MMO Updates |
- Villagers and Heroes announces April 17th Steam launch and new expansion
- The Secret World's Sidestories: Further Analysis is now live
- SWTOR's Game Update 2.7 is live
- Star Trek Online reveals Undine Infiltration mission
- Celtic Heroes mobile MMO launches for Android
- The Daily Grind: How important is the setting of your MMOs?
- Not So Massively: LoL's Twitch revamp, Dota 2's tourney sales, and D3's hotfix
- Darkfall's territory control update has arrived
- Destiny screenshots show the wonders and horrors of space
- Pox Nora transferred from SOE to original developers
- Guild Wars 2 encourages patch mystery and player speculation
- NBA's Jeremy Lin: 'Dota is a way of life'
- Wargaming earmarks $10m for e-sports, WoT up to 80m registered players
- Lead producer pens requiem for Molten Games
| Villagers and Heroes announces April 17th Steam launch and new expansion Posted: 08 Apr 2014 10:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Galleries, Screenshots, Trailers, Video, Business Models, Expansions, Game Mechanics, Launches, Patches, News Items, Free-to-Play, Sandbox, Player-Generated Content, MMORPG  Developer Mad Otter Games says the sandbox MMO will launch on Steam on April 17th. We previewed the upgrades and new client back in February. Check out the trailer below! [Source: Mad Otter Games press release] Continue reading Villagers and Heroes announces April 17th Steam launch and new expansion
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| The Secret World's Sidestories: Further Analysis is now live Posted: 08 Apr 2014 09:30 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Horror, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, Patches, News Items, PvE, The Secret World, Buy-to-Play  The DLC is available in the game's item store for 768 Funcom Points.
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| SWTOR's Game Update 2.7 is live Posted: 08 Apr 2014 09:00 AM PDT Filed under: Sci-Fi, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, Patches, News Items, PvE, Free-to-Play, Star Wars: The Old Republic  Other additions include the Quesh Huttball Pit warzone, Dread Fortress nightmare mode, a new Galactic Starfighter domination map called Denon Exosphere, and "a plethora of bug fixes."
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| Star Trek Online reveals Undine Infiltration mission Posted: 08 Apr 2014 08:00 AM PDT Filed under: Sci-Fi, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, News Items, PvE, Star Trek Online, Free-to-Play  This isn't your typical MMO mission, though, as STO captains will investigate suspected Undine infiltrators "by asking a series of questions and based on the answers, deciding whether or not the suspect is an Undine and needs to be quarantined." After a player deals with the Undine presence in a series of Bajor caves, he'll be scored based on how many infiltrators he correctly quarantined as well as how many Bajorans he cleared of suspicion.
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| Celtic Heroes mobile MMO launches for Android Posted: 08 Apr 2014 07:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Launches, Free-to-Play, Mobile  "Our team has created something very special with the launch of our new cross-platform engine," states Executive Producer Paul Simon. "We look forward to massively expanding Celtic Heroes and providing the biggest, most social gaming experience on mobile." You can download Celtic Heroes now for free from the Google Play store or the Apple store. [Thanks for the tip, Dengar!]
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| The Daily Grind: How important is the setting of your MMOs? Posted: 08 Apr 2014 06:00 AM PDT Filed under: MMO Industry, Star Wars Galaxies, Massively Meta, The Daily Grind, Miscellaneous  What about you, Massively crew -- how important is the setting of your MMOs? Can it make or break your experience?  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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| Not So Massively: LoL's Twitch revamp, Dota 2's tourney sales, and D3's hotfix Posted: 07 Apr 2014 06:00 PM PDT Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Video, Business Models, Classes, Game Mechanics, News Items, Free-to-Play, Miscellaneous, Not So Massively, Transformers Universe, MOBA, League of Legends, Diablo III, Crowdfunding, Elite: Dangerous 
Continue reading Not So Massively: LoL's Twitch revamp, Dota 2's tourney sales, and D3's hotfix
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| Darkfall's territory control update has arrived Posted: 07 Apr 2014 05:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Trailers, Video, Darkfall, Game Mechanics, Patches, Previews, PvP, News Items, Sandbox, MMORPG  Enjoy the patch notes on the official site and the new trailer below. [Source: Aventurine press release] Continue reading Darkfall's territory control update has arrived
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| Destiny screenshots show the wonders and horrors of space Posted: 07 Apr 2014 04:00 PM PDT Filed under: Betas, Sci-Fi, Galleries, Screenshots, MMOFPS, Destiny  Bungie released five new screenshots showing some of the visually impressive if intimidating vistas as well as one or two of the threats that players will encounter in the game. The studio also mentioned that it won't be utilizing NPC companions, players will be able to customize and upgrade gear, and Guardians can change loadouts on the fly. Check out the new screenies in the gallery below.
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| Pox Nora transferred from SOE to original developers Posted: 07 Apr 2014 03:00 PM PDT Filed under: MMO Industry, Free-to-Play, Trading Card Games  "It's unprecedented to have a big game studio return a title to the original creators. Sony Online Entertainment could have easily gone the more common route: stopped producing content and letting Pox Nora fade away. Instead, they chose to do what is best for the players! It's amazing, and we are so excited to continue to support such a great game," said Art Griffith, CEO of Desert Owl Games. Pox Nora is a free-to-play, collectible digital miniatures game that was first launched in 2006 but was officially transferred to its new owner last month. It was developed by many of the same people who make up Desert Owl Games today, including the three founding members of the new indie studio. Be sure to visit this page for more information on transferring your existing SOE account, and keep an eye on the Desert Owl Games forums for the latest updates. [Source: SOE press release]
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| Guild Wars 2 encourages patch mystery and player speculation Posted: 07 Apr 2014 02:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Interviews, Patches, Guild Wars 2, Buy-to-Play  In an interview on IGN today, Lead Developer Colin Johanson said that the team learned a lot from the first season of GW2's living world, especially how much the players loved to speculate and discover patch additions organically. He said that the team observed players becoming more engaged when ArenaNet dropped in content that wasn't spelled out in the patch notes. Johanson said this trend will continue: "You don't know what's going to happen and you don't know what you're going to find. Every week you want to search every corner of the world because the next hint for the living world could be hidden anywhere." Johanson talked about the great changes to the world, especially in regard to the team nuking the city of Lion's Arch. He mentioned a player who predicted that the event would occur back in January: "It was really interesting for us to see that, and to be able to point back at him and say, 'Hey man, you nailed it!' and to be able to call that out was really cool."
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| NBA's Jeremy Lin: 'Dota is a way of life' Posted: 07 Apr 2014 01:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Culture, MMO Industry, Free-to-Play, MOBA  "When I say it's a way of life, it's more than just a game, it's a chance for us to play and catch up on life," he said. "It's something that's been really incorporated into our lives for years and years, consistently, no matter where you are." Lin said that he normally played Dota 2 two to three times a week and admires the dedication and drive that exists in the community. In fact, he sees professional gamers in a similar light as professional athletes: "It takes a ton of work, it takes a lot of strategy, it takes a lot of commitment and takes a lot of discipline... You definitely have to understand the game and work on it, hone your skills.
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| Wargaming earmarks $10m for e-sports, WoT up to 80m registered players Posted: 07 Apr 2014 12:00 PM PDT Filed under: Historical, Business Models, MMO Industry, PvP, News Items, War, Free-to-Play, World of Tanks, World of Warplanes  "With our e-sports team we founded a company within the company," Kislyi said. "They take care not only about game features to cater to spectators, but also about the physical organization of the tournaments." Kislyi also explained that the e-sports initiative was driven by player requests rather than Wargaming desires. Finally, Kislyi said that World of Tanks now boasts 80 million registered players.
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| Lead producer pens requiem for Molten Games Posted: 07 Apr 2014 11:00 AM PDT Filed under: Culture, MMO Industry, News Items  The post features a series of snapshots and videos detailing what it was like to work at the San Diego studio on a daily basis, and Kubushyna also says that the game itself was pretty far along. "It was a complete vertical slice with an installer, patcher, back-end platform (multiplayer, basic matchmaker, persistence, monitoring, telemetry), back-end administration tools, automated deployments, automated test framework, gameplay systems, UI, and of course content -- multiple champions and a beautiful map," she writes. You can view the Blunderbuss cinematic demo after the cut. [Thanks Paul!] Continue reading Lead producer pens requiem for Molten Games
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