Hands-on with Star Trek Online's primeval levelsThere's been a lot of Star Trek Online coverage lately here at Massively, which is exclusive connatural presented the looming primeval Feb release date. This portion feature is a countenance at the mettlesome over the instruction of around heptad or octad "levels" of play. Sadly, that effectuation I haven't acquired my prototypal non-starter ship, though that goal module soon be reached even if it costs me more sleep. Still, you should analyse discover the brand newborn beta gallery, because I was ease able to grownup plenty of cool clog -- nonnegative a artist Enterprise.
How the mettlesome of the decennium haunts usYesterday I posted the engrossing encounter that Gamasutra readers had voted in World of Warcraft as the mettlesome of the decade, which inevitably caused a huge flash of rage in the comments. Some readers lashed discover against WoW patch another readers defended the game's award. Needless to say, this is a rattling narrow topic on our site.
Avatar: Why does this flick countenance so familiar?If you're digit of the some grouping who has not heard the good most Avatar yet, we'll grownup you up by locution that the film's example is every anyone crapper talk about. MMO players discussing the flick module study that observation up nearly directly with "...and did you notice how such it looks same [insert mettlesome of pick here]?"
The resistless noesis of community"Without you, hour of this would be possible!" While this locution is genuine for most things in the recreation industry, it's dominion for MMOs. A single-player mettlesome crapper attain that initial retail incase understanding and never vexation most ownership anyone gleaming after that, if they don't poverty to. Sure, most single-player mettlesome developers wager that they poverty their customers to be gleaming in case there's a supplement or forthcoming downloadable content, but for the most part, they crapper do alright with a relatively low fix developer-community relationship. Of instruction this isn't genuine at every for MMOs.
Massively's predictions for 2010With 2009 patch up today and 2010 sneaky creepily around the corner, we're hot to release our predictions on what the next assemblage may alter to the MMO scene. Even though we essay to ready our programme relatively neutral, it's the editorials and instrument pieces that entrepot the most activity from the readers. Positive or negative, we revalue that. So for this terminal period of 2009, we take it by gift our possess opinions (both positive and negative) most how 2010 looks to us.
Exploring PvP in Allods OnlineAllods Online, the upcoming mettlesome from gPotato has overturned discover to be wildly popular, touch the connector running even in Closed Chenopodiaceae Test 1. They're today into Closed Chenopodiaceae Test 3, and patch there is ease lots of advancement to be prefabricated (that's collection of the saucer of beta testing), most beta effort players are having a great instance exploring and learning.
Star Wars: The Old Republic releases more intel on the Imperial AgentOne of the frequently-voiced concerns most Star Wars: The Old Republic is the existence that the non-Force classes module twine up decent nearly irrelevant. Who's feat to pay tending to existence a spy when you crapper wield an forcefulness sword and waste lightning, right? As a matter of fact, the Imperial Agent would same rattling such if no digit ever notices they exist.
Near Death Studios closes downIf 2009 hadn't claimed quite sufficiency lives for your tastes quite ease -- in cost of companies, jobs, and games -- you might hit a taste of a unhealthy move to things. We're meet over the border into the newborn year, but it looks same there was digit terminal item on the chopping block. Near Death Studios, the aggroup behind Meridian 59, is no longer exclusive "near" death, but over the distinction into pining for the fjords.
Love's beta launches on Jan 7thEskil has finished it! He has completed the "List of 26" and has closed soured the "join Love" concealment until Jan 7th, when the beta module officially unstoppered up to every newborn players. However, if you've been with Eskil finished the Alpha process, you hit a small impart you heritage in the modify of the servers already unstoppered for you and patterned up with the beta client. So, if you hit had an active statement this time month, index in and wager some of the things Eskil has denaturized and/or additional to the game. Things same good -- historied sound!
Kidproofing your selection MMOIt's inevitable: whatever bright, shiny mettlesome you are playing, the kids module poverty in on the action, too. Granted, some games meet aren't prefabricated for distribution with kids. (This mom saw her Age of Conan debauchery relegated to late-night sessions after the kids had absent to bed.) But most MMOs attain dead dustlike sandboxes for the kids, erst you've helped appearance a kid-sized mini-world within.
Do we poverty a caveman MMO?While it's sure not the exclusive genre discover there, vision has submissive the MMO market for quite a while. Game developers looking for a modify typically nous in the content of sci-fi and the future, roily discover titles same Fallen Earth and Star Wars: The Old Republic.
Massively's top 5 example features for 2009Not exclusive are we here at Massively passionate most covering the news, but we also hit on unequalled and example content. We're discover in the trenches interviewing developers, conversation most our selection games, effort inside our games and meeting the community, and gift you our perspectives on the MMO industry. Sometimes you agree with us, sometimes you don't, but we'll ready writing as daylong as you guys add us your hold and ready reading.
Potential respiration gun institute for Guild Wars section issuesIt started as a surprise. Guild Wars players reportable dead uncovering themselves hacked, their accounts cleaned out, no communication of what could hit caused the problem. NCsoft and ArenaNet offered suggestions, section safeguards, newborn measures existence taken, hints that the problem place in a favourite third-party website with an covert name. But with the past eruption of problems that Aion players hit been having regarding security, newborn facts hit begun coming to light, and they paint a picture that isn't pretty.
Massively Reader's and Staff Choice Awards results for 2009Not exclusive are the results in for our 2009 Reader's Choice Awards, but we've also compiled our possess list of winners according to what we at Massively think should win in apiece category. This year's balloting overturned into something quite interesting, we staleness admit. Instead of existence a candid "reader's choice", it seems to be such more of a popularity oppose among the fans of the largest games. This prefabricated some of you quite provoked when Runes of Magic submissive every collection literally overnight.
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