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| Exploring Book 14 | 07/08/08 | Lord of the Rings Online | MMORPG.com News Manager Keith Cross was recently on the recieving end of a tour of the upcoming Book 14: The Ring-Forges of Eregion, the newest free update coming from the makers of Lord of the Rings Online. Today, he gives an overview of his experience with some of the new content. | Keith Cross |
| Risk vs. Reward | 07/07/08 | World of Warcraft | In his first submission to MMORPG.com in this role, our new World of Warcraft Correspondent Darren Bridle files this article discussion risk vs. Reward in the most populated MMORPG ever created, Blizzard's World of Warcraft. | Darren Bridle |
| Chronicles: Silent Furies | 06/25/08 | EVE Online | The folks over at CCP have started a series of stories chronicling the ledaers of each of the four faction heads that made their appearance with the launch of the Empyrean Age expansion. | Guest Writer |
| Racial Profile - Kruxena | 06/18/08 | Requiem | The folks from Requiem: Bloodymare have released this new information and new screenshots featuring the Kruxena race for their upcoming MMORPG. | Guest Writer |
| Dear Devs: Part Two | 06/05/08 | EverQuest II | MMORPG.com's Adele Caelia recently submitted some questions from EverQuest II players to the game's developers. Today, we present three more of the company's answers. Remember to check back next week for more. | Adele Caelia |
| A Look at Module 7 Part Two - Beyond the Monk | 06/03/08 | Dungeons & Dragons Online | Recently, MMORPG.com Managing Editor Jon Wood had the opportunity to sit down for a tour of Module 7 for Dungeons and Dragons Online. In part one of this feature, Wood talks about the additions to the game that go beyond the new class. | Jon Wood |
| Dear Devs: Player Questions Answered | 05/30/08 | EverQuest II | MMORPG.com's Adele Caelia recently submitted some questions from EverQuest II players to the game's developers. Today, we present three of the company's answers. Remember to check back next week for more. | Adele Caelia |
| A Meeting with King Conan | 05/26/08 | Age of Conan | Here, Game Director Gaute Godager gives us a look at a player's first meeting with King COnan in Funcom's new MMO, Age of Conan. Remember, this is a spoiler, so if you don't want to know, don't watch it! | Jon Wood |
| New Card Set Announced | 05/19/08 | Legends of Norrath | Today, SOE has announced a new card set for their Legends of Norrath trading card game. The new addition will be known as "Oathbreaker" and includes over 250 new cards. | Aaron Roxby |
| Wings of the Goddess Whirlwind Tour Report | 05/09/08 | Final Fantasy XI | MMORPG.com Managing Editor Jon Wood recently sat down with the folks from Square Enix for a whirlwind tour of the newest Final Fantasy XI expansion, Wings of the Goddess. Today, he posts this report. | Jon Wood |
| Life After the Server Merge | 05/07/08 | Pirates of the Burning Sea | MMORPG.com's Carolyn Koh speaks with the folks from Flying Lab Software in this progress update that brings us information not only on the recent server merge but on the game's past issues and its future. | Carolyn Koh |
| Cabal Comic Issue #2 | 05/06/08 | Cabal Online | The fine folks over at Cabal Online have provided us with part two of this new and original comic. | Guest Writer |
| Ambulation: A Walking Tour of EVE's Upcoming Social Environment at NYCC | 04/23/08 | EVE Online | While attending the New York Comic Con the MMORPG.com team had to do a lot of walking around the city and the convention center, so it's fitting that they also had the the opportunity to talk to the folks at CCP about their Ambulation Project, which will allow pod pilots to pop out and test their space legs walking around EVE's new social environments. News Manager Keith Cross reports on the status of this feature which is still under construction, and CCP's showing at the con in general. | Keith Cross |
| Breaking the Wall | 04/21/08 | Champions Online | Cryptic Studios recently posted an article on the Champions Online official site which details how a talented and driven individual can break into the exciting world of game design. Today we're pleased to reproduce the article the article on this site. | Guest Writer |
| Visual Impressions of Book 13's Forochel | 04/18/08 | Lord of the Rings Online | Yesterday, MMORPG.com brought you images of some of the new monsters that will appear in LotRO's Book 13 update. Today, Managing Editor Jon Wood gives us his impressions of the visual look of Forochel, the new and frozen area being introduced by the new book. | Jon Wood |
| The Music of Elf Online | 04/09/08 | Elf Online | HappyMMO, the company responsible for Elf Online has provided us with these six music tracks from the game. Choose from: desert, forest, formicary, grassland, rock and tomb. | Guest Writer |
| Newsletter Zone Overview: Caledor | 04/09/08 | Warhammer Online : Age of Reckoning | The folks at EA Mythic have released the latest newsletter features. Today, we present this Zone Overview focusing on Caledor. | Guest Writer |
| Government in Games with Dr. Richard Bartle | 04/07/08 | 2008 Indie MMO Game Developers Conference | While attending the 2008 Indie MMO Game Developers Conference, Community Manager Laura Genender had the opportunity to hear Dr. Richard Bartle speak on the relationship between online games and governments; exploring both real life situations and hypothetical outcomes that may be on the horizon. | Laura Genender |
| The Newbie Experience | 04/04/08 | 2008 Indie MMO Conference | While attending the 2008 Indie MMO Developer's Conference in Minneapolis, Community Manager Laura Genender sat in on a panel discussing the importance of the newbie experience. In this report, she brings the thoughts of the panelists and those of her own to the table as she discusses this important element of game design. | Laura Genender |
| In-Game Advertising | 04/03/08 | City of Heroes | Today, NCsoft announced that they had teamed up with a company called Double Fusion to bring in-game advertising to City of Heroes / City of Villains. For now, the advertising is limited to the billboards that already exist in-game (and carry fake ads). NCsoft is very quick to point out, however, that the new ads are optional although profits from the ads will go directly into game development and upkeep. | Guest Writer |
| The Great EULA Debate | 04/02/08 | 2008 Indie MMO Conference | While attending the 2008 Indie MMO Developer's Conference in Minneapolis, Community Manager Laura Genender sat in on a round table discussion about the ever-popular End User License Agreement (EULA). | Laura Genender |
| Capital Cities | 04/02/08 | Warhammer Online : Age of Reckoning | In our continuing coverage of EA Mythic's Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, MMORPG.com Managing Editor Jon Wood pens this article on the capital cities in the game. | Jon Wood |
| MMOXPGs | 04/01/08 | 2008 Indie MMO Conference | Last weekend, MMORPG.com's Laura Genender attended the 2008 Indie MMO Developer's Conference. While there, she attended a round table discussion on the impact of players not spending time gaining “experience points” at the expense of experiencing the content | Laura Genender |
| Ask Cryptic | 03/31/08 | Champions Online | On Friday, Cryptic Studios posted another edition of Ask Cryptic, where they answered fan questions about instances, custom powers, and various other Champions Online topics. Today we're pleased to reproduce those questions and answers here. | Guest Writer |
| Collector's Edition Info | 03/26/08 | Warhammer Online : Age of Reckoning | Today, the team at EA Mythic has released details on the collector's edition for their upcoming MMORPG, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. The collector's edition, with all of its bells and whistles will retail for $79.99 (suggest retail price). | Guest Writer |
| The Monk and More | 03/24/08 | Dungeons & Dragons Online | At Connect '08, MMORPG.com's Donna Desborough had the chance to hear about a few new tidbits that will be making their way into Turbine's Dungeons and Dragons Online, including the Monk class which will make its debut in Module 7. | Donna Desborough |
| Connect '08: The Mines of Moria Opens Her Gates | 03/18/08 | Lord of the Rings Online | While attending Codemasters Connect '08 in England this past weekend, MMORPG.com's own Donna Desborough had the opportunity to talk to Lord of the Rings Online executive producer Jeffrey Steffel about the recently announced expansion: the Mines of Moria. | Donna Desborough |
| Cabal Online Comic Issue #1 | 03/18/08 | Cabal Online | The fine folks over at Cabal Online have provided us with part one of this new and original comic. | Guest Writer |
| Ask Cryptic: Champions Online | 03/18/08 | Champions Online | Recently, the folks at Crptic Studios compiled and answered a series of questions which were posed by Champions Online fans on the Champions Online official forums. Today we reproduce those questions and answers in this non-exclusive look at Champions Online. | Guest Writer |
| Newsletter Zone Overview - Saphery | 03/12/08 | Warhammer Online : Age of Reckoning | The folks from EA Mythic have provided us with this overview of the zone Saphery for the upcoming MMORPG Warhammer Online. The overview originally appeared in the February newsletter. | Guest Writer |
| Catching Up With Fury | 03/04/08 | Fury | Recently, News Manager Keith Cross had the opportunity to sit down and talk to Tony Hilliam, the CEO of Auran and Lead Designer on their game, Fury. As you may or may not recall, after Fury's launch, Auran announced that they would be pulling back significantly on staff and resources for the PvP game. Today, Keith talks to Tony about the progress that has been made since then. | Keith Cross |
| DR Heaves a New Update | 03/04/08 | Dungeon Runners | The Dungeon Runners dev team has spewed forth another expansion for their popular hack and slash dungeon game. This expansion however is just a mini expansion, and is too small to bear the usual 'Chunk' title, thus it has been dubbed 'Heave'. Heave hurls 51 new quests, new armor, and new gear into the fray, as well as offering improvements to the user interface and the waypoints system, and also horks up a few new characters. | Guest Writer |
| Area Overview: Tortage Island Travel Guide | 03/03/08 | Age of Conan | The folks from Funcom's Age of Conan have been kind enough to provide us with this interesting and entertaining non-exclusive Tortage Island Travel Guide. | Guest Writer |
| Beastiary - Vengeful Mummy and Scaleskin Lizard | 02/29/08 | Age of Conan | The folks from Age of Conan have provided us with these two beastiary entries which originally appeared in an AoC newsletter. | Guest Writer |
| GDC First Look | 02/29/08 | Mabinogi | While at the Game Developer's Conference, Community Laura Genender had the opportunity to talk to the folks from Nexon America about their upcoming game, Mabinogi. | Laura Genender |
| GDC First Look Part One - Pessimist | 02/28/08 | APB | While at this year's Game Developer's Conference both Keith Cross and Laura Genender attended a seminar called "My First MMO". This seminar was about the upcoming MMO All Points Bulletin. While both Keith and Laura left the room impressed, Keith's impressions were pessimistic, while Laura's was through the roof enthusiastic. Today, we present both of their views as an MMORPG.com first look at APB. | Keith Cross |
| The Future of MMOs - Consoles? | 02/26/08 | GDC | While at the Game Developer's Conference, Jon Wood moderated a panel called "The Future of MMOs" populated by some of the biggest names in the MMO industry. Today, he presents his impressions of the panel's answer to the question of whether or not future developers will need to worry about both a PC and a console version of their games. | Jon Wood |
| The Future of MMOs: The IP Question | 02/22/08 | GDC 2008 | While at the Game Developer's Conference, Jon Wood moderated a panel called "The Future of MMOs" populated by some of the biggest names in the MMO industry. Today, he presents his impressions of the panel's answer to the question of whether or not future MMOs will require companies to use outside IPs. | Jon Wood |
| Career Overview: The Shadow Warrior | 02/18/08 | Warhammer Online : Age of Reckoning | News Manager Keith Cross recently had the opportunity to speak with Adam Gershowitz, Associate Art Director on Warhammer Online about Shadow Warriors, elite warriors of the High Elves who walk the line between dark and light in their quest for vengeance against the enemies of Elfkind. | Keith Cross |
| Review Background | 02/08/08 | EVE Online | MMORPG.com Community Manager Laura Genender has written a review of CCP's EVE Online that we've split into two parts. Part one will look at some of the background of the game and the different aspects of its gameplay. Part two, which will appear on Monday, will focus on the traditional review aspects of the game and produce a score. | Laura Genender |
| Internal FAQ and Some Features | 02/01/08 | Earthrise | Yesterday, we listed the upcoming MMORPG from the folks over at Masthead Studios, Earthrise. Today, the company has provided us with an internal FAQ about the game as well as a list of things that players will find in the game. | Guest Writer |
| New Version Notes | 01/28/08 | Battleground Europe: WWII Online | The developers responsible for Battleground Europe: World War II Online have released the patch notes for the version 1.28.0.255 update that went live on January 22nd. | Guest Writer |
| Press Event Report - Part Three | 01/23/08 | Age of Conan | Last week, Managing Editor Jon Wood traveled to Norway to visit the studios of Funcom's Age of Conan. Today, he presents part three of his report, looking at raiding, city building and sieging. | Jon Wood |
| New Engine Q&A and Video | 01/23/08 | Anarchy Online | The folks over at Funcom have announced that Anarchy Online will be getting a face lift in the form of a new engine. Game Director Craig Morrison takes the time to answer a few of our questions as we present a trailer featuring the new engine. | Jon Wood |
| Press Event Report Part Two | 01/22/08 | Age of Conan | Last week, Managing Editor Jon Wood traveled to Norway to visit the studios of Funcom's Age of Conan. Today, he presents part two of his report with a heavy focus on weather and mounted combat. | Jon Wood |
| Press Event Report Part One | 01/21/08 | Age of Conan | Last week, Managing Editor Jon Wood traveled to Norwayh to visit the studios of Funcom's Age of Conan. Today, he shares the experience and information on the ESRB Rating, Crafting, Sound and more. | Jon Wood |
| Four Classes Merged Into Two | 01/19/08 | Age of Conan | Managing Editor Jon Wood is in Oslo visiting the Age of Conan developers at Funcom where he has learned that the 14 Age of Conan classes have been folded down to 12 as four classes are merged into two. | Jon Wood |
| Dev Chat Log | 01/18/08 | Pirates of the Burning Sea | The developers from Pirates of the Burning Sea took the time today to answer questions from MMORPG.com members in our most recent Dev Chat. | Laura Genender |
| Book 12: The Ashen Wastes: Week of the Champion | 01/15/08 | Lord of the Rings Online | Book 12: The Ashen Wastes, the upcoming free expansion for Lord of the Rings Online, will make major changes and add new powers to the Guardian and the Burglar classes. But Guardians and Burglars aren't the only classes that will be getting a little love and attention, as Book 12 will also see smaller scale changes for the Champion as well. | Guest Writer |
| Newsletter Zone Overview - Ellyrion | 01/10/08 | Warhammer Online : Age of Reckoning | Following on yesterday's information from the WAR December Newsletter, today we present this Zone Overview focusing on the Elven land of Ellyrion. | Guest Writer |
| Gamedesign Journal: From Mind to Paper | 01/10/08 | The Chronicles of Spellborn | Michael Wolf Visser, Lead Content Designer for The Chronicles of Spellborn has written a developer journal which uses the example of Quarterstone's Green District to explore the process of giving form to thoughts, and bringing ideas through to fruition during the design process. | Guest Writer |
| Legends of Norrath | 01/09/08 | Consumer Electronics Show | Carolyn Koh is attending CES in Las Vegas. Today, she files this report on Legends of Norrath, the TCG that serves as a kind of spinoff to EverQuest and EverQuest II. | Carolyn Koh |
| Newsletter Class Profile: Disciples of Khaine | 01/09/08 | Warhammer Online : Age of Reckoning | Back in December, EA Mythic published images and a description of the Disciples of Khaine in the Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning monthly newsletter. Today, they have provided us with the assets. | Guest Writer |
| Newsletter Class Profile Dark Elf Sorceress | 01/09/08 | Warhammer Online : Age of Reckoning | In December's official newsletter, the folks at EA Mythic published new information on the Dark Elf Sorceress class for Warhammer Online. Today, they have provided us with the assets. | Guest Writer |
| The Month of the Guardian | 01/08/08 | Lord of the Rings Online | Each new book for Turbine's Lord of the Rings Online: The Shadows of Angmar takes a look at two of the game's classes for the purpose of improving and re-balancing the class. Here we present the changes that are on the horizon for the Guardian in Book 12. | Guest Writer |
| A Look at Crafting in Elf Online | 01/07/08 | Elf Online | The folks at Happymmo, the developers of Elf Online, have been kind enough to send us an overview of Elf Online's Production System, and MMORPG.com Managing Editor Jon Wood has decided to chime in with his own commentary. | Jon Wood |
| Class Overview - Captain | 12/27/07 | Lord of the Rings Online | Today, MMORPG.com's own Donna Desborough takes the time to talk a little bit about her favorite class in Lord of the Rings Online: The Captain. | Donna Desborough |
| Guild Wars - Eye of the North Review | 12/26/07 | Expansion Review | We're sorry it's coming so late, but Jeremy Star has just completed his review of the only true expansion for the Guild Wars franchise, "Eye of the North". | Jeremy Star |
| WebWars | 12/20/07 | EVE Online | Back in November at EVE Online's Fanfest, John Galt Games announced EVE Webwars, a browser-based game where players battle over control of some of the most popular websites out there. Today, Laura Genender gives us a little bit more information on the game. | Laura Genender |
| Zone Overview: The Shadowlands | 12/20/07 | Warhammer Online : Age of Reckoning | Each month, the Warhammer team over at EA Mythic prepares a Zone Overview for the monthly WAR newsletter. November's Zone Overview takes a look at the Shadowlands, a land ravaged during the first war between the High Elves and the Dark Elves. | Guest Writer |
| Rise of Kunark Expansion Review | 12/19/07 | EverQuest II | Adele Caelia has had an opportunity to explore the new EverQuest II expansion, Rise of Kunark and today shares her impressions of the add-on with you. | Adele Caelia |
| Review Part One - Levels 1 - 25 | 12/05/07 | Tabula Rasa | MMORPG.com Community Manager Laura Genender has been playing Tabula Rasa since its launch a month ago. Wanting to be fair to the game, we have decided to break this review into two parts, this one, describing Laura's early experiences in the game as she leveled from 1-25, the next is an account of her late and end game experience, where she will officially score the game. | Laura Genender |
| What Race do I Play - Koada'Dal (High Elves) | 11/29/07 | EverQuest II | When players first enter EverQuest II one of the very first choices that they have to make is which race to play. With all of the choices available, new players and old alike may have trouble making the decision. Today, Adele Caelia tells us why it's good to play a High Elf in Norrath. | Adele Caelia |
| The 1st Throne: The Kamael Overview | 11/15/07 | Lineage 2 | At the end of last week, MMORPG.com's Laura Genender visited the NCsoft studios in Austin to take part in a tour of the upcoming free expansion to Lineage 2, The 1st Throne: The Kamael. | Laura Genender |
| Secrets of Faydwer Tour | 11/14/07 | EverQuest | Before the launch of EverQuest's Secrets of Faydwer earlier this week, Community Manager Laura Genender took part in a tour of the new area. Today, she reports back on that tour. | Laura Genender |
| Witch Elf Career Profile | 11/14/07 | Warhammer Online : Age of Reckoning | The folks at EA Mythic's Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, have provided us with this Career profile of the Dark Elf, Witch Elf. | Guest Writer |
| Swordmaster Career Profile | 11/14/07 | Warhammer Online : Age of Reckoning | In last month's newsletter, the devs at Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning released info on the High Elf Swordmaster. | Guest Writer |
| Zone Overviews: Blighted Isles and Chrace | 11/13/07 | Warhammer Online : Age of Reckoning | In this month's Warhammer newsletter, the folks over at EA Mythic wrote two zone overviews, one for the Blighted Isles, and one for Chrace. Today, they have released them to us for your viewing pleasure. | Guest Writer |
| Fan Fest: Economics Overview | 11/12/07 | EVE Online | While attending the recent EVE Fan Fest, News Manager Keith Cross attended a talk by Dr. "Eyjo" Guðmundsson, EVE Economist. In this article, Keith gives us a quick update on the living, breathing EVE economy. | Keith Cross |
| Fanfest Info on Ambulation | 11/08/07 | EVE Online | Today, MMORPG.com's News Manager Keith Cross lets us in on what was being said at this year's EVE Fan Fest about Ambulation. For those of you who might not be aware, EVE's Ambulation project will see players able to move around outside of their ships for this first time in the game's history. | Keith Cross |
| Launch Version Overview | 11/05/07 | Tabula Rasa | Back in September, MMORPG.com Community Manager Laura Genender gave us a preview of NCsoft's new MMO, Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa. Well, the game launched this past Friday and today Laura brings us her early impressions of the live version. | Laura Genender |
| Housing Overview | 10/31/07 | Lord of the Rings Online | When Book 11 launched for Lord of the Rings Online, it added a number of new things into the game: A new raid zone, changes to a couple of the classes, new quests... but if you ask many players what it was they were looking forward to about the update, they probably would have said housing. Today, we present part one of a housing overview, starting with the basics and looking at Bree-land and The Shire. | Jon Wood |
| Rise of Kunark Creature Feature, Part One of Two | 10/18/07 | EverQuest II | SOE has provided us with profiles on monsters for the upcoming expansion to Everquest II, Rise of Kunark. In this two-part series we will take a look at five new monsters and Scott Hartsman will answer some of our questions about monster development. | Guest Writer |
| Cloning System | 10/01/07 | Tabula Rasa | Today, NCsoft released this non-exclusive feature on their cloning system, a mechanic which allows players to make copies of their characters, replacing "alts" which force players to start again at level one. | Guest Writer |
| Legend of The Syndicate | 09/28/07 | Book Overview | Today, Jon Wood takes a quick look at a recently released book detailing the history of The Syndicate, a large guild with a presence in the classic Ultima Online and the juggernaut World of Warcraft. | Jon Wood |
| Sarah Morrison | 09/13/07 | Tabula Rasa | If you've been following the game Tabula Rasa, you probably recognize that female character that they keep using in their promotional material. You know, the redhead with the really intense eyes? Well today, NCsoft has provided us with her back story. | Guest Writer |
| Community 101 | 09/11/07 | AGDC Panel | MMORPG.com's Community Manager, Laura Genender, attended one of the AGDC panels headed by: Cindy Bowens, past community manager for Sigil and current consultant for Seashadow Consulting; Craig Dalrymple, community relations manager for EverQuest II and today’s panel moderator; Kelly Knox, past community manager for Lineage II and current community manager for Sony Online Entertainment; Victor Wachter, Online Community Relations Manager for Cryptic Studios; and Sanya Weathers, Director of Community for Guild Café. Just think of it as an "anything I ever wanted to know about Community Managers article! |
Laura Genender |
| AGDC Keynote: How to Rule the World... | 09/06/07 | World of Warcraft | ...of Warcraft. On Wednesday morning, Managing Editor Jon Wood attending the opening keynote address at the Austin Game Developers Conference, where Blizzard co-founder and president Mike Morhaime discussed the secrets of Blizzards success. | Jon Wood |
| Opinion: Wrath of the Lich King | 08/22/07 | World of Warcraft | Today, MMORPG.com's Joe Iuliani gives his first impressions of the recently announced World of Warcraft expansion, Wrath of the Lich King. | Joe Iuliani |
| House Renovation Contest | 08/17/07 | EverQuest II | A while back, the developers of SOE's EQII held a contest. A little bit like the TV show "Trading Spaces", some players were given the opportunity to have their character's house made over by the devs. | Guest Writer |
| Guide to Arieki | 08/15/07 | Tabula Rasa | NCsoft has released this new guide to Arieki, one of the worlds in their upcoming sci-fi MMORPG, Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa. | Guest Writer |