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Ten Ton Hammer managed to snag you an exclusive interview with the Lead Systems Designer for Gods and Heroes, Travis George!

"We've talked about that a lot. We actually have minions in the
game that can rez right now, but right now there's..."

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Hehe....Binky. I love that name.

At AGDC '07, Ten Ton Hammer managing editor, Cody "Micajah" Bye, had a chance to chat with Chris "Binky" Launius about the Perpetual Entertainment's upcoming MMOG, Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising. In the interview, Chris touches on a number of topics, ranging from the current state of G&H to where the two big names, Chris McKibbin and Stieg Hedlund have been. Finally, Chris also gives a hint as to what gods are most likely to appear next in the post launch content.

Better Late Than Never

The MMO Gamer got the chance to speak to Gods & Heroes Community Relations Manager, Chris “Binky” Launius, about the game at SOE Fan Faire earlier this month. Although Perpetual Entertainment recently announced its intent to self-publish GnH, this interview still provides some insight:

What (Gods &) Heroes Are Made Of

Perpetual's mythological MMO Gods and Heroes was on display at the 2007 SOE Fan Faire, and helping to promote it was none other than Senior Brand Manager Debysue Wolfcale whose industry experience speaks for itself.  She was kind enough to answer a few questions about what direction the game is going and how well it's being marketed.

Drink from the font of knowledge, everyone!

Over the last few days, the Ten Ton Hammer team has been

Could be the Perfect Game for Bossy People

The Ten Ton Hammer team kicked off their adventure to E3 with a visit to SOE's demo room where they talked to Chris McKibben, president of Perpetual Entertainment, developers of Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising. They learned more about how Gods and Heroes' myth minions make this game casual player friendly, and a min-maxer's dream. Shayalyn provides all the details in her write-up:

Video Interview with Stieg Hedlund of Gods & Heroes

Myths, minions, "myth minions", and character classes discussed with Travis George!

Chris McKibbin Q & A Part II

McKibbin talks strategy and accessibility in Gods & Heroes

Don't "get" Gods & Heroes? Try out this plebeian-friendly interview with Perpetual President Chris McKibbin on what mold-breaking features Gods & Heroes has to offer.

Exclusive Video Interview with Chris "Binky" Launius - Part II

Interview with Chris McKibbin

WarCry has just updated their site with an interview that looks at Gods and Heroes after last week's SOE Gamer Day.

"Far more people know the fiction of mythology than any license," McKibbin pointed out during our demo. It's something most people don't think of when they see a game like Gods and Heroes, but it's a valid point.

Keep reading to learn more.

Friends, Romans, Gamers... Chris McKibbin in Part 1 of a 3-part Gods & Heroes Video Interview Series

Interview with Stieg Hendlund, Design Director of Perpetual's Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising

GamersInfo updated their site today with this Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising Interview.

"We decided to go with a hybrid loot system. We'll have both random loot and targeted loot - items you know will drop from a specific creature - but the rest will be completely variable. The idea is to find rewards that you can use right away, others you'll want to save for later and still others that will be used to sell for money. The loot isn't tied to the person looting it, either. There's every chance you'll find something completely useless for you but very useful for a friend."

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Interview with Chris "Binky" Launius, Community Manager, Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising

GamersInfo updated their site last night with this interview with Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising's Community Manager.

Most of us who've spent time in the service industry either run screaming after a few years or find that it's part of your soul. Most run screaming. Chris "Binky" Launius has been in community relations in one form of another since the advent of online communities: he began his tenure at Origin with Ultima Online.

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Q&A with Chris “Binky” Launius

MMO Lifestyle has published an interview Chris Launius, Community Relations Manager for Perpetual Entertainment.

The "Binkster" is the Community Relations Manager for Perpetual Entertainment and is currently handling the Community Liasion duties for P.E.'s first game, Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising. Binky was kind enough to give us a few minutes of his time to cover some random questions about his job and the business.

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Updated Q&A - Classes, Feats, and More Combat

Gamespot had a chance to sit down with Design director Stieg Hedlund. Find out what they were able to learn about Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising.

GameSpot: Gods & Heroes tries to be different from most other massively multiplayer online role-playing games when it comes to its player-versus-environment combat. Could you detail some of the differences for us?

Stieg Hedlund: Going into the project, we really felt that the sense of entertainment in massively multiplayer role-playing combat needed to be seriously amped up. Instead of following what other games in our category were doing, we took games such as Soul Calibur as our models and really went for it.

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Interview with Chris McKibbin and Stieg Hedlund

WarCry has posted an interview they had recently with Stieg Hedlund, Design Director of Gods and Heroes, and Chris McKibbin, President and Co-Founder of Perpetual Entertainment.

WarCry: As mythology plays such a large role in the game’s story, characters and enemies, how much leeway do you have for new monsters and ideas that don’t necessarily jibe with the history and legends of Rome?

McKibbin & Hedlund: The majority of monsters and creatures found in most western fictions actually have their roots in myth, so there are very few monster/creature types that we can’t find some basis for in our setting.

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Games Dynamite Preview

The official site for Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising has a note pointing us to a new preview on German language MMO News site Games Dynamite.

The German language MMO News site Games Dynamite has posted a preview of Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising.

Our good friend and fansite partner, Michael "Calvert" Vogel from Godsandheroes.de, was kind enough to translate the preview for our non-German speaking community...

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Gods & Heroes - Squadrons

MMORPG.com had a chance to catch up with Richard Zinser, the VP of Game Services at Perpetual Entertianment to talk about squadrons.

“The focus currently is on play testing our squads,” said Richard Zinser, VP of Game Services of Perpetual Entertainment as he showed off the squad combat system at CES2007. With a game currently in a closed Beta phase, their mythical creatures already in game and a planned launch in Summer 2007, Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising is currently in a state of tuning, balancing and refining.

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