Former Elder Scrolls Online game director and ZeniMax Online Studios founder Matt Firor says Crimson Desert is "awesome," and that "being able to make a single-player MMO is almost like cheating to me."
Speaking in a new interview with MinnMax (below), Firor – who left ZeniMax Online Studios after more than 18 years in 2025 following the cancellation of his dream MMO, Project Blackbird – is asked for his thoughts on Pearl Abyss's massive new open-world game. After all, before Crimson Desert, the devs made the MMORPG Black Desert. In fact, as marketing and PR lead Will Powers previously explained to PlayDay.One, "Crimson Desert was originally announced as not only a prequel to Black Desert, but also an MMO," but this was changed during development to "let it blossom into its own thing."
