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Guild Wars 2: New Camera System Coming March 10th

Posted: 24 Feb 2015 05:40 PM PST

New Camera System Coming March 10th

In response to player requests, ArenaNet has announced that a brand new camera system is coming into Guild Wars 2 on March 10th. Included in the new feature is the much-requested first person view, a field of view slider to widen the visible playing field, a position slider to place the camera in any given player's "sweet spot", and a height camera that will focus on an opponent's head regardless of size.

Star Trek Online: Double Down on XP This Weekend

Posted: 26 Feb 2015 06:16 AM PST

Double Down on XP This Weekend

From February 26th through March 2nd, Star Trek Online captains will be able to take advantage of a special double experience weekend. Content that provides skill points and expertise will be rewarded with 100% extra experience. The move is to help players prepare to take on the forces in the Delta Quadrant. Be sure to log in today and start moving up the ranks!

General: Weapons of Mythology Announced for GDC

Posted: 26 Feb 2015 06:06 AM PST

Weapons of Mythology Announced for GDC

Gamemag will be bringing its Taiwanese MMO, Weapons of Mythology, to this year's Game Developers Conference. Popular on the PC in Taiwan, Gamemag will also be leveraging the console market in the West by making the title cross platform between PC and the PlayStation 4. The game is expected to launch in China and Russia later this year while the PS4 optimization is in progress. To show off Weapons of Mythology, Gamemag has released a new trailer.

General: Dave Georgeson on Creating New Worlds

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 11:24 AM PST

Dave Georgeson on Creating New Worlds

All games are hard to make. But when ranking my own personal experiences as a dev, I'd say that single-player games are the most straightforward and predictable of projects (relatively, of course), rescuing failing projects is vastly more complicated, but building MMOs from scratch is the most challenging of all.

General: Dragon Quest Heroes Headed West in 2015

Posted: 26 Feb 2015 05:47 AM PST

Dragon Quest Heroes Headed West in 2015

Dragon Quest Heroes for PlayStation 4 just launched in Japan but Western audiences and fans need not despair. The PlayStation blog has been updated with the announcement that the game will be heading to North America and Europe sometime this year!

H1Z1: Hackers Whine in Hysterically Funny Video

Posted: 26 Feb 2015 05:32 AM PST

Hackers Whine in Hysterically Funny Video

The H1Z1 team has unveiled a fantastically hysterical new video showing the team reading the outraged letters from banned game hackers. Some claim innocence, others apologize, others spew on and on in long run on sentences. Sometimes, a video says it all. This is one of those. Enjoy!

Shroud of the Avatar: Release 15: Unity 5 and Crafting

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 03:55 PM PST

Release 15: Unity 5 and Crafting

Starr Long had mentioned during my last visit that they'd start rolling Shroud of the Avatar over to Unity 5 this month. When I bumped into Finn Staber, one of the Shroud developers, at a hub for Austin startups, I wasn't surprised when he told me they'd been working on it. The shocking part was when I asked how much they'd managed to get rolled over for the updated engine over the last two weeks. "All of it," was his reply.

Marvel Heroes 2015: A Missed Opportunity in Marvel Heroes’ Limited Edition Costumes

Posted: 23 Feb 2015 08:28 PM PST

A Missed Opportunity in Marvel Heroes

Gazillion backed off their plans for 'Limited Edition' costumes due to the controversy surrounding their implementation. But should they have thrown out the baby with the bathwater?

General: Legacy Quest: Mobile Roguelike Action RPG Dungeon Crawler

Posted: 25 Feb 2015 11:18 AM PST

Legacy Quest: Mobile Roguelike Action RPG Dungeon Crawler

The title pretty much says it all in a jumbled mouthful of adjectives drawing on nearly every genre of RPGs out there. Nexon and Socialspiel Entertainment have announced Legacy Quest that is described as a mobile roguelike action RPG dungeon crawler that will be available later in 2015 as a free to play title. If that's not enough to get your heart pounding, it was also announced that Legacy Quest will feature permadeath but that defeated souls will unlock new traits for the next character.

General: Why Cheat?

Posted: 23 Feb 2015 06:22 PM PST

Why Cheat?

People cheat. That fact is nothing new and just about everyone does it at some point in their life. Don't believe me? Just ask the IRS. I don't foresee by bringing up the topic of cheating in my column that I'll be able to change anything. I don't imagine it will even prevent one of you from cheating in the future. I do, however, believe it is a dialogue worth having and hope you'll humor me for a few minutes. I'm interested in your input.

General: Four of My Favorite MUDs of All Time

Posted: 24 Feb 2015 12:39 PM PST

Four of My Favorite MUDs of All Time

How do I explain my ongoing affair with MUDs? Sure, we only meet a few times per year, and yes we have been off more than we have been on, but MUDs are something special to me. They fill a need that is often left unsatisfied by conventional MMOs. They just do.
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