MMO Roundup: North Korean MMO hackers and more

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SWTOR's Daniel Erickson: "'The mix of anticipation and fear is huge" For most people, having the game you're working on break every preorder record your parent company has ever seen would be enough to give you a breather and a sigh of relief. Not so with Star Wars: The Old Republic's Daniel Erickson, who admits to being on pins and needles nevertheless. |
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En Masse delaying TERA launch to 2012 En Masse Entertainment has finally broken its silence about TERA's launch window, and there's both good and bad news for fans of the upcoming fantasy game. The bad news is that there's still no definitive launch date. The good news is that the time window has been narrowed considerably. |
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North Korea employing MMO hackers to fund government What's a dictator to do when his third-world economy is wheezing along on its last legs? Hack some video games, of course! According to a report in The New York Times, North Korea's Kim Jong-il unleashed an army of young computer hackers on popular South Korean online gaming portals to find ways to make quick cash. |
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Guild Wars 2 Sylvari Week begins Sylvari week has arrived. The highly anticipated Guild Wars 2 event begins with a blog post from ArenaNet artist Kristen Perry. She addresses her specialty of anatomy and clothing design in a lighthearted, pun-filled fashion: "There's one big root to the design direction of the Sylvari that I hold most dear: It all must stem from anatomy." |
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Massively Speaking Episode 159 Massively Speaking, Massively's MMO podcast, returns this week with Shawn and Rubi discussing the week's MMO news. Topics include TERA's launch delay, World of Warcraft's possible new expansion name, World of Tanks entering the ranks of e-sports, Guild Wars 2's showing at Gamescom, and much more! |
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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)
SR Aug 9th 2011 5:33PM
/sigh
omedon666 Aug 9th 2011 5:40PM
WOOHOO SYLVARI!!
razion Aug 9th 2011 5:47PM
I'm not sure if I should be afraid or eager to kill gold farmers now...
Amaxe Aug 10th 2011 12:04AM
This sounds like a job for TEAM AMERICA!!1!!
Fletcher Aug 9th 2011 6:20PM
More and more Kim Il-Sung or whoever becomes less a dictator and more of a cartoony supervillain.
Saeadame Aug 9th 2011 7:00PM
NGL, Kim Il-Sung was actually a pretty good leader, as ruthless dictators go. It's his son that's crazy.
Fletcher Aug 10th 2011 2:44AM
Despite the blithering idiots who idolize NK and go "North Korea is Best Korea!" on the forums I moderate, I get the members of the dynasty mixed up. It's hard to take the place seriously.
Philster043 Aug 9th 2011 11:43PM
Love the Sylvari designs for GW2. Still my most eagerly anticipated new game.
thawedtheorc Aug 10th 2011 1:39AM
North Korea.... Little thugs who get into government because they actually believe they were born to rule.
Team America! I get a tear in my eye when I remember the love scene. /sniff