MMO Updates |
- The Road to Mordor: The Adventures of Floid & Dewitt in LotRO
- WRUP: Visiting the Department of Inevitable Arguments edition
- The Daily Grind: Should big guilds have a mechanical advantage over smaller ones?
- Pirate101 sets sail for Marleybone
- Betawatch: May 18 - 24, 2013
- Hall conquers Everest, talks DayZ's ownership and loss
- Face of Mankind releases development documentary
- Lots of new content coming to SWTOR this summer
- Marvel Heroes' Chronicles of Doom dives into episode 2
- RIFT removes currency-boosting effects for raids
- MMObility: Why a tablet version of RuneScape is so important
- Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls elves are supposed to be ugly
| The Road to Mordor: The Adventures of Floid & Dewitt in LotRO Posted: 25 May 2013 10:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Lord of the Rings Online, Free-to-Play, Humor, The Road to Mordor, Guides  Floid the Mighty Steed and Dewitt the Explorer are an adventuring duo in the process of touring all of Middle-earth. Their journeys take them to out-of-the-way places, but if you stumble upon them you'll be given a deed to find the pair in seven different locales. Do so and you'll earn the incredible, the awe-inspiring, the magnificent... title of "the Wanderer." OK, it's just a title, but it's a title and a "Where's Waldo?" hunt for two oddballs. I'll take some time off of plowing through Update 11 to do this, yes sir! While I've been aware of Floid and Dewitt over the years, I have never taken the time to hunt them down and finish the deed. Well, that ends this week. Come with me as I search high and low until all is revealed! Continue reading The Road to Mordor: The Adventures of Floid & Dewitt in LotRO
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| WRUP: Visiting the Department of Inevitable Arguments edition Posted: 25 May 2013 08:00 AM PDT Filed under: Massively Meta, Miscellaneous  All of our writers have already filed their gaming choices for your potential objection, but if you want to be sure about whether or not you object to what they play, just check out this week's WRUP. It tells you exactly what the staff is playing this week so you can argue about it in the comments. Or you can let us know what you'll be playing in the comments, same difference. Continue reading WRUP: Visiting the Department of Inevitable Arguments edition
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| The Daily Grind: Should big guilds have a mechanical advantage over smaller ones? Posted: 25 May 2013 06:00 AM PDT Filed under: Game Mechanics, Guilds, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Miscellaneous  Should it matter? Organizing and maintaining a guild with 50 members is a lot more work than one with 15 members, so mechanical bonuses certainly give some incentive. Those bonuses also lead to guilds wanting to be bigger without necessarily getting any better; more live bodies, no matter the quality. And bigger guilds can already have advantages over smaller guilds. So should big guilds have a mechanical advantage over smaller ones? Or should the size be its own reward?  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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| Pirate101 sets sail for Marleybone Posted: 24 May 2013 07:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Patches, News Items, Free-to-Play, Kids, Family, Pirate101  The update also adds the new region of Aquila, a new Bazaar system for players to trade goods, and a new tutorial to help players get accustomed to the game. There are also new bosses and transport systems to give players more to do while they sail across the oceans. Last but not least, new companions are scattered through the added regions, and old companions are learning some new tricks. Pirate101 players can log in and start enjoying the update immediately.
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| Posted: 24 May 2013 06:00 PM PDT Filed under: Betas, MMO Industry, News Items, Betawatch, Miscellaneous  Meanwhile, Eldevin quietly moved into its second phase of closed beta. Oh, and Neverwinter's economy completely collapsed, which is either bad for the beta or bad for the game's launch depending on how you see the game's current state. How do we see it? Well, you can take a look at our testing list for an idea. In fact, you might want to take a look at the list anyway just to see what's out there. If you notice something erroneous on there, feel free to let us know so we can take a look ourselves. Continue reading Betawatch: May 18 - 24, 2013
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| Hall conquers Everest, talks DayZ's ownership and loss Posted: 24 May 2013 05:00 PM PDT Filed under: Horror, Culture, Game Mechanics, Interviews, MMO Industry, News Items, Sandbox  Gamasutra recently asked Hall about his Arma zombie mod's phenomenal success, and he pointed to the design's ability to trigger psychological responses to both ownership and loss. "I think the big thing was that it was this finely-crafted mix of permadeath -- which gave you a sense of value, because you could lose something -- and ownership," Hall explained. "Because it's persistent, it means that it's going to be there tomorrow. I think those two things mixed together meant that you had these really valuable stories that came from it."
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| Face of Mankind releases development documentary Posted: 24 May 2013 04:00 PM PDT Filed under: Betas, Sci-Fi, Video, MMOFPS, Crowdfunding  The video itself is long on developer and player anecdotes, although it is short on actual in-game footage (this is probably not surprising considering that the team is rebuilding the engine from scratch). If you have 15 minutes and want to see how an indie MMO is made, check out the documentary after the jump! Continue reading Face of Mankind releases development documentary
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| Lots of new content coming to SWTOR this summer Posted: 24 May 2013 03:00 PM PDT Filed under: Sci-Fi, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, Patches, News Items, Free-to-Play, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Dungeons  The first patch will feature additional guild XP bonuses based on membership numbers (up to a maximum 10% boost), the ability for crafters to make underworld gear, and Nightmare Mode for Terror From Beyond (along with new gear drops). The second patch will feature "significant graphical upgrades," a new daily area, a new recurring event, and new flashpoints.
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| Marvel Heroes' Chronicles of Doom dives into episode 2 Posted: 24 May 2013 02:00 PM PDT Filed under: Betas, Super-hero, Video, Lore, Free-to-Play, Marvel Heroes  The episode tracks the sinister Victor von Doom as he makes a devil's deal with Dorammu to gain power and YouTube likes. The Chronicles of Doom is a four-part motion comic series written by Marvel's Brian Michael Bendis, and it can be seen as the prequel to the game itself. Watch episode 2 after the jump! Continue reading Marvel Heroes' Chronicles of Doom dives into episode 2
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| RIFT removes currency-boosting effects for raids Posted: 24 May 2013 01:00 PM PDT Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Free-to-Play, RIFT  In a forum thread titled RIFT is officially pay-to-win, Fisher addressed the concern over the upcoming item shop's impact in the raiding game. The specific beef was with item store tokens that offered a substantial boost to all currency gained in the game over a period of time. Trion has since nerfed the token's potency (from 100% currency bonus to 80%) as well as removed the ability to gain extra Frozen Eclipse Stones from it. Fisher explained that he decided to remove the token effect because he felt it was crossing the line of what is and is not acceptable from a cash shop. "I don't want you to have the perception that to take part in that section of the game you are going to be forced into buying something," Fisher wrote. "RIFT doesn't win the race by trying to be exploitative of any given group -- yes, it has to make money to continue getting updates, and I know everyone out there understands that."
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| MMObility: Why a tablet version of RuneScape is so important Posted: 24 May 2013 12:00 PM PDT Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Screenshots, RuneScape, Free-to-Play, Browser, Casual, Dev Diaries, MMObility, Sandbox  So many people seem to think that tablet or smartphone gaming is different from gaming on any other device. It is different in the way we interact with the game, in the way that we actually hold the tablet or touch the screen, but the device itself is just a smaller version of the ever-familiar PC, the personal computer. RuneScape 3 could prove that a tablet or smartphone is just as good as any other delivery system -- and in many ways, it might be superior. Continue reading MMObility: Why a tablet version of RuneScape is so important
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| Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls elves are supposed to be ugly Posted: 24 May 2013 11:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Lore, New Titles, Opinion, Races, The Elder Scrolls Online, MMORPG, Tamriel Infinium  Of course, that's just a CGI trailer, and CGI trailers rarely represent what we will see in the game. I can accept that. But more and more screenshots have popped up and more in-game videos have appeared on different websites, and in each of them, it appears to me that the elves -- the "mer" -- have received a makeover. And it's not just the elves; even the Argonians and Khajiit look different. I suspect there's a reason for this. Continue reading Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls elves are supposed to be ugly
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