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TERA: Pre-orders Now Being Accepted
Feb 1st
En Masse Entertainment and Frogster have announced that three versions of TERA are now available for preorder. TERA will be released in Standard, Digital Collector's, and Collector's editions with unique bonuses included for each including beta access!
Beta dates are as follows:
En Masse Entertainment will be hosting five Closed Beta Tests for TERA, allowing select gamers the opportunity to get into the game and preview its blend of action-heavy combat and traditional MMO depth. The Closed Beta Tests, the Open Beta Test that will be open to the general public closer to launch, and Head Start will take place on the following dates:
- Closed Beta Test 1: February 10 – 12
- Closed Beta Test 2: February 24 – 26
- Closed Beta Test 3: March 9 – 11
- Closed Beta Test 4: March 23 – 25
- Closed Beta Test 5: April 6 – 8
- Open Beta Test: April 19 – 22
- Head Start: April 28 – May 1
Prices (NA version):
- Standard – $49.99
- Digital Collector's – $59.99
- Collector's – $79.99
Check out this image for included bonuses:
Get started preordering on the TERA NA or the TERA EU site.
TERA: Vanguards Lead the Way
Feb 1st
En Masse Entertainment has partnered with MMORPG.com to bring our readers another fascinating lore story from author R.K. MacPherson. This time readers will learn about the enigmatic Castanics. Keep reading to find out the story behind the story in our exclusive lore piece.
Dark forces surround Castanica, from the fiery aberrations in Fyrmount, the cruel and plotting nagas on Serpentis Isle, to the gulas who'll sell you into slavery or eat you—cooked, if you're lucky. To stave off these foes, the vanguards patrol the jungles and caldera of Ostgarath. Drusus, a veteran warrior, explains the way of things to a new recruit…
Read more of R.K. MacPherson's TERA: Vanguards Lead the Way.
Star Wars: The Old Republic: The Dorkside – An Honest Review
Feb 1st
There are two things that are always sure to twitter-pate our readership: Coyote Sharptongue's pithy MMO commentary and Star Wars: The Old Republic. Today we bring you the best of both in our latest Coyote's Howling. Read on!
One of the best things about being a humorist is that I get to be completely honest. Well, that and the throng of sex starved, supermodel groupies that flock to you as soon as you're paid to tell poop jokes on the internet, but it's mostly that honesty thing.
You see, I don't have to follow the rules and guidelines that bog down the other contributors. Where they have to focus on petty things like "facts" and "research" and "professional conduct", I get to cut through all the politics and bullsh*t in order to bring you the truth.
Read more Coyote's Howling: The Dorkside – An Honest Review.
Hellgate: Tons of February Events
Feb 1st
The Hellgate Global team has announced a whopping nine events for the month of February. Among other things, players will see Hell Rush and Daily Hunts return to the game.
Hell Rush – Hell Rush is back! Together with Level and Be Rewarded and Jumpstart, new, rerolling, and returning players will be able to enjoy their early levels with major boosts and giveaways from Hellgate Global!
Daily Hunt – Hellgate players are always looking for a new hunting challenge. In Daily Hunt, Hellgate Global tasks players to hunt a specific item a day and players with the sharpest hunter’s sense will be rewarded. This in-game event was started in January and will be extended until the first week of February.
Find out more on the Hellgate site.
Star Wars: The Old Republic: Guild Summit Coming in March
Feb 1st
The Star Wars: The Old Republic team has posted the details for the first ever Guild Summit to be held in Austin, Texas on March 4-6, 2012. The team will be sending out invitations to guild leaders from around the world asking them to attend the summit where they will be able to participate in round table discussions with the dev team and more.
Interested guild leaders should fill out this survey to indicate willingness to participate.
Read more of the Guild Summit details on the Star Wars: The Old Republic site.
Warhammer Online: Hot Fix – 02/01
Feb 1st
We have applied the following hot fixes to all servers:
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where the new queue for city scenario function was allowing people to enter after the contested state. Players will now only be able to queue if the city is in a contested state and not during the rebuilding or transition states.
- Fixed an issue where relics didn’t broadcast when they moved across zones.
3e opus de MaxiMini : jouez dès maintenant !
Feb 1st
Les séances de qualification pour la plus grande course du Monde des Douze sont ouvertes. Ne perdez pas un instant, jouez ! Enfourchez votre Dragodinde et tentez de maîtriser toute la puissance de la noble monture…
MaxiMini épisode 3, plus fast, plus furious que jamais ! Vous connaissez le principe de MaxiMini : du jeu et de l’animation ! Cette fois-ci, vous pouvez aligner dès maintenant votre Dragodinde sur la grille de départ d’une course complètement ébouriffante. MaxiMini 3, c’est une ode à la puissance brute, parfumée à l’asphalte brûlant.
Commencez par jouer en participant aux séances de qualification. Rendez-vous tout de suite sur le site MaxiMini pour vous mesurer aux meilleurs !
La suite, c’est samedi sur France 3… Où vous découvrirez, des trois meilleurs pilotes du Krosmoz, qui est le plus puissant, le plus boosté, le plus furious, le plus… Hum, vous saurez qui est le meilleur, quoi.
Et dans la foulée, vous pourrez participer au grand concours de dessin organisé pour l’occasion. Créez votre propre Dragodinde et retrouvez-là en vrai et en jeu !
Retrait des Points Cadeau
Feb 1st
À partir du 22 février, les Points Cadeau disparaissent. Nous retirons une étape superflue entre vous et vos cadeaux d’abonnement : vous recevrez directement le cadeau de votre choix en vous abonnant, comme c’est déjà le cas avec les autres moyens de paiement.
Rassurez-vous ! Même si nous cessons la distribution de Points Cadeau, l'espace cadeau restera quant à lui ouvert encore plusieurs mois, pour vous laisser le temps de dépenser vos derniers PC. Les quatre familiers exclusifs à l'espace cadeau seront d'ailleurs en promotion jusqu'à la fermeture de celui-ci. Profitez-en !
Les Points Cadeau avaient été introduits pour soutenir les Ogrines lors de leur lancement. Aujourd’hui, les Ogrines sont entrées dans les habitudes de nos joueurs (abonnement, services, Bourse aux kamas…) et ont acquis suffisamment de maturité pour adopter le même fonctionnement que les moyens de paiement classiques.
Nous publierons dès la semaine prochaine un article sur notre Devblog pour vous expliquer tout cela en détails !
Star Wars: The Old Republic: New Dev Blog Deals with Bug Busting
Feb 1st
Star Wars: The Old Republic Executive Producer Rich Vogel has written a new developer blog detailing the process the team works through when "busting bugs and fixing exploits".
Vogel talks about the deployment of 'emergency patches' to close exploits that threatens players' experiences in the game. Vogel goes on to say:
Before we declare something an emergency though, we have to validate the issue with our internal Quality Assurance, or QA team. They gather data working with our Customer Service, analytics, and development teams to determine the extent of the exploit and the steps needed to reproduce it. Once we have the steps, we work on a plan to fix the issue. Depending how long the issue will take to fix and how risky it is, we will decide if we need to temporarily disable the cause of the exploit in the game.
Read more on the Star Wars: The Old Republic.
Dungeons & Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited: Update 13 Screens Released
Feb 1st
Turbine and the Dungeons & Dragons Online team have released four new screenshots for Update 13: Web of Chaos which is the prequel to the forthcoming expansion, "Menace of the Underdark". The new screens depict the Lords of Dust, a cult controlled by the Rakshasas, the Rakshasa themselves and environmental shots of the Lords of Dust dungeon base. Check them out in our Dungeons & Dragons Online gallery.