Category Archives: MMO

GamesRadar‘s gone live with an Funcom interview that introduces the deck system for MMO The Secret World.

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If you still haven’t succumbed to the temptation of dribbling away 50 trillion hours learning how to be a pretend spaceman in EVE Online, maybe the CCP MMO’s sparkly new website will push you over the edge. No? What about a nice new video aimed at helping you navigate the notoriously mental first few hours of starship pilotdom? Possibly? Watch it below. Then get your ass to Mars, or whatever.

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Those who have tried to pre-order the Collectors Edition of TERA have found that the game is not available for pre-order, thus putting a damper on hopes of guaranteed access to the game’s closed beta. En Masse has said the codes were “only recently conveyed to retailers,” is sorry about the issue, and is looking into a fix now. The firm said it is communicating directly with the retailers to see whether there’s “anything we can do to speed the process” up and the codes distributed. It will also provide updates as to when the pre-order availability of the physical collector’s edition is available, and at which retailers. Seems like the safest route for the time being, would be to purchase the Collector’s Edition digitally, if you want in the beta that badly. A sneak peek beta is currently going on now, and the first of five closed beta tests start February 17 run every weekend until April 15. The open beta starts on April 19 and the game releases in May.

Fox has released a trailer for Family Guy Online, which has been in beta since last summer. Still listed as “to be released soon”, the video shows glimpses of character creation, gameplay, along with the greased up deaf guy. Check it out below courtesy of IGN.

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“There’s just south of 300 maybe in the Providence studio, which is the core of the [Copernicus] MMO team. I’s set in the same universe [as Amalur], so it will become obvious over the next, I don’t know how many months and years of time. This game exists in the same world. In a small way, if you think of Warcraft: Orcs and Humans, and World of Warcraft, those were tied together because they were in the same IP, but there will be story connectivity between what we’re doing in the games. In the MMO, there will be races that you can play are monsters in the RPG. Things like that. Same locations, there will be cities and places, there will be a familiarity to it that… Nobody else, I think, has gone in with the intent to do that like this.” – 38 Studios head Curt Schilling to VentureBeat regarding the Kingdoms of Amalur-based MMO Copernicus.

CCP CEO Hilmar Pétursson and David Reid, incumbent chief of marketing operations, have reassuringly said that despite recent shake-ups within the firm, it is still committed to making the MMO World of Darkness, and the duo promised it will be “much more accessible than the EVE universe” for those who are not into science fiction.

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Perfect World and Cryptic have announced that Episode 4: The 2800 launch on Saturday, February 11. Those versed in their Trekkie lore should be familiar with what the 2800 are – a fleet of Dominion warships piloted by the Gamma Quadrant’s Jem’Hadar. During the Deep Space Nine series, Benjamin Sisko flew the USS Defiant toward a wormhole to intercept this fleet, whereby the prophets Sisko communed with intervened, and made sure the 2800 ships entered the wormhole never to be seen again. In the game, players will be coming to the aide of the Deep Space Nine space station, as the Jem’Hadar attack. Check out the trailer below.

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Crytpic’s celebrating the two-year anniversary of Star Trek Online by offering players some awesome goodies. Those who partake in the anniversary shindig, which kicked off yesterday and Monday, February 6 can take part in a special missions where the endgame sees you come away with an Enterprise-F ship. You need to be a level 50 to fly them, however.

More details here. Thanks, D’Toid.

Beta dates have been announced for TERA and those with a special access key distributed by various media outlets in Europe, and through the official TERA community website, will be given the first sneak peek at the game on February 4-5 from 3:00pm CET to midnight on both days.

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A new interview on the Wildstar website has dropped new info on one of the three main classes introduced in the debut trailer of the Carbine title from gamescom last year, the humans. The interview touches on the lack of a homeland for the human people due to constant roaming, the mission from last summer’s trailer and guns. Lots of guns.

The NCSoft MMO has no date yet. Thanks, Massively.

Bioware has announced the first Star Wars: The Old Republic Guild Summit, which will take place in Austin, TX March 4 – 6 at the DoubleTree Hotel Austin. During the event, guild leaders will be able to discuss “the state of the game” with the developers from BioWare Austin. Guild leaders or a designated officer in case the guild leader is unable to attend, will participate in Q&A sessions with developers, roundtable feedback discussions, and will get a preview of some upcoming game features. Bioware said its goal with the event is to “facilitate an open discussion between guild leaders and the game design team.”

Space is limited and will be “invite-only” with some invitations already sent. Interested guild leaders which have not been invited already, can fill out the application here.

Trion Worlds has announced the launch of RIFT Lite, which will allow those with a Trion account to play the first 20 levels if the MMO with zero restrictions.

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Aimed for release within the second week of February, the latest communication from Naoki Yoshida indicates a further two week delay. Considering the sheer amount of content to be added, combined with the game’s history, this isn’t exactly surprising.

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Bigpoint has passed a significant milestone across its catalogue of free to play titles.

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En Messe has said it will block IPs by region for the release of TERA, promising a crackdown on gold theft and account hacking.

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The free to play revolution isn’t killing premium subscriptions, Turbine believes, but it’s forcing providers to give consumers flexibility.

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There’re just a few precious hours left to play LEGO Universe before the short-lived MMO closes down forever today.

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After fourteen years of service, the Life Swallower is ready to absorb a new generation of subscription-free adventurers.

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“We are disappointed that NCsoft is attempting to mar the launch of TERA. Unfortunately we can’t discuss much publicly due to the sensitivity of legal actions, but we do outright reject the NCsoft claims, and we are going to do everything in our power to defend and protect ourselves. To all our supporters who have been anticipating the arrival of TERA – please know that this situation has no impact on our continuing efforts to realize the vision we have for our game. We are committed to making TERA awesome and delivering the game to you on time on May 1. Thank you for your patience and support.” – En Masse VP of publishing Chris Lee responding to NCsoft’s allegations that BlueHole Studios stole software and artwork from the studio to create TERA. Thanks, TenTonHammer.

The Family Research Council has taken great umbrage to the fact Star Wars: The Old Republic will eventually allow same-sex relationships in the MMO. So much so, its president, Tony Perkins, lambasted the game on a radio broadcast stating that “in a new Star Wars game, the biggest threat to the empire may be homosexual activists.”

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