MMO Updates

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• Ask Massively: The one where we talk about our 2014 awards
• TUG's investment deal goes through
• One Shots: A prince among men
• The Daily Grind: What's the ideal crafting style for an MMO?
• The Stream Team: Christmas and conspiracies in The Secret World
• The Think Tank: The best Massively content of 2014

Ask Massively: The one where we talk about our 2014 awards Posted: 26 Dec 2014 09:00 AM PST Filed under: Culture, Events (Real-World), MMO Industry, Opinion, Massively Meta, Ask Massively, Miscellaneous Massively's 2014 awards series is over, but we like to go back and take a look at the reader polls and some of the big questions and neat comments that arose during the course of our rollout because many of our awards were contentious, as they are every year. It'd be no fun if they weren't, I suppose. Allow us to pontificate, and in the course of the review, we'll try to answer some frequently asked questions as well. Continue reading Ask Massively: The one where we talk about our 2014 awards Ask Massively: The one where we talk about our 2014 awards originally appeared on Massively on Fri, 26 Dec 2014 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

TUG's investment deal goes through Posted: 26 Dec 2014 08:00 AM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Video, MMO Industry, News Items, Sandbox After all the stress that TUG went through with a series of layoffs and funding issues, it almost seemed like too much to hope that Nerd Kingdom would actually secure the investors they were looking for. But good news does come around this time of year. The game has its additional funding secure, which means that it's out of the woods, at least for now. The multiplayer portion of the game continues in heavy development (there's a preview video just past the break) and supporters are implored to really go to town and help find bugs in that build. Players are also encouraged to check out the Nerd Kingdom booth at the upcoming PAX South. It's good news for fans of what the game is now and what it could eventually become, so keep your eyes peeled and breathe a sigh of relief that the money from the sky actually came through. Continue reading TUG's investment deal goes through TUG's investment deal goes through originally appeared on Massively on Fri, 26 Dec 2014 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments Source: Kickstarter update

One Shots: A prince among men Posted: 26 Dec 2014 07:00 AM PST Filed under: Screenshots, Culture, Guild Wars 2, One Shots, Miscellaneous Trust me, we're getting somewhere with putting out all of these neglected screenshot submissions from earlier this year! Today's attractive One Shot comes from reader Skorry, who can't help but look amazing anywhere he goes. "I took a break from adventuring to admire the artwork inside the Central Plaza in Divinity's Reach with my elementalist, Mirka Wallace," Skorry writes. "I swung my camera around and, through the oddities of Guild Wars 2's third-person view, found I had randomly struck a fantastic view of him standing in front of the Royal Palace. Massive screenshotting ensued. In my opinion, this was the best of the lot, just a pretty noble boy posing regal in the symbol of Krytan majesty." Want to be featured in a future edition of One Shots? Send your favorite MMO screenshots to oneshots@massively.com, and don't forget to include your name, the name of the game, and a description of the scene. Large, colorful, UI-free shots that tell a story and really show off the game make for the best images. Look ma, we brought back One Shots! One Shots: A prince among men originally appeared on Massively on Fri, 26 Dec 2014 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

The Daily Grind: What's the ideal crafting style for an MMO? Posted: 26 Dec 2014 05:00 AM PST Filed under: Economy, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Miscellaneous, Crafting There's a lot of hate for "clicky" crafting in MMOs -- you know, the old "click a button, crafted item pops into your bag" trope. I'd call it the World of Warcraft style, but MMOs all the way back to Ultima Online did crafting that way. And this might sound crazy, but even as a hardcore crafter, I don't actually mind it. Everything in a video game comes down to clicking or mousing or typing. What matters to me is whether the crafting itself matters in the game. Even though the final combine in Star Wars Galaxies amounted to clicking a button and having something pop into my bag, there was a whole chain of resource collecting and experimentation and component creation and luck along the way, and since the economy was player-driven, most of what I was making had relevance to other players. Personally, I'll take that plus simple clicking over a time-wasting, irritating minigame-style of crafting any day, but I'd love to see innovation in how we craft too. What do you think -- what's the ideal crafting style for an MMO? 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's the ideal crafting style for an MMO? originally appeared on Massively on Fri, 26 Dec 2014 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

The Stream Team: Christmas and conspiracies in The Secret World Posted: 25 Dec 2014 06:00 PM PST Filed under: Horror, Real-Life, Video, Events (In-Game), The Secret World, Livestream, The Stream Team, Buy-to-Play You might think of Halloween as the holiday in The Secret World, but Christmas is pretty awesome, too! And this year's event is a Christmas Conspiracy that brings together all the familiar elements of the season in the way only TSW can -- with Krampuses and Mayans to boot. Massively's MJ has received gift tickets to a performance of The Magic Flute at the Albion Theatre, and she's inviting you along to watch the show and see where this conspiracy leads. Join us live at 9:00 p.m. for the special Christmas night performance. Warning: Spoilers are guaranteed! Game: The Secret World Host: MJ Guthrie Date: Thursday, December 25th, 2014 Time: 9:00 p.m. EST Enjoy our Stream Team video below. Continue reading The Stream Team: Christmas and conspiracies in The Secret World The Stream Team: Christmas and conspiracies in The Secret World originally appeared on Massively on Thu, 25 Dec 2014 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

The Think Tank: The best Massively content of 2014 Posted: 25 Dec 2014 01:00 PM PST Filed under: Culture, MMO Industry, Opinion, Massively Meta, Miscellaneous, The Think Tank Massively reader Hagu recently wrote to us and suggested that "when the holiday doldrums" arrive and we're "filling with retrospectives" we consider doing one on our most important articles of the year, the ones we really wish developers or players would read and really take to heart. So that's what we're doing in today's Think Tank: I asked each writer to pick one article that he or she wrote this year that marks his or her very favorite, best, or most important work. Since we are writers, most of us couldn't just pick one, and I'm not about to stop us. We'd love to hear you sound off on your favorite content of the year as well (it helps tell us what we should do more of). Happy holidays! Continue reading The Think Tank: The best Massively content of 2014 The Think Tank: The best Massively content of 2014 originally appeared on Massively on Thu, 25 Dec 2014 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

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