Category Archives: MMO

Guild wars 2 could launch on June 28 if a pre-order promotional flyer posted by a Fry’s retailer in Texas is any indication. Kotaku, which obtained a shot of the flyer, contacted NCsoft on the matter which responded: “We have not released an official launch date within 2012 as feedback from our closed and open marketing betas will help us determine an exact release date. We will release Guild Wars 2 when it is ready.” Earlier this month GameSpot put up a placeholder date of June 26 for the MMO, which is currently still in beta. Neither NCsoft nor ArenNet have announced a concrete date for the anticipated title, but has previously confirmed it will be released sometime this year.

Blue Hole Studios has patched the North American and European versions of TERA. Both patches contain a fix to the MMO’s political system, allowing guild leaders who are level 50 to run for office, with election results posted on May 23. The patch on the European end also adds a slider in the options menu that allows you to display blood effects when slaying monsters. Patch notes for the US are here, and patch notes for Europe are here.

Trion has announced three faction PvP and open world conquest for RIFT. The area of Stillmoor is being revamped with “cross-shard, open-world PvP control points and sourcestone powered fortifications,” according to TenTonHammer, and in order for your faction to win, players will need to claim 40% of the control points or rack up 5,000 kills. Players will also need to align themselves with one of three factions and their totems: Dominion – The Ram, Oathsworn – The Lion, or Nightfall – The Raven. A PvP test for the new content will occur on RIFT’s pulic test server on Thursday, May 17 starting at 4.00pm PDT. Head on through the links to learn more.

On May 9, the Skyward Sphere program launched a replica of the “iconic EVE capsule” into the stratosphere containing the names of EVE Online players via a weather balloon. The rig also contained three cameras which filmed the process, it’s flight, and being fished from a lake after reentry. A short video of this is posted below, with more footage expected soon.

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Funcom’s confirmed the first beta weekend for The Secret World seen a better return than any of the beta weekends for Age of Conan.

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Funcom’s upcoming MMORPG The Secret World is all about cryptic clues and puzzles, but even with pre-launch AR games, the eager community has already proven up to the task.

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GameInformer has a faction profile up for the Daggerfall Covenant, one of The Elder Scrolls Online’s three factions. According to game director Matt Firor, the alliance between the Orcs, Redguards and Bretons is more democratic than the other two factions, despite plenty of internal strife due to historical tensions. The Daggerfall Covenant is represented by a lion. The Elder Scrolls Online is expected to launch in 2013.

Trion Worlds boss Lars Buttler has been named a finalist in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2012 program in Northern California. The award is given to entrepreneurs who promote innovation and financial performance. Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Dell’s Michael Dell, Larry Page and Sergey Brin of Google, and Best Buy’s Richard Schulze are previous honorees. Winner’s will be announced during an event at the Fairmont San Francisco on June 2. GI has more on this.

Funcom’s announced the second beta weekend for The Secret World will begin this Friday, May 18 with Kingsmouth Calling, Part Two.

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Cryptic’s Dan Griffis has confirmed on the game’s forums that PvP for Star Trek Online will get a revamp soon, noting playtime in the mode is massively down.

Thanks, GoN.

BioWare said during its weekly SWTOR community Q&A it’s looking into a technical issue preventing a modifiable offhand with some classes, and that it plans on added a new augment slot to existing modifiable items. The developer also there there are currently no plans for making companions more interchangeable, and also discussed the various rates of gear acquisition in progress tracks for PvE and PvP players. You can read the full thing through here. Thanks, Massively.

Gamespot has posted a video for The Secret World which details just a few of the MMO’s skillsets – of which there are over 500s. The eight minute video posted below provides you with enough information to get you started, and gives you a glimpse at the ability wheel and weapon types. The first beta weekend for the game kicked off yesterday and runs through Sunday. Game’s out in June.

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PC Gamer’s Chris Thursten and Tom Senior got some hands-on time with The Secret World beta, and a 9 minute look into their time with it is posted below. The video shows the town of Kingsmouth, which is part of the MMO’s first beta test weekend going on now. Titled Kingsmouth Calling, players will play as members of the Templar faction where they will be sent Solomon Island where an ocean fog has drifted in and is killing the inhabitants. Other test weekend will have players trying out the Illuminati and Dragon factions. The Secret World MMO releases in June.

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Blizzard will introduce cross-realm zones into the Mists of Pandaria beta. This will allow players to meet up and group with others in under populated areas of the world such as low level zones or areas which have been out-leveled by higher-level players. Cross-realm will allow players to form a group with others from “within a select pool of realms” in order to quest while the social structures of players’ home realms will remain intact. Capitals, the Auction Houses, and other high-population areas won’t be joined. You can view the FAQ on cross-realm zones here.

In the wake of Guild Wars 2′s first Beta Weekend Event, ArenaNet president Mike O’Brien has stated that he was “blown away” by the reaction from the community.

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Square has posted a a guide for players returning to Final Fantasy XIV. The guide lists all sorts of additions to the configuration menu, as well as some “must-have settings for mouse and keyboard users.” It has also posted links to all the patch notes released since version 1.19 so that you can get caught up on all the changes. Square sent out invitations to inactive players as part of its Welcome Back Campaign with the release of patch 1.22. It allows former players to return to the game and try out v2.0 for no charge for 10 days.

The European publisher of TERA has told Eurogamer a patch will be implemented next week adding a blood detail slider to the MMO, but the blood splatter will be less pronounced than in the US version. The patch will also add the Emblems feature, which was cut before launch due to uploaded Emblems storing on a player’s hard drive. When coming across another player in the game, it would automatically store the other players Emblem obn the drive as well. Frogster considered this a “high threat in terms of security, in case someone wanted to upload a virus,” but not the system has been re-implemented and Emblems will now be stored in the client memory instead.

Trion Worlds has released its Streaming Client for RIFT which will allow players to launch the game from the patcher without having to wait for the full data download to complete. This will allow players to jump into the fray within minutes, even if the patch is large. The game’s patcher will continue download the necessary updates in the background while you play. The new client works “best on a 5MBps or better connection,” and so those who have a slower connection should let the patch complete before attempting to launch the client. An in-game download indicator will show the current status of your download, and will disappear when the client is fully updated. Get more information through the RIFT forums.

Funcom has announced that 1 million people have registered for The Secret World beta, a number it said was “significantly higher” than the sign ups for Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures. The firm also said there were nearly 2 million unique visitors its website in the last month, and its The Secret War social media experience has seen almost 250,000 registered users to take part. The first beta test kick off this weekend and will focus on the Templars with more testing planned up until the game launches in June.

ArenaNet’s announced a surprise beta testing for the Guild Wars 2 beta for this coming Monday.

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