MMO Updates |
- ArenaNet confirms Guild Wars 2 beta invites are in progress
- WRUP: You'd better be wearing green edition
- The Daily Grind: Do social media tie-ins annoy you?
- Betawatch: March 10 - 16, 2012
- Storyboard: Sadface
- MapleStory allies against aliens
- Guild Wars discontinuing support for old operating systems
- Todd McFarlane says Project Copernicus is coming this year
- Terrazas talks EverQuest F2P launch and anniversary celebration
- MMObility: Parallel Mafia is not a typical Mafia game
| ArenaNet confirms Guild Wars 2 beta invites are in progress Posted: 17 Mar 2012 10:00 AM PDT Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Guild Wars 2  It might help you to know that ArenaNet has indeed begun sending out beta invites for the lucky few who were accepted after the recent 48-hour call to arms. Rubi Bayer confirmed this on Guild Wars 2's Facebook page: "Yes, beta invitations have begun going out. They'll be sent out over the next few days. Please remember that discussing the beta in any way, shape, or form -- including your status in it -- is a breach of NDA. Don't risk your beta access!"Keep in mind that whether or not you're admitted to this round of beta testing, you can ensure your place in future beta weekends by pre-purchasing the game.
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| WRUP: You'd better be wearing green edition Posted: 17 Mar 2012 08:00 AM PDT Filed under: Massively Meta, Miscellaneous  Me? Half of my shirts are green. This week's WRUP does not actually involve any Saint Patrick's Day shenanigans. Instead, we've opted for our usual mixture of games and some assorted musings on what games we'd play if the games in question had alternate rulesets for some servers. So go ahead and spy on our weekend antics just past the cut, and let us know what you'll be doing in the comments! Continue reading WRUP: You'd better be wearing green edition
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| The Daily Grind: Do social media tie-ins annoy you? Posted: 17 Mar 2012 06:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Culture, Events, real-world, MMO industry, Opinion, Guild Wars 2, The Daily Grind, Promotions  While complaining does seem a bit like looking a gift horse in the mouth (and it was easy enough to find a copy of the video on YouTube within five minutes anyway), I can still understand why some folks are irritated by the permeation of social media into every corner of the MMOsphere, from news sites like ours to clicking "Like" for free stuff to auto-Tweeting in-game accomplishments. What about you? Do social media tie-ins annoy you?  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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| Betawatch: March 10 - 16, 2012 Posted: 16 Mar 2012 06:00 PM PDT Filed under: Betas, MMO industry, Betawatch, Miscellaneous  Yesterday, we gave away 10,000 closed beta test keys for TERA. Apparently, you guys really wanted in because they're all gone. But if you didn't snag one, maybe you'll want to check out RaiderZ or one of the other Betawatch games in the list after the break! Continue reading Betawatch: March 10 - 16, 2012
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| Posted: 16 Mar 2012 05:00 PM PDT Filed under: Culture, Opinion, Roleplaying, Storyboard, Miscellaneous  While it's very easy to go into the depressingly morbid side with a tragic character, we're not going into that this week. (Another week -- you know how I roll by now.) No, this week's problem is much simpler. If you're playing a character who's beset on all sides by misfortune, eventually you're just going to wind up with sadness-induced apathy. You're going to get tired of the fact that your character always fails and never wins and that things get worse every time he or she tries to fix problems. In short, you're going to not want to play the character because said character is just plain depressing. Continue reading Storyboard: Sadface
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| MapleStory allies against aliens Posted: 16 Mar 2012 04:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, MapleStory, Patches, Free-to-play  While a majority of the content for Alliance Unbound is for high-level characters, there's still plenty for lowbies to do as well. The main update quest line opens up at level 15 and offers both a high- and low-level version. The update has plenty of meat to it in other ways. A gigantic 31-part quest chain has been added to Ellin Forest for level 95s in which players will jump back in time and explore the making of one of the key regions in the game. There's also a nifty and powerful alien socket system that grants players the ability to upgrade weapons. Finally, Nexon's got plenty of new Event Cards and a collection system to keep players busy.
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| Guild Wars discontinuing support for old operating systems Posted: 16 Mar 2012 03:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Guild Wars, News items  If you're a Guild Wars player who's still playing on a pre-Windows XP operating system, you may want to look into an upgrade soon. ArenaNet announced today that beginning on June 14th of this year, the studio will no longer be supporting Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, and Windows ME. The announcement notes that this change will only affect about .05% of the game's current players, and it will allow ArenaNet to implement "features that will improve account management and security," so we'd say it's a pretty fair trade. At any rate, any players still running any of the archaic operating systems listed above have until June to make the switch, so don't tarry!
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| Todd McFarlane says Project Copernicus is coming this year Posted: 16 Mar 2012 02:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Video, News items  Gamers got their first look at the Kingdoms of Amalur universe in Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning earlier this year, but we here at Massively are still anxiously awaiting more details on 38 Studios' MMO branch of the setting, Project Copernicus. Thankfully, it looks like we won't have to wait too much longer. In an interview with START, comic artist extraordinaire Todd McFarlane, who is providing art design for Copernicus, nonchalantly dropped news that the studio is aiming to release Project Copernicus "later in the year." He doesn't expound any further on when exactly we can expect to get our hands on the game, but with any luck we'll be getting some more details before long, so stay tuned folks. Oh, and the full interview is embedded past the cut in case you'd like to watch the full thing. The relevant quote hits at about the 11:50 mark, but the full interview is definitely worth a watch. [Thanks to John for the tip!] Continue reading Todd McFarlane says Project Copernicus is coming this year
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| Terrazas talks EverQuest F2P launch and anniversary celebration Posted: 16 Mar 2012 01:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Galleries, Polls, Video, EverQuest, Events, real-world, Game mechanics, Interviews, MMO industry, Patches, Previews, News items, Free-to-play  Continue reading Terrazas talks EverQuest F2P launch and anniversary celebration
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| MMObility: Parallel Mafia is not a typical Mafia game Posted: 16 Mar 2012 12:00 PM PDT Filed under: Business models, New titles, Previews, Opinion, Free-to-play, Browser, Mobile, Hands-on, Casual, Crime, Miscellaneous, MMObility  Both titles are location-based MMORPGs. I have always wanted more options in the genre, but I imagine it's a tough one to develop in. What's the point of the real-life connection? Why would players want to play in a game that is basically spawned on top of Google Maps? Continue reading MMObility: Parallel Mafia is not a typical Mafia game
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