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Turbine Interview & More From LOGIN
May 20th
Ms. TrinityDivine has posted the remaining bits of her LOGIN Conference 2009 Coverage. The latest and last addition is an interview with Turbine’s Craig Alexander. Although Alexander was not ready to discuss an Xbox 360 version of The Lord of the Rings Online, he does have a lot to say on the topics of LOTRO, Dungeons and Dragons Online, and Asherons Call. Watch for some big DDO announcements coming soon!
LOGIN Conference 2009 Coverage Pieces
- Turbine’s Craig Alexander on MMOs for the Console, Etc.
- Interview with Tom Atkinson-Edwards (Pirates of the Burning Sea)
- LOGIN 2009: Fansites in the Age of Centralization
- LOGIN 2009: Make Games Not War
- LOGIN 2009: Community Management Lectures
Halls of the Pantheon Update Goes Live
May 19th
Hall of the Pantheon hits Vanguard, the first part of the Artera’s story has been realized. Now it’s time for you to prove your worth! Within the halls you will be asked to do many things to increase your favor with the gods. It’s up to all adventurers, crafters and diplomats to unblock the secret halls.
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
Level Increase:
- New level cap is 55
- 95 new abilities
- Spell crafting added
- Item levels increased
- New crafting related quest series
Items:
- Bow max ranges have been reduced.
- Fixed an issue where the Kamelott Rucksack had slots when it was not supposed too.
- Fixed haste buff on panther mask to increase attack speed and not decrease it.
- KDQ crates can now only be opened in Kamelott’s landing
- Fixed an issue with fireseed refresh discrepancy
Abilities:
- All counterattacks now have a minimum endurance/mana cost.
- Stroke More >
Warhammer Online: WAR Fiction – A Fistful of Choppas: Chapter 2
May 18th
Wait! Read Chapter One first!
Ghurlak waded into the metal-clad tide of dwarfs with a bloodthirsty roar. The stunties swallowed him up at once, racing around the flanks of their fellows to try and get a shot at the orc’s unprotected back. In the space of a moment Ghurlak was completely surrounded by a sea of shouting, chopping, wild-eyed foes. Hammers thudded into his ribs and pummeled at his thighs; axes chopped at his arms, leaving deep cuts in his thick, waxy skin. The pain set his blood on fire. For the first time ever, Ghurlak felt truly alive.
A dwarf pressed in close at Ghurlak’s left and chopped his axe into the ork’s left shoulder; his thick leather. The keen steel blade sliced through the ox-hide tunic like paper and thunked into the thick flesh and knotted muscle beneath. Ghurlak roared beneath the blow, pain and anger flaring into burning battle-lust. He brought the rock in his left hand around and smashed it into the side of the dwarf’s spangenhelm. Metal crumpled and bone shattered beneath the blow; blood spattered from the eye-slits of the stunty’s helm, and the warrior toppled like a felled oak.
By Mork, he’d More >
Letter from the Game Director May 2009 – Hyborian Adventures
May 18th
Letter from the Game Director May 2009
This months letter marks the anniversary of the games launch and its been quite a year by any estimation with more than its fair share of highs and lows. Its kind of hard to reconcile that it has actually been a year already!
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Before we get into the all important come on, tell us something about the new stuff that is coming I thought Id take a slight trip down memory lane on a few of the moments that have defined the Age of Conan experience for me personally.
I first heard of the project over five years ago, in the summer of 2004 when, as a freelance editor for IGN, I got to meet some of the folks from Funcom on a press tour in London. They let me in on what their next, then unannounced, project was. That project was Age of Conan, we sat in the hotel bar and talked for hours, (and incidentally was also the first time I saw a prototype demo for what would later become The Secret World!) headed out into Covent Garden and talked some more, and it was that meeting that started the More >
Interview with Game Director - Part I – Hyborian Adventures
May 18th
Interview with Game Director – Part I
MMOGamer sits down with Craig Morrison and discusses where he believes MMO design should be heading.
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Craig Morrison is not shy about expressing his views on where he believes MMO design should be heading in the future, and in Part One of the interview the topics that are touched upon seemed to continually arrive back at a single point: Why cant MMOs just be fun?
EverQuest II: User Created Books
May 18th
MMORPG.com EverQuest II Correspondent Daniel Stull writes this look at the introduction of user created books into the world of Sony Online Entertainment’s popular MMO.
In the upcoming GU45 update, the Everquest II development team has added a new feature of character flair: user-created books. Now, adventurers across Norrath can record their adventures, budding authors may create their own stories, and more! The news post on the EQ2Players website notes a limit, however, to how much can be placed in a book: “There is no limit to the number of pages, but books are limited by the amount of text. A progress bar will let you know how much more text your book can hold as you are typing.” In further good news, for those perfectionists out there, the writing system can auto-save your writing to your hard drive in case of trouble.
Read User Created Books
Carta del Director de Juego - Mayo 2009 – Hyborian Adventures
May 18th
Carta del Director de Juego – Mayo 2009
La carta de este mes coincide con el primer aniversario del lanzamiento del juego, y no cabe duda de que ha sido un año lleno de altibajos. ¡La verdad es que cuesta imaginar que ya ha pasado un año!
Antes de hablar de las novedades del juego (que estaréis deseosos de conocer), me gustaría recordar algunos de los momentos que, desde mi experiencia personal, han definido la experiencia de trabajar en Age of Conan.
La primera vez que oí hablar del proyecto fue hace cinco años, en verano de 2004. Entonces trabajaba como editor autónomo para IGN y conocí a algunos de los chicos de Funcom en una rueda de prensa en Londres. Me hablaron de su próximo proyecto, todavía sin anunciar, que no era otro que Age of Conan. Charlamos durante unas horas en el bar del hotel (donde vi por primera vez un prototipo de demo de lo que se convertiría en The Secret World) y luego continuamos la charla en Covent Garden. Aquel día iniciamos las conversaciones por las que terminaría trabajando en Funcom ese mismo año. En aquellas primeras charlas me llamó la atención la pasión que sentían por lo More >
Newsletter: Primer Aniversario de Age of Conan – Hyborian Adventures
May 18th
Newsletter: Primer Aniversario de Age of Conan
¡Aquí tenéis la newsletter para celebrar el primer aniversario de Age of Conan!
PRIMER ANIVERSARIO DE AGE OF CONAN !¡Estamos de fiesta! Esta semana, Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures celebra su primer aniversario y estás invitado a las celebraciones hiborias. Para conmemorar un acontecimiento tan importante, la corte de Conan ha preparado unos magníficos regalos que se repartirán entre los hiborios.
¡Carta del director de juego! Craig habla sobre el aniversarioCraig Morrison, director de Age of Conan, comparte sus reflexiones sobre el primer aniversario. Además, aprovecha la ocasión para hablar un poco más sobre la próxima actualización del juego, en especial de algunos aspectos menos conocidos como las mascotas sociales, el aumento de población en las ciudades de los gremios y algunas cosas más. Puedes leer la carta aquí.
¡Celébralo con una explosión de colorido! Fuegos artificiales gratis para todos¿Qué mejor manera de celebrar nuestro primer año de vida que poniendo color en el cielo? A partir de hoy, todos los personajes dispondrán de un objeto pirotécnico que podrán prender una vez cada ocho horas. Piénsate bien cuándo lo usas, ¡que el tiempo de recuperación es muy largo! Para recibirlo, solo tienes que More >
Lettre du Game Director - Mai 2009 – Hyborian Adventures
May 18th
Lettre du Game Director – Mai 2009
Ce mois de mai marque le premier anniversaire du jeu, et cela a été une année extrêmement mouvementée, avec un grand nombre de hauts et de bas. En fait, j’ai du mal à me dire que douze mois se sont déjà écoulés depuis la sortie du jeu !
Avant d’en venir à ce que vous attendez tous, à savoir de plus amples précisions sur ce qui arrive, permettez-moi un bref retour en arrière afin de revisiter quelques instants cruciaux qui définissent Age of Conan pour moi.
J’ai entendu évoquer le projet pour la première fois il y a cinq ans, au cours de l’été 2004. J’étais alors rédacteur indépendant pour IGN, ce qui m’a donné l’occasion de rencontrer plusieurs personnes de Funcom au cours d’un point presse à Londres. C’est là qu’elles m’ont parlé de leur prochain projet, qui n’avait pas encore été annoncé : Age of Conan. Nous avons discuté plusieurs heures durant dans le bar de l’hôtel (c’est d’ailleurs également ce jour-là que j’ai vu l’ébauche de démo de ce qui deviendrait plus tard The Secret World), puis nous sommes allés poursuivre notre discussion à Covent Garden. C’est cette rencontre qui engagea More >
Newsletter Premier anniversaire – Hyborian Adventures
May 18th
Newsletter Premier anniversaire
Voici la version française de la newsletter dédiée au premier anniversaire du jeu
AGE OF CONAN A UN AN !
Que la fête commence ! Cette semaine, Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures célèbre ses un an d’existence et vous êtes tous conviés aux festivités organisées en Hyboria. Pour fêter l’événement comme il se doit, la cour du roi Conan a préparé de fabuleux cadeaux qui seront distribués à l’ensemble de la population.
Lettre du game director !Craig nous livre ses réflexions sur les un an du jeu
Craig Morrison, le game director d’Age of Conan, a pris le temps de nous livrer ses réflexions sur ce premier anniversaire. Il en profite également pour nous parler de la prochaine mise à jour, en évoquant les nouveautés moins connues qu’elle comprendra, telles que les animaux familiers, des villes de guilde plus peuplées, et bien d’autres choses encore. Vous pouvez la lire ici.
Faisons tous la fête !Des feux d’artifice gratuits pour tout le monde
Quel meilleur moyen de célébrer un anniversaire que d’envoyer des feux d’artifice ? À partir d’aujourd’hui, tous les joueurs recevront dans leur inventaire une fusée pouvant être tirée toutes les huit heures. Comme vous pouvez le constater, cet objet a un cycle particulièrement More >