Today’s MMOrning Shot comes from DC Universe Online’s tenth DLC package. Amazon Fury part 1 involves stories revolving around everyone’s favorite female characters of the DC Universe, including Wonder Woman and the Amazons. Two day shipping not included.
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Missing Worlds Media has announced via Kickstarter update that City of Titans is in the process of being transitioned to the Unreal 4 engine. What does this mean? Well development has been put back a little bit, but according to the announcement it will be worth it for an even better game.
The new engine will give us advanced rendering features, physics and visual effects. Physically-based shading will give us more control over the look and feel of characters and objects in your new world. We’ll be able to create wide ranges of surfaces, layer materials, and fine-tune values to make Titan City look more incredible and realistic than we originally planned. An added bonus is our NPCs will be smarter and look better than ever!
Unreal 4 was released at this year’s Game Developer Conference where Epic founder Tim Sweeney revealed that developers could get their hands on the source code for a simple $20 monthly subscription plus 5% of revenue on commercial games.
(Source: Kickstarter)
CCP has posted their 2013 financial results and the results are interesting, if not confusing. While the company posted an annual revenue of $76.7 million USD, net loss amounted to $21.3 million during the same period. 2013 saw multiple milestones reached, including the launch of PS3 shooter DUST 514 as well as Eve Online’s 10th anniversary and surpassing five hundred thousand subscribers. DUST 514 brought in a fair amount of revenue, although nowhere near Eve Online’s sales.
As for the net loss, our friend The Ancient Gaming Noob took some time to explain how it is due to assets being derecognized as a part of 2013’s restructuring.
Basically, the wrote some software that they felt added value to the company and called it an asset at some point, adding to the total value of the company. Now they have decided that the software in question does not have value, so they have to take it off the books. To the shareholders, the company effectively “lost” that much in its overall valuation, but no actual cash money disappeared or changed hands.
As for what those assets were, CCP isn’t saying. CCP also announced a partnership with Sony to bring their dogfighting game Valkyrie to the Playstation 4. You can check out the entire financial report at the link below.
(Source: CCP finances)
Today’s MMOrning Shot comes to us from 3000AD and their upcoming MMOFPS, Line of Defense. To the best of my knowledge, Line of Defense is still on target for launch later this year. Until then, why not enjoy the crisp taste of Mountain Dew Baja Blast? Coming soon to a store near you.
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Today’s MMOrning Shot comes to us from RuneScape where our beloved adventurer is in danger of being eaten by a gigantic dragon. You know, you guys go ahead. I think I left the TV on at home, and I’m not wearing my shoes with the proper insoles for this adventure.
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Carbine Studios has officially announced that Wildstar will launch on June 3rd, 2014. For those wishing to get in on the action early, preorders for the game will begin on March 19th, with early buyers receiving access to closed and open beta periods, three days of early access, an exclusive rocket house, a mini-ship house decoration, a ten slot storage bag, and the ability to reserve character and guild names prior to launch. Both a standard and collector’s edition of the game will be made available with the latter including exclusive items, titles, and costumes.
Executive Producer Jeremy Gaffney says that the Carbine Studios team is “stoked to launch Wildstar,” adding:
“We’ve aimed for fun and unique content for MMO gamers of all stripes from level one to level cap and beyond. WildStar is a brand new IP and new universe that has attracted more than 1.4 million beta signups already, so it seems like other gamers are also eager for something new and different in the MMO space.”
Wildstar will be available for preorder in one week, at the official website or from select retailers.
(Source: Wildstar Press Release)
Trion’s latest DLC pack has released, ushering in new arenas, new missions, new weapons, and more. What it also brought is a new cash shop item that has members of the community in arms. The Legendary Weapon Kit comes packed with one random legendary weapon and a set of random epic mods for said weapon. All for the low low price of roughly $100.
Defiance’s community manager Evan “Scapes” Berman responded on the forums to explain that the price.
This wasn’t a number we pulled out of thin air. It was based on analysis of store use data and existing lock box prices and functionality. An Epic Mod Hoard is 700 bits and grants four random mods at epic rarity. A Tier 4 Lock Box is 400 bits and grants four random weapons at random rarity between rare and legendary. The Legendary Weapon Kit is 10,000 bits (currently discounted 20% to 8,000 bits) and grants a one of each type of mod at epic rarity matched to a random weapon at legendary rarity. This price is based on the average cost of purchasing Epic Mod Hoards and Tier 4 Lock Boxes to get the same value: a legendary weapon fully loaded with epic mods.
One hundred dollars for a weapon that there is no guarantee will be useful? Are people really buying this kit? Of course they are.
Simply put, we were seeing purchases of it the moment the servers came back online. If it wasn’t moving at its current price, we’d change it. And agreed, the Legendary Weapon Kit isn’t intended to be “content” per se, but instead offering a (premium) convenience for players who elect it.
Trion’s latest DLC pack has released, ushering in new arenas, new missions, new weapons, and more. What it also brought is a new cash shop item that has members of the community in arms. The Legendary Weapon Kit comes packed with one random legendary weapon and a set of random epic mods for said weapon. All for the low low price of roughly $100.
Defiance’s community manager Evan “Scapes” Berman responded on the forums to explain that the price.
This wasn’t a number we pulled out of thin air. It was based on analysis of store use data and existing lock box prices and functionality. An Epic Mod Hoard is 700 bits and grants four random mods at epic rarity. A Tier 4 Lock Box is 400 bits and grants four random weapons at random rarity between rare and legendary. The Legendary Weapon Kit is 10,000 bits (currently discounted 20% to 8,000 bits) and grants a one of each type of mod at epic rarity matched to a random weapon at legendary rarity. This price is based on the average cost of purchasing Epic Mod Hoards and Tier 4 Lock Boxes to get the same value: a legendary weapon fully loaded with epic mods.
One hundred dollars for a weapon that there is no guarantee will be useful? Are people really buying this kit? Of course they are.
Simply put, we were seeing purchases of it the moment the servers came back online. If it wasn’t moving at its current price, we’d change it. And agreed, the Legendary Weapon Kit isn’t intended to be “content” per se, but instead offering a (premium) convenience for players who elect it.
Harry Potter Online is back! Well, in a manner of speaking. Today’s MMOrning Shot comes to us from The World of Magic, an upcoming MMO that is not based on the Harry Potter IP. Those of you paying attention over the past week or so will know that Bio-Hazard Entertainment originally announced that a Harry Potter MMO was in development up to the point of beta, after which Warner Bros. would have final say on whether or not the game could be completed. One thing led to another, and the company very quickly announced that the Harry Potter aspect would be scrapped in favor of a general magical IP.
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Bioware has revealed that housing is coming to The Old Republic. Not much has been revealed so far in terms of details, but the trailer below shows an apartment with a house droid, mailbox, and other effects laying around. Whether or not this has to do with Bioware’s announcement earlier this year of massive updates will have to be seen.
For now, check out the trailer embedded below.
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