EverQuest: Unique Logs Ins Up 150%
Posted by MMORPG on Apr 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Sony Online Entertainment is reporting that unique log ins to EverQuest are up 125% since the game went free to play last month. Concurrent user counts are up 40% as are new registrations for the classic game. Lastly, fans have purchased 125% more in-game goods.
Source: Gamasutra
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TERA: Improved Early Play Detailed
Posted by MMORPG on Apr 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment
The TERA site has been updated with information for players to show how the team is being responsive to the wishes of its community. In today's post, Improved Early Play, devs lay out how they are making those first baby steps into TERA a more fulfilling experience.
Playable Prologue: You become part of a beach landing gone awry. Can you save your allies and prevent a military disaster?
Badder Bosses: New tactics and deadlier attacks from early-level foes. You'll earn those levels.
Quest...
Star Wars: The Old Republic: Asia-Pacific Character Transfers Enabled
Posted by MMORPG on Apr 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Bioware is letting customers in the Asia-Pacific regions know that they can now transfer their Star Wars: The Old Republic to locally hosted servers from now through April 24th.
Character transfers will begin processing on April 24, 2012, 8:00PM AEST, 10:00PM NZST, 6:00PM HKT, 6:00PM SGT and may take upwards of seven days to complete all transfer requests. Once your character has been transferred to your new Asia Pacific server, an email will be sent to the address tied to your Star Wars: The Old...
Dungeons & Dragons Online: PAX East – Menace of the Underdark Preview
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We had an opportunity to check out the upcoming Menace of the Underdark expansion to Dungeons & Dragons Online at this year's PAX East and we've got the full report (and video!) for you.
Before we got into the actual content of the expansion, Fernando gave us a rundown of where things are now following the events of Update 13. In Update 13, players were introduced to the storyline that would connect Eberron to the Forgotten Realms with the new expansion and that particular story arc...
Star Wars: The Old Republic: The Rakghoul Pandemic
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BioWare recently introduced their first event to Star Wars: The Old Republic with the 'Rakghoul Pandemic'. We discuss the new event in this week's column and offer our take on how these sorts of events can improve the overall game.
The Rakghoul Pandemic follows the story of the doomed voyage of the Stardream, a ship whose crew was stricken by the Rakghoul virus and ultimately crashed into the Dune Sea on Tatooine. Naturally, the infection has spread throughout Tatooine, especially amongst...
EverQuest II: Skyshrine Update Deployed
Posted by MMORPG on Apr 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Sony Online Entertainment and the EverQuest 2 team have announced that the latest update, Skyshrine, has been released. Skyshrine includes a level cap raised to 92, an outdoor zone in Withered Lands with over 100 quests, solo, small groups, and raid content, and storyline events. Players can now get their hands on an all new Drake mount, new tradeskill quests and new items as well.
The great citadel of Skyshrine has long housed the Claws of Veeshan dragons behind its massive walls and arcane protections....
Aion: Wayback Wednesday – A Short Walk Down Memory Lane
Posted by MMORPG on Apr 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment
In this week's Wayback Wednesday, MMORPG.com's Grakulen takes a very short walk down memory lane and revisits Aion. Of keen interest to fans of the game is the recently released v3.0 version of the game which brings a lot of new and expanded upon features into Aion. Check it out!
Can I have your attention please: We interrupt your regularly scheduled Wayback Wednesday to bring you this special announcement: All Daevas are ordered to report to the Abyss and bring the war back to Aion. Aion...
Rift: Infernal Dawn Live Stream Today
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Trion Worlds and the Rift team have announced that they will be conducting a Live Stream event to show off the Infernal Dawn 20-player dungeon. The dev team will show off the fight as it unfolds. The streaming event is slated to being at 11:30 PDT (12:30 MDT, 1:30 CDT, 2:30 EDT). Join the Rift Live Stream to check it out at the appointed time!
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Roblox: New FPS Game Detailed
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The ROBLOX team has sent word that a new FPS-style game has been developed for players to try out. Called Base Wars, the dev team has written a great article about the process of taking the game from level design all the way to completion.
Base Wars’ level design was a front-loaded process, so the ROBLOX Content Team focused its initial efforts on implementing the capture-point mechanic through careful layout planning. What started as whiteboard drawings became a balanced, successful map...
End of Nations: RTSGuru.com | EoN & the MMORTS Dilemma
Posted by MMORPG on Apr 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment
The MMORTS is one of the “holy grails” of gaming: often sought, but seldom achieved. RTSGuru.com editors take a look at some of the challenges faced by End of Nations developers seeking to create a persistent, social experience for a Real Time Strategy game. Check it out at RTSGuru.com.
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