Exclusive Interzone Futebol Interview - Bringing Soccer to MMOGs

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Posted July 8th, 2008 by Cody Bye

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When most gamers think about massively multiplayer online games, a number of examples probably come to mind. However, most of the individual titles on the gamer’s list probably doesn’t include a sports-based MMOG. While sports MMOGs have been discussed for a number of years, few titles have really made an impact on the global marketplace. But that may all change in the near future.

A new development company known as Interzone has unveiled its first product, which happens to be a soccer MMOG. Dubbed Interzone Futebol, the company is actually hoping to release their introductory game in Brazil first, with subsequent releases in the other major world territories. To many it sounds like a risky venture, but one that just may pay off. Ten Ton Hammer’s Cody “Micajah” Bye had a recent chat with Jeff Lyndon about the upcoming soccer-based MMOG and the future of the company known as Interzone.

Ten Ton Hammer: As a gamer, how should we compare Interzone Futebol to other MMOGs that are on the market? Does it play like a sports game, a sports-based MMORPG, or somewhere in the middle?

Lyndon: The benefit of games like this is that you can be somebody you’re not. In that sense it is like other online games. You can be a Professional Futebol player in Interzone Futebol, just like in other games you can be an axe-wielding dwarf or a Princess of Mars. Some people might even argue that all online multiplayer games are a sport. It is the skill and determination of you and your team in Team Fortress as much as it is in futebol and any other “traditional” sport.