massively.com - 8/25/2009
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These days it seems like you can't move three feet in the MMO space without bumping into a Free-to-Play (or F2P) game. As the person who writes First Impressions from time to time, I play quite a lot of them. As such, I'm always looking at new F2P games that pop up, from tiny indie titles ...
Redefining Value
killtenrats.com 5/28/2009 — I have changed my mind completely. For most people, MMOs are horrible entertainment value for their cost. This is by design: the mechanics stretch the content across the maximum time possible, rather than deliver the fun in the most efficient and ...
Redefining MMOs: Developers Weigh In
massively.com 9/24/2009 —
What does "MMO" mean anymore?
When we launched our "Redefining MMO" series over the summer, we began with a look at the terminology behind the games we play -- what the term "MMO" encompasses and what kinds of games it describes. But with ...
Redefining MMOs: Terminology
massively.com 7/7/2009 —
As we look back at the past several years of the MMO scene, we see a genre that has gone through significant evolutionary leaps . With those pioneering days of text MUDs and blocky graphics behind us, today we enjoy professionally developed games ...
Redefining MMOs: The Shooter Invasion
massively.com 9/22/2009 — The MMO industry is always changing, and if we're going to stay ahead of the curve, we need to re-evaluate some of our views and ingrained notions from time to time. The Redefining MMOs series at Massively is our look at the state of massively ...
Wrath or rise of the Which King?
wowinsider.com 11/3/2008 — Filed under: Odds and ends , Death Knight , Wrath of the Lich King
Reader Duck Knight tipped us off to the box-art of the Battle for Middle-Earth II expansion from Electronic Arts. Also known as The Rise of the Witch-King , which sounds ...
Redefining MMOS: Removing Multiplayer from MMORPG
epicslant.com 10/5/2009 — Long ago, when the MMORPG genre was young, cooperation between players was considered to be almost a necessity. If you were to roam about solo in Ultima Online, you would likely fall prey to a roaming band of player killers. Similarly, should you forgo companions in EverQuest, you would be ...
From Their Corpses, Rise! - Quest - World of Warcraft
wowhead.com 12/5/2008 — Link Link From Their Corpses, Rise! Setaal Darkmender at Death's Rise has given you the Darkmender's Tincture. Apply it to the corpses of 10 of any of the Scarlet Onslaught units found there. Provided Item: Description How kind... how generous our ...
PAX 2009: We travel east with Rise of the Godslayer
massively.com 9/11/2009 —
Age of Conan came to PAX pretty much directly off their announcement of the Rise of the Godslayer expansion. So when we arrived at our appointment to check the game out and speak with Executive Producer Craig Morrison, you can imagine our ...
Features | Quantum Rise
eve-online.com 11/4/2008 — EVE Online surges forward with both breakthrough core performance upgrades and further evolution of the game world in our ninth free expansion. The rapid and successful deployment of the Stackless IO component and the EVE64 migration presented such a ...
Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer expansion video, details
examiner.com 8/18/2009 — Robert E. Howard's myth continues in Age of Conan's first expansion called Rise of the Godslayer. Details on the new expansion can be found in an extensive interview between IGN and Craig Morrison. Rise of the Godslayer is adding a new ra...