MMO Updates

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• The Secret World explains details on the new Augment system
• RuneScape introduces new Halloween-themed questline
• 8bitMMO reaches upgrade funding goal, moves on to stretch
• Infinite Crisis trailer introduces Atomic Green Lantern
• The Mummy Online shuts down today
• EQII's Tears of Veeshan opens beta doors today
• Melee classes get the spotlight in Aura Kingdom reveals
• Massively Speaking Episode 268: Jump to leetspeed
• TERA's newest update brings Halloween event, box refinements, and achievements
• RIFT servers to merge next week
• The Daily Grind: Has an MMO ever helped you in real life?
• Captain's Log: New-user tips on Star Trek Online's duty officer system
• Not So Massively: Star Citizen design contest, Samuel L Jackson announcer pack, and LoL releases Jinx
• Gaijin records real tank, artillery sounds for War Thunder's ground game
• Guild Wars 2 dev duo previews tomorrow's patch
• EverQuest Next video producer's letter previews upcoming updates
• In-character Star Citizen Aurora ad released
• Raph Koster on getting criticism
• Hacker reveals League of Legends collectible card game
• Hearthstone dev diary sets its sights on Rexxar the Hunter
• City of Titans team discusses following and evolving from City of Heroes
• SMITE puts together an animated trailer
• The Nexus Telegraph: WildStar reveals; we analyze
• Final Fantasy XIV gets ready for a haunted All Saints' Wake (and PvP)
• Lost your Grand Theft Auto Online character? Have some money instead!

The Secret World explains details on the new Augment system Posted: 15 Oct 2013 10:30 AM PDT Filed under: Horror, Real-Life, Game Mechanics, Patches, News Items, The Secret World, Miscellaneous, Buy-to-Play There's already a lot of flexibility for players in The Secret World's ability system, but there's room for more customization. Sure, you've got your eight active and eight passive abilities, but what if you could have eight more slots to customize your behavior? That's the core idea behind the new Augment system, a marriage of new skills, loot, and abilities that allows you to turn your existing build and fine-tune it even more carefully. Augments come in four categories: Assault, Healing, Support, and Survivability, roughly analogous to the roles currently present in the game. Each active ability can have an Augment slotted into it depending on its type, and each Augment requires the leveling of a skill related to the Augment, the AP necessary to learn the new Augment, and the loot necessary to make one. Take a look at the full rundown for a more detailed explanation on how you can take your gun-wielding punch artist to the next level of mastery. The Secret World explains details on the new Augment system originally appeared on Massively on Tue, 15 Oct 2013 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments Source: Augment system preview

RuneScape introduces new Halloween-themed questline Posted: 15 Oct 2013 10:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Video, Events (In-Game), RuneScape, Free-to-Play, Browser Jagex has announced a spooky new quest released today for RuneScape's Halloween event. Missing, Presumed Dead introduces players to a new area, new puzzles, battles against the walking dead, gods, mortals, and a host of new rewards to sweeten the pot. The quest will also set the scene for a brand new core storyline in RuneScape's lore. It can be played through the game's new Bonds system that allows players to purchase membership with in-game gold. Check out the behind-the-scenes trailer after the jump and the official announcement for more information. Continue reading RuneScape introduces new Halloween-themed questline RuneScape introduces new Halloween-themed questline originally appeared on Massively on Tue, 15 Oct 2013 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments Source: Official Announcement

8bitMMO reaches upgrade funding goal, moves on to stretch Posted: 15 Oct 2013 09:30 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, MMO Industry, News Items, Free-to-Play, Sandbox, Crowdfunding Two weeks ago we learned that the retro-themed 8BitMMO launched a funding drive throughout October in order to enhance the game experience for players. With half the month still to go, the MEGA-OCTOBERBIT-FUNDRAISER has already reached its $1,000 goal and is now working on the first stretch goal. Successful funding means that the construction sandbox game will get a server upgrade before the launch of the desktop edition (which is currently in closed beta for backers only). If another $600 is raised in the next two weeks, players will get a Mac edition of the desktop client. If the funding drive surpasses that, new stretch goals will be revealed. [Source: Archive Entertainment press release] 8bitMMO reaches upgrade funding goal, moves on to stretch originally appeared on Massively on Tue, 15 Oct 2013 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

Infinite Crisis trailer introduces Atomic Green Lantern Posted: 15 Oct 2013 09:15 AM PDT Filed under: Betas, Super-hero, Trailers, Video, Classes, New Titles, PvP, News Items, Free-to-Play, MOBA, Infinite Crisis Sometimes, being a hero is more than a difficult job, it's a downright painful experience. Such is the case for the newest champion to join the Infinite Crisis line-up: Atomic Green Lantern. Hailing from a destroyed civilization, this Hal Jordan's ring has been powered-up with a radioactive isotope after being mysteriously deactivated (and the subsequent loss of his right arm). Unfortunately, that new power source comes with a cost -- a shorter, more painful life. In game, Atomic Green Lantern is a melee bruiser with skills that inflict that deadly radiation on others, such as Scorched Earth and Meltdown. Catch some tips and hints for using these skills and more in the Atomic Green Lantern spotlight video after the break. [Source: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment press release] Continue reading Infinite Crisis trailer introduces Atomic Green Lantern Infinite Crisis trailer introduces Atomic Green Lantern originally appeared on Massively on Tue, 15 Oct 2013 11:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

The Mummy Online shuts down today Posted: 15 Oct 2013 09:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Historical, News Items, Free-to-Play, Browser, Sunsets Do you remember The Mummy Online? It was a browser game by Bigpoint, it was in beta testing, it... you don't, do you? Apparently a lot of people didn't, seeing as how the company is shutting the game down as of today without much fanfare. According to the official announcement, Bigpoint has determined that due to the dropping playerbase it simply made more sense to sink more resources into games with an active group of players rather than trying to revive something slowly drying out. There's a metaphor in there. No word has been given on any kind of compensation for players who had spent money on the game. Readers may also note that the game never technically left beta testing, making it one of many titles to fold before an official launch. Our condolences to any gamers or developers affected deeply by this loss. [Thanks to Scott for the tip!] The Mummy Online shuts down today originally appeared on Massively on Tue, 15 Oct 2013 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments Source: Shutdown notice

EQII's Tears of Veeshan opens beta doors today Posted: 15 Oct 2013 08:30 AM PDT Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, EverQuest II, Classes, Expansions, News Items, Free-to-Play Waiting until the launch of the latest expansion of your favorite game can be torture -- especially when that expansion adds a new class! Luckily for EverQuest II fans, there's no need to wait until November 12th to get a taste of the new Channeler class, the dragon-themed AAs, or the new zone and dungeons; as of today, Tears of Veeshan is in open beta. To jump in and check out all the new incoming goodies, players use the live launchpad to change game version and download the entire beta, which requires the same amount of space as the regular game install. Players can even copy characters from the live servers to use on the beta server. Full instructions on the process can be found on the official site. EQII's Tears of Veeshan opens beta doors today originally appeared on Massively on Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments Source: Tears of Veeshan open beta announcement

Melee classes get the spotlight in Aura Kingdom reveals Posted: 15 Oct 2013 08:00 AM PDT Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Classes, Game Mechanics, New Titles, News Items, Free-to-Play, Dev Diaries You've already heard about some of the lore behind Aura Kingdom, the upcoming free-to-play fantasy game set in an anime-style world. So you know a bit about why you do what you do in the game. But how do you do it? That question is answered in part with the title's first class reveal, which in fact involves three different melee classes. Players who like to get up close and personal with foes during a fight can play as a tank with the Guardian or a damage-dealer with the Duelist or Ravager. The classes are defined by the weapons they specialize in; the Guardian utilizes sword and board, the Duelist dual-wields daggers, and the Ravager uses a great axe. These class weapons and their accompanying skills are what players will use throughout the beginning part of their journeys, but a secondary weapon can be selected at level 40, and that new class can be leveled up just like the first. Want to learn more? Take a gander at the classes in the gallery below and check out more details in the full dev blog after the break. [Source: Aeria Games press release] Continue reading Melee classes get the spotlight in Aura Kingdom reveals Melee classes get the spotlight in Aura Kingdom reveals originally appeared on Massively on Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

Massively Speaking Episode 268: Jump to leetspeed Posted: 15 Oct 2013 07:30 AM PDT Filed under: Podcasts, MMO Industry, News Items, Massively Meta, Massively Speaking, Miscellaneous Space: The final frontier. Except for double-space, that place is off its rocker, yo! And then there's smurf-space, but that's like normal space only more blue. In this interstellar episode of Massively Speaking, Bree returns from her successful attempt to strongarm a certain studio into finally making a certain space-themed expansion for a certain MMO. We don't even have to tell you which one. It's the one with the levels. Have a comment for the podcasters? Shoot an email to podcast@massively.com. We may just read your email on the air! Get the podcast: [RSS] Add Massively Speaking to your RSS aggregator. [MP3] Download the MP3 directly. [iTunes] Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes. [Stitcher] Follow the podcast on Stitcher Radio. Listen here on the page: Read below the cut for the full show notes. Continue reading Massively Speaking Episode 268: Jump to leetspeed Massively Speaking Episode 268: Jump to leetspeed originally appeared on Massively on Tue, 15 Oct 2013 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

TERA's newest update brings Halloween event, box refinements, and achievements Posted: 15 Oct 2013 07:15 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Events (In-Game), Game Mechanics, Patches, News Items, Free-to-Play, TERA Halloween is almost here, if you count half a month away as "almost," and TERA is ready to go with its Halloween event starting on October 17th. That means opening up both a low-level and high-level dungeon as well as adding new ways to earn candy for everyone. It also adds new achievements... along with 182 other new achievements added in the same patch, more rewards for clearing achievements, and improvements to the achievement UI. Yes, there's more to this patch than just pumpkins and ghosts. The update also has changed the loot distribution of strongboxes, both in terms of what's in the boxes and where you can pick them up. Older types have been retired, and new types have been added with a somewhat smoother distribution of items. Add to that some class balance updates and an assortment of bugfixes, and there's plenty for all TERA players to be happy about aside from the upcoming event. [Thanks to Dengar for the tip!] TERA's newest update brings Halloween event, box refinements, and achievements originally appeared on Massively on Tue, 15 Oct 2013 09:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments Source: October patch notes

RIFT servers to merge next week Posted: 15 Oct 2013 07:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, MMO Industry, Free-to-Play, RIFT Trion Worlds has announced a server merge -- er, sorry... shard unification -- for its fantasy MMO RIFT next week. The merge will see three North American and four European shards merge to help eliminate sparse populations, but also to introduce a plan for new language architecture that the team has been working on. What does that mean? It means that this merge will see a move towards "truly international worlds" for the game where multiple languages will be seamlessly supported on the same shard. A brief FAQ also addresses dupe character and guild names, with Trion offering free name changes for those moved characters and guilds. The merges begin during the normal scheduled downtime for North America on Wednesday, October 23 and for Europe on Thursday, October 24. [Thanks to everyone who sent this one in!] RIFT servers to merge next week originally appeared on Massively on Tue, 15 Oct 2013 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments Source: Merge Announcement

The Daily Grind: Has an MMO ever helped you in real life? Posted: 15 Oct 2013 06:00 AM PDT Filed under: Culture, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Miscellaneous I celebrated my fourth year of working at Massively on the first of October by completely forgetting it happened, like most work anniversaries. That doesn't mean it's not important, though. Working at Massively is a huge way that playing Final Fantasy XI wound up changing my life further on down the road, because now I work at home and get to write silly articles with Star Wars: The Old Republic screenshots serving as header images. Of course, MMOs have changed my life in other ways just as surely. I've made friends, learned about other places, and found a lot of personal fulfillment in between looking for internet dragons to kill. So what about you guys? Has an MMO ever helped you in real life? Yes, I know, we can all cite horror stories where an MMO made us stay up for three days straight when we didn't want to, but let's be positive here. Has it made your life better? 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: Has an MMO ever helped you in real life? originally appeared on Massively on Tue, 15 Oct 2013 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

Captain's Log: New-user tips on Star Trek Online's duty officer system Posted: 14 Oct 2013 07:00 PM PDT Filed under: Sci-Fi, Opinion, Star Trek Online, Free-to-Play, Captain's Log, Guides Let me first wish all of our readers in Canada a very happy Thanksgiving Day! This week I will continue my informal series for new Star Trek Online players with a brief primer on the game's duty officer system. More commonly referred to as DOffs, Star Trek Online's duty officers provide a player with an additional means to obtain XP, dilithium, and other rewards without his having to shoot a single thing. Many people have likened the DOff system to that of a trading card game, and to an extent they are right. The duty officers have also become a commodity that can be used in other ways outside of the assignment system itself. So join me past the jump as I delve into the very basics of the STO duty officer system. Continue reading Captain's Log: New-user tips on Star Trek Online's duty officer system Captain's Log: New-user tips on Star Trek Online's duty officer system originally appeared on Massively on Mon, 14 Oct 2013 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

Not So Massively: Star Citizen design contest, Samuel L Jackson announcer pack, and LoL releases Jinx Posted: 14 Oct 2013 06:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Trailers, Video, Contests, Expansions, Game Mechanics, New Titles, Patches, PvP, News Items, PvE, Free-to-Play, Dev Diaries, Miscellaneous, Not So Massively, Sandbox, MOBA, League of Legends, Diablo III, Crowdfunding, Player-Generated Content, Star Citizen, Elite: Dangerous, Infinite Crisis, Path of Exile Star Citizen smashed its $21 and $22 million stretch goals this week, adding the salvaging profession to the game and a facial capture system to the developer's toolbox. The Next Great Starship design contest was also launched this week, offering players the chance to get their ship design featured in the game and win a prize of $30,000. Datamining from the latest Diablo III test build shows that the previously considered stat caps may no longer be added in the Reaper of Souls expansion, lifesteal may be nerfed, and a new difficulty mode called Torment could be on its way. Path of Exile revealed that two new four-month-long challenge leagues will start when the game officially launches on October 23rd, and developers answered over 100 questions from fans. League of Legends players on the EU West servers have started a petition demanding compensation for recent server trouble, and new champion Jinx was released this week. SMITE raised over $12,000 for charity with a recent event and overhauled character Hel, the goddess of the underworld. Heroes of Newerth got a new announcer pack voiced by none other than Samuel L. Jackson, and developers on mobile game Dungeon Defenders II have dropped its competitive MOBA element in favour of creating a true sequel to the original game. Continue reading Not So Massively: Star Citizen design contest, Samuel L Jackson announcer pack, and LoL releases Jinx Not So Massively: Star Citizen design contest, Samuel L Jackson announcer pack, and LoL releases Jinx originally appeared on Massively on Mon, 14 Oct 2013 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

Gaijin records real tank, artillery sounds for War Thunder's ground game Posted: 14 Oct 2013 05:30 PM PDT Filed under: Historical, Video, MMO Industry, New Titles, News Items, War, Free-to-Play You may have heard about War Thunder's ongoing ground combat additions to its primary flight sim experience. What you probably haven't heard -- or seen -- is the Gaijin devs recording various real-world tank and artillery sounds that add to the game's authenticity. A new video released on the firm's YouTube channel says that over a dozen tanks were recorded "including 40 Stug, Panzer 3 and 4, Sherman M4A3, M4A1, and others." Click past the cut to see the crew and all the heavy artillery hard at work. And don't forget to check out the War Thunder website to see the newly released tank trees! [Thanks hilaryminc!] Continue reading Gaijin records real tank, artillery sounds for War Thunder's ground game Gaijin records real tank, artillery sounds for War Thunder's ground game originally appeared on Massively on Mon, 14 Oct 2013 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments Source: YouTube

Guild Wars 2 dev duo previews tomorrow's patch Posted: 14 Oct 2013 05:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Video, Classes, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, Patches, News Items, Guild Wars 2, Buy-to-Play ArenaNet devs Karl McLain and Roy Cronacher have taken to YouTube to give Guild Wars 2 fans a preview of tomorrow's patch. The duo focuses on "balance, skills, and combat," according to Cronacher, so if you've a hankering for info of that sort, click past the cut to watch the livestream recording. Be sure to grab yourself a sandwich and a tasty beverage while you're at it, because the video lasts for a whopping 47 minutes! Continue reading Guild Wars 2 dev duo previews tomorrow's patch Guild Wars 2 dev duo previews tomorrow's patch originally appeared on Massively on Mon, 14 Oct 2013 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments Source: YouTube

EverQuest Next video producer's letter previews upcoming updates Posted: 14 Oct 2013 04:30 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Video, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, New Titles, News Items, Free-to-Play, EverQuest Next, Sandbox SOE senior producer Terry Michaels has released a brief video producer's letter that talks about what fans can expect from EQN Landmark over the next few weeks. Michaels says that the devs will be talking about some as-yet-unannounced building tools as well as soliciting player feedback on said tools. He also mentions SOE's upcoming roundtable livestreams, the first of which is scheduled for this Wednesday, October 16th. Finally, there's more lore on the way including a new novella. Hear what Michaels has to say via the video after the break. Continue reading EverQuest Next video producer's letter previews upcoming updates EverQuest Next video producer's letter previews upcoming updates originally appeared on Massively on Mon, 14 Oct 2013 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments Source: YouTube

In-character Star Citizen Aurora ad released Posted: 14 Oct 2013 04:00 PM PDT Filed under: Sci-Fi, Trailers, Video, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, New Titles, News Items, Sandbox, Star Citizen, Buy-to-Play It's been a while since we've seen one of Star Citizen's in-character ship trailers. Fortunately Cloud Imperium released another one over the weekend. The focus this time is on the Roberts Space Industries Aurora, which is something of a newbie ship in terms of gameplay but is nonetheless highly customizable as you'll see when you watch the vid. The clip clocks in at a smidge under two minutes in length and shows off various loadouts followed by in-engine footage of the Aurora departing from a planetary hangar before blasting into orbit and braving an asteroid field. Have a look-see after the break! Continue reading In-character Star Citizen Aurora ad released In-character Star Citizen Aurora ad released originally appeared on Massively on Mon, 14 Oct 2013 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments Source: RSI YouTube

Raph Koster on getting criticism Posted: 14 Oct 2013 03:00 PM PDT Filed under: Culture, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, News Items, Dev Diaries, Miscellaneous Veteran developer Raph Koster has authored a blog post that's worth a read if you're a game designer. Heck, it's worth a read if you're a game blogger, game player, or anyone else with aspirations on creative output. The topic is criticism, and more specifically, making the most of it. Koster, best known in MMO circles as one of the minds behind Star Wars Galaxies, Ultima Online, and Metaplace, offers plenty of advice on everything from dealing with people who tell you that you're awesome (these folks are "useless, no, dangerous") to digging for good feedback to the fact that all of your critics are right. "I've never gotten a piece of feedback that was wrong," Koster explains. "You see, you can't deny a player their unique experience. Whatever they felt was true. For them. And something in your work triggered it." He goes on to say that "self-doubt is one of your most powerful tools for craftsmanship." Aside from having "the arrogance to assume anyone will care in the first place," self-doubt is healthy and necessary because creatives are never done learning. Raph Koster on getting criticism originally appeared on Massively on Mon, 14 Oct 2013 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments Source: Koster's blog

Hacker reveals League of Legends collectible card game Posted: 14 Oct 2013 02:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, New Titles, News Items, Free-to-Play, Trading Card Games, Rumors, Miscellaneous, League of Legends Things got a bit weird in the League of Legends community last night when a hacker took over Riot Games president Marc Merrill's Twitter account. The intruder, working under the sinister alias, "Jason," used the opportunity to out League of Legends: Supremacy, a collectible card game built from the League of Legends universe. In a series of tweets from Merrill's account, the hacker posted images and files related to the project including card art and the main sign-in page for the game. According to "Jason," Supremacy was fully completed but never announced or revealed to the League community. Riot did trademark the Supremacy name last year, lending credence to the hacker's claims. Marc Merrill eventually recovered control of his account, noting, "We're always working on a variety of new ideas for League and beyond. Lots of experimentation that may never see the light of day." Make of that what you will. [Thanks to Dengar for the tip] Hacker reveals League of Legends collectible card game originally appeared on Massively on Mon, 14 Oct 2013 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments Source: MMO Culture Via: Gamebreaker

Hearthstone dev diary sets its sights on Rexxar the Hunter Posted: 14 Oct 2013 01:30 PM PDT Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Classes, News Items, Free-to-Play, Trading Card Games, Dev Diaries, Hearthstone Blizzard's latest entry into the money-printing franchise that is World of Warcraft, collectible card game Hearthstone, is currently chugging along through the closed beta stage of development, and many fans are clamoring for more information as the game nears launch. Well today you're in luck, especially if the animal-loving Hunter is your class of choice, because the devs have just released a new dev diary detailing Hearthstone's playable Hunter character, the legendary Rexxar. The dev diary dedicates the first half of its entry to the lore of Rexxar the beastmaster, a half-orc, half-ogre from Outland's Blade's Edge Mountains who eventually found himself in Azeroth becoming staunch allies with the Horde warchief Thrall. But let's be real here: We all want to know how he plays. Not to worry, the devs have that covered too. Rexxar's mechanics echo the playstyle of World of Warcraft's Hunter class. He has plenty of tricks and traps available to him, including classics such as Snake Trap and Misdirection. With his longbow in hand, Rexxar unleashes a barrage of ranged attacks while standing safely behind an army of his animal companions, making him a veritable force of nature on the battlefield. For more on Rexxar, click on through the link below. Hearthstone dev diary sets its sights on Rexxar the Hunter originally appeared on Massively on Mon, 14 Oct 2013 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments Source: Hearthstone -- Rexxar, the Hunter

City of Titans team discusses following and evolving from City of Heroes Posted: 14 Oct 2013 01:00 PM PDT Filed under: Super-hero, Interviews, News Items, Crowdfunding, Buy-to-Play There's a hole in the heart of every City of Heroes fan, a hole that City of Titans intends to fill. With the game's Kickstarter quickly moving toward half a million dollars of funding (for an unknown team of volunteer developers), a lot of attention is being focused on the project. Project lead Chris Hare sat down to discuss some of the team's goals in a recent interview, both in terms of mirroring and building upon the foundation laid by Paragon Studios. Hare explains that while the team at Missing Worlds Media wants to recapture the spirit of City of Heroes, there's also a desire to do things that the original game could or would not do. The active combat of Champions Online is cited as an inspiration, as are the public quests of Warhammer Online. At the same time, promising too much and underdelivering is a trap no one wants to fall in. Take a glance at the full interview for more details about how the game promises to evolve while keeping true to its roots. City of Titans team discusses following and evolving from City of Heroes originally appeared on Massively on Mon, 14 Oct 2013 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments Source: CoT Interview at Worlds Factory

SMITE puts together an animated trailer Posted: 14 Oct 2013 12:30 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Trailers, Video, News Items, Free-to-Play, MOBA If you were at New York Comic Con this past weekend, you had the opportunity to see the new animated trailer for SMITE. If you weren't, however... well, maybe you still like animated trailers but don't like going to New York City. For that reason (along with presumably many others) the animated trailer is now available for everyone to view online, embedded just past the break. The trailer isn't going to offer you any great insights into the intricacies of SMITE's plot, since the whole thing more or less comes down to a bunch of gods beating the stuffing out of one another anyway. But it does certainly set the stage for the game's framing device, and if you like watching gods beating the stuffing out of one another, you don't need that much of an excuse in the first place. Continue reading SMITE puts together an animated trailer SMITE puts together an animated trailer originally appeared on Massively on Mon, 14 Oct 2013 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments Source: YouTube

The Nexus Telegraph: WildStar reveals; we analyze Posted: 14 Oct 2013 12:00 PM PDT Filed under: Sci-Fi, Game Mechanics, Opinion, WildStar, The Nexus Telegraph, Subscription, Buy-to-Play We've gotten some substantial updates about WildStar over the last two weeks. Not as substantial as we might necessarily want, but I don't think anyone realistically expected this much news. Frankly, after an extended drought of worthwhile information, I'm happy to get as much as we have. Some of it has been hinted at before, some of it's completely new, and some of it is both unexpected and highly welcome. And then we've gotten some hints worth speculating upon, even if we haven't been told what's happening outright. So in the grand tradition of this column guessing at things only to be proven wrong not long thereafter, it's time to analyze and speculate a whole mess of things, starting with the biggest element that I didn't expect from WildStar at all, and that's all the cross-realm features. That's way more intriguing than mere class speculation. Continue reading The Nexus Telegraph: WildStar reveals; we analyze The Nexus Telegraph: WildStar reveals; we analyze originally appeared on Massively on Mon, 14 Oct 2013 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

Final Fantasy XIV gets ready for a haunted All Saints' Wake (and PvP) Posted: 14 Oct 2013 11:30 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Video, Events (In-Game), Patches, PvP, News Items, Consoles, Final Fantasy XIV, Subscription You might think there's not much room left for additional horror in Final Fantasy XIV. The entire game world did get nearly destroyed, after all. But everyone loves a good Halloween event, and it's time to celebrate with a new round of All Saints' Wake festivities. This year, the prize appears to be a set of wonderfully ghostly clothing for all participants, the reward of a quest started by conversing with a set of Shifty Thespians (who are probably completely above-the-board with that name). The holiday event will run from October 18th until November 1st, allowing for ample time to unleash your inner haunt. If you're not really fond of holiday events, though, you can tide yourself over before the game's first implementation of PvP with a new Wolves' Den trailer from the recent New York Comic Con. It's just past the break and shows off the arena itself as well as some of the battles raging between players Continue reading Final Fantasy XIV gets ready for a haunted All Saints' Wake (and PvP) Final Fantasy XIV gets ready for a haunted All Saints' Wake (and PvP) originally appeared on Massively on Mon, 14 Oct 2013 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments Source: Ghosts and Coblyns

Lost your Grand Theft Auto Online character? Have some money instead! Posted: 14 Oct 2013 11:00 AM PDT Filed under: Real-Life, News Items, Consoles, Crime, Miscellaneous For all the problems of online games, there's a certain assumption that your character is safe no matter what technical problems might hit the server. Sure, Grand Theft Auto Online has had some growing pains, but if your character vanishes for some reason you can still -- wait, no, apparently your character is lost forever and will never return to you. That's kind of the opposite of news you were hoping for. So in the hopes that you'll be distracted, Rockstar is throwing half a million dollars at you. Before you get too distracted, you should know that this is in-game money. Two payments of $250,000 in-game will be provided to players on two distinct dates, hopefully by the end of next week. While this won't exactly replace the time and effort lost via vanishing characters, it should at least take the edge off of Grand Theft Auto Online's unexpected problems. Lost your Grand Theft Auto Online character? Have some money instead! originally appeared on Massively on Mon, 14 Oct 2013 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments Source: GTAO Stimulus Package, GTAO loss is permanent Via: Polygon (Stimulus), Polygon (loss)

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