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The Last Bastion Announced! – Hyborian Adventures
Apr 14th
The Last Bastion Announced!
The future of Machinima has arrived with an exclusive sneak peek at the new Machinima mini-series that follows the adventures of the warriors and mystics of an ancient mystical order formed by their most esteemed member Silverar.
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We are please to help announce ’The Last Bastion – Chronicles of the OSD’ the future of Machinima. The Last Bastion is a new developing Machinima mini-series that is absolutley mindblowing! Order of the Silver Dragon guild is currently hard at work developing this new mini-series as they report that they currently have the first three episodes (45 minutes) almost complete! On top of this, they also released an exclusive preview of their work thus far.
- Preview Trailer HD (1.52 minutes)
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"Mysteries of the past determine the fate of the Silver Dragons as one lone aspirant finds himself forced along a treacherous path he does not wish to follow…" –Anonymous
Join in on the discussion on the forums or check out the latest news on the new mini-series exclusively on the Order of the Silver Dragon website!
Top 10 Reasons To Go To Fan Faire
Apr 14th
As lifted from Star Wars Galaxies…
The Top 10 Reasons to go to Fan Faire 2009
10) Las Vegas!! 9) Antonia Bayle & Firona Vie in your pictures. Tournaments, Live Quests, and Prizes! Oh My! 7) After hours fun in the Legends Lounge. 6) Late night LON and SWG TCG!. 5) Meeting your games Developers! 4) Meeting your in-game friends, in real life! 3) Brenlo singing Karaoke. 2) SMED singing Karaoke!
And the number one Reason to go to Fan Faire 2009: 1) The Pink T-Shirt contest at the Banquet hosted by Brenlo!
Runescape: Dwarf Quest Dev Journal Part 2
Apr 13th
The folks at Runescape have posted the second part in a dev journal about developing the game’s new dwarf quest.
Last time, I announced that I was just starting work on a new dwarf quest. All I had back then was a blank page that I needed to fill with ideas. Since then I’ve spent a few days brainstorming, bouncing ideas off other developers, and covering the wall next to my desk with post-it notes saying things like “Commander Veldaban” and “Red Axe base.”
I’ve found it harder to come up with a good idea for this quest than I have for any previous one, and I wrote down several ideas before rejecting them because they weren’t right. Finally, it clicked and I had a story I was happy with.
My next step was to write this idea up in a ’concept document’, which lays out the plot of the quest in broad strokes. I showed this document to Mod Mark, RuneScape’s lead designer, for approval. There was no point in developing the idea until he reached a decision; if he didn’t like it, it would be back to my blank page. It turned out that he did like it, so development could More >
Live Dev-Chat Transcript on Xfire – Hyborian Adventures
Apr 11th
Live Dev-Chat Transcript on Xfire
Xfire releases their latest transcript from the recent Conan Dev-Chat event.
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Recently, Xfire held a live developer chat event with Game Director Craig ’Silirrion’ Morrison and US Community Manager Glen ’Famine’ Swan. The event itself had a very awesome turnout as hundreds packed into one room to ask the guys some questions on Funcom and Age of Conan.
The transcript from that event is now up and hosted exclusively on Xfire.
The 21st Spell – The New Version of DOFUS Released
Apr 10th
Version 1.27 of the online game DOFUS, developed by ANKAMA, touched down on 7 April. This update features new special class spells, new alignment quests, new challenges and several other modifications to make the game more accessible and fun!
Not only is the ANKAMA team working on the DOFUS 2.0 graphic update, but they also keep on improving the game’s gameplay. This new version of DOFUS includes:
The integration of special class spells
Each class (Cra, Feca, etc.) will have its own special spell. This 21st spell can be obtained with a Doploon token. Players can get that token by defeating a Dopple in their class temple. A Dopple is a powerful creature with the spells of one of the playable character classes at their disposal. Doploons can be exchanged for experience and items, and that’s why they’re so sought-after by players. The harmonization of characters’ vitallty and Acceleration of the health points and enegry restoration process
Players now gain 5 additional Health Points per level as of level 1. This used to be restricted to high level characters. Besides, the restoration of Health Points and Energy is accelerated for all characters whether they’re disconnected, sitting or moving.
Spotlighton pvp quests (player vs player)PvP quests More >
Community Team Podcast Ausgabe 13 am 9. April – Hyborian Adventures
Apr 9th
Community Team Podcast Ausgabe 13 am 9. April
Osterzeit, Ferienzeit. Doch nicht für unseren Community Team Podcast, der heute in die 13te Runde geht Wir bringen euch statt bunter Eier allerlei Informationen und sind dabei natürlich kein bisschen leise
Die letzten Tage haben für viel Wirbel gesorgt und viel neues zutage gebracht. Wirbel den wir uns im heutigen AoC Podcast ansehen wollen und den wir gemeinsam mit euch beleuchten.
Die Themen diese Woche:
- Brief des Game Directors
- Start der Age of Conan Trialversion
- Update 1.05 ist auf dem Testlive angekommen
- Interviews mit dem GD auf der GDC
- und was uns sonst noch so einfällt
Der ehemalige Host des AoC-Radio Sunrise-FM ist auch weiterhin unser zuhause und der Moderator Lenny wird uns durch den Podcast begleiten und uns Verschnaufpause geben, indem er euch mit guter Rockmusik versorgt. Der Podcast wird jede zweite Woche am Donnerstag startend von 18 Uhr ab live aufgezeichnet und danach zum Download im Podcastfeed bereit gestellt.
Letzte Beiträge
- [17.12.2009] – CROMCAST #17 – Der Barbar mit dem weißen Bart kommt
- [15.12.2009] – Einzigartige Belohnung über die Feiertage: Unbefristete kostenlose Testversion
- [11.12.2009] – Exklusives Entwickler-Videotagebuch auf Buffed
- [04.12.2009] – Buffed berichtet über Neuerungen in Update 6
- [03.12.2009] – CROMCAST #16 – Hohoho hammer noch nich…
Dofus: "The 21st Spell" Update Launched
Apr 8th
Ankama has announced the release of The 21st Spell, the latest update for Dofus which adds special class spells, accelerated health and energy restoration, new alignment and PvP quests, and more.
DOFUS 1.27, The 21st Spell will expand and enrich the game concepts introduced in version 1.26.
Following on from the previous update, we’ve introduced 30 new combat challenges, re-evaluated PvP quests, and completely redesigned the Class Temple Dopples: what you will find is a whole host of new ways to evolve your character!
What’s more, DOFUS 1.27 will also see a significant rebalancing of the classes. The appearance of unhealable damage, modifications to Initiative management, tackling and changes to Sacriers are the main elements of the update.
Read more here.
Runescape: Development Diary: Dungeon Maps
Apr 8th
The latest dev journal form the folks at Runescape looks at the effort that goes into constructing new dungeons for the game.
The new line of Development Diaries continues today with the release of another diary: Dungeon Maps. Whereas last week’s diary talked about the design of a storyline and its characters, this Dungeon Maps project largely consists of technical challenges. Today’s diary, therefore, focuses on the technical work involved in creating this update.
It takes a long time to get even a simple project from initial concept to release. As we make progress on the projects for which we’ve released diaries, we plan to update the existing diaries to keep you informed of what’s going on, in addition to releasing new diaries about other projects. We’re also planning to have articles from other departments in the future, such as Graphics and QA. So, while the new development diaries are shorter than the old-style ones, they will be released more often.
Read more here.
Dev-Blog: Updates are Coming! – Hyborian Adventures
Apr 7th
Dev-Blog: Updates are Coming!
This week we bring you a short update on the trials, developers for the blog, and the Advocates.
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We have another great update on the dev-blog this week that covers some of the trial information, what developers we will kidnap for the blog, and the feedback process for the Advocates. Tune in for the next installments as we will start our development introductions and latest info from the test progress on the most recent update!
You can head on over and read all about this weeks dev-blog exclusively on MMORPG.COM
Dofus Guild FAQs
Apr 7th
Guide to Creating/Managing Guilds, by mariemonster Hello! This is more of a essay with tips rather than instructions; however, I will go over the basic functions of creating a guild also. Where do I create a guild? First, you will need to think about the point of your guild. What kind of members are you looking for? Alignments–Bonta/Brak mix, or one alignment only? PvP guild, crafters, or something else entirely?
Next, you need a guildogem. This is a global drop, and is fairly cheap to buy nowadays (last I checked, it went for 250kk). Take the gem and go to (1, -9). There, you will create a guild name and choose your shield’s design and color. Be careful! Once the name and design are set, you can’t change them. (TIP: Before creating a guild, get nine other people to join you at the temple. Recruiting right off the bat with no one in mind to become a member is hard.) What now? Congrats, you’re a leader of a guild! But why isn’t your symbol and guild name showing up above your head? That’s because, in order to attain guild status, you must have ten people in your guild. If you haven’t More >