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- General: Halloween Events: Darkfall, ArcheAge and Kings and Legends
- Lineage 2: Alien Invasion!
- General: Halloween Events: Forge of Empires, Webzen Lineup
- Landmark: Ogres, Dwarves and an Impending Update
- Destiny: Destiny Sales Prove Review Scores Wrong
- General: Game On #56: Good News for WoW; Bad News for LotRO
- League of Legends: Likely to Earn $1B in Microtransaction Revenue
- Marvel Heroes 2015: Pre-Order Juggernaut & Grab Some Nifty In-Game Swag
- Sudden Crisis: Renamed 'Sudden Crisis'
- Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn: Naoki Yoshida on the Heavensward Expansion
- General: Selling Convenience vs. Content
| General: Halloween Events: Darkfall, ArcheAge and Kings and Legends Posted: 24 Oct 2014 11:01 PM PDT The final countdown to the All Hallow's Eve is on and online game makers are celebrating with a host of seasonal events. Darkfall Unholy Wars is adding new Feats and special candy-dropping monsters, while ArcheAge and Kings and Legends are opting for new costumes, decor and a new Pumpkin Lord card, respectively.     |
| Posted: 24 Oct 2014 11:29 PM PDT Things just got a bit more otherworldly in Lineage II. From October 22 to November 5, Alien Researchers will be invading level 85+ hunting zones and monsters will drop Monster Research books. The L2B2 NPC is also in town. The week after, from November 5 to November 12, the L2B2 is still hanging out, but no more Monster Research drops. Finally, November 12, the L2B2 makes like a tree and leaves, taking with him the Laser Gun and Monster Research.   |
| General: Halloween Events: Forge of Empires, Webzen Lineup Posted: 25 Oct 2014 12:11 AM PDT Regardless of the culture of origin, seemingly all online games this year are holding some kind of Halloween event. Strategy game Forge of Empires is bringing back popular spook Jack O'Lantern October 22 until November 5. Korean company Webzen is also getting into the act with Halloween events for its games, Continent of the 9th Seal, Archlord 2, and MU Online.   |
| Landmark: Ogres, Dwarves and an Impending Update Posted: 23 Oct 2014 04:38 PM PDT Over on the Workshop show, it's a battle between Dwarves and Ogres! Meanwhile in Landmark land, the team announces plans for multi-thread rendering and SLI support in the next update, among other things!   |
| Destiny: Destiny Sales Prove Review Scores Wrong Posted: 23 Oct 2014 04:27 PM PDT Too often, there exists a disparity between the feelings of game reviewers and game players. Such is the case with Destiny, the disappointing mega-hit we were told could only break our hearts with the letdown. What's the deal, games industry? We answer that question, and break down the week's biggest news, in this week's RPG files.   |
| General: Game On #56: Good News for WoW; Bad News for LotRO Posted: 24 Oct 2014 12:44 PM PDT This week Jessica is joined by Syl from the MMO Gypsy blog and Battle Bards podcast to talk about the week in MMO and RPG news. Our top story is the release of WoW's pre-expansion pack, with new character models, the "stat squish" and a preview of a revamped UBRS. We also talk about LotRO's layoff woes, Final Fantasy XIV's expansion news, WildStar's megaservers, and the possible addition of permadeath to EVE Online.   |
| League of Legends: Likely to Earn $1B in Microtransaction Revenue Posted: 24 Oct 2014 11:43 AM PDT League of Legends is closing in on the one billion dollar mark for total revenue earned solely through microtransaction sales. This is up sharply from last year's revenue total and puts them ahead of all other games worldwide, including last year's earnings winner, Crossfire.   |
| Marvel Heroes 2015: Pre-Order Juggernaut & Grab Some Nifty In-Game Swag Posted: 24 Oct 2014 11:38 AM PDT Marvel Heroes 2015 players who take advantage of today's preorder Juggernaut, the fortieth hero to enter the game, will receive a nice package of in-game goodies for their trouble. Juggernaut is expected to arrive on the PTS later today and in-game in two weeks or so.   |
| Sudden Crisis: Renamed 'Sudden Crisis' Posted: 24 Oct 2014 11:14 AM PDT In an apparent nod to ongoing threats of litigation, the Seldon Crisis game, said to be loosely based around the works of Isaac Asminov, has been rebranded "Sudden Crisis". As part of the rebranding effort, the Indiegogo project has been updated (thanks, Vrika!) to reflect the new name. According to the Sudden Crisis Facebook page, the game is largely the same, but with a new name.   |
| Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn: Naoki Yoshida on the Heavensward Expansion Posted: 23 Oct 2014 04:04 PM PDT During last weekend's Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn fan event in Las Vegas, Square Enix, Naoki Yoshida and the development team announced the first expansion for the game called "Heavensward". We caught up with Naoki Yoshida to find out more about Heavensward. Check out our exclusive interview.   |
| General: Selling Convenience vs. Content Posted: 23 Oct 2014 04:19 PM PDT As far as free-to-play monetization models go, there are a couple of different overarching strategies that dominate today's market. You have games like ArcheAge, which offers convenience bonuses like elevated experience gain, increased labor points, and more. You can see titles like The Lord of the Rings Online steadily offering some convenience and cosmetic items in their cash shops but doing a great deal of business selling content through quests and expansions.   |
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