MMO Roundup: Gamescom, Gamescom, and more Gamescom
by Alex Ziebart 
Aug 23rd 2011 at 2:00PM
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Massively's Gamescom coverage Gamescom is one of Europe's largest gaming events of the year. More news comes out of that event than we could ever hope to sum up in MMO Roundup, but Massively has it all. Head over to Massively's Gamescom hub for all of the event's MMO news. |
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NCsoft announces new MMO: WildStar Developed by Carbine studios, WildStar is a sci-fi/fantasy hybrid MMO of "high adventure" in which players "lay claim to a mysterious planet on the edge of known space" by playing as explorers, soldiers, scientists, or settlers. Hit Massively for concept art and the game's cinematic trailer. |
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Blizzard quashes speculation about a potential World of StarCraft Just in case all of Blizzard's previous indications of a StarCraft MMO not being in our future wasn't enough, here's another verification from Blizzard senior VP Frank Pearce: Blizzard currently has no plans to adapt the StarCraft setting to an MMO. |
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Guild Wars 2 shows off 40 minutes of gameplay On the Gamescom floor, ArenaNet's Chris Lye took time to walk Wartower.de through the full Guild Wars 2 demo for the event. During the tour, he shows us character customization, the Asura, and the Charr starting experience, capping it off with a giant dragon boss encounter. |
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Massively Speaking Episode 161 Massively Speaking, Massively's MMO podcast, is back this week to bring you all the latest MMO news with your hosts Shawn and Rubi. This time around, the focus is Gamescom 2011, which exploded with new game announcements, video trailers, and screenshots. |
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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)
Jcompguy Aug 23rd 2011 2:16PM
Omg the Guild Wars 2 videos that came out of Gamescon were awesome! IF, and that's a big if, Arenanet can make gw2 interesting enough to be worth playing for over a year on a single character, I really think it will be the next big MMO. It looks amazing, seems to play amazing, and sounds like it's actually fun, instead of a rewarding grind.
Kaphik Aug 23rd 2011 2:56PM
I think that it would have to be much longer than a year playing a single character for a game to be the "next big MMO".
jfofla Aug 23rd 2011 3:40PM
Conan, Warhammer, AION, and RIFT called to say they like your excitement over Guild Wars.
exogenesis. Aug 23rd 2011 3:43PM
I'm quite interested in seeing more about this WildStar MMO. I found the trailer highly enjoyable and fun.
Wulfkin Aug 24th 2011 7:25AM
Really? I thought it looked like the Pixar movie of bad gender stereotypes from hell.
Luregas Aug 23rd 2011 4:12PM
I have very high hopes for Guild Wars 2. Combat that's a hybrid of action and hotkey, dynamic events that any and all players can participate in and change the world (in a sort of tug 'o war back-and-forth style), a storyline focused on the player, and almost everything's setup in a way that encourages players to play together yet limit griefing and stealing. Oh, and there's Charr, which, IMO, are better designed than Worgen (even ignoring the failure with the female Worgen models, which have a severe case of chihuahua head).
Only thing I'm really bummed about is no mounts so far! The dynamic event system lends itself well to exploring, so I'm hoping they add mounts to make the exploration that much smoother (at least they have the waypoint system).
Luregas Aug 23rd 2011 4:16PM
I have very high hopes for Guild Wars 2. Combat that's a hybrid of action and hotkey, dynamic events that any and all players can participate in and change the world (in a sort of tug 'o war back-and-forth style), a storyline focused on the player, and almost everything's setup in a way that encourages players to play together yet limit griefing and stealing. Oh, and there's Charr, which, IMO, are better designed than Worgen (even ignoring the failure with the female Worgen models, which have a severe case of chihuahua head).
Only thing I'm really bummed about is no mounts so far. Considering the dynamic event system lends well to exploration (finding hidden events) you'd think they'd add mounts for faster travel! Oh well, at least the waypoint system ensures I don't have to wait 10 minutes to travel across an entire continent.
twbrienn Aug 23rd 2011 4:29PM
That Wildstar trailer looked interesting. the movement had a Beyond Good and Evil feel to it. I'll have to keep my eye on it.
styopa Aug 23rd 2011 7:54PM
Too bad about the World Of Starcraft. I mean, I don't need THAT particular IP, but Mass Effect's success should have shown the market that a Science Fiction MMO could succeed. Originally, I thought that's where WAR was going, before I found out it was another fantasy re-hash.
Please, someone buy the license to Traveller and make it an MMO.
Darky Aug 24th 2011 12:38AM
There's always ToR and dark millennium.
Al Aug 24th 2011 3:04AM
I'm still kinda surprised there's no Dune MMO.