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Tree of Savior Dev Unveils New Classes and CBT Will Be Delayed

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Tree of Savior Dev Unveils New Classes and CBT Will Be Delayed


This is 11th post of "Questions and Answers about TOS" on Tree of Savior dev Blog. The most important thing the dev reveals is that Tree of Savior CBT will be delayed a bit, for they have to spend more time on the overall balancing of the game.

To Get A Chance to Warlords World Premiere on August 14!

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To Get A Chance to Warlords World Premiere on August 14!


A storm of iron is headed Azeroth's way—be among the first to witness its fury at the world premiere of the Warlords of Draenor cinematic! Join Blizzard's Mike Morhaime, Chris Metzen, and World of Warcraft designers Ion Hazzikostas and Brian Holinka for the grand unveiling, streamed live from the Ace Theatre in Los Angeles.

Wander- New MMO Without Fights

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Wander- New MMO Without Fights


The focus of the online game is the one on the exploration of a 64 sq km game world and in the telling of an intense and profound history. Already, the game looks on nominations for "Best story", "Best Graphics" and "most accessible game". Very unusual it is already acting.

Echo of Soul TH: Servers Almost All in English Give It A Try

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Echo of Soul TH: Servers Almost All in English Give It A Try


I wanted to give you guys a quick look and something different to play. I was asked by a few fans to cover the game. I play the Korean version of this game. But people have asked me to come off of that one. And join the English community on the Thailand version.

Cool Ninja Fighting Game Shadow Fight 2 First Look

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Cool Ninja Fighting Game Shadow Fight 2 First Look


​Last week I played Shadow Fight 2 by chance, but to my surprise, this game is just to my appetite, for I'm a fan of fighting game.Shadow Fight 2 is an iOS and android game, and I've played Shadow Fight 2 iOS version. This game includes RPG elements that make it more interesting.

Perfect World to Shut Down Rusty Hearts on September 15th

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Perfect World to Shut Down Rusty Hearts on September 15th


Perfect World Entertainment has announced today to shut down its first foreign title Rusty on September 15th. Besides, the game is no longer downloadable and won't will be accepting new ZEN deposits. It will remain playable until the 15th for current players, however, and PWE is refunding the past six months' worth of ZEN to use in the company's other titles.

Sudoku In Space Will Available on Android and iOS This Friday

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Sudoku In Space Will Available on Android and iOS This Friday


Sudoku In Space, the newest game of Napland Games will be released on Google Play, App Store and Amazon this Friday. Don't ground yourself with Sudoku on paper or with other boring Sudoku apps. Play Sudoku In Space with bright colors, fun graphics and sounds, and relaxing music!

Monster Hunter Explore Will Hit Japan Sometime Next Year

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Monster Hunter Explore Will Hit Japan Sometime Next Year


There's a new Monster Hunter game coming to iOS and Android. It's called Monster Hunter Explore and it's a free to play RPG that sees you wandering around Markja Island looking for monsters to whomp, treasure to nab, and secrets to decode. The game is apparently an overhaul of Monster Hunter Smart, which came out last year in Japan.

DotA2 - The Internationals 4 - Secret Shop Items and Event Journey

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DotA2 - The Internationals 4 - Secret Shop Items and Event Journey


Hey everyone so I got back from The Internationals 4 (TI4) about 2 weeks ago and been meaning to share this experience. I haven't even finished unpacking yet due to how much stuff I bought and been figuring out how to place this story to you. We all know Newbee took the game home from Vici Gaming for those who tuned in but I gotta say the whole event

Cabal 2 Korea Updated with New Content

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Cabal 2 Korea Updated with New Content


Recently Cabal2 KR has undergone some new content updates, mainly introducing a new PvP battlefield and a new dungeon. In the newly opened dungeon Ramparts, you can choose three factions, and different factions have different skills, emblems and leader. After join the alliance, the scramble is available for you to take part in every Thursday

WoW: Alliance Chopper Hitting Azeroth!

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WoW: Alliance Chopper Hitting Azeroth!


Due to popular demand after the Horde version of the Chopper has been added to the game free for all Horde players that log in between now and September 30, 2014, Blizzard has decided to add the Alliance version too. Many players have QQed that the Horde is the ultimate faction and Alliance isn't getting enough recoginition and whatnot. Well, at least they aren't making it free!

Dark Blood Online First Look

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Dark Blood Online First Look


Sometimes you get nice shocks in life. To be honest I did not expect to be entertained by Dark Blood Online. But I'll be damned, I was highly entertained by this game. It has all the gore you would expect in a slashem up MMO.

MMOsite Morning Call: Weekly Cosplay Highlight [08.04]

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MMOsite Morning Call: Weekly Cosplay Highlight [08.04]


Morning, dear MMOsiters~ Here is your Weekly Cosplay Highlight show, I've collected some hottest cosplays. Hope this morning call will bring you a good beginning of the brand new week! Let's enjoy the show right now!

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CABAL 2 Will Use Oculus Rift

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 12:51 AM PDT

We’ve just got to know that CABAL II, the upcoming sequel to Cabal Online from ESTsoft, will support the Oculus Rift VR platform. Developed with Cry Engine 3, the title is currently being optimised for its release on European and North American markets and supposed to be the first commercial MMORPG to support Oculus VR’s […]

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New Info on Skyforge’s Classes

Posted: 04 Aug 2014 07:04 AM PDT

Today, we want to provide you with further information on the classes that will be available in the upcoming free-to-play sci-fi fantasy MMORPG Skyforge, which currently is in development at Obsidian Entertainment and the Allods Team. The developers have decided for a system that is non-classic and absolutely unique with MMORPGs and influenced by the […]

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City of Steam EU Server Pack Giveaway

Posted: 04 Aug 2014 06:11 AM PDT

Do you like steampunk? Then this is your chance to enter a steam-powered world. We are giving away item packs for the new european server of City of Steam: Arkadia. If you ever wanted to try this browser-based MMORPG with real time combat, this is the perfect opportunity to begin your adventure. Each pack contains: […]

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C9 Lv50 Character Boost Giveaway

Posted: 04 Aug 2014 04:20 AM PDT

The summer is coming to an end, but before heading back to school (or not) you still have time to play Continent of the Ninth Seal (C9). We are offering you the possibility to instantly level up to level 50 along with a supporting package of $10 worth. From tomorrow (August 5) until August 12, […]

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Giving away Strife Beta Keys

Posted: 04 Aug 2014 02:29 AM PDT

Are you into MOBA games? Then you may have heard of Strife, the new title by S2 Games (the developers of Heroes of Newerth). Today, we give you the chance to get a key and test this second-generation MOBA by yourself. In order to obtain your key, just follow these instructions: Step 1. Don’t miss […]

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Nvidia Stacks Two Cheap LCD Panels to Quadruple Display Resolution

Posted: 04 Aug 2014 08:30 PM PDT

Cascaded Display PartsCompany focusing on head-mounted displays

Developers of head-mounted displays (HMDs) could benefit from Nvidia's recent efforts sometime in the future. Nvidia was able to quadruple display resolution by stacking two cheap LCD panels on top of one another.

Called cascaded displays, the technique involved the use of two 7-inch 1280x800 LCD monitors. The LCD panels were removed from the casings and the backlight removed from one panel. Both panels were then placed slightly offset, about a quarter-pixel, on top of each other with a quarter-wave film placed between them. The reason the panels were offset, according to the company, is that it acts like a "shutter" for a cluster of four pixels. This is how the resolution is quadrupled. In addition, both panels are able provide refresh rates over 60Hz. 

During its research Nvidia created its own HMD prototype, and special software to take advantage of the cascaded displays, and provided screenshots that compared how a game would look on a conventional LCD HMD and a Cascaded LCD HMD. The result was that text and details were a lot clearer when used the cascaded displays than a conventional one.

Cascaded Display screenshot

According to Nvidia's research paper, the technique is an alternative to the "brute force solution of addressable pixel count" that results in 4K monitors and even mobile displays. 

If you want to know about cascaded displays in full detail then check out Nvidia's research and YouTube demo

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21 Back to School Tech Gifts

Posted: 04 Aug 2014 03:41 PM PDT

Smart Buys for Your Back to School Student

Summers never seem to last long enough, and before you know it, you're surfing the web for research rather than the ocean waves for fun. It's a bummer, but only if you let it be. Rather than slip into a deep depression as you count down the number of days until next summer, try focusing on the good things that come with going back to school, like new tech gear!

Whether you're going off to college or starting a new year in high school, now is the time to pitch the folks on a new laptop, tablet, or any other must-have tech item that will help you become a better student. The back to school shopping season is the perfect time to stock up on gadgets, both because you'll often find new hardware on sale, and also because it's a little easier to convince the parental units that a Chromecast is an economical investment that no student should be without. "It's Economics 101, dad!"

Since there's still time to catch some rays, we thought we'd do you a solid by researching 15 of the best tech gifts so you can enjoy what's left of your break. Then, when you're ready, browse our gallery below to check out which electronic gear made the grade!

Windows 8 Market Share Stands Pat as Windows 7 Gains Ground

Posted: 04 Aug 2014 11:21 AM PDT

Windows 8 UltrabookWindows 8 may have hit a brick wall

Not much has happened in the Windows space this summer, though what little movement there's been indicates that users are still trending more towards Windows 7 than Windows 8/8.1. The combined share of Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 in July was 12.48 percent, down a sliver from 12.54 percent in June and 12.64 percent in May. All of those figures are up slightly from the 12.24 percent share Window 8/8.1 held in April when support for XP ended, but nothing to brag about.

Meanwhile, Windows 7 continues to inch forward month after month. Here's how the market share numbers have been playing out for Windows 7 since April of this year, according to data from Net Applications:

  • April: 49.27 percent
  • May: 50.06 percent
  • June: 50.55 percent
  • July: 51.22 percent

That's a 2 percent bump since Microsoft yanked support for Windows XP. And speaking of which, the legacy operating system is still installed on about a quarter of PCs around the world at 24.82 percent, which is down from 26.29 percent in April.

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China Bans Symantec and Kaspersky From List of Approved Antivirus Vendors

Posted: 04 Aug 2014 10:29 AM PDT

KasperskyAs the AV world turns

The Chinese government decided to delist security firms Symantec and Kaspersky from its list of approved vendors, thereby blacklisting each company's antivirus products. It's the latest in what appears to be an ongoing effort to lessen the reliance on foreign technology. Only five AV products are now on the list, all of which are from China -- Qihoo 360 Technology, Venustech, CAJinchen, Beijing Jiangmin, and Rising.

"We are investigating and engaging in conversations with Chinese authorities about this matter," Kaspersky spokesman Alejandro Arango told Reuters. "It is too premature to go into any additional details at this time."

According to Reuters, China is fearful of using products that come outside of its borders due to the potential for spying, especially after former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden blew the whistle on widespread surveillance efforts, both here and abroad.

In recent weeks, China banned its government from using Windows 8 due to security concerns. Other U.S. firms such as Cisco and IBM have also had a hard time promoting their products in China.

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Titanfall Update Promises "Yummy" Optimizations to Boost Performance

Posted: 04 Aug 2014 10:06 AM PDT

TitanfallLots of bandwidth tweaks await Titanfall in the latest update

Respawn has put the finishing touches on its fifth title update for Titanfall, and with it comes a ton of optimizations intended to improve online play. The update applies to all platforms and also includes numerous bug fixes, as well as more robust multi-GPU support specific to the PC. Respawn said it worked with Nvidia so that the second GPU would no longer sit idle.

"Lots of yummy bandwidth optimizations as well as various delicious framerate optimizations have been lovingly hand-crafted and squeezed into the game," Respawn said.

A couple of tweaks specific to the PC include a fix for 120/144hz monitors to use the desktop refresh rate for max frames per second when VSync is disabled or when in windowed mode, and a fix for weapon fire rate being different when running greater than 60fps.

You can find more information in the release notes.

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HP's 14-inch Slatebook Running Android is Now Available for $430

Posted: 04 Aug 2014 09:20 AM PDT

HP SlatebookAndroid-based laptop could be held back by high price tag

For those interested in a laptop running Android, the HP Slatebook is now available on Amazon for $430. It's a 14-inch notebook running Android 4.3 Jelly Bean and powered by an Nvidia Tegra 4.0 processor running at 1.8GHz, 2GB of DDR3L RAM, and 16GB solid state drive. The configuration is along the lines of a Chromebook, though the pricing is in the low-end spectrum of Windows laptops.

That may ultimately be a deal killer, especially since there's more you can do with a Windows laptop that costs about the same. Nevertheless, HP is banking on there being customers who find appeal in running all of their Android apps on a notebook as opposed to a smartphone or tablet PC.

The 14-inch display boasts a 1920x1080 resolution and 10 points of capacitive touch. Other features include 802.11n Wi-Fi, two USB 2.0 ports, a single USB 3.0 port, HD webcam, Bluetooth, and a 3-cell battery good for up to 9 hours run time. It measures 13.54 inches (W) x 9.45 inches (D) x 0.63 inches (H) and weighs 3.71 pounds.

Intrigued? Find out more on Amazon.

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Comcast Offers Low Income Families Six Months of Free Internet Service, Will Forgive Old Debts

Posted: 04 Aug 2014 09:00 AM PDT

ComcastFree broadband service to those who qualify

Just in time for the back-to-school season, Comcast today announced it will hook up any new qualifying family who has not yet applied for Internet Essentials with up to six months of complimentary service. Families who are approved between today and September 20th, 2014 will receive the full six months of free service, even if they owe a past due balance, which Comcast is willing to wipe away.

The latter is part of an amnesty program for certain low income families who could quality for Internet Essentials, but have a past due balance. If the bill is more than a year old and they're now eligible for the program, Comcast will offer amnesty for the debt for the purpose of connecting to Internet Essentials, as long as the customer meets all other eligibility requirements, the company said.

"Internet Essentials is about transforming lives and inspiring a new generation of leaders to be digitally ready to access the information and tools all students need to succeed in the 21st century," said David L. Cohen, Comcast Executive Vice President. "By offering six months of free Internet Essentials service, along with an amnesty program, we hope to convince even more families that there is no better school supply than having broadband Internet at home. With it, kids can do their homework and parents can be more connected to their children's teachers and schools."

Comcast's broadband adoption program has been in place since 2011. It's connected more than 350,000 families, or about 1.4 million low income Americans, and is available in 39 states and the District of Columbia.

Internet Essentials runs $10 per month. There are never any price increases, activation fees, or equipment rental fees. At present, speeds check in at 5Mbps downstream and 1Mbps upstream.

Image Credit: Flickr (Mike Mozart)

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Newegg Daily Deals: G.Skill Sniper 8GB DDR3-1600, Intel Core i3 4330, and More!

Posted: 04 Aug 2014 08:09 AM PDT

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Thousands of Mozilla Developer Network Email Addresses, Passwords Exposed

Posted: 04 Aug 2014 07:55 AM PDT

MDN email IDs and passwords exposed

Remained exposed for around 30 days

Mozilla on Friday notified users of its Mozilla Developer Network (MDN) about the "accidental disclosure" of over 76,000 email addresses and around 4,000 "salted" passwords. These MDN user credentials remained exposed to the public for around a month until one of the outfit's web developers discovered their presence on a server accessible to the general public around a couple of weeks back.

"The issue came to light ten days ago when one of our web developers discovered that, starting on about June 23, for a period of 30 days, a data sanitization process of the Mozilla Developer Network (MDN) site database had been failing, resulting in the accidental disclosure of MDN email addresses of about 76,000 users and encrypted passwords of about 4,000 users on a publicly accessible server," the company said in a blog post Friday. "As soon as we learned of it, the database dump file was removed from the server immediately, and the process that generates the dump was disabled to prevent further disclosure. While we have not been able to detect malicious activity on that server, we cannot be sure there wasn't any such access."

"The encrypted passwords were salted hashes and they by themselves cannot be used to authenticate with the MDN website today. Still, it is possible that some MDN users could have reused their original MDN passwords on other non-Mozilla websites or authentication systems. We've sent notices to the users who were affected. For those that had both email and encrypted passwords disclosed, we recommended that they change any similar passwords they may be using."

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Danish Researchers Set New Fiber-Optic Data Transfer Record

Posted: 03 Aug 2014 11:46 PM PDT

46Tbps fiber-optic transfer

Technical University of Denmark (DTU) researchers achieve 43Tbps using a single laser

Between 2009 and 2011, the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) was on a record-breaking binge. It all began with DTU breaking the 1Tbps (terabits per second) fiber-optic data transmission barrier using a single laser in March 2009, only for researchers at the Danish institute to outdo themselves over the next two years with yet more impressive efforts of 5.1Tbps and 9.5Tbps, respectively. Their dominance ended in 2011, though, when Germany's Karlsruhe Institute of Technology took the record away from them.

According a press release issued by the university late last month, researchers at DTU have set a new record by managing to achieve data transfer speeds of 43Tbps (or around 5.4 terabytes) using a single laser. The previous record, set by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in 2011, was 26Tbps. DTU managed this feat by using a new kind of seven-core optical fiber from Japanese company NNT.

All said, there's nothing here for us ordinary consumers to get excited about.

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The Mog Log: Exploring Final Fantasy XIV's 2.3 dungeons

Posted: 04 Aug 2014 10:00 AM PDT

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Hooray, the parts of the game that don't make you seem like a chump for playing at all.
It's been just about a month since 2.3 went live in Final Fantasy XIV, and while we're still waiting for the arrival of our full personal housing and the addressing of the hot mess that is the Hunt, we do still have new dungeons. More than that, we have three really good dungeons. Since everyone knows I am an absolute glutton for dungeons, it's almost shocking that I haven't talked about these yet.

Unlike the first two sets of added dungeons, this set doesn't really have a loser in the lot; even the worst dungeon is just kind of meh alongside its contemporaries, not actively bad. So whether you've just been waiting for me to talk about them or you've been Hunt-spamming for weeks and haven't even thought about any other form of content, let's talk about Stone Vigil, Tam-Tara, and Hullbreaker Isle long after I would normally yammer on about them.

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    Mortal Online claims 'breakthrough' with improved client performance

    Posted: 04 Aug 2014 09:00 AM PDT

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    If you've been frustrated by bad client performance with Mortal Online, then you'll be glad to hear that developer Star Vault has isolated the problem: It's Gordo the Carniverous Sea Slug (as seen above) who is eating your packets and pings with wild abandon.

    In all seriousness, the team has pinpointed the issue as related to the new armor models and is beginning to work on a solution. "We have made a very exciting breakthrough in how to handle player performance cost," a team update reads. "We have identified one big thing that does indeed add quite a bit of drop on client performance when the client sees many players."

    In addition to fixing the performance drop, Star Vault announced that the territory control system is "progressing very smoothly" and that the team has added a new concept artist to flesh out the world and lore.

    [Thanks to James for the tip!]

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    Path of Exile developers explain the systems behind Forsaken Masters

    Posted: 04 Aug 2014 08:00 AM PDT

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    Nothing like having your hideout look like the center of a circus attraction, right?
    If you're a fan of Path of Exile, you've probably already digested the preview information about the game's next major update, Forsaken Masters. The latest post by the developers is meant not to introduce the concepts but to explain how the various systems of the update are supposed to work. In short, the idea is to create content that rewards both constant players and occasional logins, with the former obviously getting the lion's share of the bonuses.

    For example, the various Masters whom players will be courting feature reputation tracks that can be increased in two different ways. Players can get a single daily mission from Masters in towns, but Masters can also show up randomly in endgame maps. The daily mission provides the most reputation, but players who play a lot of the endgame will pick up lots of repeatable endgame missions that add up to a substantial boost. Check out the full post to see how the hideouts and crafting systems will work and what players can expect when the update goes live this month.

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    The Repopulation looks back at its July test updates

    Posted: 04 Aug 2014 07:00 AM PDT

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    The world is big, and so are we.
    The end of the month means a new update for those on the outside looking in at The Repopulation, and July brought with it some sizable changes. For example, the game introduced 27 new areas, with several existing areas seeing new improvements and a lot of extra paths opening up. Any explorer has plenty of new stuff to see throughout the game, from new ways to see old regions to old regions just filled with new things.

    July also saw the inclusion of the training mechanic, which allows players to spend training points to improve various abilities. Pharmaceuticals, equipment fittings, and music also saw large-scale overhauls for players, and the development team launched a survey to get a better idea of the player types watching the game closely. You can see the full list of patch changes with the official update, along with more details on the overhauls and plans moving forward.

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    The Daily Grind: Which created-for-an-MMO fantasy setting is your favorite?

    Posted: 04 Aug 2014 06:00 AM PDT

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    I spent some time getting familiar with ArcheAge's backstory over the weekend, and it ain't half bad as far as these things go. Some of it may change in the translations from Korean to English, but overall I enjoyed the tale of the 12 companions interwoven with vignettes about fallen gods and angels, the gates of hell, and the dawning of a new age.

    Which brings me to this morning's Daily Grind. Which created-for-an-MMO fantasy setting is your favorite and why?

    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: Hello to Firefall and Swordsman; goodbye to Vanguard and Wizardry Online

      Posted: 03 Aug 2014 06:00 PM PDT

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      At the end of every week, we round up the best and most popular news stories, exclusive features, and insightful columns published on Massively and then present them all in one convenient place. If you missed a big MMO or WoW Insider story last week, you've come to the right post.

      The MMO world said goodbye to Vanguard and Wizardry Online this week and learned of the impending closure of heavily criticized mobile MMO Ultima Forever. Bringing balance to the universe were shiny new MMOs Swordsman and Firefall, both of which formally launched.

      Read on for a look at the rest of this week's top MMO stories.

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        EVE Evolved: Capital ships ruined nullsec

        Posted: 03 Aug 2014 04:00 PM PDT

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        All throughout EVE Online's lifetime, compelling stories of incredible events, daring heists, and colossal battles with thousands of players have periodically surfaced and spread across the gaming media like wildfire. Most of the recent stories have been about record-breaking battles between huge alliances of players in the lawless depths of null-security space, and each one has been met with an influx of new players who want to participate. The surprising truth behind nullsec warfare, however, is that many of those on the front lines are simply fed up with the political state of the game.

        In EVE's early years, the map was split between hundreds of small alliances, each of which slowly expanded its influence by conquering the star systems bordering its space. Skirmishes and pirate incursions were brief and commonplace, while border wars over territory were long and protracted affairs. Today's nullsec is a different animal entirely, with nearly the entire map carved up between two colossal mega-coalitions of alliances (N3/PL and CFC), each one internally held in a state of perpetually monotonous peace. No alliance in a coalition can break away and stand on its own for fear of being demolished by the others, and so all of nullsec is at peace with its neighbours and bored to tears by it.

        In this edition of EVE Evolved, I examine how nullsec got to the state it's in now and why it's badly in need of an overhaul.

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          Watch MapleStory 2's feature trailer

          Posted: 03 Aug 2014 02:00 PM PDT

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          Even if you don't understand Korean, chances are that you can grok some of what's going on in this new MapleStory 2 features trailer. The video shows various systems in the game, including player-created content, housing, customization, and (oh yes) minigames.

          Check out the video after the break and let us know what you think of MapleStory 2's look and offerings!

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          Gloria Victis paves the way for territory capture and sea travel

          Posted: 03 Aug 2014 12:00 PM PDT

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          Gloria Victis paves the way for territory capture and sea travel
          A new pre-alpha patch has not only squashed several nasty bugs in Gloria Victis but added a pair of promising systems: territory capture and sea travel.

          Territory capture is exactly what you are thinking right now. Player nations can conquer territory for both bragging rights and (more importantly) resource control. The devs said that these territory squabbles have the potential to blow up into large-scale PvP conflicts. The game also added "about 50%" more size in the latest patch, with some of that being shoreline and sea. As such, players can now board and use ships to travel the ocean.

          We've got a look at both territory control battles and a couple of the new ships in the gallery below.

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          General: 5 of the Best Crafting Systems in MMOs

          Posted: 02 Aug 2014 06:39 PM PDT

          5 of the Best Crafting Systems in MMOs

          For a lot of people, logging on to their favorite MMO isn't about raiding, or PvP, or dungeon runs - it's about creating great items and contributing to the backbone of an MMOs economy. I've never personally been a huge proponent of crafting in MMOs, but there is undoubtedly a certain type of players that loves the art of creation and trading.

          The Repopulation: July Update Sees New Areas & a Response to Player Feedback

          Posted: 04 Aug 2014 05:42 AM PDT

          July Update Sees New Areas & a Response to Player Feedback

          The Repopulation team has posted the latest progress report for July that features, among other things, a look at the whopping thirty-seven new areas added and the overhauled game music. In addition, the team has implemented an ability training system that came about as a direct result of player feedback and suggestions.

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