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Seven Souls Online: Ready for Open Beta

Posted: 14 Mar 2012 07:38 AM PDT

Ready for Open Beta

Neowiz has announced that Seven Souls Online is prepped and ready to roll out its open beta phase of development. During the OBT, players will see a level cap increase to 40 and the introduction of open world PvP as well as a new zone called Dragonscale Valley. The dev team will also be sponsoring several contests for players during open beta testing.

The Repopulation: New Alpha Trailer Released

Posted: 14 Mar 2012 07:27 AM PDT

New Alpha Trailer Released

The team behind the sandbox sci-fi hybrid-MMO, The Repopulation, has released a new trailer featuring pre-alpha footage featuring game play, environments, character models and more. Internal alpha testing of The Repopulatoin is expected to kick off in June.

TERA: Akasha's Hideout Dungeon Profile

Posted: 14 Mar 2012 07:11 AM PDT

Akasha

En Masse Entertainment has published a new trailer and information in its continuing series of dungeon profiles for TERA. This time, Akasha's Hideout is the subject. Akasha is the goddess of pestilence, and she hides in the dungeon with a stolen prize that players are charged with recovering.

RaiderZ: Catacomb of the Damned

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 01:03 PM PDT

Catacomb of the Damned

MMORPG.com has partnered with Perfect World to bring our readers an exclusive developer blog post from RaiderZ. The blog focuses on the Catacomb of the Dead and features several exclusive screenshots. Keep reading!

General: The Spotlight: Combat Arms

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 01:17 PM PDT

The Spotlight: Combat Arms

In The Spotlight, we take a look at games that warrant attention for various reasons such as interesting features and/or play mechanisms, greater popularity than some might think, etc. The focus is primarily factual, the goal being to provide substantially more depth than a typical one-paragraph summary in order to help you better assess how well the title fits your individual tastes. Today we take a look at Combat Arms. Read on and then weigh in with your thoughts in the comments.

MechWarrior Online: GDC 2012 Gameplay Trailer

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 02:46 PM PDT

GDC 2012 Gameplay Trailer

Piranha Games has released the game play trailer from MechWarrior Online. The trailer was released during last week's Game Developer's Conference. Feast your eyes!

DC Universe Online: Battle for Earth Trailer Unleashed

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 02:21 PM PDT

Battle for Earth Trailer Unleashed

Sony Online Entertainment is ready to unleash the Battle for Earth downloadable content for DC Universe Online. To celebrate the impending release of the DLC, the team has sent out a brand new trailer shining the spotlight on the new Earth Powers and much more. Enjoy!

EverQuest II: Destiny of Velious Update 63 Detailed

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 12:33 PM PDT

Destiny of Velious Update 63 Detailed

Sony Online Entertainment has laid out details about EverQuest II Update 63: Skyshine. In Skyshine, the Destiny of Velious storyline continues as players head into the Withered Lands, seeking entrance to Skyshrine, the ancient dragon city. The new content will feature a level cap increase, a new zone to explore and over a hundred new quests. The team has released a new trailer to show off the Withered Lands.

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Screenshots Arriving Daily

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 12:06 PM PDT

Mists of Pandaria Screenshots Arriving Daily

The World of Warcraft blog has been updated with the news that new Mists of Pandaria screenshots will be released on a daily basis beginning today. The screens will feature environments, monsters and NPCs among other things.

Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures: Screenshot of the Week: Clone Wars Adventures Edition!

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 12:43 PM PDT

Screenshot of the Week: Clone Wars Adventures Edition!

We're partnering up with SOE for a special Screenshot of the Week this week! In celebration of Clone Wars Adventures' recent 10 million registered users milestone, we'll be giving away 10 codes for 1000 Station Cash to the 10 best submissions this week.

Rift: Carnival of the Ascended Live Stream TONIGHT!

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 11:47 AM PDT

Carnival of the Ascended Live Stream TONIGHT!

Rob "Grakulen" Lashley will be streaming Rift's Carnival of the Ascended and Rift dungeons tonight at 8:30 CST. Join us on our MMORPG.com Live Stream page to talk all about Rift!

DC Universe Online: Fight for Earth Preview

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 06:32 AM PDT

Fight for Earth Preview

DC Universe Online is getting ready for a major content update with the Fight For Earth DLC release later today. Fight For Earth brings awesome new powers into the game and we've got a terrific preview for your reading pleasure. Check it out!

Star Wars: The Old Republic: Weekend Pass Announced

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 09:17 AM PDT

Weekend Pass Announced

Never tried Star Wars: The Old Republic? The newly announced Weekend Pass event may be just the excuse you've been looking for to try out SWTOR. From Thursday, March 15th at 12:01AM CST through Monday, March 19th at 2:00AM CST, players can try out all eight classes' origin stories and take part in the Esseles and Black Talon Flashpoints.
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General gaming

XSEED May Pave the Way For More Japanese Games on Steam With Ys

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 03:37 PM PDT

Ys: The Oath in Felghana

As great a service as Steam is, it's not atop the list of places to go when looking for Japanese computer games. That's not because it's only focused on the North American market -- you can find games like Football Manager that are more European-centric on there -- but with exceptions like Recettear, it's not exactly a bastion for games from the Japanese market, Japanese role-playing games in particular.

That's what makes it a surprise to hear XSEED Games, publisher of the last several Ys PSP games in the west, plans to bring a pair of JRPGs to Steam. First up is the very good Ys: The Oath in Felghana on March 19, which will be priced at just $14.99. Following that with an unspecified price and release date will be Ys Origin.

I Am Alive Review: A Bold Yet Frustrating Video Game Homage to The Road

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 03:19 PM PDT

See the child. Hear her beckon forth, surrounded by the carcasses of men harboring murderous intent. Men you ended. Their last breath whispering about the sweetness of a child, or the satisfaction of killing the interloper that you are. Save the child, who you thought was yourn, but she reveals herself to be Mei lost in the world of dust, not the daughter you left behind twelve months ago. The voice in your pocket sputters forth. The man named Henry asks, take her, take the lost child Mei, take her to the mall. Give her medicine left behind by those who never set foot in Haventown, those who drop foodstuffs and medicines from above and never look back. Not since The Event. The Event that scraped the loam off the earth and turned it into the dust that hugs and holds and kills all who wander within. The dust that chips and gnaws at your very stamina. The Event that dominates I Am Alive.

So you go, ever pressing on to find wife and child. Gone a year, but now you return, to climb and cobble and carry on. You cannot ignore Mei's bleat for aid, but other survivors of the Event not so much as settle but subsist their meager existences in the dust covered Haventown. A man yearns cigarettes to pass on. Another man in an amusement park needs medicine to heal the leg that's been crushed by another uncivilized man. Haventown also starves for supplies. Bottles of water, cans of fruit cocktail, a single inhaler, a handful of painkillers, these all turn into precious manna from heaven through scarcity. Give the emergency kit to the woman with the ankle sprain? What these bemoaning folk have to give, besides gratitude and perhaps a precious shotgun, is the Retry. Haventown harbors death by trial, not saves. It does not yield to the checkpoint that others call for. It takes away a Retry from your knapsack for every fall, stab, or shot you suffer. Deplete your store of Retries, and your journey resumes at the beginning of your current episode. A practice that leeches away minutes of your life. A practice that mocks you by depleting Retries and then flings you back to 45 minutes ago. What is worth more, the rat meat that can heal you, or the Retry that you get for giving rat meat to the gurgling man below? Every survivor, like the woman bound by handcuff to a bench, pleads for help while you mind debates.

OP-ED: Pros and Cons of Mass Effect 3's Ending

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 12:42 PM PDT

1UP's resident Mass Effect fans (Jeremy Parish and Thierry Nguyen) are of two minds about the game's ending. They hash it out below and on the latest Games, Dammit! podcast. Read, listen, and weigh in with your own opinions on the controversial finale to BioWare's space opera trilogy.

You're Not Alone: Gamers Share Their Quirky Playing Habits

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 11:41 AM PDT

gaming quirks

Everyone has their quirks, and when it comes to playing videogames things are no different, whether it be inconsequential things no one would ever notice or more drastic habits that radically alter your playing experience.

Writing about the way I tend to play open-ended games like Mass Effect recently prompted me to take a more critical look at the way I play games to see what else I do that might be considered... unusual. Wrong would not be the correct word to use, as I'm not sure that you can play a game the wrong way. You can certainly play them in a less than ideal way, as demonstrated by my propensity for playing Mass Effect or Heavy Rain in such a way that important decisions are rendered insignificant. Other eccentricities are less harmful, which is certainly good news for me as I seem to be in never-ending supply of them.

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