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Perfect World’s international MMOs push Q4 revenues up
Blacklight Retribution was one of a number of international investments which paid off for Chinese MMO specialists Perfect World this quarter. Gamasutra reports Perfect World ended its fourth fiscal quarter with a 9.5% year-on-year increase of revenue, at $123.4 million. The company out-performed forecasts with a gross profit of $101.6 million, a year on year ... Read More»
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Rumour: ZeniMax to announce Elder Scrolls MMO in May
ZeniMax Media and Bethesda will announce the long-rumoured Elder Scrolls MMO sometime in May, TomsGuide is reporting. It reports, under a “industry source that wishes to remain anonymous”, the title will take a full millennium before Skyrim, and several hundred years before any of the other titles in the series. It adds it’ll have three ... Read More»
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New TERA trailer shows off end game content
TERA claims to be the “true action mmo”, so it’s about time they started showing off some true action end game content. Read More... Read More»
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Second Life and Linden Lab may be getting its second wind
Think Second Life is dead? Think Linden Lab can’t score another hit? Not if their new CEO has anything to say about it. According to Massively thanks to an interview on GamesIndustry, Rod Humble, who stepped into the role as Linden Lab’s CEO last year, saw an “extremely profitable” world that has 1 million monthly ... Read More»
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MechWarrior Online may support cockpit peripherals
If you have a gaming den full of precision controllers, MechWarrior Online could be a dream come true. In a new developer Q&A, Piranha Games said it has been investigating the possibility of supporting peripheral controllers like a “joystick, pedals, throttle” – and more. While that’s still up in there, take heart from the news ... Read More»
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Gaikai partly inspired by MMO entry barriers
Dave Perry’s experience with the MMO world can be credited with the later founding of streaming games service Gaikai. Speaking to Massively at GDC 2012, Perry said he became interested in the Asian free-to-play market, which adopted the successful business model literally more than ten years before the west caught on. Trying to sell western ... Read More»
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Lottery winner of many hats takes to Kickstarter to gauge interest in MMO idea
Wiccan high priest, gamer, former accountant, and Maryland lottery winner Ellwood “Bunky” Bartlett wants to create an MMO, reports Eurogamer. In it, each server is it’s own variant world players will travel between and based on various elements. Bartlett has taken to Kickstarter to gauge interest in his MMO before starting on it – starting ... Read More»
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DCUO: Launch trailer released for The Battle for Earth DLC
SOE has released the launch trailer for DC Universe Online’s Update 3, The Battle for Earth, which released today. Watch below. The update includes new Duos, one Alert, two Raids, new gear, new rewards, and the Earth Powers set. Looks fun. Go kill stuff. Read More... Read More»
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SWTOR is free to play this weekend
Starting Thursday, March 15, players around the world will be able play Star Wars: The Old Republic in the first Weekend Pass Free Trial. For a limited time, individuals who don’t already have a previously-active SWTOR account can experience the MMO for up to four days for free, with no payment method required. Individuals who ... Read More»
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NCsoft announces pre-purchase program, collector’s edition for Guild Wars 2
NCsoft has announced a pre-purchase program for Guild Wars 2 which starts on April 10. Players who pre-purchase the Guild Wars 2 Collector’s, Digital Deluxe or Standard Editions will receive guaranteed entry into all beta weekend events and a three-day head start prior to launch, which will allow folks to secure their character and guild ... Read More»
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Lord of the Rings Online trailer demos Great River areas
This new trailer gives a peek at the environments to be found in the newly-released update for Lord of the Rings Online. The Great River is the sixth major updated to LotRO, and includes seven new areas and wargs, among other new additions. The update also does a bunch of back-end tweaking ahead of a ... Read More»
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DC Universe Online’s The Battle for Earth DLC drops tomorrow
A new content pack for Sony Online Entertainment’s superhero MMORPG arrives tomorrow, promising to be the biggest and best so far. The Battle for Earth includes three Duos, one Alert, two Raids, lots of new gear and rewards, and perhaps most interestingly the Earth Powers set, which favours tanks and heavy hitters. The expansion brings ... Read More»
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Clone Wars Adventures passes 10 million users
The other Star Wars MMO isn’t doing too badly in the wake of The Old Republic’s release. VentureBeat reports Sony Online Entertainment’s Clone Wars Adventures has accumulated over 10 million registered users. Perhaps somewhat counter-intuitively, registrations have increased since the launch of EA’s The Old Republic, the only other Star Wars MMO on the market ... Read More»
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Guild Wars 2 video shows battle gameplay
Check out some sweet snippets of footage from battles of varying scale in Guild Wars 2. ArenaNet issued a thank you video to those who signed up for the upcoming beta, but you can watch it too – simply visit the Facebook page and Like Guild Wars 2. The footage therein shows glimpses of a ... Read More»
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A Game of Thrones MMO makes its GDC debut
BigPoint and Artplant provided an overview of the browser-based, free-to-play MMO A Game of Thrones at GDC this week and IGN was lucky enough to attend the chat and dish on the details. According to the site, the game will be set during the first book as the title implies, just after the death of ... Read More»
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Guild Wars 2: ArenaNet’s MMO Manifesto put to video
ArenaNet has released a video which features the team discussing its Game Design Manifesto for Guild Wars 2. According to the developers, when creating the MMO, it had three main themes to adhere to: making an MMORPG a great RPG, rethinking combat, and making the MMO more social. You can watch it for yourself below, ... Read More»
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Issue 22 released for City of Heroes
Ncsoft has released a video for the latest update to City of Heroes, Issue 22: Death Incarnate. In it, the Statesman has fallen and the heroes must face the sorceress Diabolique and “her plans for Dark Astoria.” Issue 22 is out now. Read More... Read More»
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Developer blog for DUST 514 introduces you to more vehicles
CCP has posted a second Dust 514 developer blog detailing some the of the shooter’s vehicles. Over on both the EU and US blogs, the vehicles are shown along with stats for each, as well as information pertaining to the race which pilots them, the class, how many crew members can fit into each, and ... Read More»
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CCP to “open up” beta testing for Dust 514 in April
CCP has said it will “open up” the beta test for Dust 514 in April. The news was provided to GameTrailers during an interview at GDC. “In April we’ll open up the beta test we’ve been running since December of last year,” CCP CEO Hilmar Petursson told GameTrailers, adding that CCP hopes the game will ... Read More»
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Phantasy Star Online 2 announced for PlayStation Vita, out 2013
A pre-recorded stream announcing PlayStation Vita games has confirmed that Phantasy Star Online 2 is coming to the portable. The game, due to release next year, will have cross-platform play between the Vita version and PC version, with players able to play the same character on both versions. There’s video of it below, featuring gameplay ... Read More»
