Overlord interview Xbox 360

Overlord interview Xbox 360

Fans of the uber-evil RPG Overlord - stop tormenting your minions for a moment and step this way. This month, we've been chatting to your very own Kevin Mullard, executive producer at Codemasters, and finding out his darkest thoughts about Overlord, what first attracted him to the concept, why the game makes him laugh (or is that cackle with evil glee?) and how he gets the best from his minions. Read our Overlord interview for Xbox 360 to find out more!
Click here to read our Overlord interview for Xbox 360 now! Overlord: interview with Kevin Mullard
He wasn’t even working for Codemasters when he first spied Overlord, the evil action RPG in which you command an ever-growing army of babbling minions. But fate brought him to the company, and he hasn’t stopped laughing since…
Why did Overlord catch your eye?
I caught a glimpse of it two years ago while at another company. All I saw was minions hacking down sunflowers and I just thought ‘this is fantastic’. The concept was so original and I thought it would work so well on consoles – it was originally a PC game.
How much has the game changed since you first spotted it?
The core has stayed all the way through and we’ve developed the idea of the minions, which are the most important thing. We haven’t lost anything during development – just refined it. The controls, for instance, were very clunky - achieving a control scheme that works took an awful lot of time. Also, originally minions couldn’t pick up things – but when we tried that out it worked so well – they can now pick up dozens of objects. Click here to continue reading the Overlord interview with Kevin Mullard now! 360Zine is a full, free to download magazine dedicated to Xbox 360 gaming. This issue includes over 30 pages of games, all written by UK games journalists. In this issue, we have huge previews of some of the most hotly awaited games of this year, including Halo 3, Grand Theft Auto IV, Call of Duty 4, Project Gotham Racing 4, Devil May Cry and Tony Hawk's Proving Ground vs SKATE. In reviews, there's a bit of a driving theme, as we look at Colin McRae: DIRT and Forza Motorsport 2 - we also have a massive review of the online FPS Shadowrun. Fans of the hilariously evil RPG Overlord won't want to miss our interview with Codemasters' executive producer Kevin Mullard, who tells us what he thinks makes the game great and where he sees it heading in the future. All this and much more - check out the Community section, gaming news and all your Xbox 360 questions answered. Simply click to download and you will get the complete magazine with all the Xbox 360 games previews and reviews included.