Guild Wars 2: Wintersday is Coming
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The next major event in Guild Wars 2 is Wintersday, something that many players are looking forward to checking out. We managed to catch up to ArenaNet’s Steven Waller and Anthony Ordon to talk about Wintersday. See what we found out and then leave us your thoughts in the comments!
Each city’s instance will drops plans and materials for players to craft toys themed after the capitol city. But the good news is that you’ll be able to do every city’s instance once Tixx...
TERA: ’Slay’ Bells Ring
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En Masse Entertainment has laid out the details for its "Santa's Slay" event in TERA. During the event, players are charged with hunting down and defeating Santas all across the game world. By so doing, they will earn the chance to win some nifty prizes.
From December 14 to January 2, you can seek out Fat Santas and Tiny Santas across the world of TERA. Defeat the santas, and you’ll earn fat loot and tiny treasures full of holiday goodies, including cosmetic items, enchanting...
RaiderZ: New Screens Show Off First-Ever Holiday Event
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Perfect World Entertainment has released a bunch of new screenshots showing off the upcoming holiday event to be held in RaiderZ. Players can get a look at special new costumes and get a peek at the invasion of the snowmen. Check them all out in our RaiderZ screenshot gallery.
Bundle up and stay warm with special Christmas Costumes. Collect Christmas Cards and trade them in for a variety of winter gear. Prepare for an invasion of Snowmen at the port city of Ingen. While you're there, make sure...
The Secret World: Joel Bylos
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Funcom has teamed up with MMORPG.com to help spread the word about the impending end of the world as we know it, at least according to The Secret World's Game Director Joel Bylos. See what "The Prophet" has to say in his first End of Days Blog then leave us your thoughts in the comments.
I want to clarify a few things and I suspect this is probably the place to do that. Some of you have seen my video. I wanted to document the end, so that whatever intelligence beings come after us...
Spirit Tales: Spirit Hare Tribe Incoming
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Spirit Tales will be expanding on December 12th with the introduction of a brand new tribe: The Spirit Hare tribe. Generally a peace-loving monastic tribe, the Spirit Hares have been largely unknown until their way of life was compromised.
On the 12th December 2012, the Spirit Hare Tribe will be officially open for our players to enjoy! You will be able to choose from the Spirit Hare Warrior, whose proficiency lies in hand to hand combat and hunting, or the Spirit Hare Wizard, whose magical control...
Silkroad Online: ’Roc’-ing the House on December 18th
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Silkroad Online players are being invited to a special event to celebrate the second phase of the overhauled game client. On December 18th, a roc will be summoned to one of two starter areas for players to defeat within a certain amount of time setting up the summoning of a second and, ultimately, a trio of bosses.
Roc Time Attack will offer players a variety of cool prizes including epic drop items featuring diverse weapons and armor! Both Rocs will also drop between 1 to 2 special Subscription...
City of Steam: New Dev Journal Details GUI Overhaul
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The latest City of Steam developer blog lays out the details about recent changes to the user interface. The GUI has been retooled, overhauled and refitted into the current beta version of the game.
We liked the basic concept of this configuration, but our GUI (phonetically “gooey” but it shouldn’t be as sticky) designer said that he had a plan to make it better! The current one was a little thick and sometimes got in the way of other UI elements, so our designer took on the quest...
Wurm Online: Rolf Jansson – The Gone Gold Interview
Posted by MMORPG on Dec 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Wurm Online has been a labor of love since its inception in 2003. We managed to catch up to Code Club CEO Rolf Jansson to talk about Wurm Online and all that's happened in the intervening years. See what he's got to say and then leave us your thoughts in the comments.
MMORPG: It's been a long time since the inception of Wurm way back in 2003. How have your current goals for the game changed since that initial push for the sandbox?
Rolf Jansson: Initially I'd say "not a lot"...
Rift: Dev Team Rocked By Layoffs
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Gamasutra is reporting that several affected persons have been in contact indicating that Trion Worlds is undergoing "staff reductions". Most notably, sources indicate that the Rift team has been hit hard.
An affected source tells us that the number of developers out of work today — developers spanning several disciplines, including artists and designers — numbers somewhere in the neighborhood of 40.
Read Gamasutra's full report.
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Star Wars: The Old Republic: The Slippery Slope of SWTOR
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Is BioWare on a slippery slope with their Cartel Market in Star Wars: The Old Republic? We weigh in with our thoughts in this week's SWTOR column.
In Game Update 1.6 in particular, the Cartel Market now features Level 50 ship equipment that when purchased will allow players to essentially jump right into the new Heroic space missions. It’s true, the Market has offered gear for some time now, but the gear on offer is either adaptive gear without any stats, or gear with pre-endgame stats...
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