Year: 2012

  MMORPG.com’s Richard Aihoshi has had his ear to the ground in the world of F2P not just here in NA, but around the world. Today, he discusses some of the numbers that have come to light as well as the upcoming ChinaJoy game show. US lagging behind UK in virtual goods uptake A few … Read More “Virtual Goods Sales and ChinaJoy 2010Virtual Goods Sales and ChinaJoy 2010“ »

The 100% RvR City Siege changes that will be coming to WAR with the release of patch 1.3.5 have been in closed beta testing for some time now, but according an update posted to the WAR Herald us feeble folk will be able to get our grubby hands on the City Siege changes tomorrow, May … Read More “Public City Siege Testing Begins Tomorrow!Public City Siege Testing Begins Tomorrow!“ »

  In a new developer post on the Dark Age of Camelot site, Kai Schroeber takes a walk down memory lane and reminds players of their early in-game experiences. Schroeber spends a bit of time waxing nostalgic for low-level areas such as Prydwen Keep, Gna Faste, Lough Derg, Albion, Midgard and Hibernia. The team has … Read More “Virtue and TraditionVirtue and Tradition“ »

  Frogster has announced that the latest content expansion for its seafaring MMO, Bounty Bay Online, has gone live. Called ‘Atlantis’, the new content gives high-level players new features including two new regions with multi-level instances and adjustable difficulty settings. Players can expect new armor sets with new bonuses, an achievement system for explorers, an … Read More “Atlantis Expansion Goes LiveAtlantis Expansion Goes Live“ »

  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“ »