MMO Updates |
- Captain's Log: STO's loaded for bear
- SOE highlights E3, Vanu PlanetSide 2 screens
- Illyriad's revamp adds friends list, medal designer, and more functional UI
- Glitch dev Google Maps all of World of Warcraft
- Embers of Caerus videos cover player stats and dynamic ecology
- MV Guide: June 18 - 24, 2012
- The Daily Grind: Do you need to be the hero?
- MMO Week in Review: The bold republic
- EVE Evolved: Building stronger communities
- One Shots: Building character
- Mechwarrior Online system requirements, founder's program teased
| Captain's Log: STO's loaded for bear Posted: 18 Jun 2012 10:00 AM PDT Filed under: Sci-fi, Patches, Opinion, Star Trek Online, Free-to-play, Humor, Captain's Log  We still await the official release date for Season Six; it hasn't been released to the Tribble test server, but Stahl's letter gives additional insight into what players can expect from the new season and gives a few hints at what can be anticipated in Season Seven, due out later this year. So join me as I go over both the letter and the specs for the new ship! Continue reading Captain's Log: STO's loaded for bear
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| SOE highlights E3, Vanu PlanetSide 2 screens Posted: 18 Jun 2012 09:00 AM PDT Filed under: Real life, Galleries, New titles, News items, Free-to-play, MMOFPS, PlanetSide 2, Sandbox Many fans are eagerly awaiting the release of PlanetSide 2 -- the MMOFPS promising massive warfare across the continents of Auraxis. The recent trailer of air and ground battles and hands-on demonstrations at E3 just served to whet their appetites. With the convention now in the rear-view mirror, Sony Online Entertainment continues to tempt players with more in-game screenshots, this time focusing on the Vanu Sovereignty Infiltrator, Heavy Assault, and Engineer. Other images showing off various battle vistas and bases that were previously unveiled at E3 have also been released. Feed your anticipation for the game by taking a look at the new screenshots along with the other images in our PS2 gallery.
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| Illyriad's revamp adds friends list, medal designer, and more functional UI Posted: 18 Jun 2012 08:30 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Video, Patches, News items, Free-to-play, MMORTS, Community Q&A, Dev Diaries  Illyriad also released a video dev chat with Community Manager GM Luna and Art Director GM Cerberus highlighting these changes. GM Luna explains that "everything has been 'refreshed' from the ground up... to make it more user friendly." The new UI transformed the Herald into an interactive book where players can read the lore of the game. The friends list -- a precursor to private chat -- is designed so that players must approve all requests. The medal design feature allows players to create personalized awards and titles for others. The video then ends with a community Q&A. You can watch a demonstration of these features in the dev chat after the break. For more about Illyriad, check out Beau's inside look at the game. [Source: Illyriad press release] Continue reading Illyriad's revamp adds friends list, medal designer, and more functional UI
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| Glitch dev Google Maps all of World of Warcraft Posted: 18 Jun 2012 08:00 AM PDT Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, MMO industry  Henderson was inspired by an earlier attempt to provide a comprehensive map of the game, but felt that he could vastly improve upon the project. He details in his blog how he went about converting the entire world of Azeroth into Google Maps, including the dungeons and several off-the-grid areas unseen by most players. Henderson also shares a few interesting tidbits that he dug up in WoW's files, including earlier names for areas. World of Warcraft is a popular target for such crazy projects. We reported earlier this year that a player was working to create a Minecraft version of the entirety of Azeroth.
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| Embers of Caerus videos cover player stats and dynamic ecology Posted: 18 Jun 2012 07:30 AM PDT Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Video, Game mechanics, Dev Diaries, Sandbox  Embers of Caerus has 10 player stats that are divided into two categories: physical and mental. These stats aren't just linebackers for your DPS quarterback, but highly important to the game's many sub-systems. For example, resilience is vital to help fight off infection and parasites. It's interesting to note that while stats increase as players engage in related activities, they will also decrease over time if neglected. The devs say that the dynamic ecology system is "one of the most ambitious sides to the project." Dynamic ecology enables the world to be alive and changing, particularly in respect to creatures. While Ultima Online attempted to do this and failed, the Embers of Caerus team is confident that it can succeed due to lessons learned. There will be few if any static spawns, and each kill will matter a lot more than as in other MMOs. Check out the two lengthy videos after the jump! Continue reading Embers of Caerus videos cover player stats and dynamic ecology
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| Posted: 18 Jun 2012 07:00 AM PDT Filed under: Livestream, Miscellaneous, MV Guide  Every week, the Massively Stream Team 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 each week, so you'll find a variety of titles to watch. During our streamed events, you can participate in the live chat, ask questions to learn about the game, or 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, and let us know if there's a specific game you'd like to see streamed next week! Continue reading MV Guide: June 18 - 24, 2012
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| The Daily Grind: Do you need to be the hero? Posted: 18 Jun 2012 06:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Game mechanics, MMO industry, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Miscellaneous, Sandbox  What about you? Is ZeniMax going the wrong route by insisting that everyone be the hero in his own little sliver of the world? Do you need to be the hero in an MMO?  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: The bold republic Posted: 17 Jun 2012 06:00 PM PDT Filed under: Massively Meta, Week in Review, Miscellaneous  This week, Star Wars: The Old Republic stole the MMO spotlight with two waves of server Adding to the drama this week, the game's representatives made noise about possible changes to its business model: EA's head honcho proclaimed an intent to "embrace" free models for the title in the long-term, while BioWare's lead developer suggested that the studio is already investigating free-to-play. Want a few more of this week's top MMO stories? To the cut-mobile! Continue reading MMO Week in Review: The bold republic
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| EVE Evolved: Building stronger communities Posted: 17 Jun 2012 04:00 PM PDT Filed under: Sci-fi, EVE Online, Culture, Game mechanics, Lore, MMO industry, PvP, Opinion, EVE Evolved, Sandbox  I think that's because most MMOs today are aimed more at casual and solo play, and most guilds are glorified chat channels with shared bank space. There's plenty of room for solo players in EVE, but most of the gameplay is aimed at groups with purpose and ambitions larger than any individual can reasonably accomplish on his own. Holding territory and building supercapitals are jobs for large alliances, PvP is rarely a solo affair, and even grinding ISK is more fun in a group. This focus on group activities is usually seen as the driving force behind EVE's cohesive communities, but I think there's more to it. In this week's EVE Evolved opinion piece, I look at what drives EVE to create stronger in-game communities than you typically find in other MMOs. Continue reading EVE Evolved: Building stronger communities
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| Posted: 17 Jun 2012 02:00 PM PDT Filed under: Screenshots, Aion, EVE Online, Lord of the Rings Online, Guild Wars 2, Massively Meta, One Shots, Humor, Miscellaneous  Disturbed from a moment of contemplation, she gives you "the look." As her face turns your way, trailing the mist from her breath on the cold air, you find your own breath catching in your lungs. Is it the cold that has frozen your lungs? Her beauty? Or is there something else? Something behind the beauty, a kind of casual, indifferent grace that seems to promise violence? You see a snowflake drift onto the soft black bars of her eyelashes, but she doesn't blink it away. Perhaps it would be a good idea to go inside where it is warm.We've put a few more of your characters on display past the break! Continue reading One Shots: Building character
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| Mechwarrior Online system requirements, founder's program teased Posted: 17 Jun 2012 12:00 PM PDT Filed under: Betas, Sci-fi, Business models, Game mechanics, MMO industry, New titles, News items, Free-to-play  The dev blog also outlines a tentative closed beta testing schedule for the rest of the summer as well as MWO's system requirements. "Right now a duo core system is our minimum spec machine but it is also our main focus of concern," Piranha says. "It's obvious that a quad core system is the key as even the earliest Core 2 Quad systems run the game very well and it is our goal (since there are still so many out there) to optimize the Core 2 Duo systems to run much faster."
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