MMO Updates |
- Chinese government forbids MMO television series
- PlanetSide 2 will be available on Steam
- Leaderboard: Raid vs. small group content
- MV Guide: August 6 - 12, 2012
- The Daily Grind: Is it lazy to retool classic dungeons for endgame?
- MMO Week in Review: Keep calm and carry on
- EVE Evolved: Getting people to actually fight
- One Shots: Death by tentacles
| Chinese government forbids MMO television series Posted: 06 Aug 2012 09:00 AM PDT  What gives, China? Why no love for the MMO? This strange restriction is one of several new guidelines announced over the weekend by the Chinese State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television. Among the guidelines is the rule that broadcast TV can't be based on online games. The only current show on Chinese TV related to MMO is Rift in the Sky (which is based on the game Sword of the Yellow Emperor). Considering how popular MMOs are in the country, it seems odd that the government feels that they're unworthy of appearing on air.
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| PlanetSide 2 will be available on Steam Posted: 06 Aug 2012 08:30 AM PDT Filed under: Betas, Sci-fi, MMO industry, New titles, News items, Free-to-play, MMOFPS, PlanetSide 2  Closed beta testing for PlanetSide 2 began today.
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| Leaderboard: Raid vs. small group content Posted: 06 Aug 2012 08:00 AM PDT Filed under: Polls, Opinion, Miscellaneous, Dungeons, Leaderboard  Small group content offers a more intimate setting for you and a few friends (or strangers with potty mouths) to tackle an instance. Because there are so few of you, each one needs to pull his or her own weight and become a hero. These runs tend to be less stressful and far more accessible to the game's population. On the other hand, raids offer the most challenging content in the game. It requires all involved to be geared up, skilled, and knowledgeable in the ways of fight patterns. Participating in one can feel downright epic, especially when you consider that you can see content that many players will never witness. So let's put it to a vote! Which do you prefer: raid or small group content? Continue reading Leaderboard: Raid vs. small group content
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| Posted: 06 Aug 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: August 6 - 12, 2012
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| The Daily Grind: Is it lazy to retool classic dungeons for endgame? Posted: 06 Aug 2012 06:00 AM PDT Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, Expansions, Game mechanics, MMO industry, Endgame, Opinion, Massively Meta, The Daily Grind, Miscellaneous, Dungeons  I like a chance to go back to reworked older zones to get my nostalgia fix on boosted, endgame content. But I can see why players might object to the practice. After all, a fresh coat of paint doesn't really make it a new room. It can feel as if the devs cheaped out and just pasted some new textures and mechanics into an already-built zone instead of implementing something truly new. What do you think -- is it lazy to retool classic dungeons for a new endgame?  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: Keep calm and carry on Posted: 05 Aug 2012 06:00 PM PDT Filed under: Massively Meta, Week in Review, Miscellaneous  It's been a brutal week for both the old and the new guard of the MMO genre. World of Warcraft announced losses of over a million subscription players in the last three months, while Star Wars: The Old Republic dipped under a million subs and revealed plans to adopt a hybrid free-to-play model to counter its shrinkage. But don't panic! As analysts point out, WoW has Mists of Pandaria to look forward to, and F2P SWTOR will likely result in "significant profit" for EA, though Forbes predicts doom for Activision. The rest of our top MMO stories lie beyond the cut. Continue reading MMO Week in Review: Keep calm and carry on
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| EVE Evolved: Getting people to actually fight Posted: 05 Aug 2012 04:00 PM PDT Filed under: Sci-fi, EVE Online, Culture, Game mechanics, PvP, Endgame, Opinion, EVE Evolved, Sandbox  Everyone who engages in PvP regularly will have stories to tell of some of the awesome fights he's had, but in truth they're few and far between. For every fight so spectacular that its story is retold for years, there are hundreds of quiet nights, failed roams, and encounters that end in disaster. Lowsec is particularly troublesome as the lack of warp disruption fields can make it hard to deprive enemies of an escape route and get them to actually fight. Warp bubbles bring their own problems, so what can be done to add more PvP opportunities to lowsec without allowing players to use area-effect warp disruption? In this week's EVE Evolved, I look at some of the factors that prevent good fights and stifle PvP in lowsec. Continue reading EVE Evolved: Getting people to actually fight
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| Posted: 05 Aug 2012 02:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Horror, Galleries, Screenshots, Guild Wars, Massively Meta, One Shots, The Secret World, Allods Online, Miscellaneous  Hey Massively -- long-time reader The Platypus here! Two friends and I decided to three-man the Polaris dungeon in The Secret World last night, and while it went more smoothly than I imagined it would, we still had a little trouble with the Ur-Draug (TSW's Cthulhu analogue). As I was dying the first time and the creeping inevitability of my fate overcame me, I did the only logical thing I could do with the last few seconds of life: I took a screenshot! Enjoy!Tentacles past the break. Hit it! Continue reading One Shots: Death by tentacles
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