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- The Nexus Telegraph: Raiding in WildStar is its own creature
- Leaderboard: Marvel Heroes' character customization - Good deal or deal-breaker?
- The Stream Team: Wedding singer edition, June 10 - 16, 2013
- Video preview of Guild War 2's Dragon Bash Festival
- The Daily Grind: Have MMOs gone as far as they can go?
- MMO Week in Review: The final fate of Marvel Universe Online
- EVE Evolved: First impressions of Odyssey
- It's a steampunk dwarf on the new Black Gold website
- Petroglyph to shut down Battle for Graxia just two months after launch
| The Nexus Telegraph: Raiding in WildStar is its own creature Posted: 10 Jun 2013 10:00 AM PDT Filed under: Betas, Sci-Fi, Game Mechanics, Endgame, Opinion, WildStar, Dungeons, The Nexus Telegraph  I am not a lover of raiding. This is not difficult to find evidence of on this site because I've talked about the issues with group-only endgame antics on more than one occasion. Heck, I wrote about how raiding turns you into a horrible person. So you would think I'd look at what we know about WildStar's endgame and start facepalming, possibly whilst shaking my head and muttering obscenities. But I'm not. I'm totally cool with what we've been told so far about the endgame because there's much more than just the raiding aspect in the game, and I'm intrigued by how it's working out. Continue reading The Nexus Telegraph: Raiding in WildStar is its own creature
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| Leaderboard: Marvel Heroes' character customization - Good deal or deal-breaker? Posted: 10 Jun 2013 09:00 AM PDT Filed under: Super-hero, Opinion, Free-to-Play, Marvel Heroes, Leaderboard  The other half of the fun is the IP, but that's neither here nor there, at least for this edition of Leaderboard. What about you, Massively voters? Does MH's lack of original avatar options turn you off or is the rest of the game enjoyable enough even with that restriction? Vote after the cut!  Ever wish that you could put to rest a long-standing MMO debate once and for all? Then welcome to the battle royal of Massively's Leaderboard, where two sides enter the pit o' judgment -- and only one leaves. Vote to make your opinion known, and see whether your choice tops the Leaderboard!Continue reading Leaderboard: Marvel Heroes' character customization - Good deal or deal-breaker?
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| The Stream Team: Wedding singer edition, June 10 - 16, 2013 Posted: 10 Jun 2013 08:00 AM PDT Filed under: Polls, Massively Meta, Livestream, The Stream Team  Well, luckily there are no such social taboos for spouting random song snippets on Massively TV! I know you understand that urge to just let loose a tune or two, right? It could be that you've belted out a concert-worthy rendition yourself when playing or watching your favorite games. We here at The Stream Team fully support that. We even contribute to the official organization: BOSS (Belting Out Spontaneous Songs). So why not join us where you know you won't be judged. Who knows, you might find a song to sing along with in this weeks streams. Continue reading The Stream Team: Wedding singer edition, June 10 - 16, 2013
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| Video preview of Guild War 2's Dragon Bash Festival Posted: 10 Jun 2013 07:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Video, Events (In-Game), Game Mechanics, Previews, Guild Wars 2, Hands-On, Guides, Buy-to-Play  The celebrations officially kick off tomorrow, but we have a video preview of the Dragon Bash celebrations to whet your appetite. Continue reading Video preview of Guild War 2's Dragon Bash Festival
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| The Daily Grind: Have MMOs gone as far as they can go? Posted: 10 Jun 2013 06:00 AM PDT Filed under: Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, Opinion, The Daily Grind  Over the weekend I played Mirror's Edge, a first-person platforming thing that I missed way back in 2009. I fell in love with the free-running, the expansive environments, and the vertigo-inducing perspectives and I realized, sadly, that all of those things and many more simply aren't in the cards for MMOs. I know that not everything has to be an MMO, but I'd love to experience Mirror's Edge with a persistent world behind it, as well as share it with my MMO-playing buddies. What about you, Massively readers? Do you think MMOs have gone as far as they can go, or do you think we're in store for anything new and exciting beyond continual refinements to the existing formula?  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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| MMO Week in Review: The final fate of Marvel Universe Online Posted: 09 Jun 2013 06:00 PM PDT Filed under: Massively Meta, Week in Review, Miscellaneous  It might be a bit different from the MMO we all envisioned back when Marvel Universe Online was first re-announced, but this week, Gazillion's Marvel Heroes officially launched. The early launch period, however, was not without its flaws; Gazillion was forced to compensate founders who ran into connection errors and other mishaps during the game's pre-launch headstart. Read on for the rest of this week's top MMO stories. Continue reading MMO Week in Review: The final fate of Marvel Universe Online
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| EVE Evolved: First impressions of Odyssey Posted: 09 Jun 2013 04:00 PM PDT Filed under: Sci-Fi, EVE Online, Bugs, Economy, Expansions, Game Mechanics, Patches, Previews, PvP, PvE, Opinion, Hands-On, First Impressions, EVE Evolved, Guides, Sandbox  Unfortunately, Odyssey has seen its fair share of problems too. The new jump effect looks spectacular the first few times you see it, but long-term play is reportedly causing motion sickness in some players. Some players have also been objecting to the ice mining changes, and the revamped radial UI menu hasn't done much to fix the game's usability problems. Explorers in low-security space and nullsec are reporting incomes in the billions of ISK per day range thanks to the scan probe changes and new hacking minigame, but not everyone is happy with the new loot-scattering mechanic. In this week's EVE Evolved, I look at the early impact of Odyssey on the EVE Online universe and discover the secrets behind collecting all the valuable loot when hacking. Continue reading EVE Evolved: First impressions of Odyssey
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| It's a steampunk dwarf on the new Black Gold website Posted: 09 Jun 2013 02:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, MMO Industry, New Titles, News Items, Free-to-Play, Steampunk  The site boasts a couple of video clips, a few screenshots, and some very basic information about the game's open world. Currently the race/class and story sections of the site feature "coming soon" placeholders, but we expect to learn quite a bit more about the title during our demo at E3 this week. [Thanks Paul!]
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| Petroglyph to shut down Battle for Graxia just two months after launch Posted: 09 Jun 2013 12:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Business Models, Launches, MMO Industry, PvP, News Items, Free-to-Play, Casual, Dev Diaries, MOBA, Sunsets  The studio attempted to revive the game recently with its Battle For Graxia update, which overhauled the entire game to be more like other competitive PvP-focused MOBAs and added interesting new features like the White Knight system that replaces players who leave in the middle of a game. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to have revived the game, as developers announced today that they will be pulling the plug on June 27th. Petroglyph's future now looks uncertain, as the studio has recently lost the development contract for End of Nations and failed to secure funding on Kickstarter for its own RTS game, Victory. [Thanks for the tip, Venova.]
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