MMO Roundup: E3, DUST 514, RIFT, and other capital letters
by Alex Ziebart 
Jun 14th 2011 at 2:00PM
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Massively's E3 Coverage E3 wrapped at the end of last week, and the MMO news that came out of the convention was substantial. Make sure you didn't miss any major highlights from any of the up-and-coming MMOs in the industry. Check out Massively's extensive coverage of the event! |
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Hands-on impressions of Star Wars: The Old Republic Members of the Massively staff and WoW Insider's very own Editor-in-Chief Dan O'Halloran had an opportunity to play The Old Republic at E3. Did they like it? Did they hate it? Find out! |
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DUST 514's realtime integration with EVE Online At E3, EVE Online developer CCP Games made an appearance to announce that the company's upcoming MMOFPS DUST 514 will be exclusive to the PlayStation 3. The ambitious title aims to link the world of ground troops fighting over planets to EVE Online's universe of spaceborne conflict. EVE players will be able to hire DUST mercenaries as part of an ongoing territorial war. Head over to Massively for the full details. |
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Trion Worlds takes players on a tour of RIFT's upcoming Hammerknell raid Trion Worlds, the developer behind the polarizing MMO RIFT, recently gave fans a hands-on tour of their upcoming raid zone, Hammerknell. It's an abandoned dwarven stronghold which has jailed one of the great dragons for ... well, a really long time! |
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Massively Speaking episode 152 Massively Speaking, Massively's MMO podcast, returns this week to wrap up E3 2011 by recording another unedited show just for you. The Massively team discusses RIFT's patch 1.3, Cryptic's Neverwinter and Rubi's impressions of SWTOR. |
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Massively's week in review Don't let WoW Insider do all of the talking when it comes to Massively's best content of the week. The Massively staff themselves have picked out what they think is the best content their site has to offer in their own weekly roundup. |
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
jfofla Jun 14th 2011 2:07PM
LulzSec took EVE down, and people on Twitter are lusting for them to take Blizzard down next.
@LulzSec
Kredia Jun 14th 2011 3:03PM
Cause it's hard to DDoS a company right?
wutsconflag Jun 14th 2011 4:34PM
Ah, is that why I can't access any Eve Online websites today? *sigh*
Riari Jun 14th 2011 8:08PM
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/06/titanic-takeover-tuesday-lulzsecs-busy-day-of-hacking-escapades.ars
Article of the DDoS-ing.
jfofla Jun 14th 2011 2:26PM
They took Minecraft down too.
Amaxe Jun 15th 2011 12:12AM
Interesting article on SWTOR. However, with the entire focus on combat and some dialogue, questions I have seem unanswered. Like how is the story which develops. Is it "on the rails" or flexible? How well does the UI do things. Is it customizable like WoW, or is it garbage like LOTRO?
If mechanics are like WoW, that isn't a bad thing for me. If quests are like Cata, that is a problem.
Dumbguy Jun 15th 2011 10:16AM
I'll admit, I chuckled a bit at the description of RIFT's Hammerknell. It's unapologetically Grim Batol. After reading the actual article... my god. It's smart to stick so closely to the rest of the market's themes (WoW does this as well), but this is getting a little ridiculous.
-The instance takes place inside of the abandoned Dwarven city of Hammerknell [the abandoned dwarven city of Grim Batol]
-where Aklylios -- the Dragon of the plane of water [Neltharion -- the Dragon Aspect of Earth]
-and the object of worship of the Abyssal Cult [Twilight Cult]
-is blah blah blah [deathwing also blah blah blahs!]
Well, that's probably where the similarities end, but I hope I'm not the only one that appreciates the similarities.