for a beta stage."
And laid off 20% of their employees a week before xmas - zomg!
that's a funny one.
Massively writes:
"In First Impressions, Krystalle takes on a new MMORPG weekly and reports back at what the first few hours of playing it are like. Is it painful? Awesome? Are there cool mechanics? Silly quests? Find out each week as she takes an unscientific (and highly opinionated) view at a game you may not have seen. Also remember, this is not a review; simply a First Impression - as such, we always recommend you give games that seem interesting a shot and decide for yourself.
This week I head into the world of Gaia Interactive's beta MMO project, zOMG! Having never actually waded hip-deep into the Gaia community, it was certainly an enlightening experience. Some good, some bad, with a word to parents as well. Curious as to what's involved in the anime-inspired world of zOMG? Have a seat and read on, but watch out - some of the chairs bite."
