MMO Updates |
- The Anvil of Crom: Ranging across the border
- Global Chat: Follow the money edition
- The Daily Grind: Would you play a truly evil faction?
- Not So Massively: Dreamhack tournament edition
- The Mog Log: Full auto
- One Shots: A familiar name
- June's engineering report available for Star Trek Online
- Snail Games introduces The Chosen with closed beta keys from Massively!
- Designing the missions for City of Heroes
| The Anvil of Crom: Ranging across the border Posted: 19 Jun 2011 10:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Galleries, Screenshots, Age of Conan, Lore, Opinion, Free-to-play, The Anvil of Crom  Conan fans will recognize the above passage as one of the most famous in the barbarian's extensive canon. It appears at the beginning of 1932's The Phoenix on the Sword and serves as a brief teaser for the history that underlies the world of Hyboria. Being something of an MMO lore junkie (and given the fact that I'm slowly working my way through Robert E. Howard's Conan library), I've often wondered about the origins of the Nemedian Chronicles and the people who wrote them. While Nemedia itself is not yet accessible in Age of Conan, Funcom's nods to Nemedian culture are numerous, and nowhere is this more evident than the Border Range. Join me after the cut for some impressions on this war-torn zone and the stories behind it. Continue reading The Anvil of Crom: Ranging across the border
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| Global Chat: Follow the money edition Posted: 19 Jun 2011 08:00 AM PDT Filed under: Opinion, Massively meta, Global Chat, Miscellaneous  This week's Global Chat is all about paying for things, not paying for other things, and giving even more things multiple chances. Follow along after the jump to see some of the best of what our readers had to say! Continue reading Global Chat: Follow the money edition
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| The Daily Grind: Would you play a truly evil faction? Posted: 19 Jun 2011 06:00 AM PDT Filed under: Culture, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Miscellaneous  It also slightly bugs me that MMOs don't let you play as evil, not really. Sure, some titles like City of Villains or EverQuest II might offer an "evil" faction, but they're not really that much worse than the good guys, and they're downright saintly when pitted against the demonic forces that plague the game world. Darker factions are mostly for flavor and discounts at Hot Topic, methinks. But what if an MMO allowed you to be part of a truly evil faction? Would you do it? Would you be part of the rampaging armies of death that are sweeping over the land? Would you be the name that all stouthearted heroes curse daily? And would you -- this is important -- kick puppies if you got XP for it?  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: Dreamhack tournament edition Posted: 18 Jun 2011 06:00 PM PDT Filed under: Video, Culture, New titles, Patches, News items, Free-to-play, Not So Massively  Last week was massive for gaming, with a ton of exciting news pouring out of E3. We shared news of the next three champions coming to League of Legends and got talking to developers at Riot Games to find out what's on the game's horizon. We also got an in-depth look at Vorp!, the Asteroids-esque shooter by END Games. We heard about plans to add a new DotA mode to Vorp! and found out that the game could feasibly be ported to smartphones and other platforms in the future. We also looked at Realm of the Titans' crystal upgrade system and showed a MOBA Champions interview with Rise of Immortals' community manager Matthew Anderson. Following last week's deluge of news, this week's Not So Massively offerings are a little more muted as most of the current MOBAs prepare for competitive tournaments at Dreamhack 2011 in Sweden. Competitive online gaming as a profession is an old idea, but it's one that has seen growing support in the West over the past few years. Dreamhack is the world's largest LAN party and possibly the biggest event in the competitive gaming calendar, with dozens of companies sponsoring tournaments with massive cash prizes. We also get a look at Aida Arenas' Arena Hustle gameplay mode and new online World War II RTS Operation Gamma 41. Continue reading Not So Massively: Dreamhack tournament edition
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| Posted: 18 Jun 2011 04:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Game mechanics, Patches, Previews, Opinion, Consoles, Final Fantasy XIV, The Mog Log  Of course, it's not just the video preview that's interesting in the producer's letter. The preview is nice, don't get me wrong, and it gives a good idea of what sort of things we can expect to see when 1.18 launches... but we also have more specific information given on exactly what players can expect from the system changes. And there are some pretty big ones mixed in there, either stated or implied by the video, which ties into the state of Final Fantasy XIV at the moment and where it's going to be in the future. Continue reading The Mog Log: Full auto
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| Posted: 18 Jun 2011 02:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Galleries, Screenshots, Lord of the Rings Online, Guilds, Free-to-play, One Shots  Mae g'ovannen! This is my kin, Council of the Secret Fire. The picture was taken back in December during the Yule Festival; you can see us rocking our various winter outfits.Next week is Massively Team Favorites week here on One Shots, so keep your eye out for that -- and some fun upcoming themes!
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| June's engineering report available for Star Trek Online Posted: 18 Jun 2011 01:00 PM PDT Filed under: Sci-fi, Game mechanics, Patches, News items, Star Trek Online  Duty Officer Rosters are one of the features that's been in development for quite some time, with most of the code in place but the system itself not currently active on the test server. The newest report also goes into details about future improvements, including expansions to the KDF areas of the game and more detailed plans for the Duty Officer system down the road. Star Trek Online players should take a look at the full report to get a sense of what's on the plate for the game in the immediate and more distant future.
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| Snail Games introduces The Chosen with closed beta keys from Massively! Posted: 18 Jun 2011 12:00 PM PDT Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Contests, Free-to-play, Giveaways  Choose your faction, select one of the six available classes, and dive into the conflict between dark and light. The Chosen boasts seven PvE and PvP battle systems, trainable pets, mounts, and more. The game will begin closed beta testing on June 22nd, so if you'd like to give it a try, visit our giveaway page to pick up a beta key. Once you've done that, create a game account, activate your key, and download the client to jump right into The Chosen! 
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| Designing the missions for City of Heroes Posted: 18 Jun 2011 11:00 AM PDT Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Patches, News items  As Hegner explains, the game's storylines and overarching foci are all planned out, with certain elements coming into prominence or moving to the background depending on the focus of a given issue. The early part of development centers around figuring out which parts of the game's ongoing story will be explored and how much space the designers have been given to do so. If you're a City of Heroes veteran, the full dispatch is well worth a read for a look at how missions get made at Paragon Studios.
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