MMO Roundup: RIFT sale, Planetside 2, and more
by Alex Ziebart 
Jul 12th 2011 at 7:00PM
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RIFT offers limited-time subscription discounts Getting into the RIFT groove and certain you'll be sticking it out for a while to come? Then there's a way you could be saving some money, as well, by signing up for one of Trion Worlds' new subscription plans during the "Summer of Savings" period that began this month. |
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SOE reveals screenshots and trailer for Planetside 2 SOE Fan Faire 2011 played host to an official announcement for the highly anticipated Planetside 2. Players looking for a new entry in the sci-fi MMO genre should head over to Massively to check out screenshots and a trailer. |
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Guild Wars: Winds of Change It's time for another major event in Guild Wars, one that's been heavily anticipated by the players -- the next installment in Guild Wars Beyond, centering around the lands of Cantha. There are changes afoot for the land, as evidenced by the title of the new multi-part event, Winds of Change. And if you want to start taking part in the history that will shape Guild Wars 2, now is a fine time to see what those winds are bringing. |
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CCP partners with Nexon to release EVE Online in Japan The Japanese games market can be difficult for western companies to break into, with accurate client localization and translation acting as a huge potential roadblock. In an unexpected press release late last week, EVE Online developer CCP Games announced a strategic partnership with Japan-based MMO publisher Nexon to bring EVE Online to the Japanese market. |
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DUST 514 may go true F2P in the future While we've known that DUST 514 won't be as free as originally thought, there's still hope for a true free-to-play version to come. CCP's Hilmar Veigar Pétursson told GamesIndustry.biz that while PlayStation 3 owners will have to contend with a "cover charge" -- estimated to be between $10 and $20 -- before accessing the game for the first time, the company may drop it entirely in time. |
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Massively Speaking Episode 155 Massively Speaking, Massively's MMO podcast, returns this week with Shawn and Rubi discussing the week's MMO news. Topics include Planetside 2's announcement at Fan Faire, Global Agenda's success with F2P, EVE Online's CSM results, and Age of Conan's Unchained update. |
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jack Spicer Jul 12th 2011 7:33PM
I played some Rift to get my Bard fix. And now because the free week ran out, I'm playing free-to-play EQ2 instead!
Nick Jul 12th 2011 8:11PM
Still really enjoying Rift. Hit max level the other day and their version of heroics haven't got old yet. Rifts and invasions help mix it up. I'm sure I'll end up back in WoW at some point, but probably not before the end of summer
Nick Jul 12th 2011 8:11PM
Still really enjoying Rift. Hit max level the other day and their version of heroics haven't got old yet. Rifts and invasions help mix it up. I'm sure I'll end up back in WoW at some point, but probably not before the end of summer
thepiratester Jul 13th 2011 7:51AM
I played Rift and I did like most of what the game offered. I stopped playing because I hated waiting for Hours as a tank looking for dungeon groups! They need to add cross realms to the game. I know lots of people hate that idea but they really need to find a compromise. Spamming channels LFG got old fast, and older once a group was finally made and a person leaves, DC's, goes AFK for long periods of time, or just sucks so bad that we need to kick. Thats another 30+ minutes trying to fill that role. Real life obligations give me limited windows of time to play. I liked most of what Wrath's LFG model had to offer & hope that when SW:TOR comes out they find a way to make it right.
Nick Jul 13th 2011 9:10AM
Can't say I've had to wait hours since the recent patch, they added server transfers so I moved to a more populated shard. But before I moved it did take a while. I really dislike the idea of implementing cross server lfg, it ruined my experience in WoW and I'm certain it would ruin my experience of any other game.
If it does get implemented into any game then they need to make it spend a reasonable amount of time (30 mins would be ok) searching the local server first before resorting to x server.