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- Tamriel Infinium: Seriously, you should craft in Elder Scrolls Online
- Star Citizen tops $42 million, adds towels
- Take a look at Star Trek Online's Earth Spacedock revamp
- PAX East 2014: Guild Wars 2 on the Feature Pack and beyond
- The Daily Grind: What real-world lessons have you learned from MMOs?
- Warhammer 40K: Eternal Crusade's founder program detailed
- Not So Massively: Heroes of the Storm's new heroes, Dawngate's beta launch, and Diablo III's latest patch
- Face of Mankind starts open beta on April 18th
- World of Tanks Xbox 360 gets Update 1.1
- The new player experience in EverQuest Next and Landmark
- Get Trove alpha access for $20
- Elder Scrolls Online answers Craglorn questions
- PAX East 2014: Erin Roberts on Star Citizen's development
- PAX East 2014: Pre-launch words with WildStar's Jeremy Gaffney
- Istaria revamps Island of Ice with new patch
| Tamriel Infinium: Seriously, you should craft in Elder Scrolls Online Posted: 15 Apr 2014 10:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, News Items, Opinion, Mac, Guides, Crafting, The Elder Scrolls Online, MMORPG, Tamriel Infinium  I have a long-standing angst toward crafting in MMOs. I played Ultima Online, but I didn't really craft in that game. I didn't start to understand the importance of crafting until I played Star Wars Galaxies. As we know, crafting was central to the success of that game. But after ZeniMax announced that an auction house would not exist in ESO, I wrote off crafting as unimportant and ultimately a waste of my time. Then late in beta, a friend of mine crafted a set of armor for me. I was surprised. The armor she made was better than my looted armor. I had to find out more. I put this little primer together for those who want to get started making their own weapons and armor. Continue reading Tamriel Infinium: Seriously, you should craft in Elder Scrolls Online
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| Star Citizen tops $42 million, adds towels Posted: 15 Apr 2014 09:00 AM PDT Filed under: Sci-Fi, Business Models, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, New Titles, News Items, Humor, Sandbox, Crowdfunding, Star Citizen, Buy-to-Play  Roberts says that the SC team is back at work on the dogfighting module after its PAX East hiatus, and he also provides a poll for choosing the next stretch goal reward.
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| Take a look at Star Trek Online's Earth Spacedock revamp Posted: 15 Apr 2014 08:00 AM PDT Filed under: Sci-Fi, Patches, Star Trek Online, Free-to-Play, Dev Diaries  In a dev blog posted yesterday, the studio went through the process of coming up with the ideas for a much improved Spacedock, including how it would be structured and what players would see: "A few solid points were decided. 1. It was all going to be on one floor. 2. We had to have a view both of Earth AND of the Shipyard. Point two meant that there was only one place for it. It had to be within the outer wall of the docking bay." The blog also contains a link to an animated graphic showing a time-lapsed construction of one of the new areas. The Earth Spacedock revamp will come with Season 9's release on April 22nd.
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| PAX East 2014: Guild Wars 2 on the Feature Pack and beyond Posted: 15 Apr 2014 07:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Game Mechanics, Patches, News Items, Guild Wars 2, Events (Massively's Coverage), Buy-to-Play  Some of the information about how these features will work has already been discussed, but not everything, and seeing all of the improvements in action definitely gave a sense of tangible change not visible in development blogs. It's part of a shift in ethos for the development team, as well; rather than trying to roll out changes along with Living Story updates, ArenaNet is implementing a big set of improvements at once to make the whole update feel meatier. Continue reading PAX East 2014: Guild Wars 2 on the Feature Pack and beyond
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| The Daily Grind: What real-world lessons have you learned from MMOs? Posted: 15 Apr 2014 06:00 AM PDT Filed under: Culture, MMO Industry, Massively Meta, The Daily Grind, Miscellaneous  I've learned even more practical things than that from my years in MMOs. I've learned leadership skills, honed math and spreadsheet skills, and worked on mastering the art of patience -- OK, so I'm still working on that one. I've also watched ESL guildies perfect their language and writing skills and seen still others parlay this hobby of ours into careers in gaming and coding and journalism. What about you? What real-world lessons or skills have you learned thanks to MMOs?  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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| Warhammer 40K: Eternal Crusade's founder program detailed Posted: 14 Apr 2014 07:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Business Models, News Items, Warhammer 40k, Crowdfunding  Within the next few months you will be able to buy a Founder's Pack for Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade. Buying a Founder's Pack will give you full access to the full game at launch, and all four races. You'll also get to select unique rewards from the following categories:The developers promise updates to each category over time and also note that playable modules will become available much earlier to founders than to everyone else. [Thanks to Dengar for the tip!]
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| Posted: 14 Apr 2014 06:00 PM PDT Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Classes, Game Mechanics, Interviews, Launches, MMO Industry, Patches, PvP, News Items, Free-to-Play, Mobile, Hands-On, MMOFPS, Events (Massively's Coverage), Miscellaneous, Not So Massively, MOBA, Diablo III, Hearthstone 
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| Face of Mankind starts open beta on April 18th Posted: 14 Apr 2014 05:00 PM PDT Filed under: Betas, Sci-Fi, Sandbox  Nexeon Technologies announced today that the MMO will be going into open beta on April 18th for anyone who would like to play it. Face of Mankind will be have its closed beta wiped on the 16th, and the open beta client is available right now to anyone who would like to preload in preparation for Friday. "It is only thanks to all of you that the game lives on and has the opportunity to become something far greater than ever imagined," the studio said.
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| World of Tanks Xbox 360 gets Update 1.1 Posted: 14 Apr 2014 04:00 PM PDT Filed under: Trailers, Video, Patches, War, Free-to-Play, World of Tanks, MOBA  The update has a slew of goodies for players to dig through, including recruitable crews for tanks, the map of Himmelsdorf, and five British vehicles. Crews earn experience through battles, level up, and add perks and abilities to the tank commander. We've got the new trailer for World of Tanks Xbox 360 Edition and its 1.1 update after the break. Continue reading World of Tanks Xbox 360 gets Update 1.1
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| The new player experience in EverQuest Next and Landmark Posted: 14 Apr 2014 03:30 PM PDT Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Video, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, News Items, Free-to-Play, Community Q&A, EverQuest Next, Sandbox, Landmark  "In both games, we won't have a lock-step approach to a tutorial... we definitely want to have something more free," McPherson explained. Learning the game will be a set of achievements. For example, when you equip an axe, the game will tell you you can chop wood with it, and when you chop wood, the game will tell you how to craft, granting achievements along the way without forcing players to complete any one element of gameplay to proceed. Enjoy the full dev video after the break. Continue reading The new player experience in EverQuest Next and Landmark
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| Get Trove alpha access for $20 Posted: 14 Apr 2014 03:00 PM PDT Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Business Models, Free-to-Play, Sandbox  Starting now, Trove has expanded the benefits of its Adventurer supporter tier to include instant access to the game's alpha. The Adventurer tier, which costs $20, also includes a few thousand in-game credits, an inventory upgrade, and other goodies in addition to alpha access.
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| Elder Scrolls Online answers Craglorn questions Posted: 14 Apr 2014 02:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Lore, Patches, Previews, Community Q&A, The Elder Scrolls Online, Subscription  ZeniMax posted a new community Q&A today about Craglorn. The studio said that there will be rewards for everyone, not just those who make the leaderboards. Players can expect to spend between a half-hour to 1.5 hours per trial with 60 resurrections allowed for the group as a whole, and they will need to be at least veteran rank 11 to participate. Some players had asked what these Celestials are, to which ZeniMax responded, "The Celestials are a new concept based on the existing lore of the constellations in The Elder Scrolls games. There's quite a bit of lore in Craglorn that will be interesting for fans to discover."
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| PAX East 2014: Erin Roberts on Star Citizen's development Posted: 14 Apr 2014 01:30 PM PDT Filed under: Sci-Fi, Interviews, Sandbox, Crowdfunding, Star Citizen  Do the developers regret it? Not a chance. We got a chance to sit down and talk to Squadron 42 producer Erin Roberts and were told, in no uncertain terms, that even hitting technical hiccups like that don't make a more private development cycle feel better. In a way, having the development cycle be so public actually makes technical hurdles less problematic for the company when they're encountered because the language is in place to keep a meaningful dialogue going with the fans. Continue reading PAX East 2014: Erin Roberts on Star Citizen's development
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| PAX East 2014: Pre-launch words with WildStar's Jeremy Gaffney Posted: 14 Apr 2014 12:30 PM PDT Filed under: Sci-Fi, Economy, Interviews, Launches, Endgame, WildStar, Subscription, Buy-to-Play  On the last day of this year's PAX East, I had a chance to sit down with executive producer Jeremy Gaffney to chat a little bit more about the game before it launches. While the game has gone gold and the discs are being manufactured, the team is still refining and improving the game and plans to do so up until the day of launch. That meant talking about the endgame, the development process, and the changes that have been made already in the most recent stages of beta. Continue reading PAX East 2014: Pre-launch words with WildStar's Jeremy Gaffney
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| Istaria revamps Island of Ice with new patch Posted: 14 Apr 2014 11:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Patches, Dev Diaries  The Island of Ice is the revamped region, with changes including a new quest hub called the Expedition Camp, a new set of ruins protected by the dead, renamed mobs, and "more reasons for players to actually visit and enjoy the region," according to the patch notes. Check out the notes in their entirety for more on how busy the Virtrium team has been this last week. [Thanks to Dengar for the tip!]
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