| Guild Wars 2: First PvP League Season Kicks Off Today Posted: 01 Dec 2015 06:12 AM PST 
ArenaNet has announced that the inaugural PvP League Season is beginning today that comes along with the latest update. Players can take part in any number of ways, including the Guild Challenger League: To participate here, players form groups of five and join the League. Match statistics are tracked and rated with matchmaking pitting similar ranked teams against one another. |
| Crowfall: Hunger Dome 2.0 - A Colorful and Dangerous New World Posted: 01 Dec 2015 12:12 AM PST 
The second Crowfall playtest is upon us and the game has seen some significant additions. While the game is still very early in development, in this column, I'll explain some of the upcoming MMO's progress from Pre-Alpha 1.0 to Pre-Alpha 1.1. |
| Black Desert: On the Mark! Get Set! Go! Closed Beta Sign Ups Begin! Posted: 01 Dec 2015 05:55 AM PST 
Daum EU has just posted that sign ups for the first Black Desert Online EU/NA/Oceania closed beta test have just opened. What are you waiting for? |
| General: The Daily Quest - What Does the MMO Need? Posted: 01 Dec 2015 04:51 AM PST 
We're bringing back the Daily Quest today, this time with a burning question... what does the MMO genre need to keep moving forward? What features are essential to keep, and what is better left in the past? Click through and give us your answers in the comments! |
| Elite: Dangerous: Exploring the Great Unknown with Horizons Pt1 Beta Arrival Posted: 01 Dec 2015 03:59 AM PST 
Frontier has announced that the first part of the Elite: Dangerous expansion, Horizons - Planetary Exploration, is now in beta. Players in Horizons will be able to fly to, land on and explore planets all throughout the galaxy, both solo and with friends. |
| Runescape: It's December 1st - Christmas Has Arrived (Early!) Posted: 01 Dec 2015 12:51 AM PST 
Both the main and "old school" versions of RuneScape are starting the Christmas celebration right off the bat with the dawn of December. In the main game, players have a mini-questline to follow, an advent calendar to enjoy and Winter Weekends to look forward to. Old-School RuneScape players get to see the return of the Anti-Santa. |
| General: Just Cause 3 Isn't an RPG, But You Should Still Play It Posted: 30 Nov 2015 10:13 AM PST
Square Enix graciously offered us a chance to play Just Cause 3 ahead of its launch via Steam, citing that it's very much an open world RPG set in a modern setting. Now, we won't go so far to call it an RPG in a traditional sense, but there's so much fun to be had in this game that we can forgive its linear story and lunatic physics. It's a toy box of wonders for any kid who imagined blowing stuff up with his or her GI Joes for hours on end. |
| Order & Chaos 2: Redemption: First Update to Deploy Soon with New Changes & Features Posted: 30 Nov 2015 03:19 PM PST 
Fans of Order & Chaos 2: Redemption will be happy to hear that the first major update is soon to deploy that will include a bevy of updates to existing systems and some new features to boot. |
| Age of Conan: Unchained: Raid & Dungon Finder in the Works with PvE/PvP Arenas Posted: 30 Nov 2015 03:53 PM PST 
The latest Age of Conan Unchained letter has been published with some interesting news for players to look forward to in the coming months. |
| Blade & Soul: Assassin Week Sneaks Into the Limelight Posted: 30 Nov 2015 03:00 PM PST 
Assassins are masters of subtlety and stealth, no more than today when the Blade & Soul site was updated with the news that this week will be a full on preview of these wily combatants. The week kicks off with a new video and a highlight page that will be updated throughout the coming days. |
| Hero Zero: Enter to Win An iPad Air 2! Posted: 30 Nov 2015 02:15 PM PST 
MMORPG.com is very pleased to present this exclusive sweepstakes event! We have partnered with European Games Group to give away an iPad Air 2 16GB ($499.99 value)! As with all sweepstakes at MMORPG.com the more days you login to MMORPG.com the better your odds of winning! See official rules for details. |
| Albion Online: Founder's Pack Giveaway! Posted: 30 Nov 2015 12:50 PM PST 
The folks at Sandbox Interactive hooked us up with a number of founder's packs for Albion Online. |
| Gloria Victis: Full Alpha Released & What You Can Expect Posted: 30 Nov 2015 12:33 PM PST 
The last month of development of Gloria Victis has been very busy but extremely effective. The version 0.5 update - the biggest one so far - finally went live! This is one of the biggest achievements during the entire development process. |
| Camelot Unchained: Healer Forms Revealed Posted: 30 Nov 2015 08:04 AM PST 
The latest class archetype has been revealed on the Camelot Unchained site, the Healers. Healers, as with all classes in CU, come in three forms: Empath (Tuatha De Danann), Stonehealer (Viking) and Physician (Arthurian). |
| General: Durango - Nexon's Foray Into Mobile Survival MMOs Posted: 29 Nov 2015 01:51 PM PST
Two weeks ago, Nexon announced its first foray into the mobile survival MMO space with Durango. We caught up with the development team to see what Durango brings to the table and what features players can expect to find. See what they had to say. |
| General: To Ash - An RPG to Question One's Mortality Posted: 30 Nov 2015 07:56 AM PST
A new and quite different RPG is currently being developed by a therapist named Kyle Ballentine. The game is designed to give players pause to think of their character's, and perhaps their own, inevitable decline and their mortality. Rather than level up, players level down as they move through the game. As skills are lost, players rethink battles and strategies. |
| Fallout 4: Beware the Blow to the Head -- Blurred Vision Can Ensue Posted: 30 Nov 2015 07:46 AM PST 
According to a new post at Polygon, and on several other sites, there is a new bug flying around in Fallout 4 that causes players to come down with blurred vision after a critical hit to the head. Others report that vision becomes black-and-white. Regardless of the affliction, vision is only returned to normal using a stimpak. |
