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Developer ArenaNet has announced that players of the upcoming Guild Wars 2 MMO will be able to transfer their account and characters to a new home world once every seven days, as long as they are ready to pay the 1,800 gems required.
The transfer will move all the existing characters linked to an account and will al... |
26 April 2012
12:11 GMT |
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Despite recent suggestions from an analyst that the subscriber numbers for the MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic are in decline, BioWare says that gamer interest in the video game has not declined and that it has no plans to merge servers. Daniel Erickson, a writing director working at BioWare, has told PC Gamer that ... |
25 April 2012
04:15 GMT |
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A report from the NPD Group has shown that 40 percent of those gamers who have engaged with a free-to-play title have ended up making at least one in-game payment in order to enhance their experience or to extend their playtime. The Freemium Games Market report has surveyed more than 6,000 individuals, including bot... |
24 April 2012
17:41 GMT |
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Video game publisher Square Enix has filed a new trademark for A Realm Reborn, suggesting that it is getting ready to re-launch its much-troubled MMO Final Fantasy XIV, although it is not clear how the experience will be different from that of the game that players got to see in 2010.
Siliconera, which specializes i... |
24 April 2012
15:11 GMT |
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Developer ArenaNet already has long term plans for its upcoming MMO Guild Wars 2 and is ready to deliver more content in order to keep gamers occupied, creating a service rather than simply launching a game with medium-term support.
Randall Price, the senior vice president in charge of Guild Wars 2 development at Ar... |
24 April 2012
04:09 GMT |
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One of the leading developers working on the upcoming Ghost Recon Online shooter at Ubisoft has admitted that his company is experimenting with the new free-to-play video game and that the approach it takes to the new business model will evolve over time.
Jean-Marc Geoffrey, who is the creative director working on G... |
24 April 2012
03:05 GMT |
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The pressure of working on Torchlight II means that the Runic Games team has no resources left to allocate to the upcoming MMO based on the same universe, although they do still have a lot of ideas that might be integrated into the game.
Max Schaefer, the chief executive officer at Runic Games, has told Rock, Paper,... |
20 April 2012
19:31 GMT |
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Players who are interested in the Warhammer fantasy setting and already have an account for the MMO Age of Reckoning that Mythic Entertainment created will be able to get a bonus of 50 percent for both the experience and the bonus earned in the new Wrath of Heroes.
In order to be eligible for the serious increase in... |
20 April 2012
12:01 GMT |
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The analysis group Cowen and Co., which frequently comments on the state of the video game industry, has announced that it has seen data suggesting that the subscription numbers for the MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic, created by BioWare and Electronic Arts, are already dropping, with just 1.25 million players set to... |
20 April 2012
08:39 GMT |
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Video game developer Funcom has announced the launch of a new browser-based social game called The Secret War, which is designed to promote the upcoming The Secret World MMO by encouraging players to spread the influence of their chosen secret society.
The game is played via Facebook and will match each player with ... |
19 April 2012
13:11 GMT |
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Video game developer and publisher Sony Online Entertainment has released a number of details about the performance of its popular Everquest MMO, which has managed to perform better than expected after dropping subscriptions.
Since moving to the free-to-play business model, concurrent usage has gone up by 40 percent... |
19 April 2012
04:17 GMT |
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Video game developer Blizzard has announced that the upcoming 4.3.4 patch for its MMO World of Warcraft will allow gamers to use the game client in order to report potential cheating, naming violations and any kind of harassment.
This means that Blizzard will get reports faster and will then be able to react to them... |
18 April 2012
07:25 GMT |
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Video game developer BioWare has announced that it is expanding the number of players who can take advantage of the Legacy Promotion for Star Wars: The Old Republic while also giving them more free playing time with the MMO. The move was made by the developer because of player feedback on the official forums. Greg ... |
17 April 2012
07:03 GMT |
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One of the co-founders of id Software has announced that he is now working on a PC-based shooter that will include a number of social aspects designed to make the universe persistent and to bring players back to experience more of it. John Romero, who is now the chief executive officer of Loot Drop Inc., has told Eu... |
11 April 2012
20:01 GMT |
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Kingdoms of Amalur was supposed to change the way the gaming world experienced action role-playing games, but the game failed to make the impression that developers at Big Huge Games and 38 Studios had hoped for. Mike Fridley, who was the executive producer working on Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, stated in a postm... |
10 April 2012
16:31 GMT |
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Unity Technologies has officially announced that their Unity development toolkit has managed to get more than 1 million registered developers, accelerating its growth rate during the last few months. 250,000 developers have signed in since the end of 2011 and the company says that the pace of adoption is actually in... |
10 April 2012
09:10 GMT |
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Rift, one of the MMOs that was widely tipped as a challenger for World of Warcraft, has increased its success by transitioning from a time to a level-limited trial period.
Jim Butler, who is the core marketing executive at Trion Worlds, has stated, “The numbers clearly show that it’s working.”
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3 April 2012
04:11 GMT |
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EVE Online is one of the MMO experiences that draw a dedicated gaming crowd, but for mainstream gamers the game often seems to be a boring experience, something that the developer team at CCP is actually counting on. Kristoffer Touborg, who is the lead producer working on EVE Online, said “Like hauling mineral... |
2 April 2012
15:11 GMT |
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Wargaming.net has announced that it has launched the 7.2 update for World of Tanks, its free-to-play World War II era multiplayer title that allows tank lovers to do battle using period-specific vehicles.
The update introduces two new maps, called American Live Oaks and Italian Province, and 22 new crew skills and p... |
2 April 2012
13:11 GMT |
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Video game developer Wargaming.net has announced that it is adding fantasy-themed dragons to its flight combat MMO World of Warplanes and has released a trailer showing how the winged creatures will appear in the World War II styled title.
The dragon faction in World of Warplanes will be similar to the human ones an... |
2 April 2012
12:11 GMT |
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It looks like it took less than expected for Razer to get its answer that yes, people really do want a version of the Naga mouse for the left-handed. Last week we reported on Razer's campaign to see if there were enough people interested in a left-handed version of the Naga MMO mouse. The company basically p... |
2 April 2012
05:24 GMT |
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Video game publisher Perfect World and developer Cryptic Studios have announced that they have launched the French and the German versions of their MMO Star Trek Online, allowing players to enjoy the free-to-play MMO in their own language.
German and French gamers will be able to lead crew on missions while hearing ... |
30 March 2012
08:54 GMT |
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Video game publisher THQ has announced that Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millennium Online is no longer an MMO and that the future of the game will be linked to a solid single-player narrative element that will be combined with a set of multiplayer modes and community features. Brian Farell, the current president and the ... |
30 March 2012
05:34 GMT |
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Video game publisher NCSoft has blamed a number of factors that it cannot control for the comparatively high price of the Collector’s Edition of the upcoming Guild Wars 2 on the European market.
A spokesperson for NCSoft stated, “Currency fluctuations, distribution costs, taxes and market conditions in a... |
30 March 2012
05:06 GMT |
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Video game developer City Interactive SA has announced that it is working on the first AAA first-person shooter that will be offered to players using a free-to-play model, called World of Mercenaries, which will be created using the Unreal Engine 3 tech and will be distributed using Steam.
City Interactive has previ... |
28 March 2012
09:59 GMT |
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Sony Online Entertainment, the division of the popular company which deals with MMOs and online experiences, has announced that its fan-oriented event is now known as SOE Live and will take place between October 18 and 21 of this year in Las Vegas. The event was previously known as the Fan Fair and Sony says that th... |
27 March 2012
07:21 GMT |
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Video game developer Sony Online Entertainment has announced that it plans to make its MMO Vanguard: Saga of Heroes free-to-play at some point during the summer.
The move comes five years after the official launch of the game and the development team says that it will deliver more updates and events of the MMO after... |
26 March 2012
07:48 GMT |
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The development team at Blizzard working on the Mists of Pandaria expansion is worried that long-term fans of the series might be disappointed by the content that they are working on and by the tone of the new class and race.
Greg Street, the lead systems designer working on World of Warcraft, told GameSpy that, &ld... |
26 March 2012
03:03 GMT |
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Video game developer Seatribe and publisher Paradox Interactive have announced that they are opening beta stage sign-ups for Salem, their free-to-play MMO that uses the background of the initial American colonies, allowing anyone interested to see what the game has to offer. Björn Johannessen, who is the lead d... |
26 March 2012
02:27 GMT |
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Mists of Pandaria is not yet out, but the developers working on the most popular subscription based MMO in the world at Blizzard are already ready to start working on a new package of big content for the game. Speaking to CVG, Paul Sams, who is the chief operations officer at Blizzard, said that the core framework f... |
24 March 2012
04:59 GMT |
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Video game developer Blizzard and Chinese game operator NetEase have confirmed that their recent deal linked to the MMO World of Warcraft also covers the upcoming expansion Mists of Pandaria, which is set to arrive later during 2012.
The deal between the two companies also includes two strategy titles, Warcraft III ... |
22 March 2012
21:41 GMT |
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Developer and publisher Trion Worlds has announced that it will complete content work on its MMO End of Nations before the end of summer, with a beta stage for the game expected to be launched in the late stages of spring while a full release is linked to the fall.
End of Nations is a strategy-oriented MMO and will ... |
22 March 2012
13:41 GMT |
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Guild Wars 2 is an unusual MMO in many ways and it seems that the development team working on it wants to make sure that gamers understand that this approach extends to the issue of microtransactions that involve real money and potential competitive advantages.
Speaking on the official website of the game Mike O&rsq... |
21 March 2012
17:21 GMT |
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The subscription numbers for the Blizzard made World of Warcraft have been dropping steadily for some time, reaching a low of 10 million coming from a high of 12, and it seems that the development team has thought about offering more free-to-play content for players in order to reverse the trend.
John Lagrave, who i... |
21 March 2012
15:21 GMT |
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Chinese video game operator NetEase has announced that it has entered into an agreement with developer Blizzard and publisher Activision to run the MMO World of Warcraft on the Chinese market for another three years.The deal is valuable for both sides, as it has made World of Warcraft the biggest earner for NetEase w... |
21 March 2012
14:01 GMT |
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The development team at BioWare and publisher Electronic Arts have announced that they are launching yet another free weekend for their MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic, which will start on Thursday, March 22 and will run until Monday, March 26.
Another free weekend for the MMO was run during last weekend and only th... |
21 March 2012
05:19 GMT |
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One leading developer working on the MMO genre at Blizzard has confirmed that a number of veteran developers from World of Warcraft have moved to the yet-undetailed Project Titan title in order to help get the game creation process of the ground.
Tom Chilton, who is the game director working on World of Warcraft at ... |
20 March 2012
10:46 GMT |
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Mists of Pandaria was initially coldly received by the World of Warcraft players base, who thought that the expansion was too focused on the new race and class, but this might change when the fans see the changes that Blizzard plans to make to the dungeons and the leveling up system for the popular MMO.
Speaking to ... |
20 March 2012
04:06 GMT |
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Video game developer Blizzard and Sideshow Collectibles have announced that they are working on a new statue of Arthas Menethil that will be launched during winter of this year.
The official description from Blizzard for the statues reads: “Meticulously sculpted by fine artist Brian Fay (whose body of work inc... |
19 March 2012
13:11 GMT |
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The developer at EA Play have launched a new update for free-to-play multiplayer title Battlefield Heroes, which allows gamers to use powersuits that make them look like human robots and offers new options when it comes to weapons and items.Both factions included in Battlefield Heroes get access to the robots and alo... |
17 March 2012
03:28 GMT |
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Gamers who have managed to already consume all the class specific content delivered by the MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic can look forward to more from developer BioWare in the coming months and should be careful about the choices that they have already made. Gabe Amatangelo, who is the leading designer working on ... |
16 March 2012
03:50 GMT |
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Video game developer BioWare and publisher Electronic Arts have announced that all those interested in their Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO will be able to try out the experience for free during this extended weekend. The Weekend Pass Free Trial opens on Thursday, March 15 at exactly 12:01 AM Central Daylight Time ... |
14 March 2012
05:15 GMT |
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The development team at Turbine has launched a new trailer, designed to show players the new environments that they will be able to explore as part of the new Great River expansion for their MMO The Lord of the Rings Online.
Despite being close to five years old at the moment, the MMO still looks pretty good and man... |
14 March 2012
03:32 GMT |
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Video game developer Sony Online Entertainment and publisher LucasArts have announced that Clone Wars Adventures, their MMO based on the popular Star Wars franchise, has managed to get more than 10 million registered players.The company says that the impressive number of engaged gamers is a sign that the game has man... |
13 March 2012
05:32 GMT |
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The development teams at Artplant and Bigpoint have offered some details on their Game of the Thrones MMO at the Game Developers Conference, showing potential players how they plan to bring the world of the books to virtual life.
All players will be able to explore from as far North as the iconic wall to as the sout... |
12 March 2012
17:31 GMT |
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A new study from the Brigham Young University has suggested that those couples who play video games together are able to strengthen their relationship although there are also a number of negative side effects linked to the activity.
The study has surveyed 349 heterosexual couples, selecting only those who had at lea... |
9 March 2012
15:01 GMT |
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Star Wars: The Old Republic, the MMO developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts, has managed to get 1.7 million subscribers towards the end of February, and at least one analyst believes that the game will continue a steady growth and will reach 2 million paying players during June of this year. Dog Creut... |
9 March 2012
05:41 GMT |
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The launch of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning was just the simplest way of making gamers familiar with the universe of the franchise, which will be used in a future MMO, which is called Copernicus and will have even more lore created by well-known author R.A. Salvatore. Speaking to Joystiq, Sean Dunn, the general mana... |
7 March 2012
17:51 GMT |
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Despite having a past littered with movie tie-ins, it seems that video game publisher SEGA does not feature prominently in the future plans of Marvel, the comic book company that is now owned by Disney.
T.Q. Jefferson, who is the vice president of games production at Marvel, has stated, “There are no current p... |
7 March 2012
16:31 GMT |
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Video game developer Blizzard has announced that it is offering a range of bonuses to all the players who are ready to return to the MMO World of Warcraft as long as they can convince a friend who is still playing to use a Scroll of Resurrection on their own character.
Those affected by the powerful Scroll will see ... |
7 March 2012
05:48 GMT |
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