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- PAX South 2015: Notes from a Star Citizen town hall
- PAX South 2015: Guild Wars 2's Heart of Thorns is an expansion
- PAX South 2015: Garriott and Long talk Shroud of the Avatar
- WRUP: Dropping all the subs
- The Daily Grind: What's your favorite archer class?
- Here's a trailer from that Borderlands thing you'll never play
- Betawatch: January 17 - 23, 2015
- PAX South 2015: Hangin' with Frontier, playin' Elite on the Oculus Rift
- DayZ has sold over 3 million early access copies
- TUG's multiplayer goes live
- City of Titans explains its prototyping process
- The Stream Team: Analyzing ArcheAge's latest update
- Marvel Heroes hands out free cows and plans team-up revamp
- RuneScape's sub fee hike goes into effect March 1st
| PAX South 2015: Notes from a Star Citizen town hall Posted: 24 Jan 2015 09:00 AM PST Filed under: Sci-Fi, Culture, Events (Real-World), Events (Massively's Coverage), Sandbox, Crowdfunding, Star Citizen, MMORPG, Buy-to-Play  One has to respect a development team willing to spend the entire day with its community (for a nominal fee, of course). I'm sure Star Citizens were absolutely amped to pay the same amount of money as a PAX day pass to hang out with CI all day. Unfortunately, I attended only the evening town hall with Chris Roberts, which I would describe as impenetrable to anyone without a license to pilot one of Star Citizen's $350 ships. I did take some notes. I will try to parse them here. Continue reading PAX South 2015: Notes from a Star Citizen town hall
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| PAX South 2015: Guild Wars 2's Heart of Thorns is an expansion Posted: 24 Jan 2015 08:35 AM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Events (Real-World), Previews, News Items, Guild Wars 2, Events (Massively's Coverage), Buy-to-Play  Speaking from a packed main theater at PAX South 2015, ANet President Mike O'Brien formally confirmed the rumored expansion, saying it will take players "deep into the heart of the Maguuma jungle" and will avoid traditional expansion powercreep and gear treadmills by not raising the level cap. The expansion will introduce new group challenges, new profession specializations, and an account-based "masteries" system for character progression through the new territories. Game Director Colin Johanson told cheering fans that new legendary weapons and precursors are inbound, as are epic quests that help players acquire their precursors. The expansion will include one new class, the Revenant, which is a heavy armor class that channels the spirits of the mists and famous characters from Guild Wars lore. Each existing class will receive new mechanics and weapons that "fundamentally" change how they play; for example, Rangers can become druids and Necromancers will be able to use greatswords. WvW will also finally get some love. Massively's Larry Everett and Mike Foster are live at the event; we'll have more from San Antonio later this afternoon. Fans can follow the festivities on Twitch.  Massively's on the ground in San Antonio during the weekend of January 23rd to January 25th, bringing you all the best news from PAX South 2015. Whether you're dying to know more about Guild Wars 2's Heart of Thorns, hoping to catch a glimpse of Elite: Dangerous on the Oculus Rift, or angling for some rumors from the SWTOR cantina crawl, you can bet we'll have it covered!
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| PAX South 2015: Garriott and Long talk Shroud of the Avatar Posted: 24 Jan 2015 08:00 AM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Events (Real-World), Interviews, MMO Industry, PvE, Hands-On, Roleplaying, Events (Massively's Coverage), Sandbox, Crafting, Crowdfunding, Player-Generated Content, Shroud of the Avatar, MMORPG  The plan worked. Shroud of the Avatar pulled $1.9 million on Kickstarter alone, almost doubling its $1 million funding goal. Since then, the team has been hard at work bringing Garriott's vision to life (and keeping backers happy). I spoke with Garriott on the PAX South 2015 show floor about crowdfunding, loot, and the mistakes of the modern RPG. I also got to play a bit of SOTA with the help of executive producer Starr Long, who kindly did not make fun of me when I was killed by the second mob in the demo. Continue reading PAX South 2015: Garriott and Long talk Shroud of the Avatar
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| Posted: 24 Jan 2015 07:00 AM PST Filed under: Massively Meta, Miscellaneous  Continue reading WRUP: Dropping all the subs
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| The Daily Grind: What's your favorite archer class? Posted: 24 Jan 2015 05:00 AM PST Filed under: Classes, Culture, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Miscellaneous  But if I had to pick a favorite, it would have to be Dungeons and Dragon Online's Bard. I equipped her with a heavy repeating crossbow, and being able to man the medieval equivalent of an automatic rifle was strangely satisfying. Plus, crossbows do not get a lot of play in MMOs for some reason. Do you have a favorite archer class, and if so, what was it?  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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| Here's a trailer from that Borderlands thing you'll never play Posted: 23 Jan 2015 06:00 PM PST Filed under: Betas, Sci-Fi, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, New Titles, PvP, News Items  MMO Culture reports that Borderlands started its "technical test" today. It also says that the game is an "instance-based online shooter," so really you aren't missing too much if you're a fan of the original series and its open world ethos. Continue reading Here's a trailer from that Borderlands thing you'll never play
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| Betawatch: January 17 - 23, 2015 Posted: 23 Jan 2015 05:00 PM PST Filed under: Betas, Business Models, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, News Items, Massively Meta, Betawatch, Miscellaneous, Crowdfunding 
Continue reading Betawatch: January 17 - 23, 2015
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| PAX South 2015: Hangin' with Frontier, playin' Elite on the Oculus Rift Posted: 23 Jan 2015 04:00 PM PST Filed under: Sci-Fi, Events (Real-World), Interviews, PvE, Hands-On, Events (Massively's Coverage), Sandbox, Crowdfunding, Elite: Dangerous, Buy-to-Play  Thus, I jumped at the chance to check Elite out again at PAX South 2015, this time with the experience enhanced by a rad HOTAS setup and the ever-so-popular Oculus Rift. Guided by producer Eddie Symons, I bluffed my way through a combat demo and discovered that when it comes to shooting things in space, being able to look and fly separately is a great thing indeed. Continue reading PAX South 2015: Hangin' with Frontier, playin' Elite on the Oculus Rift
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| DayZ has sold over 3 million early access copies Posted: 23 Jan 2015 03:00 PM PST Filed under: Betas, Horror, MMO Industry, PvP, News Items, Sandbox  A new Bohemia Interactive press release touts the 24 updates the game has seen since its "launch," and it also mentions ongoing improvements including a core engine rewrite begun in 2014. The new engine is called Enfusion, and it includes renderer upgrades and corresponding performance upticks as well as "vastly improved" particle effect aesthetics. Bohemia also notes that the DayZ dev team now boasts over 80 people. [Source: Bohemia Interactive press release]
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| Posted: 23 Jan 2015 02:00 PM PST Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Events (Real-World), Patches, Sandbox  The TUG team will be at booth #1483 at PAX South this weekend and will be selling access to the game at a discount for the duration of the convention. Massively will be reporting on TUG from the show floor, so stay tuned!
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| City of Titans explains its prototyping process Posted: 23 Jan 2015 01:00 PM PST Filed under: Super-hero, Previews, News Items, Crowdfunding  While the article doesn't contain the nuts-and-bolts of the programming elements, it demonstrates how the team was able to build and test a tile-based map system (akin to Skyrim) as an independent element to be tested. The result is that instead of spending a great deal of time brainstorming the idea, the team can drop the prototype in for testing and it can be evaluated as an actual option instead of simply a theory. Take a look at the full article for more details on the map system and the test process. [Thanks to Byron for the tip!]
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| The Stream Team: Analyzing ArcheAge's latest update Posted: 23 Jan 2015 12:00 PM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Video, Free-to-Play, Livestream, ArcheAge, The Stream Team  Game: ArcheAge Host: MJ Guthrie Date: Friday, January 23rd, 2015 Time: 3:00 p.m. EST Enjoy our Stream Team video below. Continue reading The Stream Team: Analyzing ArcheAge's latest update
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| Marvel Heroes hands out free cows and plans team-up revamp Posted: 23 Jan 2015 11:00 AM PST Filed under: Super-hero, Events (In-Game), Free-to-Play, Marvel Heroes, Humor, Dev Diaries  In other Marvel Heroes news, one of the next big projects for Gazillion is a revamp of the team-up system. While all of the details of this revamp are not clear as of yet, we do know that the revamp will allow players to customize team-up's power pools much like main characters.
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| RuneScape's sub fee hike goes into effect March 1st Posted: 23 Jan 2015 10:00 AM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Video, Business Models, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, Patches, News Items, RuneScape, Free-to-Play, Browser, Sandbox  Don't forget - as long as you're a member and don't lapse out for more than 14 days, you're eligible to keep your current rate of membership. Subscribe now to secure access to all of RuneScape's members' content at current prices.The studio is also talking up its inbound ports expansion; there's a fresh trailer on the mechanic after the cut. Continue reading RuneScape's sub fee hike goes into effect March 1st
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