Huge thanks to the Twitch folks for inviting us up, treating us most graciously, & taking the time to learn about & play Pantheon! These guys really get it, understand how to reach gamers in the most effective manner, and we look forward to working with them closely going forward to further increase Pantheon awareness. Their APIs, tools, and tech provide developers new and exciting ways to help gamers learn more effectively about games both in development and after launch!
The twitch peeps have various rooms named after their favorite games and I was pleasantly surprised and honored to find out that one is called Norrath!
After an intro to Visionary Realms and Pantheon, and then a quick demo, the Twitch team took time out of their day to actually sit down and play Pantheon! They played more than an hour and really seemed to be enjoying themselves. Not only was it rewarding to share and show off the game but their positive and excited reactions while playing was very encouraging and validating -- reminded me of the first time we unveiled EQ to the public at GDC 1997/8 -- we could tell by people's reactions that we were definitely on to something. Today was very similar and the vibe I got was that 1. we're definitely already re-capturing that magic and feel and 2. that an MMO like Pantheon, virtually alone in a sea of hyper-casual MMOs, is definitely what a lot of online gamers have been waiting for and for quite some time!
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What great news! So much to be exited about :D
And this is my favorite part:
Aradune said:-- reminded me of the first time we unveiled EQ to the public at GDC 1997/8 -- we could tell by people's reactions that we were definitely on to something. Today was very similar and the vibe I got was that 1. we're definitely already re-capturing that magic and feel and 2. that an MMO like Pantheon, virtually alone in a sea of hyper-casual MMOs, is definitely what a lot of online gamers have been waiting for and for quite some time!
Good stuff! Can't wait to get involved and see how Pantheon takes off on Twitch when it launches.