MMO Roundup: SWTOR launch date, Guild Wars 2 gameplay, and more
by Alex Ziebart 
Sep 27th 2011 at 5:00PM
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BioWare announces launch date for Star Wars: The Old Republic At the 2011 Eurogamer Expo keynote address, BioWare co-founders Dr. Ray Muzyka and Dr. Greg Zeschuk announced that Star Wars: The Old Republic will officially launch on Dec. 20, 2011, for North America and Dec. 22, 2011, for Europe. Head over to Massively to find out how much you'll be paying. |
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Guild Wars 2 Necromancer, Thief gameplay videos captured at Eurogamer Expo If you're a Guild Wars 2 fan who couldn't make the trip to London for this weekend's Eurogamer Expo, Cynical Brit's TotalBiscuit has the next best thing. A series of gameplay videos shot live at the event, and all told, the three clips clock in at just under an hour of footage. The videos feature both Norn Thief PVP and high-level Sylvari Necromancer shenanigans. |
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Informal RMT study looks at microtransaction effects across multiple titles Wondering whether microtransactions in western games are as harmless as publishers would have you believe? BitGamer was as well, and as such, the website has conducted an informal study of RMT and its effects across seven different titles. Ultimately the piece reaches the familiar conclusion that RMT is here to stay and that it's OK as long as the implementation avoids the dreaded pay-to-win stigma. |
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League of Legends: Dominion launches The big day has arrived for League of Legends fans, as League of Legends: Dominion officially launched yesterday following a short beta period. Developers promised a 2011 release for the new game mode, but it's doubtful anyone expected release before the end of September. Dominion turns standard MOBA gameplay on its head by introducing capture points, super-powerful creeps and buff-giving relics. |
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Massively Speaking Episode 166 Massively Speaking, Massively's MMO podcast, returns this week as Shawn and Rubi discuss the week's MMO news. Topics include Dan Stahl's exit from Star Trek Online, Asura week wrapup, World of Darkness info, an exclusive interview with John Smedley about DCUO's move to free-to-play, 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)
jfofla Sep 27th 2011 5:11PM
EA announces SWTOR might be delayed until next year. Next day Blizzard says Diablo will be delayed till next year.
Then EA sets the date for SWTOR as December.
Guarantee that Blizzard will not say anything, the announce Diablo for the same day release as SWTOR at the last minute.
ShakoBako Sep 27th 2011 5:16PM
Hope so. The sooner, the better.
dathi48 Sep 27th 2011 5:21PM
No, Blizzard will just be releasing 4.3 about a week or two before SWTOR launches, so Transmog, Deathwing, and all the other sparklies distracts active and former WOW players
jfofla Sep 27th 2011 5:53PM
4.3 is a month away. We are only 9 months away from new expansion, so Deathwing needs to get out there.
Kaphik Sep 27th 2011 6:10PM
EA didn't "announce" anything. They made a statement in an INVESTORS MEETING, one that actually had been stated by Bioware many times and many places beforehand, that was jumped on by all the gaming blogs as "news".
Thomas Higgins Sep 27th 2011 9:42PM
Hmm, for once a game that comes out earlier in the States than it does in Europe?
Who woulda thunk it?
Still, another reason to spit in George Lucas' left eyeball is always a good thing, I suppose.
(Yeah, I know, he probably didn't decide to yet again give Europe the shaft, it is an old video game tradition, after all^. Sucks to have a continent full of folks who don't speak American or English)
^One that I had thought big games companies had grown out of. Oops.