GDC Online授予《魔兽世界》和Raph Koster网游界最有影响力荣誉
游戏开发者大会最近宣称，Raph Koster，火的惊人的多人在线角色扮演游戏《网络创世纪》和《星球大战》的开发者，将在第三届一年一度的“在线评比游戏开发商奖”被冠以“在线游戏传奇奖”的名号。暴雪娱乐很有影响力的《魔兽世界 OL》也在这个典礼上被授予了荣誉。颁奖仪式将于10月10日在德克萨斯州的奥斯汀举行。这次奖项对于开发者的特殊类别将对以后世界的在线游戏产生重要影响。
Raph Koster的职业生涯非常丰富。它是《网络创世纪》的设计者，也是《星球大战》的创意总监，他为很多大型多人游戏奠定了基础。Koster的职业信用几乎横跨所有的游戏开发面，包括写作、美术、原声音乐和程序设计工作。
Raph Koster被认为是一个思想领袖,经常演讲并出版一些作者在游戏方面设计的主题、社区管理、创作故事和讲道理方面的文章。他2004年出版的《一个有趣的哲理》,被认为是游戏开发者和玩家在艺术方面具有开创性的作品。这也是至今为止游戏方面销量最好的一本书。
今年的在线游戏奖殿堂提名给了暴雪的《魔兽世界》。这是在2004年发行的一部游戏，现在已经10年了。如今又获得了“游戏传奇”的称号，也算是MMO的里程碑了，这也为其他数不清的游戏奠定了一个标准。专业玩家网提供专业的 游戏比价器向广大游戏工作室提供欧美游戏CDK,魔兽出货价格查询,收货商查询,骗子查询,寄售交易.
Organizers of the Game Developers Conference® Online (GDC Online) have revealed that Raph Koster, a key industry veteran behind the prodigious massively multi-player online role-playing games (MMORPGs) Ultima Online and Star Wars Galaxies, will be honored with the Online Game Legend Award at the third annual Game Developers Choice Online Awards. Blizzard Entertainment’s influential World of Warcraft® MMORPG will be inducted into the Choice Online Awards Hall of Fame during the ceremony, taking place Wednesday, October 10 at GDC Online in Austin, Texas. The special awards categories recognize developers and titles that have had significant impact in the world of online games.
Raph Koster has led a prolific career. As the lead designer on Ultima Online and the creative director on Star Wars Galaxies, his contributions helped lay the foundation for the many massively multiplayer games that followed. Koster’s professional credits span nearly every facet of game development, including writing, art, soundtrack music, programming and design.
Raph Koster is considered a thought leader, as a frequent lecturer and published author on topics of game design, community management, storytelling and ethics in game development. His A Theory of Fun, published in 2004, is considered seminal by educators and members of the art game movement, as well as being one of the most popular books ever written about games.
This year’s Choice Online Awards Hall of Fame inductee, Blizzard Entertainment’s World of Warcraft, was released in November 2004, 10 years after the launch of the company’s venerable Warcraftfranchise (1994’s Warcraft®: Orcs & Humans™). Now regarded as a legacy in its own right, the game has dominated the MMORPG landscape, setting the standard for countless other games in the genre.