MMO Updates |
- Runes of Magic on its third anniversary
- Elsword Harmony Festival features time-limited bonus items
- All the World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria previews you can shake an empty fist at
- World of Tanks has 20 million registered users, making double-digit million profits monthly
- MV Guide: March 19-25, 2012
- The Daily Grind: Should new expansions include old expansions?
- MMO Week in Review: TORsy and iconic
- EVE Evolved: Rebalancing EVE's ships
- League of Legends talks nerfs and reveals Lulu, the Fae Sorceress
| Runes of Magic on its third anniversary Posted: 19 Mar 2012 10:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Classes, Events, real-world, Events, in-game, New titles, Opinion, Free-to-play, Rumors, Runes of Magic  The real question is what's new in the land of Taborea, but if you wanted to know about new lands or dungeons, you'll have to wait a little bit longer. There's no official word, but given the time that's passed and the unofficial images and information that are floating around the Internet, we know Chapter 5 can't be too far off. There are still players out there who are far from making their way through the Chapter 4 content, but many guilds on the cutting edge are starting to trample Tomb of the Seven Heroes into a well-worn path. During this intermediary period, Runewaker added the random attribute extractor and the costume interface. This isn't a replacement to aggregating; it's more like an extension. Most recently, the team introduced a patch containing bug fixes and a sprinkling of changes to the user interface, guilds, pets, vendor NPCs, quests, crafting, and skills. Some of the most exciting information is sketchy but does point to two possible new classes. And what class (or race?) could possibly have skills with names like "forge" and "runecraft" in them? Hmm... Continue reading Runes of Magic on its third anniversary
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| Elsword Harmony Festival features time-limited bonus items Posted: 19 Mar 2012 09:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Events, in-game, Game mechanics, MMO industry, News items, Free-to-play  The festival includes free costumes as well as festival pie (the latter of which is used in dungeons to recover half your hit points and remove negative status effects). The devs have also added a few new quests to the mix, and there are new thrown weapons available for use in dungeons as well. There's more of course, so head to the official Elsword site to get the full scoop. [Source: Kill3rCombo press release]
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| All the World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria previews you can shake an empty fist at Posted: 19 Mar 2012 08:00 AM PDT Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, Expansions, Previews, Hands-on, First Impressions  World of Warcraft players are undoubtedly fixated on the expansion, as January's 4.3 patch was announced to be the last major update to the game before MoP arrives. You can check out all of the juicy info squeezed from the press beta groves after the jump, including hands-on impressions and insights you won't find anywhere else!
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| World of Tanks has 20 million registered users, making double-digit million profits monthly Posted: 19 Mar 2012 07:30 AM PDT Filed under: Historical, Business models, MMO industry, News items, War, Free-to-play, World of Tanks  Kislyi also offered up some impressive concurrent user numbers for World of Tanks, including 423,000 simultaneous Russian tankers that he said outstrips the entirety of EVE Online's playerbase. As for the "pay-to-win" rhetoric often found in World of Tanks internet discussions, Kislyi says it is what it is. "For casual gameplay, which most players do most of the time, people don't usually use gold or expendables. Of course if you want to win a tournament, if you're competitive, if you play clan wars, if you want to be at the top, we think it's appropriate to expect a little bit of money from you because you already spent hundreds of hours in our game and that's much more than the value of any $50 box."
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| Posted: 19 Mar 2012 07:00 AM PDT Filed under: 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: March 19-25, 2012
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| The Daily Grind: Should new expansions include old expansions? Posted: 19 Mar 2012 06:00 AM PDT Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, Business models, Expansions, MMO industry, Opinion, The Daily Grind  So I'm happy to see recent sales on WoW's earlier expansions and a free Cataclysm for returning players via the new scroll of resurrection deal, but I can't help but wonder whether it's too late. How many of you have skipped over a game because of the cost of "catching up"? Do you think new expansions should always include the previous ones gratis?  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: TORsy and iconic Posted: 18 Mar 2012 06:00 PM PDT Filed under: Massively Meta, Week in Review, Miscellaneous  This week, Massively met the crowds clamoring for more Star Wars: The Old Republic info with a slew of articles just in time for the guild summit embargo drop. We explored the upcoming Update 1.2 in a lengthy hands-on, examined the game's re-tinkered legacy system, and chatted with James Ohlen on the future of the game (wru, dungeon finder!). Were you one of the many gamers who took advantage of the free TOR pass over this past weekend? Sound off in the comments and enjoy the rest of this week's top MMO stories after the cut! Continue reading MMO Week in Review: TORsy and iconic
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| EVE Evolved: Rebalancing EVE's ships Posted: 18 Mar 2012 04:00 PM PDT Filed under: Sci-fi, EVE Online, Game mechanics, Patches, PvP, Opinion, EVE Evolved, Sandbox  When a new EVE player is ready to get into something larger than a frigate, he's currently faced with the choice of training for a destroyer or skipping it and heading straight to cruisers. Similarly, players often skip from cruisers straight to slow, bulky battleships even though battlecruisers are probably the most effective ship class for new pilots. A new system is on the way this summer, one that aims to fix this problem by introducing new racial versions of the destroyer and battlecruiser skills that must be trained on the way to bigger ships. This change should make training progression much clearer for new pilots and is just the tip of the iceberg of awesome plans in the works for the summer expansion. In this week's EVE Evolved, I examine EVE Online's upcoming ship revamp and tell you how you may be able to get free skillpoints when the patch goes live. Continue reading EVE Evolved: Rebalancing EVE's ships
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| League of Legends talks nerfs and reveals Lulu, the Fae Sorceress Posted: 18 Mar 2012 12:00 PM PDT Filed under: Video, Game mechanics, Patches, PvP, News items, Free-to-play, Dev Diaries, MOBA, League of Legends  Lulu's introduction patch will be arriving with a whole host of balance changes and gameplay tweaks. Ramus will have his effectiveness as a rapidly ganking jungler nerfed with a reduction in his base damage and armour. Shaco's early-game ganking potential has been found to be a bit too strong, while his late game potential is lacking. He'll be rebalanced to make him scale better into the late game. Jax was dying far too easily in teamfights, so developers have swapped the damage and ability power from the active part of his ultimate for additional armour and magic resist. Lifesteal items are also on the chopping block, with the goal of making damage harder to regenerate in a lane. Skip past the cut to watch the full patch preview video in HD. Continue reading League of Legends talks nerfs and reveals Lulu, the Fae Sorceress
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