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Champions Online: May Ask Cryptic Published

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 07:46 AM PDT

Champions Online devs have published the latest Ask Cryptic with devs answering a host of questions submitted by players and fans. Topics include whether or not players will ever get 'throwing' powers, lairs and the upcoming comic series. It's a terrific and eclectic read. Check it out!

Lineage 2: Anniversary Survey & Gift

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 07:35 AM PDT

NCSoft and the Lineage II team are reminding players to open their special 7th anniversary gifts no later than June 8th or lose them forever. The team also asks players to fill out the annual survey to help them assess the health of the Lineage II community.

General: Outside the MMO Box: LA Noire

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 07:09 AM PDT

LA Noire burst upon the scene recently and has been taking the gaming world by storm. As part of our continuing series of articles devoted to games outside the MMO sphere, Adam Tingle takes a look at LA Noire. Check out Adam's thoughts on the game and then let us know if you've played and what you think.

Star Wars: The Old Republic: Commando vs Vanguard

Posted: 30 May 2011 05:04 PM PDT

In his latest column devoted to Star Wars: The Old Republic, MMORPG.com Community Manager Mike Bitton utters those iconic boxing words: "Let's get ready to RUUUUUMBLE!" In the red corner, we find the Commando. In the blue corner, the Vanguard. Check out Mike's thoughts about the two classes and then let us know what you think.

General: The Quiz: Letter W Edition

Posted: 31 May 2011 03:31 PM PDT

It's that time again, ladies and gents. Get the MMORPG.com games list up and scroll down to letter W because Quiz Master Drew Wood is going to test all things W this week. See how you do and then report back!

EverQuest II: The Children of War Goes Live

Posted: 31 May 2011 02:59 PM PDT

Sony Online Entertainment has announced that Everquest 2 Update 60: The Children of War is now live on all servers. Update 60 brings several key PvP improvements including a new lobby system, a new map, a new PvP battle type and more. Also added are some raids and heroic dungeons.

General: Interplay Suffering Financial Woes

Posted: 31 May 2011 01:49 PM PDT

Looking forward to Fallout Online? If so, the latest SEC filing by Interplay may shed some light on just how long that wait could be. In the filing, Interplay is in deep financial straits with over $2.8 million in operating deficits in past year, compensation owed to board members, unpaid taxes and more.

General: Responding to a Call of Duty Subscription Fee

Posted: 31 May 2011 10:40 AM PDT

At our sister site, FPSGuru.com, Managing Editor Jon Wood responds to the news that Activision Blizzard will offer a subscription service for the upcoming FPS, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

TERA: Bonus May Screens

Posted: 29 May 2011 05:45 PM PDT

Welcome to the bonus fifth May installment of our continuing series, TERA Tuesday. MMORPG.com has partnered with TERA devs and En Masse to bring you the best TERA screens on the Net. This week, we feature three action-packed screenshots that epitomize the statement, "Holy cow...that's B-I-G!" Check them out in our May TERA Bonus Screens feature.

Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures: Server Merges Coming, FAQ Released

Posted: 30 May 2011 04:35 PM PDT

The Age of Conan team has published a handy-dandy FAQ on the topic of server merges coming to the game as devs prepare it for its freemium iteration later this summer. The FAQ details several important questions players might have including characters with the same name on merged servers and issues facing guilds.

APB: Reloaded: Build It & They Will Come

Posted: 30 May 2011 04:29 PM PDT

According to the latest update on the APB Reloaded blog, open beta players are coming to the game in droves. Over 24,000 concurrent players enjoyed the game at one point late last week. With only six days of open beta, that's an impressive stat. The dev team also lays out some more details for premium holders and the explosion of social media surrounding the game.

DC Universe Online: Update 3 Developer Roundtable

Posted: 30 May 2011 12:37 PM PDT

MMORPG.com Lead Writer Bill Murphy recently had the opportunity to attend a roundtable discussion between DC Universe Online developers and several members of the media. The team was ready and able to tackle a wide-variety of topics including some more controversial ones such as the departure of Chris Cao, the seeming 'bat' fixation of the team and when several key issues and bug would finally get resolved. Check out Bill's report on the DCUO Developer Roundtable.

Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures: Return to Hyboria Part 2

Posted: 30 May 2011 12:21 PM PDT

It's been awhile since MMORPG.com's Phil James has visited Age of Conan. In Part 1, Phil detailed his adventures on Tortuga. In Part 2 of his Return to Hyboria series, Phil has left the lushness of Tortage behind and has set out in the larger and more dangerous world. Get the details on what Phil has found and then leave us a couple of comments.

The Secret World: Five Reasons to Watch The Secret World

Posted: 30 May 2011 12:03 PM PDT

As The Secret Word becomes less and less secret and with E3 right around the corner, there's a lot to look forward to and a lot to get hyped up about. In The List this week, MMORPG.com Lead Writer Bill Murphy gets that thrill running up and down his leg as he anticipates Funcom's The Secret World. Check out Bill's thoughts and then add a few of your own.
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ArcheAge Korea - WoW was inspiration

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 04:38 AM PDT


(Source) At yesterday's annual Nexon Developers Conference (NDC), the creator of NCsoft's Lineage and founder of XL Games, Mr Jake Song, talked about the thought process he had in creating the company's maiden online title, ArcheAge. Please note that this is just a small summary of the whole speech. Mr Song said that after playing Blizzard's World of Warcraft, he felt that his earlier titles (Lineage and The Kingdom of the Winds) were nothing compared to the record-breaking MMORPG. However, he was convinced that World of Warcraft is not the ending point for MMORPGs, hence he started working on ArcheAge.

↑ Mr Jake Song at Nexon Developers Conference (NDC) 2011

The most important and significant feature of MMORPGs will be the word "massively". A few thousand players having fun in the same game world is one of the biggest selling point of online games. However, online games over the years used various restrictive methods to cover up their system flaws, including items and currency binding to characters, using PvE maps to heavily restrict PvP and spamming of instance dungeons to prevent players from kill stealing. All these eroded the basic foundations of what an online game was meant to be.

↑ Mr Jake Song (right) was in the same college as Nexon's founder Mr Kim Jung-Ju (left),
↑ Spending quality time brainstorming.

MMORPGs and console games should be different, but nowadays both are getting too similar as each other. There shouldn't be a fixed system where players are ordered to party up and clear an instance, it should be through meeting new players by chance and thus go on adventures together. This particular "free" and unpredictable system is what makes a MMORPG.

↑ Mr Jake Song met Mr Richard Garriott years ago after creating Lineage.

Majority of online games nowadays use the questing system as a guide for players to understand the game. While it is necessary, it should not become a game's main focus. If questing, storyline, characters and lore becomes a game's main features, the game will not last long as the developers do not have the time and resources to catch up with players' consumption of in-game content. As such, the number of players will dwindle and shortening the title's lifespan.

↑ Years of researching finally came to fruition as Mr Jake Song started on Project X2 (ArcheAge).
↑ Icons representing some main features: Housing, tree climbing, naval warfare and siege.

In order for a MMORPG to have an extended run, the main features should be developed right at the start. For ArcheAge, some of the core features include house building system, naval warfare (ship construction) and castle siege. He stressed that the core features are the most important elements which will determine a game's longevity.

TERA Korea - Major server merge coming

Posted: 31 May 2011 11:27 AM PDT


Earlier today, NHN Korea, the publisher for TERA Korea, announced that the game will go through its 2nd major server merge on 2nd June 2011. More recently, NHN Korea posted the company's latest revenue and earnings, with TERA not meeting the expected figures. During the first round of server merge, 37 servers were merged into 35. In this coming round, the 35 servers will be merged into only 15, with the top 2 populated servers unaffected.


The game's latest update, Destruction of the Beast, will be implemented on the live servers soon after letting players try out the new content in the test server.
Posted by Shri Krishna

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Fallout Online is at Stake as Interplay Facing Financial Disaster

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Fallout Online is in the balance as Interplay is troubled by financial problem. Fallout Online is scheduled for 2012 but we may not be able to see it next year.

WoW 4.2 PTR: Fireland - Ragnaros Encounter Preview

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Fighting the Firelord will not be easy. The fight itself has three stages in normal difficulty and four stages in the heroic difficulty of the encounter. Ragnaros seeks to appease the Old Gods by incinerating the World Tree of Nordrassil. Are you willing to accept the challenge?

Dragon Nest - SASA QUEEN Sexy Cosplay Show

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As a casual gamer of Dragon Nest, SASA brought us a group of cosplay works about a sexy fan art by famous ACG painter Aner from China.

Pocket MMORPG Order & Chaos Online Earns $1M for Gameloft in 20 Days

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It is reported that French publisher Gameloft's iOS MMORPG Order & Chaos has gained $1 million in revenue in its first 20 days since been released.

Age of Empires Online to Launch on August 16th

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One of the best-selling PC games Age of Empires will release its MMO version on August 16th worldwide. You can get the game at retail stores as well as from online download.

DragonSoul Presents Male Warrior Class

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Today, Neonga reveals the male warrior class for its free-to-play title DragonSoul, which is a PvP MMORPG with a strong focus on strategy and tactics. Once players master their classes, they will become formidable fighters with unique skills.

WoW Patch 4.2 - New "/roar" Sounds Preview

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As many of you who play goblins and worgen may have noticed, the sound usually associated with your characters' "/roar" emote was removed in patch 4.1. This was done to help resolve an issue that caused the sounds associated with the both the "/roar" and "/attack" emotes to play simultaneously whenever the "/attacktarget" command was used.

ArcheAge Latest Screenshots Show Ferres Race's Novice Village

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XLGAMES's ArcheAge acquires good responses from the third CBT players. For people who want to know everything about this upcoming new title, we get some latest the scenes screenshots of the game.

Create a Boss for RIFT, Win Free Goodies

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Ever had a great idea for an enemy concept for a video game, but didn't have the backing of an actual company to bring it to life? Then Trion's got a deal for you.

LOCO Introduced The Sultry Succubus Lacrimosa

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burda:ic today introduced a brand-new character to RTS Action MMO LOCO - Land of Chaos Online: the sultry succubus Lacrimosa. Players who want to start luring opponents into Lacrimosa's dainty-yet-demonic clutches today can enter the battle-torn world of LOCO at http://loco.alaplaya.net/.

Bounty Hounds Online Reveals Heavy Gunner Class

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InnoGames's free-to-play Sci-Fi game Bounty Hounds Online (BHO) has entered closed beta on May 25th. One week after the closed beta test, InnoGames is prepared to shed more light on the game. Today, the company introduces the Heavy Gunner - second of five available classes.

FPS Karma Online: Prisoners of the Dead to Start Closed Beta Soon

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Joymax announced today that Karma Online: Prisoners of the Dead will open fire June 7th when its closed beta begins.

Upcoming MMO Games in June

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Dragon Nest NA will lit this summer up. Without fatigue system, you can indulge in the game in its first closed beta in June. However, the time for DN closed beta is still foggy and the Prius Online will come first on June 2nd!

ArcheAge Becomes the Most Anticipated Korean Game

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According to the latest statistics from the South Korean game site MUD4U, ArcheAge by XL Games has become the most anticipated Korean game, which not only shows the "Father of Lineage" Jake Song's persuasive development power, but also embodies the great success ArcheAge won in its third CBT.

[Part 1]ArcheAge: Highly Free Shipbuilding and Naval Battle

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Korea-based XL Games' ArcheAge performed its 3rd CBT from May 24th-29th, when the in-game naval battle system was fully revealed based on the theme "Freewill Naval Battle".

ArcheAge - CBT3 Character Creation Preview

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XL Games' ArcheAge kicked off its 3rd CBT on May 24th. During this test, the game provides more options upon character creation. Characters will look different based on their races. The Nuians look like human beings, the Elves are similar to mythical gods and the Ferres are endowed with beast appearances.
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