MMO Updates

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• The Stream Team: More Albion Online winter alpha adventures
• Richardsson replacing Caron atop 40K Eternal Crusade
• WRUP: Trolls and all
• The Daily Grind: Do you make tributes to the lost?
• Betawatch: January 24 - 30, 2015
• The Stream Team: Drowning my sorrows in Landmark
• The Stream Team: Hunting for friends and foes in H1Z1
• EVE's CSM X candidacy opens today
• Rumor: Leak suggests the next WoW expansion is nearly feature-complete
• Massively-that-was
• A Samurai class is coming to Black Desert

The Stream Team: More Albion Online winter alpha adventures Posted: 31 Jan 2015 09:00 AM PST Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Video, Livestream, The Stream Team When you have a whole month of Albion Online alpha, you take advantage of it! Massively's MJ is jumping back in to pound rocks, chops trees, slice and dice heretics, and get ill at the sounds of skinning. What better way to spend a Saturday? Join us live at 12:00 p.m. for another look at this developing sandbox. Game: Albion Online Host: MJ Guthrie Date: Saturday, January 31st, 2015 Time: 12:00 p.m. EST Enjoy our Stream Team video below. Continue reading The Stream Team: More Albion Online winter alpha adventures The Stream Team: More Albion Online winter alpha adventures originally appeared on Massively on Sat, 31 Jan 2015 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

Richardsson replacing Caron atop 40K Eternal Crusade Posted: 31 Jan 2015 08:00 AM PST Filed under: Sci-Fi, MMO Industry, New Titles, News Items Behaviour Interactive's Miguel Caron is leaving his post atop the Warhammer 40,000 Eternal Crusade dev team. MMOGames reports that Nathan Richardsson, familiar to MMO gamers from his stints on Defiance and as an executive producer for EVE Online, is succeeding Caron. War40k moderator Vigilia Mortis posted his farewell to Caron on Twitter yesterday, telling fans that the switch will be final around Valentine's day. Richardsson replacing Caron atop 40K Eternal Crusade originally appeared on Massively on Sat, 31 Jan 2015 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments Source: MMOGames, Twitter

WRUP: Trolls and all Posted: 31 Jan 2015 07:00 AM PST Filed under: Massively Meta, Miscellaneous Welcome back to Massively's What Are You Playing, the game in which we tell you what we're playing this weekend and you point out to me that it hasn't been six months yet. But what are you going to do about it -- fire me? Man, this kinda stuff still makes me grin, and I will miss you, my favorite trolls and all. Why are we still doing this? Because this is what we do. Continue reading WRUP: Trolls and all WRUP: Trolls and all originally appeared on Massively on Sat, 31 Jan 2015 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

The Daily Grind: Do you make tributes to the lost? Posted: 31 Jan 2015 05:00 AM PST Filed under: MMO Industry, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Miscellaneous, Sunsets There are games I will remember for the rest of my life, even though they're gone. I still have all of my screenshots from the vigil in Atlas Park when City of Heroes was on the chopping block. I have documents I wrote up for defunct guilds in games I no longer play. My wife and I wrote up stories about the ultimate fates of our characters in Star Wars: The Old Republic when we realized we were probably never going back. Some goodbyes are more permanent than others, but for some people, goodbye is a chance to move on and never look back. For others, even though you say goodbye, you keep a piece of it with you. You make a tribute. So what about you, readers? Do you make tributes to the games, online friends, guilds, and even periods of time that are gone forever? Or are you the first to say out with the old, in with the new? 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: Do you make tributes to the lost? originally appeared on Massively on Sat, 31 Jan 2015 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

Betawatch: January 24 - 30, 2015 Posted: 30 Jan 2015 05:00 PM PST Filed under: Betas, MMO Industry, News Items, Massively Meta, Betawatch, Miscellaneous Valiance Online will soon be available on Steam Greenlight, making it the first of the spiritual City of Heroes revivals to make it to that hallowed step. That's right, folks, we were the sacrifice required to save City of Heroes. We would have brought back Star Wars Galaxies too, but you know, it's almost February, and ewoks in cupid wings? No. The developers of Das Tal released a new video to explain the game's combat systems while simultaneously adding a variety of new systems for testers to, you know, test. Albion Online started its winter test on January 26th, and MJ took the opportunity to butcher some bunnies. Speaking of MJ, she also made a heartfelt plea for supporting Landmark and EverQuest Next. You can watch a new trailer for Borderlands Online if you like watching trailers for things you'll never play. Crowfall took the time to be the centaur of attention. It looks like Otherland is gearing up for another beta test next month. Jump on past the break for our list of other games in testing! Continue reading Betawatch: January 24 - 30, 2015 Betawatch: January 24 - 30, 2015 originally appeared on Massively on Fri, 30 Jan 2015 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

The Stream Team: Drowning my sorrows in Landmark Posted: 30 Jan 2015 03:00 PM PST Filed under: Betas, Video, Free-to-Play, Livestream, Sandbox, The Stream Team, Player-Generated Content, Landmark So by now it isn't really a secret that things are a-changin'. And because they are a-changin', Massively's MJ is not going to spend this last Landmark stream doing the beginner tutorial for crafting that was planned. Nope -- she's going to drown her sorrows., all while celebrating the first anniversary of the sandbox! Maybe she'll have a sit-in protest at the bottom of the ocean, or maybe she'll just visit as many taverns and bars as she can to show off the awesome builds players have created. Join us live at 4:00 p.m. to commiserate together and see cool stuff. Game: Landmark Host: MJ Guthrie Date: Friday, January 30th, 2014 Time: 4:00 p.m. EST Enjoy our Stream Team video below. Continue reading The Stream Team: Drowning my sorrows in Landmark The Stream Team: Drowning my sorrows in Landmark originally appeared on Massively on Fri, 30 Jan 2015 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

The Stream Team: Hunting for friends and foes in H1Z1 Posted: 30 Jan 2015 02:00 PM PST Filed under: Betas, Video, PvP, Free-to-Play, Post-Apocalyptic, Livestream, The Stream Team, H1Z1 Knowing where you are in H1Z1 is not nearly as important as others not knowing that particular info -- especially if you want to survive on the PvP servers. Massively's MJ is heading back into the free-for-all fray that's filled with foes (and only a few of those are zombies!). How well will she fare this time around? Armed with more knowledge about crafting -- and hopefully more weapons -- MJ plans on making the most of one hour. Will she witness any hizzy (H1Z1, get it?) fits out in the wilds? It depends on how much human contact she has! Join us at 2:00 p.m. for this latest apocalyptic adventure. Game: H1Z1 Host: MJ Guthrie Date: Friday, January 30th, 2015 Time: 2:00 p.m. EST Enjoy our Stream Team video below. Continue reading The Stream Team: Hunting for friends and foes in H1Z1 The Stream Team: Hunting for friends and foes in H1Z1 originally appeared on Massively on Fri, 30 Jan 2015 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

EVE's CSM X candidacy opens today Posted: 30 Jan 2015 01:00 PM PST Filed under: Sci-Fi, EVE Online, Culture, MMO Industry, PvP, News Items, Sandbox EVE Online developer CCP is accepting applications for its Council of Stellar Management beginning today. The CSM is a democratically elected group of 14 EVE players chosen annually by their peers and tasked with maintaining "close and constant contact with EVE development." Candidates must not have "any records of serious breach of the EULA and/or TOS," CCP says in its announcement post. EVE's CSM X candidacy opens today originally appeared on Massively on Fri, 30 Jan 2015 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments Source: Announcement

Rumor: Leak suggests the next WoW expansion is nearly feature-complete Posted: 30 Jan 2015 12:00 PM PST Filed under: Business Models, News Items, Rumors, Miscellaneous So, ready to jump on the rumor mill? Because it's churning out big stuff about Blizzard today. An anonymous source from inside the company has apparently claimed that World of Warcraft's next expansion has quadrupled its art outsourcing and is nearly feature-complete. The source also claimed that Hearthstone is doing banner business, with its next expansion set to release in April with a heavier PvE focus. Darker news was revealed for the other franchises under the company's banner. The next part of StarCraft II is done but with no release date. Overwatch is in the midst of debates over business model and payment plans, with the studio pushing for a 2015 release but most likely going for 2016. Meanwhile, Heroes of the Storm has low expectations among the upper management and the Diablo III team has been "completely gutted." It's up to you you believe the rumors, of course, although come April, they might look rather plausible. Rumor: Leak suggests the next WoW expansion is nearly feature-complete originally appeared on Massively on Fri, 30 Jan 2015 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments Source: Reddit

Massively-that-was Posted: 30 Jan 2015 11:10 AM PST Filed under: Business Models, MMO Industry, News Items, Opinion, Massively Meta, Ask Massively, Miscellaneous, Working As Intended I have sad news for the Massively staff and community today, news most of you already knew was coming. This week, we learned our AOL overlords have decided that they no longer wish to be in the enthusiast blog business and are shutting all of them down. This mass-sunset includes decade-old gaming journalism icon Joystiq, and therefore, it includes us. February 3rd, 2015, will be the final day of operation for Massively-that-was. Continue reading Massively-that-was Massively-that-was originally appeared on Massively on Fri, 30 Jan 2015 14:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

A Samurai class is coming to Black Desert Posted: 30 Jan 2015 11:00 AM PST Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Classes, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, New Titles, News Items, Sandbox, Black Desert Black Desert is getting a new Samurai class in its next Korean update, according to MMO Culture. Little is known of the archetype at this point, though the site speculates that we may see some "Samurai-type skills like Yasuo's [from] League of Legends." A Samurai class is coming to Black Desert originally appeared on Massively on Fri, 30 Jan 2015 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments Source: MMO Culture

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