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XLGames Launches a Website for its MMORPG ArcheAge
Feb 27th
XLGames Launches a Website for its MMORPG ArcheAgeSeoul, Korea, February 26th, 2010 - XL Games announced its Website launch for its blockbuster Massively Multiplayer Role-Playing Game (MMORPG), ArcheAge (http://www.ArcheAge.com) in Korea. ArcheAge Website features a forum to promote open communication among users and developers. Users also view game arts through a multimedia forum. The website will be resigned for the game launch. About ArcheAgeArcheAge is a next-generation MMORPG that has been developed since 2006 by a legendary game developer, Jake Song. ArcheAge is using CryENGINE2 to apply advanced technology and one of the famous fantasy authors in Korea involved with creating a storyline from the beginning. ArcheAge is a highly-anticipated MMORPG in 2010. About XLGamesEstablished in 2003 by a legendary game developer, Jake Song, XL Games opened a studio in Austin, USA, in 2004. XL Games developed XL1, an online racing game in 2005 and is currently focused on a next generation MMORPG, ArcheAge. http://www.xlgames.co.kr/engCheck out the gorgeous screenshots in our Forum posting here.
Arcane Brilliance: Patch 3.3.3 PTR changes for mages
Feb 27th
It’s time again for Arcane Brilliance, the weekly mage column that wants to point out that while gnomes often come up…er…short…when compared to the other races, they do have one special feature that always looks larger by comparison. Their spells are huge! Wait…what did you think I was talking about?
So anyway. It’s always an exciting time around here when a new patch hits the PTR. We all wake up, head down to the living room and gather beneath the tree to open our presents. Sometimes the bounty is rich, and we reap a choice harvest of new content and features. Other times the crop is more meager. And while patch 3.3.3 doesn’t seem to have brought with it the largest pile of new stuff we’ve ever seen, it’s turning out to be a bit more generous than I’d have previously suspected.
Yes, for those of us who play this game, a new patch is just like Christmas. You just never know what you’re going to get. Will that gaily wrapped parcel contain an N64? Or a hideous sweater? A huge buff? Or a soul-crushing nerf? Let’s all head over to the PTR together and start unwrapping, shall we?
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Wind Rider Cub and Gryphon Hatchling image gallery
Feb 27th
Though it took longer than expected to receive them and FedEx decided it was a wise idea to throw them into the mound of snow next to my well-shoveled porch rather than placing them on the porch or (gasp!) ringing the doorbell so I could accept them myself, my house now has two new guests. The Gryphon Hatchling and Winder Rider plushies now have resting places atop my significant other’s desk, where they stand vigilant to inflict cuteness on whoever may need it. In the gallery at the bottom of this post, you’ll find a number of pictures of them, held by my little sister because there simply wasn’t enough cute in the plushies alone.
Like most licensed Blizzard products, these plushies are very high quality. I was almost surprised by the amount of work put into the little details. The necklaces (bibs? zoo-tabards?) worn by the plushies are embroidered. They’re not screen-printed felt or anything like that, so I don’t expect they’ll come apart anytime soon. The plushies also shipped in individual drawstring bags to carry and store them in, so they’re not exposed to the elements when you inevitably shove them in your closet because really, are you going More >
Jumpgate Evolution : Skeinet : quatrième podcast disponible
Feb 27th
Comme chaque mois maintenant, le nouveau numéro du podcast de Skeinet est disponible pour toutes et tous.
On retrouve comme à notre habitude Bruniar en tant que présentateur et Mathias “1st1″ Ahrens qui devient dorénavant le co-animateur pour les podcasts.
Les invités de ce mois-ci sont :
- Anthodev
- Nash
- Slump
Et les sujets de ce podcast sont les suivants :
- Le départ de Kathie
- Le message de Rockjaw pour la communauté du forum US
- Skeinet Radio
- Le débat concernant les émissaires qui a débuté sur nos forums
- Réponses et débat sur les questions de la communauté concernant Jumpgate Evolution
Attention, le podcast est assez long (environ 1h30) mais une pub (roleplay) est disponible à 42 minutes et 30 secondes pour ceux qui souhaiteraient faire une pause.
Pour écouter ce podcast, on a toujours les mêmes possibilités, vous pouvez l’écouter directement depuis la page d’accueil de Skeinet.fr ou alors le télécharger à cette adresse (Faites clic-droit -> Enregistrer sous).
Merci de laisser vos retours, qu’ils se rapportent sur le fond ou la forme de ce podcast.
Weekend of the Necromancer – Advocate’s View
Feb 27th
Month Weekend of the Necromancer! Since FC is currently extremely busy with the upcoming expansion, we were unable to provide you with dev-side goodies like exclusives and new videos or screenies. However, we were able to secure an Advocate interview with Necromancer’s Advocate… So it’s not exactly a “Necromancer’s Month” but rather a “Necromantic Weekend”, but it’s still interesting to find out what’s the middle ground between the always unhappy (players) and the always overworked (devs) in AOC, i.e. the Advocates’ opinion. Read the full interview with Abraham “Abesworth” Wingrove, Necromancer Advocate from TYRANNY (US) here!.
[Opinion] Global Agenda por Luis Quesada
Feb 27th
Una opinión es simplemente eso y como tal debe ser. Vivencia y experiencia en algo concreto. Hoy me toca charlar de Global Agenda, juego que he seguido muy de cerca, desde antes de su primera beta. He tenido la suerte de probarlo en varias fases, he leído miles de promesas y notas de parches que prometían una experiencia brutal, he visto el famoso video del recon matando a un elfo, y todo aquello me emociono.
Primero decir que me parece un juego fenomenal, pero con muchas, muchas limitaciones, que hoy por hoy mucho juegos ya han cruzado. Es un juego muy divertido, pero con una vida corta, se volverá repetitivo y monótono en cuanto nos centremos algo en el.
Como amante de los MMO busco un verdadero mundo virtual, que aun estando yo durmiendo sigue latiendo. Partiendo de esta base hablare de este juego. Realmente me parece un "shooter" muy entretenido y divertido, pero para lo que nos ofrecer, tenemos títulos muchos mas completos.
Hablo de "shooter" porque para mi no es nada mas, realmente que nos ofrezca un sistema de avance de armas, armor, etc,etc, ya lo en tienes títulos como el nuevo Call of Duty sin denominarse MMO, el mismo Battlefied Bad More >
Around Azeroth: Everybody wants to be a cat
Feb 27th
Druids are the new black — or at least they will be in Cataclysm, when there’ll finally be two more races available to people who want to play a druid, but aren’t particularly keen on being a purple, pointy-eared freak or an ungainly furry. (*Ducks incoming flames.*) Kristy-Leigh loves druids so much that she’ll even hang out in Moonglade just to be in the company of her brethren. When a bunch of cat druids get together, do you think they all like to sleep in the sun like real cats?
Do you have any unusual, beautiful or interesting World of Warcraft images that are just collecting dust in your screenshots folder? We’d love to see them on Around Azeroth! Sharing your screenshot is as simple as e-mailing aroundazeroth@wow.com with a copy of your shot and a brief explanation of the scene. You could be featured here next!
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Virtual Reality in MMOs
Feb 27th
Virtual Reality in MMOs
By JD Suddarth I’m JD, I’m a Game Designer. I’m 19 years old, and I love MMOs.
So, me and a friend were having a huge discussion on the idea of Virtual Reality becoming possible in MMOs and games, and how it would be done. Now, when we talk about Virtual Reality, we think of being in the game, being able to visualize, and hear in the game, feeling like we are IN the game. However, we took it one step forward, what about being able to use your senses in the game? We started off talking about the technology required to use all five senses in the game. Science fiction films come to mind, with us seeing the stereotypical headset, and of course the suit, but what about something as simple as a headband? Or something that fixes to your temples as easily as your headphones going on your ears? What would this require? We’ve all seen the movie “The Matrix” I’m sure, and with Neo and all of them getting plugged into the system through a plug on their neck. Most people just viewed this as grotesque and unrealistic, but consider a crystalline electrode that can read More >
Next Asassins Creed Will have ’justified’ Multiplayer
Feb 27th
Next Asassins Creed Will have “justified” MultiplayerBy DryoThis is Carlos “DRYO” Riojas and here’s a guy who has a passion for concept art, Movies, and writing, likes to do fun stuff, and active fun stuff, plays collage table tennis, and likes to hang out with their friends, either have something to eat or play some games as long as he’s hanging out. He hopes one day Nintendo makes a new Zelda Four swords game(which it’s based on his favorite Zelda game).Right now he’s taking a Major on Industrial Design at University of Monterrey,Mexico
To keep it simple, according to Kotaku, they will add a full single player campaign following Ezios return to Rome, that’s right, you will play as the AC2 hero, but what It doesn’t seem right, is the fact that they’ve lost several awards to uncharted 2 made Ubisoft developers concerned over it, like if for some reason they need to win awards in order to do a perfect game.
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The game got released after uncharted 2, there is no excuse over why it didn’t won lots of awards, games are developed for a reason, to entertain, challenge the player to make decisions etc., and If they are More >
WRUP: What you’d like to see next edition
Feb 27th
It’s the weekend again — which can only mean it’s time for an escape from the tedious grind of the working week — to replace it with the tedious grind of our favorite video games! For us, you might assume our favorite game is World of Warcraft, but the team is all over the map on gaming preferences. Some of us are still lost in Mass Effect 2 others have moved on to BioShock 2, some of us are in the StarCraft II beta, and some of us are — gasp! — flirting with other MMOs while waiting for the next big thing in WoW. As a show of our gaming diversity, as well as checking in on what the WoW.com team is playing this weekend, I’ve asked what features from other games they’d like to see in WoW. For their answers — and to add your own — read on!
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