| PSO2 English servers launching in SE Asia, SEGA can't talk about the game Posted: 26 May 2014 02:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, MMO Industry, New Titles, News Items MMO Culture reports that Phantasy Star Online 2's first English server will launch this week. Don't get too excited, though, because Asiasoft is aiming the service at players in Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Phillippines. SEGA refuses to talk about what's next in terms of a possible western PSO2 client, even going so far as to list the game on its "things-we-can't-answer" slide at a recent convention. [Thanks alleomurand!]  PSO2 English servers launching in SE Asia, SEGA can't talk about the game originally appeared on Massively on Mon, 26 May 2014 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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| Win an iPad Mini and SteelSeries headphones in Massively's Gameloft giveaway Posted: 26 May 2014 12:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Contests, Events (Real-World), Massively Meta, Mobile, Giveaways, Promotions, Miscellaneous What better way to celebrate Memorial Day than with free stuff? Massively has teamed up with mobile developer Gameloft this week to give away both an iPad Mini with Retina Display and a set of SteelSeries Siberia V2 Heat Orange Edition headphones to one lucky reader of Massively or our sister sites, Joystiq and WoW Insider. Gameloft is the company behind Order and Chaos Online, a multi-platform mobile MMO featuring questing, PvP, mounts, and guilds. It's currently free on the iOS App Store for a limited time. Here's how you can enter to win: - Download Order and Chaos Online on iPhone or iPad (it's free!).
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| The Mog Log: Final Fantasy XIV's latest Live Letter Posted: 26 May 2014 10:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Patches, Endgame, Opinion, Consoles, Final Fantasy XIV, The Mog Log, Subscription As of this writing, the Letter from the Producer LIVE took place yesterday, and that means we have a whole bunch of Final Fantasy XIV news to discuss! It's a happy time for people like me, because it's at least a couple weeks of very chewable information to discuss. And at just the right time, too, we were in the middle of a serious drought there. Not that all of the information is good, mind you. Every time I think about Atma my hands instinctively ball into fists. Still, there's stuff to chat about, there's good stuff in with the bad, and perhaps most importantly there's enough to fuel some speculation and some off-the-cuff reaction before we dive into the meat of E3 and we learn even more about the future of the game. So let's get right into it, starting with the bit of news that I already foreshadowed in the intro. Continue reading The Mog Log: Final Fantasy XIV's latest Live Letter The Mog Log: Final Fantasy XIV's latest Live Letter originally appeared on Massively on Mon, 26 May 2014 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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| People paid over $95k to crowdfund an EVE history book Posted: 26 May 2014 08:00 AM PDT Filed under: Sci-Fi, EVE Online, Culture, MMO Industry, News Items, Sandbox, Crowdfunding Game journo Andrew Groen has managed to secure more than $95,000 in crowdfunding support for his EVE Online history book. Prior to the funding drive, he estimated that $12,500 was needed to print a thousand copies using a "decent price-per-book" printer. People paid over $95k to crowdfund an EVE history book originally appeared on Massively on Mon, 26 May 2014 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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| The Daily Grind: Are the days of preordering MMOs fading? Posted: 26 May 2014 06:00 AM PDT Filed under: Business Models, Launches, MMO Industry, Massively Meta, The Daily Grind, Miscellaneous, Crowdfunding In January 2007, I stood in line at a brick-and-mortar store at midnight to pick up six preorder copies of The Burning Crusade for myself, my husband, and my overseas guildies. By that point, I'd been playing MMOs for a decade already, but somehow, driving through an ice storm to stand in that line was so totally worth it. Flash-forward to 2014 and I rarely bother with preorders anymore, and it's not because "the magic is gone" or anything nostalgia-driven like that. Between shoddy or exploitative preorder bonuses, widespread digital distribution, crowdfunded founder packs, and open betas and headstarts that go on forever and ever, it just seems as if a standard preorder is becoming a relic of the past, something that's relatively easy to pass on. I'd rather just hang onto my money and buy in when there's a product and not just a promise. What about you guys? Do you still preorder MMOs or other games?  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: Are the days of preordering MMOs fading? originally appeared on Massively on Mon, 26 May 2014 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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| MMO Week in Review: WildStar's looming headstart Posted: 25 May 2014 06:00 PM PDT |
| EVE Evolved: Expansion names are important! Posted: 25 May 2014 04:00 PM PDT Filed under: Sci-Fi, EVE Online, Culture, Expansions, Lore, Patches, Opinion, EVE Evolved, Dev Diaries, Sandbox, Subscription, MMORPG Since its launch in 2003, EVE Online has adhered to a rough schedule of releasing two free expansions per year, one at the game's peak play time in the summer and one to tide players over during the long winter lull in activity. Each expansion has had a particular theme and a descriptive name, launching with several major features and then being followed up with a series of smaller sub-releases. At EVE Fanfest 2014 we discovered that CCP plans to change that strategy and instead produce around ten smaller releases each year, aiming to release one every six weeks. Putting aside the mathematical impossibility of meeting that target with only 52 weeks in the year, the plan for smaller but more regular releases has been generally well-received. Players were very happy to hear that unfinished features will no longer be pushed out the door before they're ready just to meet an arbitrary expansion deadline, and it's great news that completed features and fixes will now wait a maximum of six weeks before deployment. There's no doubt that it's a great development strategy, but the more I think about it, the less sense it makes as a media strategy. In this EVE Evolved opinion piece, I look at why expansion names are important, the problems with CCP's new development schedule, and what can be done to fix them. Continue reading EVE Evolved: Expansion names are important! EVE Evolved: Expansion names are important! originally appeared on Massively on Sun, 25 May 2014 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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| SMITE's newest addition is Janus, the god of portals and transitions Posted: 25 May 2014 02:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Trailers, Video, Classes, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, PvP, News Items, Free-to-Play, MOBA Hi-Rez is busily adding more stuff to SMITE, and this week's update will include the new god Janus, a revamped Mountain Man Odin skin, new ward skins, and a Team Solomid Apollo skin in honor of SMITE's launch tourney victors. Janus is the god of portals and transitions, and you can learn all about him in the clip after the cut. [Thanks Soren!] Continue reading SMITE's newest addition is Janus, the god of portals and transitions SMITE's newest addition is Janus, the god of portals and transitions originally appeared on Massively on Sun, 25 May 2014 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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| Filming wraps on the WoW movie Posted: 25 May 2014 12:00 PM PDT |
