Month: April 2012

  A new post on the CCP blog from Zulu uses the title “Fearless, Virtual Goods, and Rage”. The post deals with players’ reactions to a leaked internal newsletter called’ Fearless’ that discussed developers’ opinions on the subject of virtual goods and pricing. The letter goes on to discuss the pricing structure in the NeX … Read More “Devs Respond to Internal Newsletter LeakDevs Respond to Internal Newsletter Leak“ »

Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising is poised to be unleashed on the world in the very near future and the open beta has already commenced. On a recent trip to Heatwave Interactive, MMORPG.com writer Richard Cox participated in a round table discussion with CEO Anthony Castoro, Lead Designer Tim Schubert, Producer Phil Tittle, Community Manager … Read More “Developer Round Table Pt. 2Developer Round Table Pt. 2“ »

   MMORPG.com are committed to making sure that game we review not only are hit with the initial review on release but also to revisiting popular titles further down the road after patches and content updates or expansions have come into play. With that in mind, MMORPG.com’s Robert Fooks brings us a re-review of Global … Read More “Revisiting Dome CityRevisiting Dome City“ »

The team at SOE behind DCUO is rewarding their community for being patient during recent “issues that took us some time to resolve” by throwing a reward their way in a bid to help get everyone just a few steps closer to their Tier 2 armor in preparation of next month’s update. You may have noticed … Read More “Thanking the CommunityThanking the Community“ »

  MMORPG.com’s own Carolyn Koh was at the recent EA Summer Showcase out on the Left Coast, and during her time there she was treated to the first ever reveal of a dungeon in Funcom’s The Secret World.  Find out what Carolyn thought of the hotly anticipated game’s combat, classless system, and more. The graphics … Read More “Dungeon Running in The Secret WorldDungeon Running in The Secret World“ »

  Last week’s Friday Update to the official Star Wars: The Old Republic website consisted of a dev blog by BioWare’s Damion Schubert on the process of creating the game’s various in-game maps.Damion explains how BioWare’s technology can create maps automatically: What we decided to do was to have a design process which generates maps … Read More “Damion Schubert Explains Map DesignDamion Schubert Explains Map Design“ »

  Lazard Capital Markets has downgraded Activision-Blizzard stock from “buy” to “neutral” in light of World of Warcraft’s declining subscription numbers. Lazard analyst Atul Bagga does not believe Activision-Blizzard can stop the hemorrhaging of World of Warcraft subscriber numbers due to age and increased competition in the space.  The downgrade was mainly motivated by data … Read More “activition-blizzard subscription declinedactivition-blizzard subscription declined“ »

  The Everquest 2 team has announced that players will be able to take advantage of a double XP weekend beginning on Thursday, November 24th. In addition, the Marketplace will be giving players some hot deals for Black Friday. We know you’ll probably be stuffing your face with Turkey over the next few days, so … Read More “Double XP Weekend & Black Friday SaleDouble XP Weekend & Black Friday Sale“ »

    GamersFirst has announced that over three million players have registered to play APB: Reloaded. According to the press release, the milestone was passed after APB:R was released on Steam. GamersFirst anticipates that the number will rise when a special boxed version hits store shelves that sells with pretty amazing incentives. “We recognized the … Read More “3 Million Registered Users3 Million Registered Users“ »

  Avatar Creations has announced that Perpetuum Online will be expanding content-wise on December 1st. Called “Intrusion 2.0”, the new content expansion will allow player corporations to fight for and gain control of outposts in the Beta region. In addition, a new freighter robot is coming into the game and new level 3 missions are … Read More “Intrusion 2.0 Content Expansion Intrusion 2.0 Content Expansion “ »