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- World of Tanks: v7.5 Goes Live in the EU
- Star Wars: The Old Republic: Free-to-Play and Schadenfreude
- The Repopulation: Latest Update is a Big One
- Age of Conan: Unchained: Latest Development Update Posted
- Star Wars: The Old Republic: Hickman Discusses F2P Move
- Otherland: The Making Of Part 4
- General: Where Work and Play Meet
- Star Wars: The Old Republic: Free to Play Option Coming This Fall
- Star Wars: The Old Republic: Free to Play This Fall
- Guild Wars 2: Creating an Emotional Attachment in MMOs
- The Secret World: Update 1.1 Released
- General: More Mid-Year Musing
- MU Online: The 10 Year Interview
- General: The Best MMO Business Models
| World of Tanks: v7.5 Goes Live in the EU Posted: 01 Aug 2012 07:14 AM PDT Wargaming.net has announced that the World of Tanks v7.5 patch is now live on EU servers and will go live in North America on August 2nd. Update 7.5 features new Tier 10 medium tanks and tank destroyers, premium vehicles, battling arenas, as well as new medals and titles.     |
| Star Wars: The Old Republic: Free-to-Play and Schadenfreude Posted: 01 Aug 2012 01:26 AM PDT EA's announcement that Star Wars: The Old Republic would be going free-to-play in the Fall has sparked some interesting reactions from gamers around the 'net. In this week's SWTOR column, we're weighing in on the news and explain why we feel the switchover is worthy of praise over doom-n-gloom.   |
| The Repopulation: Latest Update is a Big One Posted: 01 Aug 2012 06:54 AM PDT The Repopulation team has posted the July update, a beast of an article that features a look at the massive amount of work that has been done on the game in the last thirty days. Among other things, The Repopulation may start seeing new testers as the devs look to expand the pool.   |
| Age of Conan: Unchained: Latest Development Update Posted Posted: 01 Aug 2012 06:45 AM PDT Funcom's Oliver Kunz has posted the latest Age of Conan: Unchained development update that gives players an inside look at what the team has been working on for the last month. Most compellingly, Kunz talks about how the 'single server technology' utilized by The Secret World will be rolling into AoC over time.   |
| Star Wars: The Old Republic: Hickman Discusses F2P Move Posted: 01 Aug 2012 06:41 AM PDT In a new developer blog on the Star Wars: The Old Republic site, Executive Producer Jeff Hickman gives a bit of information about how the team arrived at the decision to give players a F2P option as well as information about how the program will work.   |
| Otherland: The Making Of Part 4 Posted: 01 Aug 2012 06:37 AM PDT In the latest video diary, the Otherland team and book author Tad Williams show off Five Isle, a world based on the five Chinese elements. This is the first time that Mr. Williams has been shown on camera to talk about the concept behind Five Isle. Check it out!   |
| General: Where Work and Play Meet Posted: 30 Jul 2012 07:18 PM PDT The Devil's Advocate today takes readers on a roundabout journey that ends up asking gamers to 'repurpose' a single hour of game time in the pursuit of something else. Curious? You should be! Keep reading and then leave your thoughts in the comments.   |
| Star Wars: The Old Republic: Free to Play Option Coming This Fall Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:15 PM PDT EA and BioWare have announced that a new free to play option will be added to Star Wars: The Old Republic beginning this fall. New and returning players will be able to play all eight character classes and progress to level 50 with some restrictions.   |
| Star Wars: The Old Republic: Free to Play This Fall Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:58 PM PDT With today's blockbuster announcement that Star Wars: The Old Republic will be adding a F2P option, we took the opportunity to chat with BioWare's Jeff Hickman, Executive Producer, Star Wars: The Old Republic and Matthew Bromberg, Studio General Manager, BioWare Austin about some of the new features players can expect. Read on!   |
| Guild Wars 2: Creating an Emotional Attachment in MMOs Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:51 PM PDT In a new post on the Guild Wars 2 blog, Jeff Grubb and Ree Soesbee speak to ways the team is working to give players a sense of connection to the game via their characters and a connection to the choices they make in the game.   |
| The Secret World: Update 1.1 Released Posted: 31 Jul 2012 09:38 AM PDT Funcom has announced that the 1.1 update for The Secret World has been released. The patch brings seven new missions, a new Marketplace and a host of fixes and enhancements into the game.   |
| Posted: 29 Jul 2012 09:10 PM PDT In the last edition of The Free Zone, we took a look at the first half of the year and gave a few thoughts about what the rest of the year might bring. In today's edition, we offer a few more musings about the six months behind us. See what you think and then weigh in with your own thoughts.   |
| MU Online: The 10 Year Interview Posted: 29 Jul 2012 09:01 PM PDT MU Online is a venerable grand old dame of the MMO space. We recently caught up with Producer HyeokIm Jun to talk about MU, where it's been and where it's going. See what we discovered and then leave us your thoughts in the comments.   |
| General: The Best MMO Business Models Posted: 31 Jul 2012 03:49 AM PDT It's true; the MMORPG.com community is a decidedly subscription-based crowd. But with the advent of many different MMO business models appearing in mainstream titles these days, we thought it'd be prudent to round up some of the more prevalent types and break down our favorites in this week's The List.   |
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