| The Crew dev blog talks Raid, Circuit, and Perf spec cars Posted: 22 Jun 2014 10:00 AM PDT Filed under: Real-Life, Classes, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, New Titles, News Items, Races Ubisoft's latest dev blog for open world racer The Crew is worth a read if you're partial to cars, MMO-style groups, and boss fights. It describes a takedown challenge mission called A Little Nudge that "wouldn't be out of place in a Driver game." It also mentions the Raid spec, and that's not "raid" in the typical MMO sense of the word but "raid" as in a car class designed to "tear through the hills, valleys, and backroads" of Yosemite and survive plenty of "high-speed brutality." In addition to Raid, Circuit, and Perf specs, The Crew also features 20 upgrade slots per car, which Ubisoft says will please gearheads and gamers alike.  The Crew dev blog talks Raid, Circuit, and Perf spec cars originally appeared on Massively on Sun, 22 Jun 2014 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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| One Shots: Child's play Posted: 22 Jun 2014 08:00 AM PDT Filed under: Screenshots, EverQuest, Lord of the Rings Online, Culture, Opinion, One Shots, The Secret World, RIFT, Miscellaneous Today, my friends, you are going to be disturbed by this column -- disturbed and delighted, puzzled and tantalized. But I'm afraid that we're going to have to begin with a sight that is quite unsettling, so if there are any small children in the room, get them to hold your hand because there's no way you are brave enough to witness this. "I recently returned to The Secret World and have been having a blast, but I think this is the scariest scene I have come across whilst playing," reader Balsbigbrother. "OK, so it's a little gory with the meat cleaver in the head but those dolls and the shadows they make on the walls, eeek! The game atmosphere kind of builds up to a point where your own imagination takes over. So while I was in that room, I kept thinking if all those dolls suddenly turned around to face me, I would seriously lose it and maybe need psychiatric counseling for several months afterwards." You're not alone, man. The Nursery was one of the most terrifying places I've ever visited in a video game. Let's see who dares to see the whole tableau after the break! Continue reading One Shots: Child's play One Shots: Child's play originally appeared on Massively on Sun, 22 Jun 2014 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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| The Daily Grind: Have you ever come back to a game for the double XP? Posted: 22 Jun 2014 06:00 AM PDT Filed under: Sci-Fi, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, Opinion, Free-to-Play, The Daily Grind, Star Wars: The Old Republic I logged into Star Wars: The Old Republic this weekend and came to a sad realization. I really don't want to play it any more. I'm a huge Star Wars fan, so I usually find something to like about the game even though themepark mechanics and eternal gear grinds aren't my first choice. Lately I lack the desire to keep leveling, though, which is unfortunately at odds with my goal of seeing all the cutscenes for all eight class stories (again, Star Wars fan, completionist, can't help it). Fortunately for me, there's a double XP week starting July 1st, at which point I will be blasting through levels like a man possessed on as many characters as I can! I feel a sense of urgency because I doubt I'll be leveling again in SWTOR until its next double XP event. And really I'd love to just check the game off my MMO to-do list and uninstall as soon as I've viewed the stories and taken a few screenshots. What about you, Massively readers? Have you ever come back to a game specifically for the double XP, or am I sailing alone across my own personal ocean of crazy?  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!The Daily Grind: Have you ever come back to a game for the double XP? originally appeared on Massively on Sun, 22 Jun 2014 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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| Make My MMO: June 15 - June 21, 2014 Posted: 21 Jun 2014 04:00 PM PDT Filed under: Business Models, MMO Industry, New Titles, News Items, Crowdfunding, Make My MMO This week in MMO crowdfunding news, golden oldie World War II Online assured itself of a new client update thanks to a successful Indiegogo campaign. The genre's first and arguably best MMOFPS raised over $10,000, which it will spend on a new test server as well as PC and Mac client updates. Elite: Dangerous developer Frontier made headlines based on the size of its (expanding) dev team, and fellow space sim Star Citizen stirred up some controversy thanks to its hyper-realistic flight model manifesto. Oh, and don't forget to watch that crowdfunded EVE Online documentary when it premieres next month! The rest of our weekly crowdfunding roundup is hiding on the other side of that hypergate. Continue reading Make My MMO: June 15 - June 21, 2014 Make My MMO: June 15 - June 21, 2014 originally appeared on Massively on Sat, 21 Jun 2014 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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| EverQuest Next's vampires will not sparkle Posted: 21 Jun 2014 02:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Video, Lore, News Items, Free-to-Play, Humor, EverQuest Next In the latest EverQuest Next roundtable video, SOE Senior Brand Manager Omeed Dariani and Lead Content Designer Steve Danuser team up to offer a counterpart to the villain vote from earlier in June, when players voted Ambassador D'Vinn into the game. This week, the studio focuses on other iconic franchise characters. While Danuser and Dariani note that all the characters mentioned will be present in the game or at least its lore, some will find themselves in new roles since EverQuest Next is a reboot of the franchise, not a chronological continuation of past storytelling. Lucan D'Lere, for example, will still be associated with Freeport, but he might make different life choices this time around. But it was the Dark Elf vampire Leone who won the poll because, well, EverQuest players. Danuser promises that the rebooted version of Leone and his friends will not sparkle. Finally, this is apparently the last edition of these roundtable videos. Future episodes, SOE says, will be rolled into the team's Workshop Show livestreams. Continue reading EverQuest Next's vampires will not sparkle EverQuest Next's vampires will not sparkle originally appeared on Massively on Sat, 21 Jun 2014 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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| The Stream Team: Start summer with some Landmark spelunking and free stuff Posted: 21 Jun 2014 12:00 PM PDT Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Video, Free-to-Play, Livestream, The Stream Team, Player-Generated Content, Landmark It's spelunking time! Massively's MJ is on a Landmark treasure hunting expedition, and she's inviting you along for the trip into the caves to try and find the fabled zephyr belt. You know she needs one before falling damage and death make it into game! Could be this is her lucky day, and it can be yours, too! MJ has both beta keys and the new portcullis item keys to give away. So join us live at 2:00 p.m. to start the summer off right -- with some spelunking and free stuff! Game: Landmark Host: MJ Guthrie Date: Saturday, June 21st, 2014 Time: 2:00 p.m. EDT Enjoy our Stream Team video below. Continue reading The Stream Team: Start summer with some Landmark spelunking and free stuff The Stream Team: Start summer with some Landmark spelunking and free stuff originally appeared on Massively on Sat, 21 Jun 2014 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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