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- Watch the fourth EVE Online video in the Clarion Call series
- Massively's ArcheAge launch diary: Day six - P2W and the early verdict
- Massively Interview: How Eleven is fighting to bring Glitch back
- Like WildStar music? There's a concert for that
- ArcheAge endeavors to quell queues, bugs
- The Daily Grind: What game are you sorta but not really following?
- The Stream Team: Win a Settler's Pack while touring Landmark
- Let the cuteness of MapleStory 2 woo you
- Latest TUG alpha video shows off Bronze Age update
- New burner missions scrap nearly 20,000 EVE Online ships, CCP happy with results
- World of Warships dev diary vid explains class mechanics
- World of Warcraft bumps up graphical settings
- The Goog wants to reintroduce you to its MMOARG Ingress
- Massively's ArcheAge launch diary: Day five - Random knowledge
- Forumgoers speculate on the name of SWTOR's next expansion
- Star Trek Online's Delta Rising arrives October 14th
- WildStar's housing gets huge with Drop 3
| Watch the fourth EVE Online video in the Clarion Call series Posted: 18 Sep 2014 11:00 AM PDT Filed under: Sci-Fi, Video, EVE Online, Culture, Events (In-Game), Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, PvP, News Items, Opinion, Sandbox, Player-Generated Content, Subscription  Continue reading Watch the fourth EVE Online video in the Clarion Call series
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| Massively's ArcheAge launch diary: Day six - P2W and the early verdict Posted: 18 Sep 2014 10:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Business Models, Game Mechanics, Launches, MMO Industry, New Titles, PvP, PvE, Opinion, Free-to-Play, Hands-On, First Impressions, ArcheAge, Sandbox  Pay-to-win is 100% subjective. There is no scientific or universally accepted definition of pay-to-win. Some things in this life are absolutes. Pay-to-win is not one of them. Continue reading Massively's ArcheAge launch diary: Day six - P2W and the early verdict
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| Massively Interview: How Eleven is fighting to bring Glitch back Posted: 18 Sep 2014 09:00 AM PDT Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Interviews, Free-to-Play  Of course, this doesn't mean that there isn't a huge mountain of obstacles to surmount, but if anyone's to do it it, it might very well be the Eleven team. We reached out to Project Lead Jim Condren and several members of his team to get a better feel for where the project is at and when we might be playing Glitch once more. Continue reading Massively Interview: How Eleven is fighting to bring Glitch back
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| Like WildStar music? There's a concert for that Posted: 18 Sep 2014 08:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Culture, Events (Real-World), MMO Industry, News Items, Miscellaneous, WildStar, Music  Composer Jeff Kurtenacker blogged that he is "absolutely honored to announce that the GameOn concert in Krakow, Poland, will be premiering a new arrangement of Our Perception of Beauty (Drusera's Theme), which [he] composed for the MMO WildStar by Carbine Studios." According to Kurtenacker, this concert will mark "first time WildStar music will be played in a concert setting"; he also notes that flutist Sara Andon, spotlighted throughout the WildStar score, will again perform at the concert. Music from World of Warcraft, League of Legends, and other games will also be featured. Kurtenacker spoke to Massively's resident Jukebox Hero last year about his work on WildStar. He has since released several exclusive and free music tracks for players.
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| ArcheAge endeavors to quell queues, bugs Posted: 18 Sep 2014 07:00 AM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Bugs, Business Models, Launches, New Titles, News Items, Free-to-Play, ArcheAge, Sandbox  Trion also says that it is working on fixes for Patron status bugs, having "deployed a fix for accounts that were missing their Patron Time after this morning's NA server maintenance." Community Manager Scapes says a relog after server-up is necessary. EU's fix should be in now as well, tweeted Trion CEO Scott Hartsman.
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| The Daily Grind: What game are you sorta but not really following? Posted: 18 Sep 2014 06:00 AM PDT Filed under: MMO Industry, New Titles, Opinion, The Daily Grind, World of Warships  The point is, I'm kinda sorta interested in WoWS but it's still somewhat on the periphery of my gaming vision. What about you, Massively readers? Is there a game that you're semi-anticipating but not really following? Or am I just crazy?  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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| The Stream Team: Win a Settler's Pack while touring Landmark Posted: 17 Sep 2014 06:00 PM PDT Filed under: Betas, Video, Contests, Free-to-Play, Livestream, Sandbox, Housing, The Stream Team, Player-Generated Content, Landmark  Game: Landmark Host: MJ Guthrie Date: Wednesday, September 17th, 2014 Time: 8:00 p.m. EDT Enjoy our Stream Team video below. Continue reading The Stream Team: Win a Settler's Pack while touring Landmark
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| Let the cuteness of MapleStory 2 woo you Posted: 17 Sep 2014 05:00 PM PDT Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Video, MapleStory, Free-to-Play  So what do you think about the blocky landscape? Is it perfect for the MapleStory setting or too reminiscent of the Minecraft crowd? Also, how has this entire population not killed itself for a lack of handrails next to bottomless drops into the sunshiney abyss? [Thanks to Lunian and Dystopiq for the tip!] Continue reading Let the cuteness of MapleStory 2 woo you
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| Latest TUG alpha video shows off Bronze Age update Posted: 17 Sep 2014 04:00 PM PDT Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Video, Game Mechanics, News Items, Sandbox, Crafting  Of course, before you can use the ore you first have to find and mine it; ores will generate from certain rock materials and players find them by deleting rocks with their building too. And thanks to the addition of a larger 2x2x2 building cube, mining (and building) is made easier. To switch between the cube sizes, scroll the mouse wheel while holding Shift. Get a glimpse of all these shiny new tools in the video below. Continue reading Latest TUG alpha video shows off Bronze Age update
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| New burner missions scrap nearly 20,000 EVE Online ships, CCP happy with results Posted: 17 Sep 2014 03:00 PM PDT Filed under: Sci-Fi, EVE Online, Patches, Previews, Dev Diaries, Sandbox  Due to the embrace of these missions, CCP is prepping a new batch of burner missions for September 30th. These new burners, believe it or not, will be even tougher than the current ones, working in teams of three against players. CCP will be putting these missions on the test servers later this week.
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| World of Warships dev diary vid explains class mechanics Posted: 17 Sep 2014 02:00 PM PDT Filed under: Historical, Real-Life, Video, Classes, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, New Titles, PvP, News Items, War, World of Warships  Wargaming explains why it opted to simplify real-world fleet logistics like fuel and aircraft management. It currently takes 30 seconds for a six-plane squadron to refit on the deck of a carrier, and once a flight has expended its ammunition, the video says it will immediately return to the mothership rather than continue to fly about. Those are just a couple of the gameplay and balance considerations illuminated in today's diary. Click past the cut if you'd like to watch the whole thing. Continue reading World of Warships dev diary vid explains class mechanics
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| World of Warcraft bumps up graphical settings Posted: 17 Sep 2014 01:30 PM PDT Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, Expansions, Dev Diaries, Subscription  "In short, we're taking strides to improve the performance of World of Warcraft, while also ensuring there's plenty of potential to further increase graphical fidelity and enhance our support of high-end CPUs and graphics hardware," the studio posted. Blizzard said that the changes represent the team "thinking long-term" for the game.
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| The Goog wants to reintroduce you to its MMOARG Ingress Posted: 17 Sep 2014 01:00 PM PDT Filed under: Real-Life, Trailers, Video, Culture, Events (Real-World), Game Mechanics, PvP, News Items, War, Mobile, Miscellaneous, Player-Generated Content  Remember Ingress, the Google/Niantic Labs augmented reality pseudo-MMO that ensured my husband's old commute home took twice as long every day because he really had to swing over to the park to take it from the smurfs?OK, maybe that's just my house. Google has put Ingress in headlines again this week with a brand-new tutorial video meant to introduce newcomers to the strangely addicting game. "Ingress is a giant game of capture the flag where you play a video game but in real life," declares a montage of whom we are left to assume are players. "Ingress is like FourSquare meets Geocaching meets giant game of Risk, where the board is like the surface of the earth." We've included the intro video below; the game is as always available for free on both the Apple and Android mobile stores. Go green team. Continue reading The Goog wants to reintroduce you to its MMOARG Ingress
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| Massively's ArcheAge launch diary: Day five - Random knowledge Posted: 17 Sep 2014 12:30 PM PDT Filed under: Fantasy, Game Mechanics, Launches, MMO Industry, New Titles, PvP, PvE, Opinion, Hands-On, First Impressions, ArcheAge, Sandbox  I'm aware that some people had disconnect issues and nightmare two-hour login queues on the 16th. I did not have much trouble with either, presumably because of my Patron account status regarding the latter. Trion does have some work to do, though, as I noticed a lot of slow-down in high-traffic areas throughout much of my play session last night, and I also logged into a black screen more than once and had to re-queue as a result. In other words, it was a typical MMO launch day. I've seen better, but I've also seen far, far worse. Continue reading Massively's ArcheAge launch diary: Day five - Random knowledge
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| Forumgoers speculate on the name of SWTOR's next expansion Posted: 17 Sep 2014 12:00 PM PDT Filed under: Sci-Fi, Expansions, Free-to-Play, Star Wars: The Old Republic, MMORPG  Forumgoers speculate that it stands for "Shadow of Revan," although some runners up are "Spawn of Revan" or "Shroud of Revan." Unfortunately, BioWare is not commenting on the name just yet, but that gives players room to continue speculating. Maybe it's "Same Old Revan" or "So, Obviously Revan." Look for more information regarding the new expansion later this month.
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| Star Trek Online's Delta Rising arrives October 14th Posted: 17 Sep 2014 11:36 AM PDT Filed under: Sci-Fi, Expansions, Game Mechanics, Patches, News Items, Star Trek Online, Free-to-Play, Crafting, Subscription  Developers have also released a new dev blog detailing equipment in the expansion. One of the simple rules of existence is that when Delta Rising goes live, a lot of your old equipment in Star Trek Online is going to be a lot less relevant. There's no way around it. A jump in the level cap that leads to Mark XIV equipment naturally makes Mark XI stuff less potent by comparison. But rather than forcing you to earn a whole new set of loot, the expansion's upgrade system for gear should allow you to take an old favorite and bring it up to par. Players can buy, trade, or craft upgrade kits, which add a certain number of tech points to an item being upgraded. Once enough tech points are acquired, a small dilithium fee is paid and the item can be upgraded to the next rank, possibly increasing in quality along the way. For more details on how to accelerate the procedure, check out the full blog entry; it looks as if you won't have to say farewell to all of your old equipment after all. Continue reading Star Trek Online's Delta Rising arrives October 14th
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| WildStar's housing gets huge with Drop 3 Posted: 17 Sep 2014 11:00 AM PDT Filed under: Sci-Fi, Video, Patches, Previews, Housing, Subscription  In yesterday's Nexus Report, the team answered many housing questions and outlined some of the big changes coming with Drop 3. When it hits, players will be able to place up to 1,000 decor items both indoors and outdoors, which is an increase from the current 300 exterior and 800 interior limits. Other improvements include musical selection, more lights, separate sharing privileges for gardens, and a blank housing choice. The team has also been discussing new base terrains and the ability to move FABkits around. We've got the full video for you after the break, so chow down! [Thanks to Greg for the tip!] Continue reading WildStar's housing gets huge with Drop 3
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