MMO Updates |
- Guns of Icarus Online launches its airships along with a trailer
- Watch Nathan Fillion, Wil Wheaton, and Felicia Day play Firefall
- Trion releases RIFT's new Storm Legion dungeon to pre-order customers
- New Bless trailer, gameplay video boast impressive world design
- Aeria highlights Scarlet Blade's skimpy armor
- The Firing Line: Exclusive Blacklight Retribution Evac Q&A
- The Daily Grind: What would your role trinity look like?
- Take a peek at graphical updates for SWTOR update 1.5
- Not So Massively: Golden Joysticks, new heroes, and insane character builds
- Captain's Log: More Season Seven stuff for Star Trek Online
- Leaderboard: Dynamic events vs. investigation quests
- MechWarrior Online: The story of how one MMO got crowd-funded without Kickstarter
- SOE snags Project Copernicus lead dev for Vanguard
- Wings Over Atreia: Aion's classy balancing act
- Age of Wushu China begins selling skills
| Guns of Icarus Online launches its airships along with a trailer Posted: 30 Oct 2012 10:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Sci-fi, Trailers, Launches, New titles, News items, Free-to-play, Browser  Howard Tsao, owner of Muse Games, emphasized that the launch is only the beginning. He stated, "We have a great many promises yet to fulfill over the coming months as we continue to add content and improve player experience. The game is fun, making it even more fun will be our priority from this point forward and everything from new ships, weapons, costumes, maps, game modes, and PvE content is coming." Check out some images of the newly-launched game in the gallery below, and catch a glimpse of the action in the trailer after the break. [Source: Muse Games press release] Continue reading Guns of Icarus Online launches its airships along with a trailer
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| Watch Nathan Fillion, Wil Wheaton, and Felicia Day play Firefall Posted: 30 Oct 2012 09:00 AM PDT Filed under: Betas, Sci-fi, Video, Events, real-world, New titles, Patches, News items, Free-to-play, Firefall  Last week, the studio livestreamed FireFall Fest, an event depicting a number of celebrities -- Nathan Fillion, Wil Wheaton, and Felicia Day, to name just a few -- playing FireFall along with the community. But even if you missed an episode or two, Red 5 has saved the recordings for your viewing pleasure. Check out the highlight reels of day one and day six after the break, then head to the official site for links to watch the full two-plus-hour videos for each day. FireFall is also offering fans a special Halloween patch. Along with spooky masks and other appropriate decor, beta players will find new monsters to kill and new abilities to use. For a full list of all of the Halloween goodies, head to the patch notes. Continue reading Watch Nathan Fillion, Wil Wheaton, and Felicia Day play Firefall
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| Trion releases RIFT's new Storm Legion dungeon to pre-order customers Posted: 30 Oct 2012 08:30 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Game mechanics, MMO industry, News items, PvE, RIFT, Promotions, Dungeons  Exodus of the Storm Queen is a five-player affair that features the usual boss fights, monsters, and epic loot as well as the chance to see Crucia escape from her icy prison. [Source: Trion press release]
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| New Bless trailer, gameplay video boast impressive world design Posted: 30 Oct 2012 08:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Trailers, Video, Game mechanics, MMO industry, New titles, News items  Steparu has also published a seven-minute gameplay video that shows off character creation, combat, and more. This last clip is of the point-a-camera-at-the-screen-and-press-record variety, but Bless' visuals and world design are no less impressive. See for yourself after the break. Continue reading New Bless trailer, gameplay video boast impressive world design
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| Aeria highlights Scarlet Blade's skimpy armor Posted: 30 Oct 2012 07:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Sci-fi, MMO industry, New titles, News items, Free-to-play  This time around the firm is giving players 50v50 and 80v80 PvP as well as control of what it calls "eye-catching heroines" and "exhilarating combat." The former gets more play in the company's latest press release, which states that Scarlet Blade's all-female cast is "so adept at combat that they can hold their own even in the scarcest attire." Closed beta signups are now live on the game's official website. [Source: Aeria Games press release]
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| The Firing Line: Exclusive Blacklight Retribution Evac Q&A Posted: 30 Oct 2012 06:30 AM PDT Filed under: Sci-fi, Game mechanics, Interviews, MMO industry, PvP, News items, Free-to-play, The Firing Line  Join us after the cut for an exclusive chat with Zombie devs on that and more. Continue reading The Firing Line: Exclusive Blacklight Retribution Evac Q&A
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| The Daily Grind: What would your role trinity look like? Posted: 30 Oct 2012 06:00 AM PDT Filed under: Game mechanics, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Miscellaneous, Dungeons  But maybe you feel that there's a better way to split up roles. Maybe you think healers are outmoded but the rest of the trinity can stay, or that tanks, DPS, and control would be more interesting to play. Or perhaps you'd like to see DPS go the way of the dinosaur along with healers. If you had the opportunity to design your game of choice, what sort of trinity would you design? Or would you stick with the old standby?  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!
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| Take a peek at graphical updates for SWTOR update 1.5 Posted: 29 Oct 2012 06:00 PM PDT Filed under: Sci-fi, Patches, News items, Free-to-play, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Dev Diaries  It's time to start getting excited for Star Wars: The Old Republic's upcoming 1.5 update. In order to whet your appetite for change, Senior Technical Artist Ben Cloward has graced fans with a glimpse of one of the big graphical changes that'll be coming in with the patch. Foliage is going to be a lot more beautiful and realistic. Instead of looking solid and therefore unnaturally dark when viewed against the sun, players with their Shader Complexity set to High will notice that leaves and grass will be moderately translucent, allowing sunlight to filter through them. While this may be but one small step for graphics, it's joined by "some even better improvements in the pipe," according to Cloward. Head on over to the official post to preview the change.
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| Not So Massively: Golden Joysticks, new heroes, and insane character builds Posted: 29 Oct 2012 04:00 PM PDT Filed under: Betas, Video, Game mechanics, New titles, Patches, PvP, News items, Free-to-play, Dev Diaries, Not So Massively, MOBA, League of Legends, Diablo III  League of Legends was voted the runner-up for the Golden Joystick Best MMO award despite the fact that it's not an MMO. Developers revealed some interesting updates for the game's 3v3 Twisted Treeline battleground, and officially released a new champion named Elise the Spider Queen. Heroes of Newerth revealed its own new hero this week, an adorable support character called Pearl the Bubble Mage. Dota 2 added classic hero Centaur in this week's beta update, and Rise of Immortals published some more details of its upcoming Battle for Graxia revamp. Guardians of Middle-Earth revealed its newest combatants this week, fearless warrior Éowyn and ruthless Orc warlord Mozgog. Finally, Blacklight: Retribution raised its level cap to 40 in preparation for the upcoming Evacuation update. Continue reading Not So Massively: Golden Joysticks, new heroes, and insane character builds
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| Captain's Log: More Season Seven stuff for Star Trek Online Posted: 29 Oct 2012 03:00 PM PDT Filed under: Sci-fi, Game mechanics, Patches, PvE, Opinion, Star Trek Online, Free-to-play, Captain's Log  The first blog reveals more information about the back story of the budding colony on Mol'Rihan (New Romulus). Two more blogs detail the new reputation systems that will be released in Season Seven and finally, a fourth blog discloses more information about the new Embassy Outpost project that will be a part of the existing Fleet Starbase System. Continue reading Captain's Log: More Season Seven stuff for Star Trek Online
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| Leaderboard: Dynamic events vs. investigation quests Posted: 29 Oct 2012 02:30 PM PDT Filed under: Game mechanics, Opinion, Guild Wars 2, The Secret World, Miscellaneous, Leaderboard  The Secret World went in a very different direction with the same goal of mixing up the final experience. Not every quest is a matter of just clicking the right stuff in the right places. There are quests where the answer lies behind a puzzle, something to challenge the mind of the player rather than just your character's murdering arm. In the case of the former, dynamic events keep areas feeling fresh time after time, but they've also garnered some criticism for their simplicity or awkwardness compared to normal quests. On the other hand, the latter is pretty stagnant the second time you're solving the same puzzle, but it offers you a mental tease you don't always get from MMOs. So which do you think is the more interesting breakout? Dynamic events or investigation quests? Continue reading Leaderboard: Dynamic events vs. investigation quests
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| MechWarrior Online: The story of how one MMO got crowd-funded without Kickstarter Posted: 29 Oct 2012 02:00 PM PDT Filed under: Betas, Business models, MMO industry, News items, Free-to-play, MMOFPS, MechWarrior Online  Kickstarter is kind of A Thing now. Oodles of companies are turning to it for all their crowd-funding needs, to varying levels of success. MechWarrior Online has distinguished itself by raising over $5 million in crowd-funding without touching Kickstarter. If not Kickstarter, where could all that money have come from? Fans, of course! MWO has the advantage of belonging to an existing franchise with fans, and those fans bought over 70,000 of the game's Founder's packages. The Founder's program allowed fans to buy in at any of three price levels ($30, $60, and $120) with varying perks at each level. Nick Foster, CEO of Infinite Game Publishing's parent company 7G Entertainment, explained some of the rationale behind this approach to funding. "The product will be a lot better for players because of the crowdfunding. It's allowed us to maintain a higher level of ongoing development in the product than if we were waiting for momentum to build immediately after going live. In the next few months, we'll be able to release a lot more features." MWO hit open beta today, which means you have the perfect opportunity to see for yourself whether they put fans' funds to good use. To read more about MWO's road to funding, check out Gamasutra's full article.
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| SOE snags Project Copernicus lead dev for Vanguard Posted: 29 Oct 2012 01:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Interviews, MMO industry, Vanguard, Free-to-play  Danuser is seemingly delighted with his new post: "I must say it's great to be back. Seeing so many old friends and colleagues again, it feels like coming home!" He mentions that some of the video game influences in his life that led him to development included Atari 2600 games and the Ultima series. In fact, one of the reasons he states that he enjoys Vanguard is that it captures "the qualities of classic RPGs." The biggest priority for Danuser and the rest of the Vanguard team is to improve the overall experience across the board, including bug fixes, hardware performance, and to revamp older content. [Thanks to John for the tip!]
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| Wings Over Atreia: Aion's classy balancing act Posted: 29 Oct 2012 12:00 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Aion, Classes, Expansions, Patches, Opinion, Free-to-play, Wings Over Atreia  Basically, NCsoft is evil! I had no interest in a musically minded class, none at all... until the Troubadour announcement last week. A healer! Come on, that's not fair; healing classes are my favorite, my passion, my calling in life. Short of a second Aion account, what in Atreia do I do now? This is not a good predicament for the decisionally challenged. Thankfully, at least I know I have no interest in the third class. No, really -- this time I mean it! I know, because even though I gave it a shot once before, I just have no desire to play a tank. And how do I know it is a tank? Elementary, my dear Daeva. Continue reading Wings Over Atreia: Aion's classy balancing act
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| Age of Wushu China begins selling skills Posted: 29 Oct 2012 11:00 AM PDT Filed under: Business models, Economy, News items, Free-to-play, Age of Wushu  Age of Wushu China has added a new sort of item to its cash shop: exclusive skills. While the game's PvP is theoretically more about strategy and cunning movement, a couple extra shiny skills couldn't hurt, right? Players can now drop meatspace currency on the in-game skills 18 Dragons Subduing Palms and Wild Ball Fists. Purchasing the skills through the cash shop will unlock the early levels of the skills, while players will have to work in-game to keep improving them. Naturally, these skills come with unique animations to up the flash factor. While this has only been put into effect for Age of Wushu China, it'll be interesting to see whether or not this decision filters over to Snail Games USA's cash shop decisions once the game releases in the US. Skip below the cut to see videos of these bad boys in action. Continue reading Age of Wushu China begins selling skills
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