MMO Roundup: Last week on Massively
by Alex Ziebart 
Jun 8th 2010 at 12:30PM
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Star Wars: The Old Republic's dialogue system Star Wars: The Old Republic is said to contain the equivalent of 50 novels worth of dialogue. That's a lot of story-telling potential! Want to see the dialog system in action? You're in luck. BioWare's latest developer walkthrough will show you what you need to know. |
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Lord of the Rings Online goes free-to-play Turbine dropped a huge surprise on the MMO community last week with the announcement that Lord of the Rings Online is changing to a free-to-play model. Fan reaction was all over the map, and the announcement predictably spawned a stream of questions from every direction. Luckily, the Turbine staff has carved out some time to chat with Massively about the future of the game. |
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The Mummy Online announced If the unique yet satisfying blend of horror, comedy and Brendan Fraser are your thing, then you're probably a big fan of The Mummy movie franchise. Bigpoint and Universal Studios are teaming up to bring The Mummy Online, an action-RPG MMO, to gamers this fall. |
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Massively Speaking episode 102 Massively Speaking, Massively's MMO podcast, is back this week with actual news for the first time in a few weeks thanks to our recent interviews. Topics include Symantec's discovery of stolen MMO accounts, DDO's downtime and account problems, SWTOR's companion system, Massively's newest weekly columns and more. |
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Fallen Earth patch 1.5 drops today If you enjoy the post-apocalyptic environment that Fallen Earth offers, you can't help but look forward to each new patch as it comes along. Patch 1.5 promises to bring fast travel systems for higher-level characters, a new Blood Sports combat type, and the new "serendipity" system to generate more varied and interesting equipment drops for players. |
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Fan favorite Star Wars Galaxies dev moves to Star Wars: The Old Republic According to his Linked-In profile, the fan-beloved developer, Matt Boudreaux, landed a new job at Bioware's Austin studios working on SWTOR. Boudreaux, known as AdeptStrain on the SOE forums, implemented some of the most ground-breaking additions to the aging game Star Wars Galaxies, such as new Jedi and melee animations, the Appearance Tab, and the Chronicles System. His role on the SWG team was solidified by his role in creating some of the best instances like Hoth and Death Troopers. |
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Neuropox Jun 8th 2010 12:36PM
LotRO now free to play? Interesting....
That game had some interesting concepts, but all i remember is the horrible camera controls and never seeing another player during the entire 10day trial.
Tirrimas Jun 8th 2010 1:07PM
I played DDO for maybe five levels before getting tired of the endless in-game ads for the Store. (Let's not get into my fundamental problem with mages actually having to use weapons.)
I might play it just to see it, but I'm not prepared to be impressed.
The Mummy is one of my favorite movie franchises (3 sucked though). I'd only want to play if Brendan Fraser saves me in his skivvies. ^^
Matt Jun 8th 2010 3:51PM
Did you see Brendan Frasier in that movie "Furry Vengeance" this summer? Trust me, you don't want to see him in his skivvies anymore. He's a middle aged man in all respects.
Tirrimas Jun 8th 2010 5:18PM
@Matt:
Eh, bodies sag and get rounder. I can deal with that. A clever mind never gets old.
doit Jun 8th 2010 9:34PM
ya gotta give the man a break, he's a father now not encino man.
niko Jun 8th 2010 1:24PM
LotRO is a great game, and I'm glad to see it go FtP... WoW was far more deserving my subscription money, and I really could only justify one, so LotRO had to go, but it's pretty likely I'll be found playing it a lot come this fall.