Virtual World News
Filed under: Fantasy, EverQuest II, Opinion, Free-to-play, The Tattered Notebook
For the second week in a row, it's what's going on outside of the game rather than in-game that's topping the headlines, and The Tattered Notebook is ready for the roundup! From poll results to pathing to hints about Game Update 63, we'll look at the highlights below the cut.
Continue reading The Tattered Notebook: In like a lion, out like a dragon
The Tattered Notebook: In like a lion, out like a dragon originally appeared on Massively on Sat, 03 Mar 2012 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Filed under: Opinion, The Daily Grind, Miscellaneous
Whatever the reason, most of us have made that choice to delete MMOs from our hard drive when we no longer play them. With so many choices out there today, the decision to sever ties gets easier and easier. So what's the most recent game you've deleted from your hard drive? Let us know in the comment below!
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 MMO have you recently deleted from your hard drive? originally appeared on Massively on Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Filed under: Betas, Sci-fi, Video, Business models, Game mechanics, MMO industry, New titles, PvP, Opinion, Free-to-play
Buh-what?
Yeah, it is strange to think that the company responsible for Rusty Hearts, Ether Saga Odyssey, and about 20 million other free-to-play MMOs has finally jumped onto the FPS bandwagon. While PWE is publishing Blacklight: Retribution, though, design and development of the spiffy sci-fi action title comes courtesy of Zombie Studios.
Continue reading The Firing Line: Blacklight: Retribution open beta impressions
The Firing Line: Blacklight: Retribution open beta impressions originally appeared on Massively on Fri, 02 Mar 2012 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Trailers, Video, Game mechanics, MMO industry, New titles, News items, Free-to-play
If you missed the E3 announcement, RaiderZ features a "responsive real-time battle system" that necessitates evading and blocking as well as striking and destroying. The game also boasts more than 350 skills and a classless advancement system designed to let players make their own way across its extensive open world.
You can register for the alpha at the official RaiderZ website, and don't forget to take a look at the new trailer after the cut.
[Source: Perfect World press release]
Continue reading RaiderZ alpha test coming March 14th, new trailer released
RaiderZ alpha test coming March 14th, new trailer released originally appeared on Massively on Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, MMO industry, New titles, News items, Dawntide, Sandbox
According to an update on Dawntide's official website, that hiatus is now going to last quite a bit longer because the dev team has run out of funding. "We're still working on finding new investors, but this will take time. In the meanwhile, we have officially stopped all development," the announcement says. "We hope to be able to resume it in the not too distant future, but as of right now we cannot say when that will be or whether it indeed happen at all."
[Thanks to Mersault for the tip!]
Dawntide development officially on hiatus originally appeared on Massively on Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
- Source: Announcement
Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, MMO industry, New titles, News items, Free-to-play
MMO Culture says that Sirius Entertainment, the game's original developer, "deemed that various ongoing critical bugs and server instability could not be solved." The site also reports that all players who purchased cash shop items will receive refunds.
We've reached out to Aeria Games (Lime Odyssey's North American publisher) for a comment on the status of the North American version.
Lime Odyssey shutting down in Korea originally appeared on Massively on Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
- Source: MMO Culture
Filed under: EVE Online, Game mechanics, Interviews, MMO industry, New titles, News items, MMOFPS, DUST 514
Dr. Derek Smart is hard at work on the MMO interview circuit lately, and his sit-down with Massively a couple of weeks ago was only the beginning. The head honcho of Quest Online and 3000AD recently checked in with Rock, Paper, Shotgun to talk up the merits of his Line of Defense MMOFPS. He also had a few choice words for genre competitors like CCP's upcoming EVE Online sidequel."DUST 514, that's just going to fail," Smart opines. "There's no ifs, maybes or buts about it. The proper way I think that would have been done would have been to do an EVE sequel and bolt DUST 514 into it."
He doesn't stop there, though, and he goes on to say that folks who call EVE a space combat game "need to be taken out back and shot." It's a lengthy read, and Smart drops a few Line of Defense gameplay-related nuggets here or there, so head to RPS for all the details.
Derek Smart on Line of Defense (and its competition) originally appeared on Massively on Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
- Source: RPS
Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Horror, MMO industry, New titles, News items, The Secret World
As such, Funcom has just announced the creation of two new websites for its French- and German-speaking fan communities. Both portals will be managed by dedicated community teams, and the new sites can be accessed at the direct links above or via the language selector on the main Secret World website.
Funcom's horror-conspiracy MMO is scheduled to launch on June 19th.
[Source: Funcom press release]
Funcom launches official German and French websites for The Secret World originally appeared on Massively on Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Filed under: Opinion, Free-to-play, Browser, Mobile, Hands-on, Casual, MMORTS, Miscellaneous, MMObility
Still, they are MMOs. I love having access to them, and over the last year I have actually grown to love simple, clever design and basic artwork over almost anything else. Forget Guild Wars 2; we'll hear enough about that to make us choke. Sure, it might be a fun game, but I'm a tech guy from the Bizarro universe. I prefer to see how little tech I need to game with. I want to push the limits even lower.
Anyway, it's springtime here in Texas, so it's time to clean out all sorts of crap from my life. I organize all of my hundreds of songs, films, movies and art pieces and get my digital life in order as well. This process includes tweaking my current line-up of basic technology and downloading any updates for the games that exist on those devices. It's time to cull the weak and glorify the wonderful.
Continue reading MMObility: The 16 MMOs in my pocket
MMObility: The 16 MMOs in my pocket originally appeared on Massively on Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Filed under: MMO industry, News items, Free-to-play, Mobile
Next up on the list is Tuff Tanks, a "turn-based artillery shooter set in a colorful world of monsters and tanks." The turn-based title will be familiar to fans of the Worms series, and it will allow players to face off against computer opponents or against one another. The third and final release title for Aeria Mobile is known as Armygeddon, "a turn-based military strategy game set in a near-future setting that features episodic single-player content and asynchronous multiplayer combat." So if you need to get your gaming fix on the go, Aeria Games has you covered. To check out the library and find out how to get your hands on the games for yourselves, just click on through the link below to the official Aeria Mobile site.
[Source: Aeria Games press release]
Aeria Games unveils Aeria Mobile, inaugural titles originally appeared on Massively on Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.