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Archive for October, 2009
City of Heroes: The Deadly Apocalypse Event is Live!
Oct 21st
This year’s City of Heroes Halloween event, "The Deadly Apocalypse" is now running on live servers. The event will take place from Tuesday, October 20th to Tuesday, November 3rd, and will see heroes and villains alike stand up against a horde of zombies, werewolves, Jack-o-Lanterns, Shivans, Eidolons, and some mysterious new monstrosities that players will have to see for themselves.
Haunted Sigils will appear to players throughout the world, and when destroyed will trigger waves and waves of monsters. Once the monsters are completely wiped out, players will be rewarded with a treat!
Of course there will be many badges for City of Heroes’ infamous "badgers" to chase with the event, including badges from events past.
For more details on the event, read the full announcement here.
Gildenvideo vom DDD-Clan MMORPG Team Impuratus XII – Hyborian Adventures
Oct 21st
Gildenvideo vom DDD-Clan MMORPG Team Impuratus XII
Gilden sind ein zentraler Teil von Age of Conan und die Kreativität unserer Spieler ist immer wieder beeindruckend.
Während unserer Streifzüge durchs World Wide Web stoßen wir immer wieder auf Zeugen der Kreativität unserer Spieler und Spielerinnen. Diesesmal haben wir ein Vorstellungsvideo einer deutschen Gilde (DDD-Clan MMORPG Team Impuratus XII) für euch hervorgeholt, das wir euch präsentieren wollten, da es nicht nur gut geschnitten und vertont, sondern vor allem auch äußerst gut gesprochen ist.
Viel Spaß bei anschauen!
Eure Gilde möchte sich auch Multimedia präsentieren? Schickt unserem Community Manager Waldgeist im Forum eine PM mit einem Link zu eurem Gildenvideo für den nächsten Community-Watch.
Letzte Beiträge
- [19.11.2009] – CROMCAST #15 – Der November hat ein neues Gesicht!
- [12.11.2009] – Computerbildspiele interviewt Craig ’Silirrion’ Morrison
- [11.11.2009] – Besondere Abonnement-Angebote und doppelte Erfahrungspunkte im November!
- [10.11.2009] – Interview mit Waldgeist auf MMOSzene
- [05.11.2009] – CROMCAST #14 – The Lenny is back
Aion: Curse Founder’s Open Letter to NCsoft
Oct 21st
Curse.com founder "Netcurse" has posted an open letter to NCsoft Korea on AionSource pleading with the company to move fast in addressing a number of key issues he feels will be a detriment to Aion’s long term success here in the West.
In the letter, Netcurse says, "…there are three issues I want to bring to the front page today that need to be addressed or this game will end up being a 300k subscriber game within 6 months, not the one-million+ subscriber game it should be." And then proceeds to go through a laundry list of the game’s most glaring issues, but also provides what he feels would be appropriate solutions.
Read Netcurse’s letter here.
Via Massively.
Aion: One Month in Q&A
Oct 21st
MMORPG.com’s Jon Wood had the opportunity to ask a few questions of Aion’s Producer Brian Knox as we approach the game’s one-month anniversary.
MMORPG.com:
Can you explain what led to the decision to allow what many considered to be outrageous queue times directly after launch rather than to add more servers or take some other measure to be sure that all who paid for the game could play when they wanted to?
Brian Knox:
We tried to walk a very fine line and we strayed a bit in the beginning. Our goal was to always ensure there was a playable server for that language or region. Most players didn’t use this option and continued to stay with their original server, but the option was there. That said, today we’re seeing much more reasonable queue times today and continue to monitor this closely.
Read the One Month in Q&A.
Nova forma de fazer login – notícias de RuneScape
Oct 21st
Fizemos algumas mudanças na forma com que você efetua o login em nosso site e nos demais recursos, como o sistema de ofensas e sua caixa de mensagem.
A mudança que fizemos é relacionada a forma com que você faz o login, agora você não precisa mais esperar o aplicativo Java carregar. Isso deve fazer com que o processo de entrar em nosso site seja mais rápido. O novo formato contém o sistema reCAPTCHA, uma ferramenta que requere que você decifre palavras escaneadas de livros caso sua tentativa de entrar no jogo ou no site falhe.
Toda vez que precisar efetuar o login usando somente seu nome de usuário, como enviar um pedido de recuperação de conta, por exemplo, você ainda usará o aplicativo Java.
Großes Special zu Update 5.6 bei buffed – Hyborian Adventures
Oct 20th
Großes Special zu Update 5.6 bei buffed
Buffed berichtet ausführlich über Update 5.6
Buffed berichtet über Update 5.6, die Einzelheiten zu den Gegenständen des Veteranensystems, einer Einführung zum Eisenturm und einem Interview mit Designerin Carola Berens (die ihr auch auf der GamesCom treffen konntet). Außerdem gibt es einen Ausblick auf die Nächte der verlorenen Seelen, samt Hinweis-Screenshot.
Ein großer Batzen erwartet euch also im Update 5.6 Special auf Buffed.
Letzte Beiträge
- [19.11.2009] – CROMCAST #15 – Der November hat ein neues Gesicht!
- [12.11.2009] – Computerbildspiele interviewt Craig ’Silirrion’ Morrison
- [11.11.2009] – Besondere Abonnement-Angebote und doppelte Erfahrungspunkte im November!
- [10.11.2009] – Interview mit Waldgeist auf MMOSzene
- [05.11.2009] – CROMCAST #14 – The Lenny is back
Global Agenda: Payment Methods Announced!
Oct 20th
We’ve got some big news coming out of Hi-Rez Studios today regarding the payment methods for their upcoming sci-fi MMOFPS, Global Agenda. Hi-Rez Studios has announced today that Global Agenda will be available for $49.99 as either a retail box package or a digital download, but more importantly, that there will be no monthly subscription fee required for Global Agenda.
Instead, a subscription package will be offered as an option to customers, which will be known as Global Agenda: Conquest. Customers who opt for the subscription package will receive access to the persistent Alliance vs. Alliance territory control gameplay as well as access to major content updates. For fans familiar with Monte Cristo’s CitiesXL, this arrangement is somewhat similar to the Cities XL vs. Cities XL: Planet Offer.
Global Agenda Executive Producer Todd Harris also offers some comments on the announcement:
"Throughout our Beta process, our fans, players and reviewers have consistently told us that Global Agenda’s combat system is exceptionally fun and that they would love to play it as a multiplayer shooter. This single-purchase, non-subscription model will enable players to fully experience Global Agenda’s award-winning persistent shooter gameplay."
"At the same time, many players are seeking a deeper experience, and want to More >
Global Agenda Pricing Details Announced
Oct 20th
ATLANTA, Oct. 20, 2009 – Global Agenda players will be able to experience the major features of the game after a one time purchase via digital download or box sale, with no monthly subscription required. An optional subscription package called Global Agenda: Conquest will be available for those players who wish to participate in the persistent Alliance vs. Alliance territory control game-play and access ongoing content updates.
"Throughout our Beta process, our fans, players and reviewers have consistently told us that Global Agenda’s combat system is exceptionally fun and that they would love to play it as a multiplayer shooter" said Todd Harris, Executive Producer. "This single-purchase, non-subscription model will enable players to fully experience Global Agenda’s award-winning persistent shooter gameplay."
"At the same time, many players are seeking a deeper experience, and want to engage in large-scale campaigns between player-created groups over limited territory and resources. These players can opt for the Conquest subscription plan which includes our persistent AvA world domination gameplay, and other features typically associated with MMOs."
The specific features associated with each pricing option are as follows:
Global Agenda (one time purchase – $49.99 MSRP) includes:
- Creation of up to eight different agent characters
- Character visual customization
- Access to all combat More >
NCsoft Halloween Activities Lump Sum
Oct 20th
Halloween is not far away. Many Halloween activities from different game publishers are stand by. Here is a brief overview of the Halloween activities across NCsoft’s portfolio of games.
Aion – Harvest Revel
During the Fall harvest, the people of Atreia have always celebrated the bounty of the land. Years ago, the joy of the annual revels was troubled by an eclipse-a peculiar and magical eclipse that brought darkness to Asmodae and Elysea. Ever since, for days during Harvest Revel, the sky goes dark and the people of Atreia join in the hunt.
Asmodians celebrate the bounty through the Wild Hunt, racing after the Wild Kurthanir hunt leader and cooking special dishes made from the meat. On the other side of Atreia, the Elyos encounter undead creatures pulled back into a semblance of life by the power of the eclipse. Elyos must join roving Dark Night bands to hunt and destroy the undead before they invade Elyos villages.
Each day during Harvest Revel players will be rewarded for their investment with new lore and tasty treats including a Halloween Hat and candy that will transform players into in game creatures!
• Starts: Sunday, October 25, 2009
• Ends: Saturday, October 31, 2009
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Star Wars: The Old Republic: Blaine Christine Interview
Oct 20th
Steven Crews of the MMOGamer got a chance to sit down with BioWare’s Blaine Christine, Producer on Star Wars: The Old Republic for an interview that sheds some light on some of the game’s more controversial aspects.
One of the major points the interview hits on is the rampant speculation by many MMOG fans that The Old Republic seems more like an online single-player game than a true tradtional MMOG, and Blaine Christine took some time out in the interview to address that:
The MMO Gamer: From the beginning, BioWare has always pitched story as the centerpiece of the game. But you’ve also said that this is going to be a true, “traditional” MMO—and in a traditional MMO you spend about 99.95% of your time engaged in killing things.
So, is story really the centerpiece of the game, or is it combat?
Blaine Christine: That’s a great question, and another important point: Essentially, if we break it down, and this is really rough in terms of percentage…
We’ve talked a lot about story as we’ve delivered demos over the course of the summer, but a very important message is in terms of time spent, you’ll spend more time in story in our game because we have the More >