MMO Updates |
- Get a feel for Civilization Online with this beta video
- Path of Exile removes Snapshotting
- Supergirl lands in Infinite Crisis today
- Diablo III: Reaper of Souls' first update bringing seasonal play
- Choose My Adventure: Crafting in WildStar
- Pantheon team posts new videos
- SOE and ProSiebenSat.1 splitting up, account migrations coming
- E3 2014: WildStar's Jeremy Gaffney introduces The Strain
- The Daily Grind: What MMO topic have you changed your mind about?
- Jukebox Heroes: Dungeon Runners' soundtrack
- Firefall introduces personalized missions-on-demand
- Swordsman gracefully leaps into closed beta
- Black Gold opens up character creation before open beta
- DreamHack Hearthstone tournament plagued by cheating allegations
- Massively Speaking Episode 302: The future revealed
| Get a feel for Civilization Online with this beta video Posted: 18 Jun 2014 01:00 PM PDT Filed under: Betas, Historical, Video, MMORTS  The nine-minute video shows the collaborative efforts to build up a town and the equally collaborative efforts by enemy forces to destroy it. Also there are Dalek tanks, hot air balloons, and large mosh pits of Roman citizens. See for yourself after the break! Continue reading Get a feel for Civilization Online with this beta video
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| Path of Exile removes Snapshotting Posted: 18 Jun 2014 12:30 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Game Mechanics, Patches, Path of Exile  Snapshotting allows players to lock in the benefits of a specific set of items, passives, or gems and quickly swap them to another configuration, giving the combined benefits from both sets. While not technically illegal in the game, the devs say that it has hindered game balance for too long and needed to be removed. Check out the video after the cut to get a better idea of what Snapshotting is (was!), and be sure to read through the entire dev article for more information on how the game will be balanced moving forward. Continue reading Path of Exile removes Snapshotting
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| Supergirl lands in Infinite Crisis today Posted: 18 Jun 2014 12:00 PM PDT Filed under: Super-hero, Trailers, Video, Classes, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, New Titles, PvP, News Items, Free-to-Play, MOBA, Infinite Crisis  You can view it after the break! [Source: Turbine press release] Continue reading Supergirl lands in Infinite Crisis today
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| Diablo III: Reaper of Souls' first update bringing seasonal play Posted: 18 Jun 2014 11:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Patches, Previews, Diablo III, Buy-to-Play  Patch 2.1.0 will also add "seasons" to the game. These are a new type of play that requires players to start a fresh character to level up. Why would someone want to do something so obviously crazy? Why, for the exclusive rewards and the chance to climb the leaderboards! There will also be season-only achievements called conquests that will be awarded to the first 1,000 players to get each one. Once a season is over, the exclusive legendaries will be added to the rest of the game. Patch 2.1.0 will also impliment cesspool levels, combat balance changes, and greater rifts. The latter will have players racing against the clock to kill monsters and try to beat the end boss before time runs out.
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| Choose My Adventure: Crafting in WildStar Posted: 18 Jun 2014 10:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, New Titles, Opinion, Hands-On, Choose My Adventure, WildStar, Crafting  First of all, I want to thank you for voting on two compatible tradeskills. That makes things much easier. Both Relic Hunting and the Farming hobby contribute the proper materials for the Technologist trade. Since the additional hobbies are free and don't count toward the two-trade-at-a-time limit, I also played around with the Cooking hobby a bit, too. Continue reading Choose My Adventure: Crafting in WildStar
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| Pantheon team posts new videos Posted: 18 Jun 2014 09:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, MMO Industry, New Titles, News Items, Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen  The videos demonstrate working client/server code via an account creation and login sequence followed by a bit of in-game scenery and player interaction.
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| SOE and ProSiebenSat.1 splitting up, account migrations coming Posted: 18 Jun 2014 08:00 AM PDT Filed under: EverQuest II, MMO Industry, News Items, DC Universe Online, PlanetSide 2  SOE and PSG originally joined forces in 2012 to the dismay of European gamers who opposed the forced transfer of existing player accounts and regional server restrictions that threatened to affect international guilds and sub-communities.
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| E3 2014: WildStar's Jeremy Gaffney introduces The Strain Posted: 18 Jun 2014 07:00 AM PDT Filed under: Sci-Fi, Game Mechanics, New Titles, Patches, Events (Massively's Coverage), WildStar, Subscription  If you think the moniker implies some hideous malady that results in freakish mutations, you're right on the money. From ferocious multi-fanged rowsdowers and giant gastrointestinal pustules to an emote that makes a purple alien mouth erupt from your chest, this new content created by the "intelligent virus" shows a whole new side of the planet Nexus. And I got a sneak peek of the new land, new dungeons, strain-infected gear, and other mutated goodies that await players in the Strain Ultradrop. As a bonus, we've even got the official trailer for you. Continue reading E3 2014: WildStar's Jeremy Gaffney introduces The Strain
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| The Daily Grind: What MMO topic have you changed your mind about? Posted: 18 Jun 2014 06:00 AM PDT Filed under: Culture, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Miscellaneous  I used to hate the very idea of tablets, and now I find mine indispensable. I used to rail against real-money trading (RMT) in games but now am cautiously accepting depending on its implementation. I used to hate Elves, and now I hate Elves even more because they haven't been wiped out yet. I'm here to say that it's OK if you've changed your mind about an MMO topic over time. Today, I'd like to hear what it is and why you shifted your position!  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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| Jukebox Heroes: Dungeon Runners' soundtrack Posted: 17 Jun 2014 06:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Opinion, Free-to-Play, Jukebox Heroes, Music  As Composer Tracy W. Bush put it in his interview with us a while back, "The music was a mish-mosh of straightforward Diablo-style dungeon crawly stuff in the exploration bits, but when it came to the boss fights, each of them was a specific sub genre of music. I did country and western, black metal, klezmer, an oompa loompa song, disco... I can't even remember them all. I had a blast." I had a blast myself listening through the score, which lives on to this day, and have a selection of hand-picked tracks that I think nails the attitude that Dungeon Runners exuded. Continue reading Jukebox Heroes: Dungeon Runners' soundtrack
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| Firefall introduces personalized missions-on-demand Posted: 17 Jun 2014 05:00 PM PDT Filed under: Betas, Sci-Fi, Previews, Free-to-Play, MMOFPS, Dev Diaries, Firefall  ARES Jobs allow players to create and launch dynamically generated quests during downtime. Players can choose from several story and gameplay options, and the system will pull together a mission that can be completed solo in the game world. The devs promise that ARES jobs will keep mixing it up with objectives and locations to avoid any danger of the missions growing stale. There are reportedly "hundreds" of jobs, and if a player so desires, he or she could level up exclusively through ARES. "ARES jobs also help to make the world feel more alive: in the current system, it is rare that you run into another player in the world by random chance," the devs wrote. "ARES missions take place in a number of predetermined locations, and dynamic events like tornados or crashed thumpers draw players to them in a predictable manner."
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| Swordsman gracefully leaps into closed beta Posted: 17 Jun 2014 04:00 PM PDT Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Free-to-Play  Perfect World Entertainment announced today that the free-to-play martial arts MMO has begun closed beta testing in the West. The closed beta will take place only for a limited time, ending on June 27th, but for those who get into it, there will be opportunities to unlock items for the launched game. The team is on top of known issues for the closed beta so far. Interested testers can register for a chance at a key or lurk on Swordsman's Twitter feed. [Source: Perfect World press release]
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| Black Gold opens up character creation before open beta Posted: 17 Jun 2014 03:00 PM PDT Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, News Items, Free-to-Play, Sandbox, Steampunk, Black Gold  All players who make a character early will have access to a special gift pack to help jump-start their adventures in the game. They can also take part in a contest to create the most attractive character, the best likeness of a celebrity or other real individual, and the most hideously ugly character possible. Everyone who's not a veteran will have to wait until the 20th and won't be eligible for these special rewards; if you've been involved in the game's testing up until now, you'd best get in and start creating today.
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| DreamHack Hearthstone tournament plagued by cheating allegations Posted: 17 Jun 2014 02:30 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Events (Real-World), Free-to-Play, Trading Card Games, Legal, Hearthstone  At the DreamHack Hearthstone tournament, Radu Dima won 3-0 in the final round and was rewarded with a $10,000 check. However, during the second game Dima received a message on Battle.net revealing the details of his opponent's hand. Dima reported the message after the match, and the officials declared that the information would not have helped him and said that he could keep playing. But this prompted viewers to go back to look at earlier Battle.net messages that some are saying contain coded hints about opponents' cards. The organizers of the tournament have yet to comment on the situation. Dima declared on Reddit this morning that he won fair and square.
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| Massively Speaking Episode 302: The future revealed Posted: 17 Jun 2014 02:00 PM PDT Filed under: Podcasts, MMO Industry, Massively Meta, Massively Speaking  Get all of our opinions and analysis on the most important stories of the past week right here on Massively Speaking, the industry's leading MMO podcast. And if you have a comment, question, or topic for the podcasters, send an email to podcast@massively.com. We may just read your email on the air! Get the podcast: [RSS] Add Massively Speaking to your RSS aggregator. [MP3] Download the MP3 directly. [iTunes] Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes. [Stitcher] Follow the podcast on Stitcher Radio. Listen here on the page: Read below the cut for the full show notes. Continue reading Massively Speaking Episode 302: The future revealed
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