MMO Updates |
- Prime World videos show off new heroes and new skins
- Tamriel Infinium: The Elder Scrolls Online is no April Fools' joke
- The Stream Team: Avoiding Mages in the Hearthstone arena
- MMO Burnout: Wasteland 2's early beta
- The Daily Grind: What MMO slang are you sick of hearing?
- The Summoner's Guidebook: When in LoL history has support been first pick?
- Wurm Online launches new loyalty bonus program
- The Stream Team: What is Poptropica?
- The Guild Counsel: Survive the holidays with these fun guild events
- Vendetta adds persistent player mines, better mobile support
- First Firefly Online details revealed
- Elite: Dangerous alpha starts today
- Guild Wars 2 dev blog explains WvW matchup system changes
- LotRO begins selling instant level 50 characters
- Next SOE Live hits Vegas August 14 - 17, 2014
- The Stream Team: Fairies and wine in RIFT's Realm of the Fae
- Monster Madness Online announced, starts open alpha testing
- The Tattered Notebook Extra: EQ Next Landmark livestream talks tools, demonstrates mining
- Wizard101 fulfills a child's wish
- Shroud of the Avatar enters first phase of early access testing
| Prime World videos show off new heroes and new skins Posted: 13 Dec 2013 09:00 AM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Game Mechanics, New Titles, Patches, PvP, News Items, Free-to-Play, MOBA  If you wanted a fight in style with a new outfit for the holidays, Prime World has got you covered. Nival just released patch 9.12.5, bringing new skins, a new hero, and a new report system along with other fixes and tweaks to the MOBA-esque game. The skins offer a variety of looks for both male and female characters (Brawler/Meijin can be seen above). The new hero, Da'ka/Ha'ka, fills the role of protector and costs 850,000 silver to hire; players also need a level 36 castle to acquire him. Players will appreciate the simple new built-in report system that allows misbehavior to be reported more easily instead of taking screenshots, collecting battle logs, and sending complaints to technical support. Full details on this system and the other changes can be found in the official patch notes, but you can get a glimpse of the hero and the new skins in the videos below. And to learn more about the game, check out Massively's launch impressions. [Source: Nival press release] Continue reading Prime World videos show off new heroes and new skins
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| Tamriel Infinium: The Elder Scrolls Online is no April Fools' joke Posted: 13 Dec 2013 08:00 AM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Trailers, Video, Business Models, Launches, MMO Industry, New Titles, Opinion, The Elder Scrolls Online, Subscription, MMORPG, Tamriel Infinium  That also means that we sit less than five months away from stepping foot into the online world of Tamriel. Are we ready for it? Is ZeniMax ready for it? I know people who are in the beta have claimed that the game needs to cook for another year, at least. True or not, that state seems to be far too popular for MMO players to say so that they can be "right" when the game "fails" three months after launch. Although I believe there is some merit to statements like that, there are always reasons companies pick specific dates for releases. Today, let's talk about some of those reasons, and let's also examine the newly released trailer. What do these two things tell us about the game to come? Continue reading Tamriel Infinium: The Elder Scrolls Online is no April Fools' joke
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| The Stream Team: Avoiding Mages in the Hearthstone arena Posted: 13 Dec 2013 07:00 AM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Video, Hands-On, Trading Card Games, Livestream, The Stream Team, Hearthstone  The Become a Legend patch went live for Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft this week and with it came a bevvy of card nerfs, adjustments to ranked play, and some tweaks to how the arena works. Massively's Richie released an overview video of the major changes in this update, which surprisingly left the powerful (and overly-prevalent) Mage class alone. Join him live at 10:00 a.m. EST as he crafts a deck and lunges into the Hearthstone arena. Game: Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft Host: Richie "Bog Otter" Procopio Date: Friday, December 13th, 2013 Time: 10:00 a.m. EST Enjoy our Steam Team video below. Continue reading The Stream Team: Avoiding Mages in the Hearthstone arena
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| MMO Burnout: Wasteland 2's early beta Posted: 13 Dec 2013 06:00 AM PST Filed under: New Titles, Previews, Hands-On, First Impressions, Post-Apocalyptic, Miscellaneous, MMO Burnout  For those who pledged $55 or more to Wasteland 2 during its Kickstarter campaign, a shiny new early access beta key was waiting for them earlier this week. This Steam key allowed early-access players into this very early beta build to kick the tires a bit and see how this game works. Read on for my impressions of Wasteland 2 from the perspective of both an original Wasteland fan and a modern gamer. Continue reading MMO Burnout: Wasteland 2's early beta
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| The Daily Grind: What MMO slang are you sick of hearing? Posted: 13 Dec 2013 05:00 AM PST Filed under: Culture, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Miscellaneous  I'd rather never hear the terms "fail," "pay-to-win," "TORtanic," "frothies," and "dumbing down" again, either, and "such-and-such-game's NGE" can jump off a nice tall cliff. They're overused to the point that they are meaningless. But those are just my pet peeves. What MMO slang would you love to see nuked from orbit?  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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| The Summoner's Guidebook: When in LoL history has support been first pick? Posted: 12 Dec 2013 05:30 PM PST Filed under: Game Mechanics, Patches, PvP, Opinion, Free-to-Play, MOBA, League of Legends, The Summoner's Guidebook  Fast-forward to patch 3.14 and the League is flipped on its head. Now the ward burden is split between players, and the support's role is less "fill the map with wards" and more "deal a million billion damage." People are rushing to pick the role now! If you wanted to play a fed mage without having to worry about things like last-hitting, then congratulations: Support is the new flavor of the month. Continue reading The Summoner's Guidebook: When in LoL history has support been first pick?
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| Wurm Online launches new loyalty bonus program Posted: 12 Dec 2013 05:00 PM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Wurm Online, Free-to-Play, Promotions, Sandbox, Subscription  The new loyalty program is made of two parts, a legacy bonus and future bonus. The legacy bonus is for players who have subscribed in the past and will be rewarded for this by a bounty of Seryll bars. The future bonus encompasses all of the rewards going forward, including titles, achievements, and illusion potions. The recent Wurm newsletter also announced that players can now choose to pay for the game via Xsolla, a payment provider that is used by, among other companies, Wargaming. [Source: Wurm Online newsletter]
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| The Stream Team: What is Poptropica? Posted: 12 Dec 2013 04:00 PM PST Filed under: PvE, Free-to-Play, Massively Meta, Hands-On, Kids, Family, Livestream, The Stream Team  Game: Poptropica Host: Larry Everett Date: Thursday, December 12th, 2013 Time: 7:00 p.m. EST Enjoy our Steam Team video below. Continue reading The Stream Team: What is Poptropica?
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| The Guild Counsel: Survive the holidays with these fun guild events Posted: 12 Dec 2013 03:30 PM PST Filed under: Events (In-Game), Guilds, Opinion, The Guild Counsel, Miscellaneous, Player-Generated Content  But just because things get quiet doesn't mean the guild can't have a little fun and merriment. In this week's Guild Counsel, let's look at some memorable events that are easy to run, bring the guild together, and leave everyone with a smile. Continue reading The Guild Counsel: Survive the holidays with these fun guild events
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| Vendetta adds persistent player mines, better mobile support Posted: 12 Dec 2013 03:00 PM PST Filed under: Sci-Fi, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, Patches, News Items, Mobile, Sandbox  Guild lead developer John Bergman says that the team has "big gameplay and graphical plans for 2014, as well as plans to expand the immersion of our existing support for the Oculus Rift HD."
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| First Firefly Online details revealed Posted: 12 Dec 2013 02:30 PM PST Filed under: Sci-Fi, Previews, News Items  Browncoats everywhere will be pleased to know that the first look at the upcoming Firefly Online is now here for all to see. Andy Gore, CEO of Quantum Mechanix, has revealed a number of tasty details about the upcoming game based on everyone's favorite short-lived TV show. Firefly Online will utilize a "Free Flight Engine," which gives players a "reactive 3D interface" of the 'verse to assist in their interstellar travels. Gore also unveiled the game's "job" system, which gives players a number of sidequests outside of the main storyline and even lets them create jobs for other players to undertake. The full piece at io9 also shows off a number of screenshots, demo animations, and concept art from the game, so click on through the link below for your fix of Firefly goodness.
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| Elite: Dangerous alpha starts today Posted: 12 Dec 2013 02:00 PM PST Filed under: Sci-Fi, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, New Titles, News Items, Sandbox, Crowdfunding, Elite: Dangerous  In a nutshell, the alpha entails single-player combat, including different weapons, loadouts, battles, and more. Frontier says that the aim of its phase one alpha is to "test key aspects of ship control and combat systems. Piloting a Sidewinder with varying weapon configurations, players progress through eight single-player scenarios [that are] initially designed to familiarize players with the controls [while] gradually increasing in difficulty and complexity. Continue reading Elite: Dangerous alpha starts today
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| Guild Wars 2 dev blog explains WvW matchup system changes Posted: 12 Dec 2013 01:30 PM PST Filed under: Fantasy, PvP, News Items, Guild Wars 2, Dev Diaries, Buy-to-Play  There's been a small (but not insignificant) change to the way Guild Wars 2 determines world-vs.-world matchups. The official dev blog on the matter explains that, in the beginning, WvW matchups were chosen "by sorting all worlds in order of their Glicko rating, then counting off sets of three." As a result, matchups were often between the same three worlds, so ArenaNet introduced matchup variance to counter that problem. However, it appears that the devs have made an adjustment to the matchup variance formula that causes the range of worlds with which a given server can be matched to be "greatly reduced." The idea behind the new formula is that "There will be fewer matches where one or two worlds are potentially steamrolled, though it comes at the cost of seeing more of the same worlds." That's all that the average GW2 player needs to know, but if you're interested in the math and statistics behind the change, check out the full post at the game's official site.
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| LotRO begins selling instant level 50 characters Posted: 12 Dec 2013 01:00 PM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Lord of the Rings Online, Free-to-Play, Promotions  The new Gift of the Valar package is on sale in the LotRO store for 4995 Turbine Points. It not only raises a character to level 50 in a flash but will provide that character with level 50 gear, one gold, four ranks of each virtue, the riding skill, a goat mount, 25 mithril coins, and several other boosters. This pack will be available through December 19th in its initial run. [Thanks to Fredelas for the tip!]
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| Next SOE Live hits Vegas August 14 - 17, 2014 Posted: 12 Dec 2013 12:30 PM PST Filed under: Fantasy, EverQuest, EverQuest II, Events (Real-World), MMO Industry, News Items, Vanguard, Free-to-Play, Free Realms, DC Universe Online, EverQuest Next, PlanetSide 2, Dragon's Prophet  The annual fan convention will return to Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, and tickets will be available for purchase in early 2014. Additional information will be forthcoming later, but you can catch the reveal trailer below. [Source: SOE press release] Continue reading Next SOE Live hits Vegas August 14 - 17, 2014
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| The Stream Team: Fairies and wine in RIFT's Realm of the Fae Posted: 12 Dec 2013 12:00 PM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Massively Meta, Hands-On, RIFT, Livestream  Game: RIFT Host: Jasmine Hruschak Date: Thursday, December 12th, 2013 Time: 3:00 p.m. EST Enjoy our Steam Team video below. Continue reading The Stream Team: Fairies and wine in RIFT's Realm of the Fae
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| Monster Madness Online announced, starts open alpha testing Posted: 12 Dec 2013 11:30 AM PST Filed under: Betas, Sci-Fi, New Titles, Free-to-Play, MMOFPS, Player-Generated Content  Monster Madness Online is a free-to-play multiplayer shooter that pits players against a Martian invasion of a suburban town. All of the adults have been abducted, leaving teenagers to be the sole defenders of our home soil. Players will go on co-op missions to fight the monsters with an optional roguelike mode for those who prefer the hardcore life or jump into 16-player PvP battlegrounds. The game also features the option for players to set up their own servers, create their own mods, and whip up their own levels. It offers crossplatform play between PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, Web Browser, and Windows Phone 8. Players can register for the upcoming beta on the site as well. [Thanks to Mehighlow for the tip!]
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| The Tattered Notebook Extra: EQ Next Landmark livestream talks tools, demonstrates mining Posted: 12 Dec 2013 11:00 AM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Video, Game Mechanics, New Titles, News Items, Free-to-Play, The Tattered Notebook, EverQuest Next, Livestream, Player-Generated Content, Norrathian Notebook  While a large part of the stream focused on harvesting and mining, that was not the only topic touched upon. Senior Producer Terry Michaels teamed up with Producer Emily "Domino" Taylor and Community Manager Colette "Dexella" Murphy to answer various questions and share information about naming, beta news for SOE Live 2013 attendees, and more. If you missed the stream, we've compiled some of the key points right here for you. And since seeing is believing, we've got the entire livestream as well!
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| Wizard101 fulfills a child's wish Posted: 12 Dec 2013 10:30 AM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Culture, News Items, Free-to-Play, Kids, Wizard101  Allan GhostDust and his pet, Lord Snoopie, can be found in Khrysalis as part of a new quest titled "Message in a Bottle." Any player who has completed the "Secret Heart" quest in the region is eligible to take on the new quest. If you'd like to read more about Allan's story, take a look at the full dispatch for your daily dose of heartwarming.
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| Shroud of the Avatar enters first phase of early access testing Posted: 12 Dec 2013 10:00 AM PST Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, News Items, Sandbox, Crowdfunding, Shroud of the Avatar  Backers of Portalarium's crowd-funded title Shroud of the Avatar are getting their first glimpse at the game today as the title enters the first part of its early access phase. The game is playable as of today, December 12th, and this phase of early access will end Saturday, December 14th. Between now and then, players will be able to delve into the many features included in Release 1 of Shroud of the Avatar. The devs proudly announce that they were able to implement almost every planned Release 1 feature (except for changeable head shapes in character creation), so even in this early stage of the game, players should have plenty to see, do, and -- if they're doing their jobs right -- break. The full list of Release 1 features, plus a guide on how to get the game up and running and a list of known issues, can be found at the game's official site. [Thanks to Don for the tip!]
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