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The Secret World: First Beta Weekend Detailed

Posted: 08 May 2012 02:38 PM PDT

First Beta Weekend Detailed

Funcom has announced the details for the first beta weekend for The Secret World. The doors will swing open on Friday, May 11th and run through Sunday, May 13th. Players will be able to try out the Templar starter story and head to the town of Kingsmouth.

DC Universe Online: The Joker Making a Return

Posted: 08 May 2012 12:36 PM PDT

The Joker Making a Return

The DC Universe Online team has announced that next month, Joker will make a return to the game in "The Last Laugh" DLC. The new content will feature opportunities for players to engage one another in PvP action as well as add an all-new weapon, more multiplayer game play in the Safe Houses and Headquarters, and new Legends PvP characters.

Dark Age of Camelot: Call to Arms" a DAoC Community Event TONIGHT!

Posted: 08 May 2012 10:52 AM PDT

Call to Arms" a DAoC Community Event TONIGHT!

Wayback Wednesday with our own Grakulen will be hosting a live chat and game play session with Dark Age of Camelot devs tonight in the MMORPG.com Live Stream channel. This is definitely something you won't want to miss so be sure to check in at 9:30 p.m. EDT.

The Repopulation: Monthly Update Released

Posted: 08 May 2012 09:15 AM PDT

Monthly Update Released

Above & Beyond has published the latest monthly update for The Repopulation. The post lists out in great detail all of the things the team has been working on for the past thirty days. In addition, the team proudly announced the release of a pair of videos spotlighting game features.

World of WarPlanes: Heavy Fighters Introduced

Posted: 08 May 2012 09:01 AM PDT

Heavy Fighters Introduced

Wargaming.net has released a new trailer from World of WarPlanes. The trailer introduces fans to the heavy fighters that will deploy with the game. Their size, power and armament allow heavy fighters to fulfill a great variety of objectives including interception, head-on attacks and bombing, making them one of the most versatile classes of air forces.

World of Tanks: Soviet Tanks Redeployed

Posted: 08 May 2012 08:56 AM PDT

Soviet Tanks Redeployed

Wargaming.net has announced that the World of Tanks v7.3 patch has been successfully deployed. The patch largely centers around the substitutions and additions to the Soviet tank line into the game.

Lord of the Rings Online: New Screens Show Fornost-Moria Revamp

Posted: 08 May 2012 08:26 AM PDT

New Screens Show Fornost-Moria Revamp

Turbine and the Lord of the Rings Online team have released nine new screenshots showing off the overhaul of both Fornost and Moria as well as screens from Methedras, a new free-to-VIPs skirmish. Check them out in our Lord of the Rings Online gallery.

General: Should Elder Scrolls Online Be F2P?

Posted: 07 May 2012 12:33 PM PDT

Should Elder Scrolls Online Be F2P?

In today's Free Zone, we take a look at the recently announced Elder Scrolls Online and wonder if, just maybe, it should become a free-to-play title. See what we think and then add your thoughts in the comments.

TERA: The Future of Arborea

Posted: 07 May 2012 02:34 PM PDT

The Future of Arborea

Now that En Masse Entertainment has officially launched TERA, the team had a few minutes to breathe again and we caught up with Senior Producer Brian Knox to talk about what will come next for Arborea. See what we discovered and then leave us a comment or two.

Guild Wars 2: It Just Keeps Getting Better

Posted: 07 May 2012 11:47 AM PDT

It Just Keeps Getting Better

The last beta event presented an even better portrait of Guild Wars 2 than in the previous ones. Find out why we think so in our latest Guild Wars 2 column before leaving us your thoughts in the comments.

DarkBlood Online: Exclusive Combat Training Video Part 2

Posted: 07 May 2012 02:02 PM PDT

Exclusive Combat Training Video Part 2

Outspark, JCR Soft and GameHi have partnered with MMORPG.com to bring our readers first notice about DarkBlood, an action combat title coming later this year. In this first-ever in-game video, we are treated to a look at Combat Training. Find out more about the game and check out our exclusive video after the jump.

DarkBlood Online: Combat Training Video Part 1

Posted: 07 May 2012 04:33 PM PDT

Combat Training Video Part 1

Outspark, JCR Soft and GameHi have partnered with MMORPG.com to bring our readers first notice about DarkBlood, an action combat title coming later this year. In this first-ever in-game video, we are treated to a look at Combat Training. Find out more about Darkblood Online after the jump and check out Part 1 of the Combat Training video.
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Why Zelda Still Rules the Action RPG

Posted: 08 May 2012 04:01 PM PDT

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Why Zelda Still Rules the Action RPG

The Legend of Zelda games may not be perfect, but they still define the genre.

By: Jeremy Parish May 8, 2012

1UP, we confess, has not been the kindest friend to the Legend of Zelda series of late. In fact, one might even assume that we have some sort of dark agenda against the games. That we're out to perform a cruel hit job. To poison the shape of public discourse about Nintendo's work and undermine the very foundations of the franchise by eroding the world's affection for and confidence in Zelda!

But let's not be silly. We've had some critical words for Zelda over the past few months, it's true, but those criticisms come from precisely the opposite place of whatever grim land of hatred Zelda's more ardent defenders may have concocted in their minds. We tend to put Zelda under harsh scrutiny not because we want to trash it but rather because we love it. Bob Mackey won't shut up about how Majora's Mask is probably the greatest game ever to spring from human minds, and I can bore you with hours of nonstop reminiscence about my experiences with the original NES game. We love Zelda, and we want it to be wonderful. Sometimes it falls short of our expectations; and sometimes in the process of starting up a conversation about these things, you have to play the role of devil's advocate, and then people misinterpret your opinion as being a lot more negative than it really is.

Complete Gacha Ban Would Spell Bad News for the Social Games Business

Posted: 08 May 2012 03:28 PM PDT

Japanese social mobile games

The social games business is still very young, meaning there are a lot of things still to be worked out as certain Japanese companies are finding out right now. A highly profitable sales tactic employed heavily by companies like GREE and DeNA may soon be deemed illegal in Japan, a move which would certainly put a damper on what is a rapidly-expanding portion of the industry in that country.

The issue involves complete gacha, also referred to as compugacha or konpu gacha in Japan. Gacha on its own involves money being handed over in exchange for a random item; this is acceptable in a legal sense. Where complete gacha becomes problematic is in the way it rewards players with a special item for completing a set of items which are obtained randomly. This can, as you might imagine, become an expensive proposition as attempting to collect all the parts of a set can require countless transactions. Comparisons have been drawn between it and gambling, which is largely illegal in Japan.

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