MMO Roundup: Last week on Massively
by Shawn Schuster 
Sep 29th 2009 at 9:00AM
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Wishes do come true, Planetside 2 "X game sounds a lot like Planetside. I wish they'd make a sequel to that game." is something we've heard over the years as similar-yet-different titles have been announced and released. Well who says wishes don't come true? As it turns out, SOE is planning to "expand the Planetside universe with another game" and is asking players of the original for their input via survey. |
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Rumor: Imminent closed beta announcement for Star Wars: The Old Republic? Bioware might have tipped their hand accidentally today as they briefly updated the Star Wars: The Old Republic website with a call for testers for the highly anticipated MMO. The announcement only lasted a few minutes before being taken down off of the site, indicating an accidental posting. |
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Redefining MMOs: Developers weigh in What does "MMO" mean anymore? When we launched our "Redefining MMO" series over the summer, we began with a look at the terminology behind the games we play -- what the term "MMO" encompasses and what kinds of games it describes. But with the online games market expanding into new genres and incorporating new gameplay and social elements, the definition of "MMO" has changed. So is it time for a new word? |
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Runes of Magic Warden class overview We've already covered the new Druid class that came with the The Elven Prophecy update to Runes of Magic this month. Now we explore the other new class, the Warden. This class relies on their blade to inflict damage on their foes. It's not a ranged attack class as it does not rely on the bow, it is a melee attack class. They also use their summonable nature spirits for quite a bit of DPS as well as their self-only utility and protection buffs. |
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Age of Conan director's letter unveils veteran rewards and level 80 instance The September edition of the Age of Conan director's letter is offering some exciting developments for dedicated players in the form of a new level 80 dungeon, the Iron Tower, and the implementation of a veteran rewards program. |
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NCsoft scrambles to reduce server queues: Private store tweaks incoming If one thing has marred the otherwise polished launch of Aion it is the extremely long server queues players face when trying to log in and play what they paid for. NCsoft responded a couple days ago saying that they are aware of the problem and working on solutions such as increased server caps and even opening a new server in both North America and Europe. |
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Love reaches open alpha, client download now available The above picture is not a lie -- it's the login screen to Eskil Steenburg's one man MMO, Love. Mr. Steenburg has just recently pushed the client into open alpha, letting users download and run the game on their PCs, but not log into the game. Not yet, at least. |
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EverQuest II's Shards of Destiny game update goes live EverQuest II's next game update Shards of Destiny is now live, and that means that players can take advantage of a number of new features. We've summed up the biggest ones just below: |
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Fallen Earth's females get a more feminine facelift Women of the post-apocalypse should look more feminine -- at least that's what Fallen Earth players think. According to developer Fallen Earth LLC, players thought that the female characters in the post-apocalyptic MMO, which just launched yesterday, should have physiological qualities typically associated with women. |
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Skill and ship progression covered in new STO dev chat The latest Star Trek Online dev chat was expectedly focused on the skill-based progression system revealed in last week's Ask Cryptic. A particularly interesting answer revealed that although it's possible to eventually earn all the space skills in the game, your ship equipment and bridge officer selection will be a determining factor. Since ground combat is focused around your skill kit, which is based off your career choice, it's restricted by class. |
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Choose my Adventure: Grimbark stole my lunch money It has finally happened. After all of this time, the Massive Hobbits have finally met their match in Garth Agarwen. Underleveled? Perhaps, but enough of it was completed to still get a good story out of it -- even if we were 5-6 levels too low for the instance in the first place. |
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
theRaptor Sep 29th 2009 1:42PM
/hyperactive school girl
OMG PLANETSIDE TWOOOOOO!!!!!111
Screw you guys I'm out of here...
Wait. *reads fine print*
"made by SOE".
/starts crying
It's going to be some WoW ripoff with PS "lore" slapped on top isn't it? I mean how can they have an MMO with no grind, that doesn't keep the subscription dollars rolling in. /eye roll
/crys some more.
RedTheFed Sep 30th 2009 2:26AM
Have you even played Planetside? There's no 'grind' because it's not an RPG. It's an MMOFPS.