Category Archives: MMO

CCP Games has announced the launch of DUST 514, the free-to-play, multiplayer first-person shooter on PS3.

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DC Universe Online’s next DLC chapter, Origin Crisis, has been released on PC and PS3, and to celebrate, SOE has released a new batch of screenshots and a launch trailer Brenna already told you all about the update through here, so give it another read and refresh your memories.

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Trion Worlds has announced that RIFT will have a free-to-play launch in June, and will sport a hybrid model similar to other MMOs.

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Gaijin Entertainment has announced War Thunder, its military MMO, for PS4.

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Destiny developer Bungie has released 23 new pieces of art and character models into the wild, showing off new locations, character designs, armour types and much more. It’s rather lovely, but does anyone else just want to see in-game shots now?

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Guild Wars 2 publisher NC Soft has discussed the “consistent and strong” performance of the MMO’s in-game gem transactions, suggesting that when stacked against sales of the game itself, digital revenue is driving the game onward.

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Eve Online: Odyssey is the game’s 19th expansion, and players have found that you may be able to train alt. accounts on top of your main character for a limited time using the game’s PLEX items.

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Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn developer Square-Enix has gone detail-crazy, and has unleashed a long list of background on many of the MMO’s enemies, locations and Primals. Seriously, set aside a minute or two for this one.

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Survarium developer Vostok Games has started sending out invites for the game’s alpha testing phase, along with a batch of debut gameplay screens and details on various features. The ex-S.T.A.L.K.E.R. team will be sending out another wave of invites soon.

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Sci-fi MMO Defiance has been updated, making good on the promise of transmedia connections with the SyFy series of the same name.

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As new purchases of Guild Wars 2 tail off, publisher NCSoft has noted a dramatic drop in sales revenue – but is still very much back in the black after a few chancy years.

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SWTOR is getting dye modules with game update 2.1, and to show these off a bit, BioWare has released a new video. It’s less than a minute long, but it gives you the idea well enough. Have a look below. Game update 2.1 is expected on May 14 and update 2.2 is set to roll out on June 11. Thanks, Massively.

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Syfy has renewed Defiance for a second season by greenlighting 13 new episodes. Season two will begin production in Toronto in August for a 2014 premiere. The news coincides with Trion’s announcement of new content headed to the game end of Defiance, which includes five content updates for the year, with each one offering free, paid and micro-transaction items along with a new playable species on the docket.

World of Tanks developer Wargaming has sued Changyou.com Limited and Beijing-based Gamease Age Digital Technology Co for their hand in creating Project Tank, a title the Warsaw outfit claims borrows heavily from its highly successful MMO.

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Whether you want to cough up a few bucks or not, you’ll benefit from the new content headed to Defiance.

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Wildstar has a new video in which developer Carbine Studios discusses gameplay mechanics and how movement plays a major role in every part of the game. Even double jumping will be important in some instances, such as when you are exploring high places with platforms and missing one means death. You can watch the video below. Wildstar is expected later this year and you can sign up for the beta here.

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Jagex has even bigger plans for its long-running browser-based MMO beyond the upcoming launch of Runescape 3, including branching out to other platforms.

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Marvel Heroes is holding its final open beta weekend May 10 -13, and you can still register to play through here. In celebration, Gazillion has released featuring Thor, the man with the mighty hammer. Marvel Heroes releases on June 4.

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EVE Online players celebrated the 10th anniversary of the space MMO by getting together and battling it out. While there were planned events organized by CCP, players themselves organized the “Flight of a Thousand Rifters III”. The goal? To destroy Nyx Supercarriers, the largest ships in the game, only using Frigates -which are the smallest. 3,000 players participated, and you can get a look at how things went below, courtesy of Scott Manley. Via Kotaku.

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UFO Online is now in open beta and you can get in on the tactical MMO browser battle, by protecting the Earth from extraterrestrials who are out to probe your special place.

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