MMO Updates |
- Skyforge's Divine Observatory and rewards detailed
- No girls allowed in IeSF-sanctioned Hearthstone tourney
- WildStar bans thousands of botters
- Here's what CIG accomplished on Star Citizen in June
- The Daily Grind: Should there be a statute of limitations on dev statements?
- Siege Online gets new expansion, does not take itself too seriously
- Jukebox Heroes: Dungeons & Dragons Online's soundtrack
- Star Trek Online details the rewards of a new crafting system
- SWTOR announces new Galactic Living stream series
- League of Legends public chat rooms disabled by Riot
- Massively Speaking Episode 303: Back to normal
- Final Fantasy XIV previews private chambers
- Neverwinter's next new class is the Scourge Warlock
- EVE Probe helps CCP diagnose graphical glitches
- The Witcher: Battle Arena MOBA due out Q4 2014
- Albion Online puts an interesting twist on fast travel
| Skyforge's Divine Observatory and rewards detailed Posted: 02 Jul 2014 10:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, New Titles, News Items, PvE, Skyforge  Said players "will have access to more than 40 exciting solo and group PvE adventures, five different types of PvP competitions and 10 massive open world locations to explore," according to the latest My.com press release. "As players complete adventures, they will receive rewards including credits, the most common currency on Aelion, Gems of Insights, which are used to develop skills and talents, unlocking new classes and characteristics, and Exotic Currencies, which can be used to buy new outfits to customize the look of the characters," the firm says. Click past the cut to read the full spiel and don't forget to have a look at the screenshot gallery while you're at it. Continue reading Skyforge's Divine Observatory and rewards detailed
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| No girls allowed in IeSF-sanctioned Hearthstone tourney Posted: 02 Jul 2014 09:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Culture, Hearthstone  PCGamer reports that the IeSF, a global e-sports organization headquartered in South Korea, stipulates male-only participants "in accordance with international sports authorities, as part of our effort to promote e-sports as legitimate sports." Assembly Summer 2014 administrator Markus Koskivirta says that the event's other tourneys are open to all genders. "We would also like to point out that the Finnish eSports Federation is currently lobbying for the equal rights of male and female players in the IeSF tournaments," he said.
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| WildStar bans thousands of botters Posted: 02 Jul 2014 08:00 AM PDT Filed under: Sci-Fi, Launches, Legal, WildStar, Subscription  "Obviously 7,300 is a tiny fraction of the overall player base, but it's a noticeable chunk of the current bots," Gaffney wrote. He pointed out that over half of those accounts were regular players who had their accounts hijacked and urged players to use two-factor authentication as a preventative measure. To aid in the war against bots, the team will be improving the reporting process and tuning its automated bot detection. Gaffney said that the studio will be unrelenting in its prosecution of such accounts: "We're attacking this with a full-spectrum approach as a placeholder until we get to the better tools that should help in the short-medium term. We acknowledge it sucks when you see obvious cheaters, and we're working to eliminate it."
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| Here's what CIG accomplished on Star Citizen in June Posted: 02 Jul 2014 07:00 AM PDT Filed under: Sci-Fi, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, New Titles, News Items, Sandbox, Crowdfunding, Star Citizen, Buy-to-Play  Foundry 42 studio director Erin Roberts says that capital ships are coming together, and his team has also begun work on multi-crew vehicles. CIG Austin studio director Eric Peterson says that his bunch has been "busy working on the persistent universe and backend server component," while Behaviour producer Mathieu Beaulieu says that his studio is hard at work on hangar revamps as well as Star Citizen's mobiGlas development. Read all about those initiatives and more at the Roberts Space Industries website linked below. [Thanks James!]
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| The Daily Grind: Should there be a statute of limitations on dev statements? Posted: 02 Jul 2014 06:00 AM PDT Filed under: Culture, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Miscellaneous  I've been guilty of slingshotting these statements back to the point of origin from time to time, and judging by our comments section, there are quite a few of you who get a special thrill out of being able to bludgeon devs with their own words. But lately I've been wondering if there should be a point where we, y'know, just let these quotes go. Time moves on, situations change, and devs are as fallible as the rest of us. Should there be a statute of limitations on dev statements, and if so, how long should that be?  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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| Siege Online gets new expansion, does not take itself too seriously Posted: 01 Jul 2014 07:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Historical, Video, Culture, Game Mechanics, New Titles, Patches, PvP, News Items, Humor, Miscellaneous  Developed by Russian studio Quant Games and published by Mousee Games, Siege Online boasts a tactical battlefield combat system, castle construction, a functional economy, guilds, and PvP zones. The update, dubbed The New Edge, improves some graphical landscaping, adds a newbie tutorial, includes special mounts, adjusts starting zone difficulty, and simplifies building modes. We've tucked the game's original trailer behind the break. Enjoy! Continue reading Siege Online gets new expansion, does not take itself too seriously
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| Jukebox Heroes: Dungeons & Dragons Online's soundtrack Posted: 01 Jul 2014 06:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Dungeons and Dragons Online, Opinion, Free-to-Play, Jukebox Heroes  Now that I've given you no reason to keep reading, please keep reading. It's an unsettling score that's heavy on discordant tracks and murky atmosphere but lacks a lot of memorable, earworm-worthy tunes. Plenty of it is done with a heavy-handed synthesizer in the mode of scoring a Saturday night B-movie. The Dungeons & Dragons moniker deserves better than this, I've always believed. But I'm not one to throw out an entire score when there are a few redemptive pieces within. And amid the minefield of moody music, there are a few tracks that rise to being quite listenable indeed. In fact, much of the recent work done for the game's two expansions have clearly done away with slam-dancing on the keys in exchange for an honest attempt at a good score. Listen for yourself; the studio's made 16 tracks available for free downloads. So let's see what makes it to the top of the DDO pile, shall we? Continue reading Jukebox Heroes: Dungeons & Dragons Online's soundtrack
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| Star Trek Online details the rewards of a new crafting system Posted: 01 Jul 2014 05:00 PM PDT Filed under: Sci-Fi, Patches, News Items, Star Trek Online, Free-to-Play, Crafting, Subscription  There are also new traits unlocked via the crafting system, allowing such bonuses as increased ship performance upon use of skills or creating nigh-invulnerable shields for a moment when healing. And if that alone isn't enough, you can pick up unique modifiers on items that can be obtained only through crafting, such as cooldown reduction on Science consoles or free Beam Overloads on beam weapons. Read the full blog for all of the fascinating bonuses unlocked by masters of the new crafting system soon to hit a live server near you.
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| SWTOR announces new Galactic Living stream series Posted: 01 Jul 2014 04:30 PM PDT Filed under: Sci-Fi, Events (Real-World), Previews, News Items, Free-to-Play, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Housing  Beginning July 2nd and continuing on Wednesdays thereafter, the BioWare devs will dust off the official SWTOR Twitch channel to preview the houses arriving in the Galactic Strongholds expansion this August. From live tours of the various strongholds like the Nar Shaddaa Sky Palace to a behind-the-scenes look at the decoration items and tools, get an inside preview of all the ways you'll be able to customize your own stronghold in the new Digital Expansion, Galactic Stronghold[s].The first show starts at 4:30 p.m. EDT tomorrow.
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| League of Legends public chat rooms disabled by Riot Posted: 01 Jul 2014 04:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Culture, News Items, Opinion, Free-to-Play, MOBA, League of Legends  Not only were the public chat channels problematic, but even the private channels lacked effective moderation tools outside of an ignore button. The development team is starting over from a new foundation, hoping to make the chat rooms a place to hang out with friends and more easily organize matches instead of being... well, what they were before. Feedback is welcome, so chime in on the official forums if you know what you want to see when the chats finally return.
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| Massively Speaking Episode 303: Back to normal Posted: 01 Jul 2014 03:00 PM PDT Filed under: Podcasts, MMO Industry, News Items, Massively Meta, Massively Speaking, Miscellaneous  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 303: Back to normal
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| Final Fantasy XIV previews private chambers Posted: 01 Jul 2014 02:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Patches, Previews, News Items, Consoles, Final Fantasy XIV, Housing, Subscription  Private chambers cost 300,000 gil and require a player to have reached level 50 as well as the rank of Second Lieutenant in their grand company of choice. They can have 50 items placed therein, and just as with company houses, you can control who's allowed to enter the room. You can't leave your free company while you still have a private chamber, although you can vacate your chamber if you so choose. Read more details on the official preview; this feature will be added to the game with the launch of patch 2.3 next week.
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| Neverwinter's next new class is the Scourge Warlock Posted: 01 Jul 2014 01:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Classes, Expansions, Game Mechanics, Patches, News Items, Free-to-Play, Neverwinter  The Scourge Warlock is a powerful magic user who plies dark magical abilities, communing with shadowy benefactors to destroy all who would dare stand in their way. A powerful striker who focuses on dealing heavy damage to both single and grouped foes, the Scourge Warlock wields a myriad of options to deal with adversaries using their powerful Warlock's Curse.The class will be available to all players. [Source: PWE press release]
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| EVE Probe helps CCP diagnose graphical glitches Posted: 01 Jul 2014 12:00 PM PDT Filed under: Sci-Fi, EVE Online, MMO Industry, Dev Diaries, Sandbox  EVE Probe gathers performance data from your machine after you've experienced a graphical problem and sends it back to the team for a more detailed analysis than was previously available. All data is sent anonymously and nothing is collected that can identify a player. If you're curious about EVE Probe, you can check out the complete dev diary on the topic at the official site.
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| The Witcher: Battle Arena MOBA due out Q4 2014 Posted: 01 Jul 2014 11:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, New Titles, PvP, News Items, Free-to-Play, MOBA  "There will be a monster-hunting mode, kind of an isometric multiplayer [in the future]," explains project manager Tadek Zielinski. "There will be a boss mode, where you will be able to fight the bosses -- that will be purely a (player verses enemy) experience. And we are thinking of other competitive modes. We have a classic one-lane MOBA experience with towers, but we have a different approach because we don't want to have minions, we don't want to have farming."
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| Albion Online puts an interesting twist on fast travel Posted: 01 Jul 2014 10:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, MMO Industry, New Titles, Dev Diaries, Sandbox  The sandbox MMO has implemented fast travel based on user feedback, but the feature has some interesting limitations. For one, fast travel can only happen over water. It is also limited to safe cities and hubs, and costs a fair bit of money. As a bit of an RP element, fast travel is done like ship travel, so the cost will go up according to the weight you're carrying. This makes sure that players won't use fast travel at all times, and may take into consideration whether travel by foot or horseback might be the better choice in particular situations. You can sign up for Albion Online's alpha testing at the official site. [Thanks for the tip, Dengar!]
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