IO Interactive Confirms Long Rumored Online Fantasy RPG

wccftech.com:

Today, Danish game developer IO Interactive confirmed the nearly two-year-old rumor that it's working on an online fantasy roleplaying game.

While the blog post does not go into any concrete details about the game other than it being a new IP, the article stresses that it's an entirely new journey for all the IO Interactive offices across the world and one that many developers had been waiting a long time to undertake. Indeed, a couple of years ago, IOI CEO Hakan B. Abrak candidly said the unannounced universe (other than Project 007, which is likely to come out sooner) was a 'love child' and something that the core staff at the company had been dreaming about for quite some time.

This excitement certainly shows in the brief but poignant interviews with some of the key people at IO Interactive who are working on the online fantasy RPG.

Tova Nystrom, Junior Gameplay Animator:

I think when it comes to fantasy, there is not as many rules you have to follow. You can kind of let your imagination run wild and exaggerate expression in general with animation. I get a lot of inspiration from everyone I'm working with because everyone has such a burning passion for fantasy, and this has been something a lot of us have been wanting to work on for very long. Now, when we finally get the chance to try something new, we kind of reconnect with the child who always loved the fantasy movies and games, and now we're creating our own version of that. 

Esben Rasmussen, Art Director:

All of our colleagues are fantasy friends and have it as hobbies and interests, so when you are working on a fantasy game you can bring those past experiences and interests into whatever you're sitting and working with. There's lots of creative freedom, lots of