MMO Updates |
- AionSource shutting down
- ArcheAge fansite compiles the game's current problems
- Introducing Terrayn, a persistent world sandbox
- Pantheon brings back the fun of a corpse run
- RIFT suffers from chat and mail issues through the weekend
- The Stream Team: Broadway edition, February 17 - 23, 2014
- Allods Online Heart of the World update patch notes translated
- The Daily Grind: Which MMO deserves more coverage than it gets?
- MMO Week in Review: The Elder Scrolls Online, round two
- EVE Evolved: Consequences and conflict
- Hearthstone will have an official spectator mode
- Camelot Unchained Q&A talks PvP looting, physical growth, and crafting
- iRacing is the real driving simulator
| Posted: 17 Feb 2014 09:00 AM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Aion, Culture, News Items, Free-to-Play  No reason has been stated for the shutdown; the site is not the only fan site that Curse has shut down in recent years, most likely due to a lack of cash flow. Users are encouraged to back up forum posts and the like before the shut down, while site administrators attempt to copy over some of the most useful community guides. Our best wishes to the community organizers attempting to keep the group together through the move. [Thanks to everyone who sent this in!]
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| ArcheAge fansite compiles the game's current problems Posted: 17 Feb 2014 08:00 AM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Culture, Patches, News Items, ArcheAge, Sandbox  Essentially, the complaints in the thread focus around the idea that the game continues to reduce the effectiveness of open PvP while adding in far more standard themepark elements, including a heavy reliance on daily quests near the level quest. If you've played the game's Korean version, you can feel free to jump in on the thread and add your own views. No word on how much this will be heard by the localization team, but it's a good snapshot of what the community likes about the game and what could be improved. [Thanks to Dengar for the tip!]
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| Introducing Terrayn, a persistent world sandbox Posted: 17 Feb 2014 07:00 AM PST Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, New Titles, Sandbox, Crowdfunding  Terrayn will be divided up into four kingdoms, each of which can be customized by the playerbase. The developers promise that players can "drown villages and build up empires" if they so choose. The MMO will take place on a single server with a single population. Players can also wield the power of API to fully script events and structures on the landscape for others to discover. CodeMushroom is asking for $300,000 to create a closed beta within 18 months. We've got the introductory video for Terrayn after the break, so check it out and see if it's worthy of your investment dollars. [Thanks to Todd for the tip!] Continue reading Introducing Terrayn, a persistent world sandbox
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| Pantheon brings back the fun of a corpse run Posted: 17 Feb 2014 06:30 AM PST Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Game Mechanics, Dev Diaries, Dungeons, Crowdfunding, Subscription, Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen  When a player dies in Pantheon, he or she will have the option to wait for a resurrection or to be reborn without all of that character's gear and weapons. In either event, getting back to one's corpse is of utmost importance because it will not only restore lost gear, but some of the experience lost on death as well. Oh yes, Pantheon will have XP loss on death. Other players can help out with resurrection or retrieval spells, or players may beseech their deity for help at a cost. In non-morbid news, Pantheon posted information and lore on the Sunken Sanctum, a marshland ruins that will be a formidable dungeon. [Thanks to Boinya for the tip!]
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| RIFT suffers from chat and mail issues through the weekend Posted: 17 Feb 2014 06:15 AM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Patches, News Items, Free-to-Play, RIFT, Subscription  Problems first emerged on Wednesday, but despite several hotfixes and updates the game has not yet been restored to full working order. Even the latest round of fixes still leave certain features disabled, although it looks like everyone logging on later today will be able to play normally for the most part. It remains to be seen when the remaining issues will be addressed. [Thanks to nope for the tip!]
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| The Stream Team: Broadway edition, February 17 - 23, 2014 Posted: 17 Feb 2014 06:00 AM PST Filed under: Polls, MMO Industry, Massively Meta, Livestream, Miscellaneous, The Stream Team  Continue reading The Stream Team: Broadway edition, February 17 - 23, 2014
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| Allods Online Heart of the World update patch notes translated Posted: 17 Feb 2014 05:30 AM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Classes, Patches, Free-to-Play, Allods Online, Steampunk  The latest update to hit Russia is entitled Heart of the World and it brings a new allod, a new adventure, and the highly anticipated Engineer class to the game. The game's stat system has also been completely revamped with this patch, and a wardrobe system has been added to allow characters to change costumes at any time. Check out the complete translated notes, including side articles detailing the major changes, over at Allods Oracle.
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| The Daily Grind: Which MMO deserves more coverage than it gets? Posted: 17 Feb 2014 05:00 AM PST Filed under: MMO Industry, Opinion, The Daily Grind  Try as we might, though, we can't cover everything. At least, not in the amount of detail that I and probably some of you would like. With that in mind, I'm wondering which MMOs get no respect, in your opinion. Not just on Massively, but elsewhere in the games media, too! Which MMO deserves more coverage than it gets?  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: The Elder Scrolls Online, round two Posted: 16 Feb 2014 05:00 PM PST Filed under: Massively Meta, Week in Review, Miscellaneous  It's been another week of major Elder Scrolls Online infodumping as yet another media NDA was erased and Massively was set free to discuss PvP in addition to crafting, grouping, and the disappointing early game. Over the weekend, the NDA for stress testers was likewise lifted, finally allowing the dialogue MMO gamers have been pining for. Insufficient reading material for you? Check out ESO's dev blog on dark anchors and one fan's unofficial attempt at Oculus Rift support. Or just read on for a look at the rest of this week's top MMO stories! Continue reading MMO Week in Review: The Elder Scrolls Online, round two
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| EVE Evolved: Consequences and conflict Posted: 16 Feb 2014 03:00 PM PST Filed under: Sci-Fi, EVE Online, Culture, Game Mechanics, Guilds, MMO Industry, PvP, Endgame, Opinion, EVE Evolved, Sandbox, Player-Generated Content, Subscription, MMORPG  In his latest Some Assembly Required column, Massively's Jef Reahard argued that EVE can't be considered the quintessential sandbox MMO because it lacks consequences for bad behaviour. While I would argue that EVE is as close to the ideal model of the genre as exists at the moment, I'm forced to agree with Jef's assessment. Almost all of the major events in EVE's recent history that have hit the gaming media have been about theft or war, with tales of massive scams and alliance warfare painting New Eden in a dark and violent light. The ultimate sandbox would be equally capable of birthing incredible stories of exploration and players working together to build magnificent things, not just chaos and death in the gloomy depths of interstellar space. In this week's EVE Evolved, I look at the lack of consequence for negative actions in EVE Online, whether it causes negative behaviour, and why sandboxes need to be about more than just destruction. Continue reading EVE Evolved: Consequences and conflict
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| Hearthstone will have an official spectator mode Posted: 16 Feb 2014 01:00 PM PST Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Interviews, Previews, Free-to-Play, Trading Card Games, Hearthstone  The news comes from BlizzPro, which talked with e-Sports Manager Kim Phan about upcoming plans for the game. Phan said that Blizzard is starting to take the e-Sports potential of Hearthstone a lot more seriously these days and has a list of features that it would like to put into the game, including a spectator mode. This mode won't be in the game by launch but should be put in "shortly after." Hearthstone is currently in open beta.
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| Camelot Unchained Q&A talks PvP looting, physical growth, and crafting Posted: 16 Feb 2014 11:00 AM PST Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, PvP, Warhammer Online, Community Q&A, Crafting, Camelot Unchained, Subscription  Perhaps one of the most interesting pieces of information is that the team is putting in a physical growth system similar to the one that was promised but never delivered to Warhammer Online. Mark Jacobs confirmed the feature: "I'm happy to say that yes, certain races (I won't commit to all of them yet) will have meaningful changes happen to them, both cosmetic and gameplay. For example, our Dvergr might have more stone covering their body and their beards will grow. Other examples could be with our HelBound's faces, Hamadryad's tails, etc." The Q&A also addressed the role and importance of crafters, emphasizing that those players will be able to generate basic materials from their land and that they'll "contribute majorly" to battles.
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| iRacing is the real driving simulator Posted: 16 Feb 2014 10:00 AM PST Filed under: Historical, Real-Life, Business Models, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, Opinion, Hands-On, First Impressions, Subscription  And it was, right up until I loaded onto iRacing's version of it. Continue reading iRacing is the real driving simulator
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