MMO Updates |
- Lost Pages of Taborea: Comparing RIFT's looting and multi-class systems to Runes of Magic's
- Artist to lock self in crate with no contact with outside world but Lord of the Rings Online
- EVE's Alliance Tournament IX ends in controversy
- Massively Exclusive: Battle of the Immortals Titan update lore blog
- MV Guide: June 20 - 26, 2011
- The Daily Grind: What "optional" features do you consider mandatory?
- Week in Review: F2Pocalypse
- EVE Evolved: Third-party development
- One Shots: Bidding farewell to guild week
- Rise and Shiny recap: Pockie Ninja
- Pocket Legends teams up with Sony for Xperia PLAY event
| Lost Pages of Taborea: Comparing RIFT's looting and multi-class systems to Runes of Magic's Posted: 20 Jun 2011 11:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Classes, Game mechanics, Opinion, Free-to-play, Runes of Magic, Lost Pages of Taborea  RIFT has bulk-looting and class combining that I want to compare with similar features in RoM for this week's Lost Pages of Taborea. I'm tired of feeling like I'm playing an MMO no one's heard of, even if it isn't true -- RoM is very popular and it keeps growing at a fast pace. But dagnabbit, sometimes I want to tell everyone RoM did it before the other guy gets all the credit. Let's look at RoM's dual-class and pet systems to compare looting and multi-classes between these two games.
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| Artist to lock self in crate with no contact with outside world but Lord of the Rings Online Posted: 20 Jun 2011 10:00 AM PDT Filed under: Lord of the Rings Online, News items, Miscellaneous  Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be locked in a crate with absolutely no contact with the outside world except via an online game? No? Well, neither have we. Artist Jordan Long, however, apparently has, and for his first solo show he intends to ship himself in a crate from Bald Knob, AK to Portland, OR with Lord of the Rings Online as his only contact with the outside world. You may be asking yourself, "What exactly is the purpose of this little stunt?" A fair question. According to Mr. Long, the focus of his art is the study of trauma and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and claims that he has found that many who are confined to their homes due to such trauma tend to find their escape in the form of online games such as LotRO where they can "enter and exit whenever they choose, be whoever they want to be and feel like functioning members of society again." An interesting concept, to say the least. If you want to follow Jordan's project, you can keep an eye on his official site.
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| EVE's Alliance Tournament IX ends in controversy Posted: 20 Jun 2011 09:00 AM PDT Filed under: Sci-fi, EVE Online, Culture, Events, in-game, Guilds, Lore, PvP, News items  Skip past the cut to find out how this year's tournament ended. Be warned that this post will spoil the outcome of the tournament. For those of you who missed the live stream, we'll be compiling an in-depth summary with links to videos of all the matches once CCP has uploaded the matches to YouTube. Continue reading EVE's Alliance Tournament IX ends in controversy
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| Massively Exclusive: Battle of the Immortals Titan update lore blog Posted: 20 Jun 2011 08:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Patches, News items, Free-to-play, Battle of the Immortals  Perfect World Entertainment's Battle of the Immortals -- which hit its one year anniversary just last month -- is gearing up for its upcoming Titan update. Precious little information about this upcoming addition to the game has been released (all we know right now is that two new instances will be introduced, along with updates to the game's existing features), but today PWE has treated us to an exclusive tidbit of lore to fill players in on the events leading up to the update. Unfortunately, that's about all we have in regard to this brand-new update, but be sure to check back with us from time to time because we'll be keeping you up to date on all the freshest information on Battle of the Immortals and its Titan update as the news drops. So without further ado, head on past the cut for the first lore blog post from Battle of the Immortals' Titan update. Continue reading Massively Exclusive: Battle of the Immortals Titan update lore blog
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| Posted: 20 Jun 2011 07:00 AM PDT Filed under: Massively meta, Livestream, Miscellaneous, MV Guide  Every week, the Massively staff logs in to play various MMOs live and in person, and we'd love for you to drop by the channel and visit. We have a combination of regular weekly games and new surprises, so you'll find a variety of games to take a look at. During Livestream events, you can participate in the live chat to learn about the game, ask questions, and spend some time with Massively staff and readers. (Of course, Livestream events are subject to the whims of outside forces like server-side gremlins once in a while.) We now return you to your regularly scheduled program! The Massively crew is recovered from E3 and ready to dive back into livestreaming. We've got plenty lined up this week, so follow along after the jump and see what's coming up on MV TV! Continue reading MV Guide: June 20 - 26, 2011
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| The Daily Grind: What "optional" features do you consider mandatory? Posted: 20 Jun 2011 06:00 AM PDT Filed under: Culture, Game mechanics, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Virtual worlds, Miscellaneous  Appearance tabs, social mechanics, player housing, player transports that do more than just increase speed -- all of these elements are now considered to be highly optional. But are they? From open-world PvP to simple roleplaying amenities, we all have certain features that are treated as optional by designers but aren't optional to our tastes. So what features are generally seen as not necessary to a game that are necessary for you to even consider playing?  Every morning, the Massively bloggers probe the minds of their readers with deep, thought-provoking questions about that most serious of topics: massively online gaming. We crave your opinions, so grab your caffeinated beverage of choice and chime in on today's Daily Grind!
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| Posted: 19 Jun 2011 06:00 PM PDT Filed under: Massively meta, Week in Review, Miscellaneous  This week, after much post-E3 speculation among staff and players about GamersFirst's intentions as to Fallen Earth, the company gave us the exclusive news that it had acquired the post-apocalyptic IP and planned to overhaul it into one of its tiered free-to-play offerings a la All Points Bulletin: Reloaded. The existing Fallen Earth dev team, fully intact and eager to parlay its acquisition into enhanced game development, followed up the announcement with a new dev blog that promised love for often-overlooked populations like roleplayers and PvPers, leaving sandbox aficionados to wonder whether the revitalized wastelands might just have a long life ahead of them. Join us past the break for a look at this week's other top MMO stories! Continue reading Week in Review: F2Pocalypse
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| EVE Evolved: Third-party development Posted: 19 Jun 2011 04:00 PM PDT Filed under: Sci-fi, EVE Online, Business models, Culture, MMO industry, Opinion, Legal, EVE Evolved  Since then, we've seen a resurgence of third-party app and tool development, producing impressive apps like Capsuleer and Aura for the iPhone. We've also seen some incredibly useful websites like the ICSC jump planner suite, gambling site SOMER.blink and the Dotlan EVE maps with regularly updating statistics. Most app developers work on the projects in their spare time, and until now they've relied on donations or advertising revenue to keep up with server costs or keep development worth the time invested. As EVE is CCP's intellectual property, it's illegal for anyone to make money from it without the company's permission. This week, CCP released the first draft of a contract that would allow developers to monetise their apps, but the proposal was not received well by the EVE community. In this week's EVE Evolved, I look at third-party app development and what's wrong with the proposed deal. Continue reading EVE Evolved: Third-party development
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| One Shots: Bidding farewell to guild week Posted: 19 Jun 2011 02:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Galleries, Screenshots, Lord of the Rings Online, Guilds, Free-to-play, One Shots  Our clan belongs to one of the three oldest on this server (only three German servers existed in 2007). This picture was taken last year. If we invite someone into our clan, he first spends some time as a recruit. At the end of this time, there is a big event, which promotes the recruit to a full member.Next week is Massively staff pick week, so check back every day as the team shows off its favorite games -- and keep an eye out for our upcoming theme!
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| Rise and Shiny recap: Pockie Ninja Posted: 19 Jun 2011 12:00 PM PDT Filed under: Screenshots, Previews, Opinion, Free-to-play, Browser, Hands-on, Trading card games, Casual, Humor, Kids, Rise and Shiny  So I signed up (thank you, Facebook connect!) and jumped into the game. It should be noted that a lot of the game has not been translated very well. This is a real problem when you consider some of the learning curve involved in Pockie Ninja. Sure, the English is there, and there are words that I know, but they are often arranged in such a strange order or just come out sounding so... odd that I have no idea what is going on. Click past the cut and let's see if I can explain what I found. Continue reading Rise and Shiny recap: Pockie Ninja
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| Pocket Legends teams up with Sony for Xperia PLAY event Posted: 19 Jun 2011 11:00 AM PDT Filed under: Events, real-world, Events, in-game, MMO industry, News items, Mobile, Casual, Family  Pocket Legends players took part in a "Find the Droid" competition in which an Android mascot would make its way through the game world while enterprising players gave chase. The promotion was designed to draw attention to the new Sony Xperia PLAY platform, and Spacetime gave away more than 11,000 themed vanity items during the course of the event. Pocket Legends, the world's largest mobile MMO in terms of downloads (4 million and counting), will be expanding to the Android-powered Xperia PLAY later this summer.
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