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- An early look at Phosphor's survival pseudo-MMO Nether
- WRUP: The new Warchief isn't edition
- The Daily Grind: What MMO has the cutest pets?
- MMObility: Perfect World's new mobile lineup
- Betawatch: September 7 - September 13, 2013
- PlanetSide 2 launches Operation: Make Faster Game
- The Crew's creative director on RPG aspects and the open world
- You should watch this Elite: Dangerous trailer
- Shroud of the Avatar makes progress on homes and cloth armor
- The end has come for this issue of WildStar's webcomic
- LotRO: Helm's Deep purchase required to continue the epic story
- What's in a name? WoW study explores the answer
- Second Wind: Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, part one
| An early look at Phosphor's survival pseudo-MMO Nether Posted: 14 Sep 2013 10:00 AM PDT Filed under: Betas, Horror, Galleries, Screenshots, Video, Business Models, Game Mechanics, New Titles, Previews, PvP, PvE, Opinion, First Impressions, Events (Massively's Coverage), Post-Apocalyptic, Miscellaneous, Buy-to-Play  The game's backstory features a near-future world, about a decade after a major mutation event called "the Cull" in the game's lore. Thanks to the Cull, the majority of the population transformed into Continue reading An early look at Phosphor's survival pseudo-MMO Nether
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| WRUP: The new Warchief isn't edition Posted: 14 Sep 2013 08:00 AM PDT Filed under: Massively Meta, Miscellaneous  The new Warchief of the Horde is not a basic campfire. The new Warchief is not a piece of furniture, nor is the new Warchief a Sith. The new Warchief is not distributed via flyers to your home, does not go on icy to dull the pain, and should not be applied directly to the forehead. The new Warchief is neither your boyfriend nor your girlfriend. Most importantly, the new Warchief is not WRUP. This is WRUP. It's right here past the cut with some of our staff members discussing what we'll be doing over the weekend. And then let us know what you'll be doing, which hopefully includes just finding this out so we can stop pretending it's a spoiler. Continue reading WRUP: The new Warchief isn't edition
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| The Daily Grind: What MMO has the cutest pets? Posted: 14 Sep 2013 06:00 AM PDT Filed under: Culture, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Miscellaneous  Players love having pets in games since they can serve as status symbols as well as just being cute to look at (without the usual feeding/walking/waste management issues created by real pets). So as fluffy as they are, we ask you today about these little bundles of squealing joy. What game has the cutest pets? Is it a game you still play, one you've left behind, or one that you have never played but still squeal about when you spy its cute critters?  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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| MMObility: Perfect World's new mobile lineup Posted: 13 Sep 2013 07:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Interviews, New Titles, Previews, PvP, PvE, Free-to-Play, Mobile, Casual, Miscellaneous, MMObility, MOBA  So how will it tackle the mobile world? Will it offer as much variety as it does with its other games? Will these mobile games be MMOs or pseudo-MMOs that are attached to social networks? I was able to snag some answers from Fabian Pierre Nicolas, General Manager of Mobile for Perfect World Entertainment. Continue reading MMObility: Perfect World's new mobile lineup
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| Betawatch: September 7 - September 13, 2013 Posted: 13 Sep 2013 06:00 PM PDT Filed under: Betas, MMO Industry, News Items, Betawatch, Miscellaneous  I'm not saying it's never going to happen, but I am saying it'll probably be around 2038. Other than that, it's been a quiet week for game betas. But there are still a lot of games in testing in the list down below, so you can certainly check one of them out. And as always, if something sneaked its way into having a full cash shop and no character wipe or something similar, let us know down in the comments. Continue reading Betawatch: September 7 - September 13, 2013
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| PlanetSide 2 launches Operation: Make Faster Game Posted: 13 Sep 2013 05:00 PM PDT Filed under: Sci-Fi, Game Mechanics, Patches, News Items, Free-to-Play, MMOFPS, PlanetSide 2  Elam explains that at this point the team feels that the core game mechanics are where they need to be. What the game does need is to trim out bits of visual fluff and effects that force the game to run more slowly than it should. So the developers are working on simple ways to do that, like slowing the rate of updates on adjacent players to speed up large battles and simplifying the physics engine to not render changes that players cannot see or interact with. For a full list of the optimization projects, take a look at the letter. [Thanks to Gustavo for the tip!]
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| The Crew's creative director on RPG aspects and the open world Posted: 13 Sep 2013 04:00 PM PDT Filed under: Real-Life, Video, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, New Titles, News Items, Consoles  There's plenty of gameplay footage on display, as well as commentary from creative director Julian Garrity that highlights the title's RPG aspects. "Of course we've got tons and tons of cars," Garrity explains, "but we really want people to be playing with one car and taking it everywhere." He mentions all sorts of tuning kits, individual parts, and even the ability to tear down and rebuild a vehicle in order to access and maximize specific components. The video also touches on the size, complexity, and detail of the gameworld. Driving across the U.S., Garrity says, will take between one and two hours of real time. The game's version of New York City is about the same size as Liberty City from the Grand Theft Auto series. There's much more info if you're interested, all of which is contained in the video after the cut. Continue reading The Crew's creative director on RPG aspects and the open world
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| You should watch this Elite: Dangerous trailer Posted: 13 Sep 2013 03:00 PM PDT Filed under: Sci-Fi, Trailers, Video, MMO Industry, New Titles, News Items, Sandbox, Crowdfunding, Elite: Dangerous  In fact, the video itself was used as part of Frontier's composer selection process, while the newly minted trailer track was part of Talbot's pitch for the job. Frontier's YouTube verbiage says that the video also serves as a development tool for things like the game's GUI layout, special effects, and ship materials. Have a look -- and a listen -- after the break. Continue reading You should watch this Elite: Dangerous trailer
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| Shroud of the Avatar makes progress on homes and cloth armor Posted: 13 Sep 2013 02:00 PM PDT Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Dev Diaries, Housing, Shroud of the Avatar  Two updates this month have highlighted several projects that the team's been tackling. First up are the four home models that will go in the game, including ones for founders, benefactors, and those who shell out $50 for a giant Viking home. Floorplans, exterior shots, and interior views are all included. The second update is a hodge-podge of smaller topics, including motion capture videos, the revamp of the male avatar, and cloth armor concept art. Cloth armor: when you positively, absolutely must be bludgeoned with bare minimum protection while still looking fabulous.
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| The end has come for this issue of WildStar's webcomic Posted: 13 Sep 2013 01:30 PM PDT Filed under: Sci-Fi, News Items, Miscellaneous, WildStar, Subscription, MMORPG  Mystery and Mayhem follows the experiments of Lazarin and Zax, both leading innovators for their particular factions, as they create horrible creatures and generally do mad scientist-type things. Check out the exciting conclusion to Issue #001 over on the official site.
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| LotRO: Helm's Deep purchase required to continue the epic story Posted: 13 Sep 2013 01:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Lord of the Rings Online, Expansions, Free-to-Play, Dev Diaries  On the forums, CM Rick Heaton explained the change: "The epic story in Helm's Deep is very tightly entwined with the epic battle system. The story in Helm's Deep is the epic battle we all know from the books. We've returned to the core story line from the lore and that line leads in a direct path, laid out by the Professor himself, into Helm's Deep and the battles and heroic deeds that occur there. As a result, this means the epic story requires the purchase of the Helm's Deep expansion." "Epic Story Guy" MadeOfLions also chimed in with a much more informative post about the decision. "It's a change that serves to reward the players that do pick up the expansion, and makes the expansion a better deal, more worth your time and your money," he writes. "This is just an expansion change for now -- I'm hoping we can keep the epic story free in other updates." Speaking of Helm's Deep, Turbine just posted the Champion class update dev diary for all to peruse!
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| What's in a name? WoW study explores the answer Posted: 13 Sep 2013 12:00 PM PDT Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, MMO Industry, News Items  Speculating that patterns in naming exist, Drachen and colleagues studied millions of World of Warcraft character data and found a relationship between the name selection and the class and race of a character; the most popular names had virtually no overlap between classes and races. It was also discovered that unique names in the game existed at a higher frequency than in the real world. The researches found that an average of 58% of the names overall were unique and that 83% of names were unique on RP servers. Additionally, names with negative connotations were six times more common than positive ones. Taking the study beyond WoW, the researchers looked at shooters and found "hints that it may be possible to predict some aspects of play behavior or perhaps even personality of people based on their character names."
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| Second Wind: Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, part one Posted: 13 Sep 2013 11:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Classes, Game Mechanics, Opinion, Hands-On, Final Fantasy XIV, Dungeons, Second Wind  There's no denying that Square Enix has taken titanic strides in revamping its much-maligned MMO. Whole game systems have been torn apart and rewoven into something barely recognizable, and I'm not even going to entertain whether or not the changes were for the better. They absolutely were. The real question here is whether it will be enough to change the game's course. And as it happens, that's just the question I plan to answer in this multi-part edition of Second Wind. Continue reading Second Wind: Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, part one
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