I recently had the chance to ask Erik Hyrkas a few questions about Granite Games' new upcoming MMORPG Dusktreaders. I hadn't heard much about the game but what I found out while doing research was enough to make me do a double take. Dusktreaders is a gothic MMO that revolves around the strife between humans, vampires and lycanthropes. Who are the humans? The players are. What makes this game different from the others that are on the off the launching pad? Read more to find out.

Hi Erik, can you please introduce yourself.

My name is Erik Hyrkas. I am one of the owners of Granite Games and the lead designer for the Dusktreaders project.

What made you decide to create an MMO rather than a standard single player RPG?

All of the Granite Games staff are passionate MMO players. I don’t think it would have even crossed our mind to make a single player game. Since the days of MUD, I believe all of us have been making or playing online multiplayer games.