Latest Gaming and MMORPG Updates

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• Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Packs More Pixels Per Inch Than The Macbook Pro’s Retina Display
• Falcon Northwest’s "Tiki" PC Mixes Big Performance With A Small Frame, Tosses In A Polished Granite Base For Good Measure
• Blade & Soul (KR) – New PvP videos are awesome
• Blade & Soul (KR) – Commercial P2P date announced
• Steam Box Confirmed?
• Spirit Camera Review: A Lack of Focus
• ChangYou preparing Shadowbane reboot
• Eyedentity Games developing 3rd online game
• Skullgirls Review: Fluid, Competitive, and Full of Over-the-Top Fanservice
• Power Rangers Online (KR)

Asus Transformer Pad Infinity Packs More Pixels Per Inch Than The Macbook Pro’s Retina Display Posted: 25 Jun 2012 06:30 PM PDT Apple ain’t the only one who can make pixelicious gadgets. Asus has been at the forefront of the Android tablet scene, and its forthcoming Transformer Pad Infinity TF700 — basically, a souped-up version of the top-rated Transformer Prime tablet — … Continue reading →

Falcon Northwest’s "Tiki" PC Mixes Big Performance With A Small Frame, Tosses In A Polished Granite Base For Good Measure Posted: 25 Jun 2012 06:30 PM PDT Falcon Northwest maintains a strong reputation among PC enthusiasts. Part of the way the company keeps its focus is by offering a limited number of products; when it comes to Falcon Northwest desktops, you’ve the Talon, the FragBox, and the … Continue reading →

Blade & Soul (KR) – New PvP videos are awesome Posted: 25 Jun 2012 03:30 PM PDT Well, they aren’t exactly the standard player-made PvP videos, but developer NCsoft is the one who actually created them. Rolling out these 2 videos apparently is a brilliant move, since both showcase how PvP is exactly like in Blade & … Continue reading →

Blade & Soul (KR) – Commercial P2P date announced Posted: 25 Jun 2012 03:30 PM PDT NCsoft’s Blade & Soul will enter its commercial P2P phase on 30th June 2012, which is just a few days from now. This is also just 9 days after the game went into its free for all Open Beta phase … Continue reading →

Steam Box Confirmed? Posted: 13 Apr 2012 05:44 PM PDT Rumours surrounding a Valve console dubbed 'Steam Box' have been circulating for weeks now. They haven't been entirely unsubstantiated either, with Valve's Gabe Newell talking about work on hardware prototypes. But a recent job posting on Valve's recruitment page confirms … Continue reading →

Spirit Camera Review: A Lack of Focus Posted: 13 Apr 2012 11:44 AM 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 … Continue reading →

ChangYou preparing Shadowbane reboot Posted: 13 Apr 2012 11:44 AM PDT Yesterday at a big media conference where ChangYou revealed several new titles, the company’s Vice President revealed that the company secured the Shadowbane IP rights and is developing an online game mentioned as “World of Shadowbane”. Having been part of … Continue reading →

Eyedentity Games developing 3rd online game Posted: 13 Apr 2012 11:43 AM PDT After announcing Dungeon Striker (link) just a couple of days ago, Korean media website Inven confirmed that the company is currently developing a “large scale” MMORPG as its 3rd game. While details are scarce including the name and genre, the … Continue reading →

Skullgirls Review: Fluid, Competitive, and Full of Over-the-Top Fanservice Posted: 12 Apr 2012 11:43 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 … Continue reading →

Power Rangers Online (KR) Posted: 12 Apr 2012 05:43 PM PDT I am sure most of you would have read about Power Rangers Online through my previous posts (link), which caused quite a wave in the Toku fraternity. As a long-time Super Sentai and Kamen Rider fan myself till today, I … Continue reading →

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General gaming

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• SimCity Social's Addictive Fun Buried Underneath Facebook Game Cliches
• Rhythm Thief Reinvents the Character-driven Music Game
• Interview: The Evolving Sounds of Kingdom Hearts 3D
• Cover Story: Video Game Music Festival
• Theatrhythm Final Fantasy D.I.Y.
• Interview: Stealing Back the Music Crown with Rhythm Thief
• Penny Arcade Episode 3 Review: On the Economy of Design

SimCity Social's Addictive Fun Buried Underneath Facebook Game Cliches Posted: 25 Jun 2012 08:48 PM PDT SimCity Social is a frustrating game. I want to love it, and in many ways I do. I've spent the better part of the day playing it and I would absolutely love to be making my way through more quests right this second, only I'm unable to do so as this is a Facebook game through and through. That means you're very much limited in terms of how much you can do and how you can proceed. It's not a unique situation, but unlike most games that suffer from these same sorts of issues, I still feel compelled to continue playing. If you've played Zynga's CityVille, you'll already have a feel for the basic gameplay. You build up a city with homes, businesses, and so on, and you'll routinely check in to collect the resources generated at factories, businesses, farms, et al. Every action requires energy, which regenerates over time and puts a limit on how much you can do any one time without relying on either support from friends or real-world money. (More on that in a bit.)

Rhythm Thief Reinvents the Character-driven Music Game Posted: 25 Jun 2012 06:37 PM PDT 1UP COVER STORY 1UP COVER STORY | WEEK OF JUNE 25 | VIDEO GAME MUSIC FESTIVAL Rhythm Thief Reinvents the Character-driven Music Game Cover Story: Sega's latest could help bring character-driven music game back into vogue. T he rhythm music genre of video games has gone through a lot in the past seven years; at least enough for a tumultuous VH1 Behind-the-Music special to call its very own. If such a program were recorded, it would go something like this: While the genre happily existed for a long time with occasional character-driven hits like Parappa the Rapper and Gitaroo Man, after 2005 everything changed. That year, co-developers Red Octane and Harmonix engineered Guitar Hero and gave players a fun, skill-focused way to interact with their favorite rock music. Their work became an instant success; one that drew both mainstream attention and record profits. While it expanded an existing subset of rhythm-based video games, Guitar Hero quickly overshadowed everything else available in the genre at the time. Although character-driven rhythm titles continued to exist in some form, efforts like the excellent Elite Beat Agents simply couldn't compete with the guitar-shredding popularity found in their instrument-based counterparts and slowly dissolved from the public eye. However, a funny thing happened by 2010: Thanks to market saturation, the sun would set on the world of instrument-based games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band. While we were sad to see the biggest hitter in music video games slowly fade away, it's also set the stage for a character-driven music comeback.

Interview: The Evolving Sounds of Kingdom Hearts 3D Posted: 25 Jun 2012 06:10 PM PDT Feature Share it: Tweet 1UP COVER STORY 1UP COVER STORY | WEEK OF JUNE 25 | VIDEO GAME MUSIC FESTIVAL Interview: The Evolving Sounds of Kingdom Hearts 3D Cover Story: Composer Yoko Shimomura explains how history influences the music in the KH series. R egardless of our thoughts on the series as a whole, we here at 1UP have come to a general consensus that Kingdom Heats 3D: Dream Drop Distance soundtrack is all sorts of great. Throughout Sora's most robust handheld adventure, you'll be privy to a suite of music that pulls from both Square and Disney's past, while simultaneously providing sounds that pave the way for the future of the series. It was with this love and appreciation that we approached series composer Yoko Shimomura and asked her about all things musical in KH3D. I came up with musical phrases that were sort of fun, out of the ordinary, and fluffy. 1UP: Nearly every element of Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance deals with the concept of dreams in some way. How did this theme influence the composition of music in the game?

Cover Story: Video Game Music Festival Posted: 25 Jun 2012 04:38 PM PDT Feature Share it: Tweet 1UP COVER STORY 1UP COVER STORY | WEEK OF JUNE 25 | VIDEO GAME MUSIC FESTIVAL Cover Story: Video Game Music Festival Join 1UP all week for a tribute performance in honor of game music, music games, and the people who create them. Music in video games has a way of becoming the very first thing that comes to mind when someone mentions a title. It's nigh-impossible to think of Tetris without immediately hearing the whimsical Russian folk tune "Korobeiniki" as it continually reminds you that flow of blocks will never end. Furthermore, these tunes have become iconic enough to transcend the medium and simple exist as elements of the collective pop culture consciousness. You'd be hard pressed to find someone who can't identify Koji Kondo's iconic melody from World 1-1 of Super Mario Bros., no matter how many years it's been since they've picked up a controller. Of course, one can't talk about music in video games without mentioning titles where the music is the game. Innovative classics like PaRappa the Rapper and Rez delivered some of the most unique experiences to be had on their respective consoles, and there have been few titles as ubiquitous in living rooms as Guitar Hero and Rock Band were throughout the aughts. And while many people labeled the rhythm genre dead after the flash-in-the-pan success of these plastic instrument games faded, a quick look at our Best of E3 Awards from just a few weeks ago shows that the genre's finest hour may be head of us.

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy D.I.Y. Posted: 25 Jun 2012 04:35 PM PDT Feature Share it: Tweet 1UP COVER STORY 1UP COVER STORY | WEEK OF JUNE 25 | VIDEO GAME MUSIC FESTIVAL Theatrhythm Final Fantasy D.I.Y. Cover Story: We build our perfect set list for Square's upcoming Final Fantasy music game. I t's musical, it's charming, it's kind of an RPG: Yes, Theatrhythm Final Fantasy is many things. But what it is not is a perfect collection of the best Final Fantasy music. Yeah, it features plenty of great tracks drawn from the series' quarter-century of history, all represented with tinny 8-bit samples where appropriate, and even more tunes are on the way as downloadable content. Still, it's missing some essentials. Far be it for us to act like we know the Final Fantasy music catalog better than the curators who put Theatrhythm together, but... well, we kind of do. In a perfect world, these tracks would be presented front-and-center. Final Fantasy VII: "J-E-N-O-V-A"

Interview: Stealing Back the Music Crown with Rhythm Thief Posted: 25 Jun 2012 04:34 PM PDT Feature Share it: Tweet 1UP COVER STORY 1UP COVER STORY | WEEK OF JUNE 25 | VIDEO GAME MUSIC FESTIVAL Interview: Stealing Back the Music Crown with Rhythm Thief Cover Story: We speak to Sega's Shun Nakamura about this fresh new musical blast from the past. S ega's upcoming Rhythm Thief hasn't created many waves in the gaming community, which seems strange to us: Its whimsical blend of classic follow-and-response music mechanics and puzzle-adventure play gives it a wholly unique approach to a genre that's hardly seen a peep since the fan-favorite Elite Beat Agents. Still, we're intrigued, and so we reached out to producer Shun Nakamura to learn more about the genesis of and philosophy behind this upcoming music adventure. 1UP: Can you tell us about the genesis (creation) of Rhythm Thief? What was the motivation behind creating the game? What did you want to accomplish with it?

Penny Arcade Episode 3 Review: On the Economy of Design Posted: 25 Jun 2012 08:36 AM PDT Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode 3 takes the series back to the early days of the genre, exchanging the slick cel-shaded graphics of the first two episodes for 16-bit sprites in the process. It's not a bad move. While the previous chapters were solid enough in their own right, they definitely suffered from a sense of diminishing returns. The retro look offers a feeling of refreshment the series probably needed. Among the positives is that the new look puts an increased emphasis on the dialogue between Tycho and Gabe, which is a good thing given that their interplay is the source of much of the comic's humor (in addition to oddities like the Deep Crow). It also gives new developer Zeboyd an opportunity to utilize their own trademark brand of humor, which is heavily dependent on classic RPG humor. One of the game's best moments come when the group is opening vaults in the "Bank of Money" to discover a rendition of the original Final Fantasy -- complete with classic 8-bit sprite work.

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MMORPG News

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• SMITE: Game On Talks with SMITE's Todd Harris
• The Secret World: Preacher, Goon & Chaos Theorist Decks
• Guild Wars 2: Pleasing the Veterans
• The Repopulation: Crafting Video Diary
• Champions Online: Gravitar Wants to Party with You and 9 Others
• Final Fantasy XI: Seekers of Adoulin Announced
• Dragon Eternity: Cross Platform Title Announced
• Face of Mankind: New Dev Blog Outlines Big Changes
• TERA: Exclusive News in This Week's MMOFTW

SMITE: Game On Talks with SMITE's Todd Harris Posted: 26 Jun 2012 07:19 AM PDT The SMITE beta is going strong, and this week, Som Pourfarzaneh interviews Hi-Rez Studios' COO, Todd Harris, about the state of the game so far, with a tidbit on Tribes: Ascend as well!

The Secret World: Preacher, Goon & Chaos Theorist Decks Posted: 25 Jun 2012 04:39 PM PDT Funcom has partnered with MMORPG.com to give our readers the first look at custom decks that players will have access to when playing The Secret World. These decks guide players in finding an awesome build for their characters in game. This time, we bring you the Preacher, Goon and Chaos Theorist decks. Read on!

Guild Wars 2: Pleasing the Veterans Posted: 24 Jun 2012 05:09 PM PDT In our latest column devoted to Guild Wars 2, we take a look at what Arena.Net is doing or must do to please the many veterans that will carry over from Guild Wars 1 to the newer game. See what we think needs to happen and then leave us your thoughts in the comments.

The Repopulation: Crafting Video Diary Posted: 25 Jun 2012 01:21 PM PDT The Repopulation team has produced a neat new video showing off crafting. The video gives players the details on how crafting materials are extracted from corpses and how they are used to make awesome stuff. Check it out!

Champions Online: Gravitar Wants to Party with You and 9 Others Posted: 25 Jun 2012 12:33 PM PDT The Champions Online site has been updated with a new Rampage Alert featuring that ultra bad girl, Gravitar. The alert is specially designed to cater to the ten able bodied heroes in the 35-40 range.

Final Fantasy XI: Seekers of Adoulin Announced Posted: 25 Jun 2012 11:02 AM PDT Square Enix is getting ready to unveil the fifth expansion for Final Fantasy XI. Called "Seekers of Adoulin", the new expansion will focus on exploration, cultivation, and pioneering and will give players the opportunity to create outposts that can have an impact on the world around them.

Dragon Eternity: Cross Platform Title Announced Posted: 25 Jun 2012 10:24 AM PDT Game Insight has officially announced that Dragon Eternity is currently in development and has entered its open beta phase. Dragon Eternity is set to be released across multiple platforms including iOS, Android, and web-based browsers.

Face of Mankind: New Dev Blog Outlines Big Changes Posted: 25 Jun 2012 10:06 AM PDT A new developer blog has cropped up on the Face of Mankind site. The post goes into detail about several new features that are being brought into the game including customized tax rates, sector ownership and much more.

TERA: Exclusive News in This Week's MMOFTW Posted: 25 Jun 2012 09:56 AM PDT In this week's edition of MMOFTW, we have some super secret exclusive TERA news. Gotta watch it to find out so what are you waiting for? Head over to our MMOFTW page to check it out!

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