MMO Updates |
- Leaderboard: Lockboxes yea vs. lockboxes nay
- Guild Wars 2 beta signups peaked at 4,000 a minute
- New Korean MMO Bless reveals English website
- MV Guide: February 27 - March 4, 2012
- DDO's Menace of the Underdark releasing June 25th, opens up pre-orders
- The Daily Grind: Should players get a vote on content?
- MMO Week in Review: One million served
- CCP: DUST will offer a 'more intuitive' EVE experience
- EVE Evolved: Setting the universe on fire
- League of Legends reveals Fiora, The Grand Duelist
| Leaderboard: Lockboxes yea vs. lockboxes nay Posted: 27 Feb 2012 09:00 AM PST Filed under: Polls, Business models, Opinion, Miscellaneous, Leaderboard  Some love them and some despise them, but the truth is that they're incredible moneymakers for companies. But money isn't what Leaderboard is about; we're in search of public opinion. Do lockboxes have an acceptable place in MMOs? Not only would finances seem to suggest so, but the psychology of these goodie bags offer euphoric rushes that normal monster looting does not provide. Sure, maybe it's gambling, but nobody's forcing you to buy them -- and if you do, you're guaranteed to get something somewhat useful, if not incredibly rare. Should lockboxes be shunned and boycotted from all MMOs? Are they ruining the reputation of F2P and representative of the worst mentality this business model has to offer? Do lockboxes kill koala bears and deforest Brazil? Has a lockbox been the cause of one or more breakups in your dating life? Let's put it to a vote: lockboxes yea or lockboxes nay? Keep in mind that if you've spent money on one or more in a game, then you don't want to come across as hypocritical in this poll! Continue reading Leaderboard: Lockboxes yea vs. lockboxes nay
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| Guild Wars 2 beta signups peaked at 4,000 a minute Posted: 27 Feb 2012 08:00 AM PST Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, News items, Guild Wars 2  Last week we brought you the news ArenaNet had received over a million signups for the Guild Wars 2 beta. In a press release today, that success was further clarified with an impressive statistic: during peak periods of the signup, the company recorded more than 4,000 signups a minute. That seems to be a huge testament to player's anticipation of the upcoming MMO, if the feat of achieving 1,000,000 tester signups in just under 50 hours wasn't cool enough. The press release also contained some details about future tests, saying that the next bout of closed beta testing will come in late March and "will provide players with an opportunity to experience its deep RPG game elements, epic World v. World battles and inviting social gameplay while helping the team load test the servers." According to a blog post from January, this will be followed up by larger events in April leading up to the eventual and long-awaited release. [Source: NCsoft press release]
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| New Korean MMO Bless reveals English website Posted: 27 Feb 2012 07:00 AM PST Filed under: Fantasy, MMO industry, New titles, News items  No it's not Aion, or even TERA. The new kid on the block is called Bless, and though we told you about the game back in October, it's taken Neowiz a while to come up with an English website. That website is now live (though it does take forever and a day to load). The site features a trailer, a few screenshots and character concepts, and brief snippets of lore that seem to indicate two factions (Cosmopolis and Hierapolis). We've heard a rumor that Neowiz has more than 150 developers working on the project, some of whom worked on Aion, TERA, and Lineage II. We'll bring you more on the new title as it becomes available.
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| MV Guide: February 27 - March 4, 2012 Posted: 27 Feb 2012 06:00 AM PST Filed under: Previews, Hands-on, 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 titles to take a look at. During our streamed events, you can participate in the live chat, ask questions to learn about the game, and simply spend some time with Massively staff and readers. (Of course, streaming is subject to the whims of outside forces like server-side gremlins once in a while.) Follow along after the jump to see what's on this week's schedule! Continue reading MV Guide: February 27 - March 4, 2012
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| DDO's Menace of the Underdark releasing June 25th, opens up pre-orders Posted: 27 Feb 2012 05:15 AM PST Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Galleries, Screenshots, Dungeons and Dragons Online, Classes, Expansions, Previews, Free-to-play, Promotions  We asked Turbine why now seemed like a good time for an expansion. The devs said that Atari had made some noise back in the day about one, but it never came to fruition. With the success of free-to-play, Turbine wanted to see whether the expansion model was still viable, so Lord of the Rings Online was chosen as a test subject. When Rise of Isengard became the best-selling expansion for the company, the company felt secure letting DDO have a chance, although there was quite a lot of wrangling with Wizards of the Coast about the details and permissions. Record or no, it's an exciting event for DDO players, and the today, Turbine has announced the two biggest details for the expansion's schedule. The first is that Menace of the Underdark has a release date, and the second is the opening of pre-orders. Read on to get all of the juicy infos. Continue reading DDO's Menace of the Underdark releasing June 25th, opens up pre-orders
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| The Daily Grind: Should players get a vote on content? Posted: 27 Feb 2012 05:00 AM PST Filed under: Business models, MMO industry, Opinion, Free-to-play, Browser, The Daily Grind, Miscellaneous, Sandbox  So what do you think -- is it a good idea to let players vote (or pay to vote) on what content makes it into a game?  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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| MMO Week in Review: One million served Posted: 26 Feb 2012 05:00 PM PST Filed under: Massively Meta, Week in Review, Miscellaneous  One million eager players signed up to test Guild Wars 2 during ArenaNet's two-day closed beta blitz this week. Whether those one million will be invited to the actual test is still unknown, but while you wait, there are plenty of GW2 snacks to nibble. Why not check out our closed beta impressions, the latest Flameseeker Chronicles, our video guide to crafting, and the latest on the game's anti-queue overflow servers? This week's other top MMO stories are just behind the cut! Continue reading MMO Week in Review: One million served
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| CCP: DUST will offer a 'more intuitive' EVE experience Posted: 26 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST Filed under: Sci-fi, EVE Online, Game mechanics, Interviews, MMO industry, New titles, News items, Free-to-play, Consoles, MMOFPS, DUST 514, Sandbox  Petursson says that initially, DUST mercenaries will not be riding the proverbial space elevator into orbit to parlay with their capsuleer counterparts in EVE. As in the eight-year-old spaceship MMO, though, the design will evolve and change, and "the two experiences are going to be more and more crafted over time." The interview also also posits that DUST's accessible shooter design may lead new players into the world of New Eden in spite of EVE Online's legendary learning curve. "EVE is a very particular type of experience, made for people who want to commit a lot of energy to have a game experience like that," Petursson explains. "Over the years we've seen a lot of people interested in the EVE universe, the single shard and the political drama, but [they] might not be particularly looking for an experience like the game itself. We see DUST as a way to allow people to participate in this universe by offering them a more intuitive, familiar, speedier, quicker, shorter time-commitment type of experience."
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| EVE Evolved: Setting the universe on fire Posted: 26 Feb 2012 03:00 PM PST Filed under: Sci-fi, EVE Online, Expansions, Game mechanics, PvP, Opinion, EVE Evolved, DUST 514, Sandbox  We'll hear more about DUST 514 in the coming months as CCP reveals more concrete details of the game's link to EVE Online and the motivations behind planet-bound wars. Incarna fans will apparently also see some movement, with Team Avatar focusing on avatar-based updates for this release. While Inferno is a rather uninspired name and coincidentally would make three of the last four expansions start with the word "in," the expansion's content is genuinely exciting. Fundamental changes are coming to EVE's PvP mechanics for the first time in several years. CCP hasn't revealed the exact changes, but that hasn't stopped players from speculating on what might be heading their way. In this week's EVE Evolved, I speculate on the changes coming in the upcoming Inferno expansion and what changes I think might be coming to EVE's PvP. Continue reading EVE Evolved: Setting the universe on fire
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| League of Legends reveals Fiora, The Grand Duelist Posted: 26 Feb 2012 12:00 PM PST Filed under: Game mechanics, PvP, News items, Free-to-play, MOBA, League of Legends  As if that weren't enough mobility, Burst of Speed gives bonus movement speed for every basic attack or lunge that hits while it's active. Burst of Speed also provides an attack speed boost, and its cooldown resets if Fiora kills an enemy champion. Riposte gives Fiora a massive attack damage buff, causing the next basic attack or spell against her to be reflected back at the attacker. Fiora's ultimate, Blade Waltz, makes her rapidly bounce between nearby enemies, slashing each one for physical damage. Fiora is invulnerable during the move, but could easily be counter-attacked when it ends.
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