MMO Updates

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• Flameseeker Chronicles: This might just work!
• MV Guide: July 4-10, 2011
• The Daily Grind: What was your longest single play session?
• Week in Review: Unchained
• EVE Evolved: EVE's Alliance Tournament IX
• One Shots: I want it all
• Rise and Shiny recap: Order and Chaos Online

Flameseeker Chronicles: This might just work! Posted: 04 Jul 2011 10:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, PvE, Opinion, Guild Wars 2, Flameseeker Chronicles OK, it's confession time. I hated the idea of 5-man dungeons in Guild Wars 2. Well, "hated" may have been too strong a word, but since I'm MMO gamer whose fun largely centers around playing with my friends and guildmates, the thought of being forced to only play with four of them was sort of a turn-off. My mind has been changed, so let's cut right to the chase. Follow along after the jump and I'll tell you why! Continue reading Flameseeker Chronicles: This might just work! Flameseeker Chronicles: This might just work! originally appeared on Massively on Mon, 04 Jul 2011 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

MV Guide: July 4-10, 2011 Posted: 04 Jul 2011 08:00 AM PDT Filed under: Massively meta, Livestream, Miscellaneous, MV Guide MV Guide is a weekly rundown of the MMO gaming events planned on Massively's Livestream channel. Every week, the Massively staff logs in to play various MMOs live and in person, and we'd love for you to drop by the channel and visit. We have a combination of regular weekly games and new surprises, so you'll find a variety of games to take a look at. During Livestream events, you can participate in the live chat to learn about the game, ask questions, and spend some time with Massively staff and readers. (Of course, Livestream events are subject to the whims of outside forces like server-side gremlins once in a while.) Follow along after the jump to see what's scheduled for this week! Continue reading MV Guide: July 4-10, 2011 MV Guide: July 4-10, 2011 originally appeared on Massively on Mon, 04 Jul 2011 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

The Daily Grind: What was your longest single play session? Posted: 04 Jul 2011 06:00 AM PDT Filed under: Culture, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Humor, Miscellaneous You probably heard tell of the Final Fantasy XI boss fight that would not end, but most of us don't have stories quite like that. We still have our marathon sessions, though, times when we log in and then find ourselves 12 hours later seriously contemplating calling out sick from work. Marathon sessions are one of those things that nearly every gamer deals with sooner or later, and while you might not understand the motivation if you don't play, anyone who knows MMOs will know the thrill of logging in and just going. Sometimes they're sessions in which the stars align perfectly and you just seem to be getting good drops left and right. Sometimes the session is just a great party that's steamrolling difficult content. And sometimes the session is a real match of wits, you against the game, and you are determined to keep hammering at it until it gives you what you want. So what was your longest marathon session like? What got you into it, and what was the most memorable part? 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: What was your longest single play session? originally appeared on Massively on Mon, 04 Jul 2011 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

Week in Review: Unchained Posted: 03 Jul 2011 06:00 PM PDT Filed under: Massively meta, Week in Review, Miscellaneous 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. Miss a big MMO or WoW Insider story last week? You've come to the right post. We knew Age of Conan's free-to-play conversion was coming; we just didn't know when. This week, Funcom saw fit to surprise everyone by pulling down the servers and launching AoC: Unchained. The short notice even took our veteran AoC expert by surprise, but fortunately, he works (and plays) well without sleep. AoC: Unchained delivers more than just a free-to-play option for players; it also includes a new cosmetic system, new dungeons, and casual-friendly gameplay tweaks. Join us past the break for a glimpse into this week's other top MMO stories! Continue reading Week in Review: Unchained Week in Review: Unchained originally appeared on Massively on Sun, 03 Jul 2011 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

EVE Evolved: EVE's Alliance Tournament IX Posted: 03 Jul 2011 04:00 PM PDT Filed under: Sci-fi, Video, EVE Online, Culture, Events, in-game, Guilds, PvP, Endgame, EVE Evolved With all the recent controversy in EVE Online, the annual Alliance Tournament was all too quickly forgotten. CCP did its usual fantastic job with the tournament coverage this year, with live video streams of the two qualifying weekends and a live EVE TV studio show for the finals. For those of us who missed the action, all of the match videos have now been uploaded to the CCP Games YouTube channel in HD. As we take a step back from recent events to digest CCP and the CSM's statements, now is the perfect chance to catch up on some of the year's awesome PvP tournament action. This year's tournament winners walked away with a first place prize of 120 billion ISK and 50 blueprint runs for a unique Amarr heavy assault cruiser called the Vangel. The second place prize of 50 billion ISK was also accompanied by 50 blueprint runs for a unique Amarr assault ship called the Malice. Both ships are significantly better than their standard counterparts, but with only 50 ever to be introduced in the game, they're sure to become priceless collector's items. The third and fourth place winners received 20 billion ISK each as a consolation prize for coming so far in EVE's number one PvP tournament. In this week's EVE Evolved, I look at the meta-game surrounding the tournament and collect together links to videos and commentary on all the main matches in Alliance Tournament IX. Continue reading EVE Evolved: EVE's Alliance Tournament IX EVE Evolved: EVE's Alliance Tournament IX originally appeared on Massively on Sun, 03 Jul 2011 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

One Shots: I want it all Posted: 03 Jul 2011 02:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Galleries, Screenshots, Guild Wars, One Shots What's better than some great gear? Lots of great gear, of course! In today's One Shots submission, Massively reader Superjudge is working hard to scoop up as many shinies as possible in Guild Wars: St. Superjudge is a Ranger after the Tyrian fashion. He is currently wearing a set of Primeval Armor paired with the cowl from the Rainment of the Lich 2010 Halloween costume, all dyed black. He is wielding a Sundering Oppressor Scythe of Fortitude. I had been experimenting with Ranger/Dervish builds and found this to be the perfect visage of death to go along with it. In the background from left to right are the Elite Canthan, Norn, Primeval (obviously), and Monument Armor sets. I'm hoping to add a Vabbian set to the mix as well before Guild Wars 2. That cuddly little fella all the way to the right is St. Superjudge's pet Dire Black Moa Bird, Werechicken. This wraps up gear week, and we are all set for pet week! Large or small, deadly or purely decorative, we want to see your favorite pet companion. Just let us know your name and the name of the game and tell us a little about your pet and how you acquired it! Send it all to to oneshots@massively.com and we'll feature you and your pet on One Shots next week! Gallery: One Shots: 2011 One Shots: I want it all originally appeared on Massively on Sun, 03 Jul 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

Rise and Shiny recap: Order and Chaos Online Posted: 03 Jul 2011 12:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Screenshots, Video, Previews, Opinion, Mobile, Hands-on, Humor, Massively Hands-on, Rise and Shiny I'd like to start this article off by giving Gameloft, publisher of Order and Chaos Online, a lot of respect. Tons of respect. Oodles of respect. It seems to be a company that gets an idea (or borrows one) and just does it. While so many people are talking about designing and creating for the mobile gaming world, Gameloft has busily cranked out scores of high-quality titles. Yes, many of those titles bear remarkable resemblance to other non-mobile titles, but let's be really honest here: Modern MMO design is not really chock-full of original ideas. In fact, the lack of of daring design is what drove me to the indie and mobile markets. Both of those markets are new enough, or small enough, that they take chances. Gameloft's games generally work, as well. Its shooters might be slightly on rails, and its RPGs might be pretty linear, but all of its attempts at hitting the mark add up to a lot of profit and a lot of successful shots. The company has more good games than bad. Anyway, if the major publishers aren't going to take the time to make a decent mobile port or morph of their best titles, Gameloft has shown that it is more than willing to. I generally like that. Not surprisingly, the company did a fantastic job of making a portable, enjoyable World of Warcraft with Order and Chaos Online. Click past the cut and I'll tell you what I thought about it. Continue reading Rise and Shiny recap: Order and Chaos Online Rise and Shiny recap: Order and Chaos Online originally appeared on Massively on Sun, 03 Jul 2011 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

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MMO updates

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MapleStory Korea - More info on Legend Posted: 03 Jul 2011 08:11 PM PDT This post is to add more information about MapleStory Korea's upcoming big content update, Legend, which was posted a few days ago by me. As you should know, 3 new classes are coming and each adding new gameplay styles to the game. I just can't help but to wonder if the end of the Black Magician is near... - For the Cannon Shooter, the new Pirate adventurer class, his floating pet monkey is there to assist him when casting certain skills. - For the Mercedes class, as you might have read in my previous post, she uses dual crossbows and is the first playable non-human race in the game (Elf). Quite similar to the Aran storyline, she was frozen by the Black Magician in her own town. After awakening, she decided to join the fight against the Black Magician. - Players can choose between the male and female elves. The town they are from is called Eyurel, which was featured in the anniversary trailer recently. - Demon Slayer is originally part of Black Magician's army, the Black Wings. Due to unknown reasons, his brother was killed by the Dark Magician and hence he turned his back on him. Chased and attacked by the Black Magician, the Demon Slayer managed to survive and decided to rebel. - Demon Slayer wields a one-handed axe. He does not consume MP when using skills, but rather "Demon's Strength" he absorbs after killing monsters. The release of Demon Slayer in August will also continue with the story between the Black Magician and Eldenstein. Players can customize how their Demon Slayers' facial looks as well. You can see his wings at my previous post. Demon Slayer has a skill which, by chance, has a probability to activate instant death/ kill. - Other updates include a permanent 20% increase in movement speed for all classes, 1 single slot now able to hold 300 potions, increased drop rate and overhaul of the quests found on Victoria Island. - If a Cannon Shooter is being trained, all other Pirate characters within the same account will be given a permanent blessing buff (provided the Cannon Shooter learns the skill). At max level, the permanent buff provides classes with +15 to all stats and 5% to HP and MP. Mercedes = Archer class, Demon Slayer = Warrior class, so all 3 will have this new system. - All 3 new classes are unrelated to each other and apparently no ties with the Resistance.

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MMORPG News

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• Champions Online: State of the Game: June 2011
• Pocket Legends: Optimized for PLAY - In-App Billing
• Black Prophecy: Public Test Server Opens
• Rift: Summer of Savings
• General: Dragon Nest Announces Closed and Open Beta Test Dates

Champions Online: State of the Game: June 2011 Posted: 03 Jul 2011 10:55 AM PDT Executive Producer, Rob Overmeyer, has written the latest State of the Game for the month of June for Cryptic Studios' Champions Online. Rob takes a look at things to come for the game and what we can expect to see in the coming weeks as the game continues forward.

Pocket Legends: Optimized for PLAY - In-App Billing Posted: 03 Jul 2011 10:48 AM PDT The latest build of Pocket Legends is going to be bringing in a few new features. First, the game is going to be optimized to be played on the Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY, however, the game will also be adding Google in-app billing.

Black Prophecy: Public Test Server Opens Posted: 03 Jul 2011 10:43 AM PDT For their EU players who got super excited when the Black Prophecy team announced that "Episode 1: Inferno in Tulima" would be coming soon to the game, you're in luck. As of Friday, the Black Prophecy team has opened up its test server for EU players to head in to tinker around with the update.

Rift: Summer of Savings Posted: 03 Jul 2011 10:36 AM PDT Looking for a time to resubscribe to Trion`s MMO, Rift? Now would probably be the time! Throughout July, the team at Rift is offering subscriptions at a discounted price. Head over to the website to check out the specifics.

General: Dragon Nest Announces Closed and Open Beta Test Dates Posted: 03 Jul 2011 10:28 AM PDT The good team over at Dragon Nest have announced the dates of the upcoming Closed Beta and the Open Beta, allowing for plenty of time for plenty of feedback to be given through both processes. Stay tuned to MMORPG.com for more on this.

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MMOGaming News

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• Nexon Games(KR) to Perform Massive Updates in Summer
• Los Angeles Brings Anime Expo 2011 Again PART1
• Hey, Did You Just Steal My Kill?
• Firefall Introduces the Writer of the Game and Free Online Manga
• Zynga Is to Valued at as Much as EA and Activision Blizzard Combined
• Realms Online Celebrates 4th of July with Two Week Events
• The World's Coolest High School Principal Addresses Graduating Class In Iron Man Suit
• Female Jack Sparrow - Final of WCS in China PART1
• Dragon's Call: A Player Hits Level 40 on the First Day
• League of Legends Added a Second EU Platform to Meet Expanding European Community
• 4Story Aerial War : A New Era
• Eudemons Online - Edge of Night Expansion Review
• Dragon Nest SEA Announced Closed Beta and Open Beta Schedule
• June 2011 is Gone!!! - Synopsys
• Eden Eternal Reveals Upcoming New Zumi Race and Extra Dungeons

Nexon Games(KR) to Perform Massive Updates in Summer Posted: According to Korean media, Nexon will release massive updates for its pillar MMOs MapleStory, Dungeon Fighter Online and 15-year-old The Kingdom of the Winds to boost its market share during the summer vacation.

Los Angeles Brings Anime Expo 2011 Again PART1 Posted: Anime Expo 2011 will soon close on July 4. A large number of cosers gathered at the L.A. Convention Center for a cosplay show. Now, let's enjoy the wonderful shoots of cosers!

Hey, Did You Just Steal My Kill? Posted: Isn't it amusing how we can sometimes become so lonely playing under a game genre containing the words 'massively' and 'multiplayer'?

Firefall Introduces the Writer of the Game and Free Online Manga Posted: Red 5 Studio finally reveals the mysterious writer behind the story of Firefall, Orson Scott Card, in the latest developer diary.

Zynga Is to Valued at as Much as EA and Activision Blizzard Combined Posted: Analysts predict that Zynga, the biggest provider of Facebook games will be valued at between $15 billion and $20 billion. That is about as much as Electronic Arts and Activision Blizzard.

Realms Online Celebrates 4th of July with Two Week Events Posted: In GameSamba's free-to-play MMORPG Realms Online, the Redcoats are coming and they want brains! Starting Friday, July 1st, get ready for two weeks of 4th of July festivities as players must purge the warzone of the invading redcoat zombie forces.

The World's Coolest High School Principal Addresses Graduating Class In Iron Man Suit Posted: The world's coolest high school principal. Ming-Dao High principal Albert T. Wang, aka Iron Man, addresses his graduating class with words of wisdom and inspires them to be superheroes.

Female Jack Sparrow - Final of WCS in China PART1 Posted: The WCS is a cosplay event sponsored by TV Aichi. It stands for the World Cosplay Summit. And the World Cosplay championship will be held in Nagoya, Japan on August 6, 2011. Here are some shoots of the final-selection in Chongqing, China.

Dragon's Call: A Player Hits Level 40 on the First Day Posted: Not only US players but also the players on Taiwan Dragon's Call server was shocked by this breaking News on the first day of Server 8 launch.

League of Legends Added a Second EU Platform to Meet Expanding European Community Posted: This past Wednesday, Riot Games announced plans to launch a second platform in Europe to support the rapidly growing League of Legends player base in the continent. Beginning soon, service in Europe will be allocated between two regional game platforms: 'EU Nordic & East' and 'EU West.'

4Story Aerial War : A New Era Posted: Zemi Interactive, Inc., Korea's leading MMORPG developer and service provider of famous free to play MMO "4Story" has announced its successful launch of the new PvP content, the Aerial War.

Eudemons Online - Edge of Night Expansion Review Posted: The term "vampire" comes from a world famous vampire story, Dracula , written in 1897. The English author, Bram Stoker, based the character Dracula on an actual person, Vlad Tepes, a cruel prince from Walacha (part of modern Romania)

Dragon Nest SEA Announced Closed Beta and Open Beta Schedule Posted: Closed beta will be running from July 13 to July 19 and the open beta is planned for August.

June 2011 is Gone!!! - Synopsys Posted: Hey peeps, I dont know about what you guys think but for me this month was probably the shortest month of my life...

Eden Eternal Reveals Upcoming New Zumi Race and Extra Dungeons Posted: Aeria Games, a leading global publisher of free-to-play online games, today announced the upcoming release of its first major content update to Eden Eternal. The patch, scheduled for an early July release, includes new endgame content and introduces the Zumi race.

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