January 11th, 2010
Mortal Online is a first-person sandbox MMO set in a believable fantasy environment. Although the game is not necessarily about PvP, its core is built around player skill and PvP as opposed to experience points, levels and a PvP-mode glued on top. Mortal Online revolves around player-to-player interaction more than solo-journeys and quests; it has full loot, sandbox crafting, housing and very seldom follows the streamlined design-rules and automated systems of modern cookie-cutter MMO’s. In short, it’s a niche skill-based fantasy game for a mature audience. The game is currently in Beta stage with nearly 10.000 accounts.
It’s very difficult to describe Mortal Online in a few sentences as it is very different from most of the MMOG’s out there. Now please understand I don’t use that cliché for marketing purposes, it simply is a niche game that some will like because of its unique approach and some won’t because it’s too different from their style of play or what they are used to. The game does not necessarily build on or “learn” from the errors or the steps taken by big-name MMO’s
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January 11th, 2010
Jeff Hickman is Executive Producer at EA Mythic. He has worked on several titles including Dark Age of Camelot and Warhammer Online. Jeff gave a presentation at AGDC which outlined how players will purchase and play games in the future and what design ideas we might see years from now. He also touched on some of the areas where Warhammer went wrong and explained some improvements they are trying to make for the future on all of Mythic’s products. After his presentation I had a chance to interview Jeff, sadly the video interview was lost, sorry Jeff, but I’ll try to highlight some of the points he made.
Jeff explained that digital distribution is important in the future for games. There will always be boxed sales, but with services like STEAM and other digital download companies, getting games directly online easier than ever to do. In the future, more and more people will be downloading games online than going to the store to buy them.
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January 10th, 2010
Game Entertainment Europe brings Massive Multiplayer Games to Europe
Amsterdam, 26th June 2006 – Game Entertainment Europe BV has added the game Martial Heroes to its game portfolio as the first massive multiplayer game. Martial Heroes is a free to play game based on oriental martial arts. With the introduction of Martial Heroes, Game Entertainment Europe is offering a new game genre to gamers that like Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPG).
Martial Heroes is a provocative game to play for both new and experienced gamers. A gamer chooses the role that fits him or her best. By playing quests and using items such as swords and horses, the gamer grows into his role. Of course real success comes from playing the game together. Martial Heroes offers the possibility to form a Guild. There is an unlimited number of levels that will keep the game provocative for every hardcore gamer. New items and extensions are launched daily and there will be events regularly.
Gamers can visit the European website for Martial Heroes, which will be launched in August. Through this site the Martial Heroes game client can be downloaded for free. The European website will be available in English, German, French and Dutch with additional languages being added in the near future.
European gamers will be able to buy interesting items, pay for these with their favourite (local) payment system and use the European helpdesk, forum and Game Masters (GM). Throughout 2006 the international game server for Martial Heroes will be extended with servers dedicated to the European users.
“There are many more great online community games besides those from well known publishers like NCSoft and Webzen. Many games that are successful in Asia are hardly available for gamers in Europe”, according to Richard van Barneveld, CEO of Game Entertainment Europe. We are the first company to offer a complete solution to the many problems that game developers face in offering their games in Europe. Game Entertainment Europe can offer 28 different languages, 86 payment methods, local promotion, helpdesk and superior hosting facilities. Besides Martial Heroes, Game Entertainment Europe will offer several other online community games to European gamers. Van Barneveld: “In the short term we will launch an online First Person Shooter (FPS) and several online sports games. “
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January 10th, 2010
Have you ever dreamed about changing your character’s class, wondered what it would be like if you had a different main class, or just wanted a fresh new experience in Lineage 2? Your dreams can become reality!
Lineage II is proud to announce the Subclass Change account service and a small update to the Name Change account service.
You can sign up for the Subclass Change paid account service starting Tuesday, June 9th, 2009.
Any account services purchased on or after June 9th, 2009 will follow our normal account service processing during regular maintenance.
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January 8th, 2010
In Monument and Might, GU #52, Kurn’s isn’t the only place the mysterious stranger will lead you. Your new “friend” will send you to the Emperor’s Athenaeum to uncover more secrets.
Behind the last known door into the sealed city of Charasis lies the Emperor’s Athenaeum. It is the great lost library, thought to be only legend by most.
It is said to be the location of all of the Sathirian Dynasty’s greatest secrets.
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January 8th, 2010
Halls of the Pantheon
The Halls of Pantheon is finally here. The first part of the great architect Artera’s story has finally been released and now is your chance to prove to the gods of Telon you are worthy of their blessings. Within the halls you will be asked to do many things as you increase your favor with the gods until finally correcting the imbalance of creation and unlocking the path that leads into the halls of shattered souls and the truth behind the gods of Telon and their years of silence. It is up to you adventurers, crafters, diplomats to unlock the secrets within the halls and prove once again that the inhabitants of Telon are a force to be reckoned with.
Feature Details:
200 new quests
1000+ new items
2 new flying mounts
Choose your alignment and reap the rewards
Find out the truth behind the schemes of Kamelott
Become a god warrior and unlock the way to the Halls of Shattered Souls
Craft enhancements making them more powerful
Craft god armor
Craft a unique epic weapon for each class
New item mods
New resistances
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January 8th, 2010
Due to the Free Character Transfer Service, a number of servers have essentially become ghost towns as much of the game’s remaining population has chosen to converge on a small number of servers (example: Starsider).
As a result of this, Star Wars Galaxies Community Manager, Draakull, has announced today that 12 servers and SWG Credits will be shutdown on October 15th, 2009, at 5PM PDT, leaving 13 remaining. The creation of new characters on these servers is now disabled.
The servers listed below will be shut down:
Corbantis
Europe-Infinity
Intrepid
Kauri
Kettemoor
Lowca
Naritus
Scylla
Tarquinas
Tempest
Valcyn
Wanderhome
To help facilitate any players still remaining on these servers, the Free Character Transfer Service has been extended through to October 15th, 2009. Beginning today, all characters still remaining on the aforementioned servers are eligible for a one time free transfer to any of the remaining 13 servers.
In addition to this announcement, a FAQ has also been made available for more information on the situation.
The announcement and FAQ are both available here.
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January 8th, 2010
For new eve game players, I think how to earn eve isk is the most concerned thing for them. Today, I will tell you some ways about it.
Do not tell me that you do not finish the course about the game. When it is you, I think you are unnecessary to play this online game as you can not do anything about the game even the basic operation.
Bushing the duty to earn the money
When you finish the course about the eve online game, I suggest you to find the agents and accept the duties what they will give you. The next problem is that how to find the agents. I also was embarrassed by this problem for about fifteen days. But now I think it is very easy to find them. There is a choice of character and place in the left of your screen. Click it and then the dialog box coming in front of you. You can search for your corps there and choose your career according to your hobby. When you find the agents which suits for your taste, you can fly to him and he will assign the duties to you.
Earning money as a miner
Although it is a way which can help you get some money, I do not think it is a great way for earning money. It is due to that may be this way can offer you steady earning at the beginning of the time, but it is not quicker than doing the duties, unless that you are the team leader, or that you have little hope to earn much money in the game.
Joining in the team
Joining in the team is the most important problem when you play the eve online game, and that is the key thing whether you really understand the eve game.
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January 7th, 2010
The main focus for this patch were the optimizations. This is the most work we’ve done to date in this area.
Optimizations
The audio system has been completely revamped and this will result in significantly higher performance, Darkfall Gold, mostly noticeable during large sieges.
A large number of server side optimizations regarding sieges and large battle performance have been applied.
Miscellaneous client problems have been addressed
Crafting
New Items added for Skinning:
Dragon Bone
Ork Darktaint
Northman Blood
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January 7th, 2010
Durham, USA – January 21, 2008 – Funcom announces the introduction of a tiered subscription system in Anarchy Online, and players can now choose between three subscriptions plans going from free-to-play to 5 to 14,95 USD / EUR a month. The newest subscription level means that gamers can access the areas and content in the Shadowlands expansion pack for only 5 USD / EUR a month, thereby offering one of the most profound, engaging and deep online experiences around for a low monthly cost.
The new areas which open up for the 5 USD a month subscribers are all located in the Shadowlands. This expansion pack got an incredible review score average, several awards and great critical acclaim when it launched, and is one of the most heralded MMO expansions of all time. The expansion not only gives players massive new areas to explore, it also introduces lots of new features as well as a chance to reach the maximum level in Anarchy Online.
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