Notorious Games has released the latest patch for Xsyon, pushing forward with a number of quality of life improvements to the game experience. Foremost, a tutorial has been implemented with more than two hundred panels of instructions for new players and those that might have missed a thing or two along the way. There are … Continue reading “Xsyon Improves New Player Experience”
With its big show on Steam just over the horizon, Star Vault has laid out how the hardcore sandbox MMO will make its way to gamers worldwide. Before Mortal Online is allowed to release, however, Star Vault is implementing a number of updates and fixes. In the latest press release, Star Vault has laid down … Continue reading “Star Vault Lays Down Road to Steam”
Today’s MMOrning Shot comes to us from Mad Otter Games, whose free to play title Villagers & Heroes is now available on Steam. Players are encouraged to cooperate in this MMO with player-created towns and sandbox-style crafting. How do the towns work, you ask? The towns of Villagers and Heroes are not merely set-pieces. They … Continue reading “MMOrning Shots: Village of Heroes”
Aventurine has announced today that the developer has realigned itself to get back on track with their original vision for a sandbox PvP MMO where risk dictates reward and massive battles carry more meaning. As part of its realignment sessions, Darkfall will undergo a series of updates over the coming weeks. Top priority is the … Continue reading “Darkfall Lays Out Vision and Direction”
CCP has officially announced that World of Darkness has been cancelled. Some of you may remember that, last month, CCP’s annual financial report stated that the company had written off a piece of software as no longer having any value. It looks like that property was World of Darkness. In his note accompanying the announcement, Hilmar … Continue reading “World of Darkness Cancelled”
How many times have you read an interview or developer diary and thought “oh boy, not this again?” Given the recent list of games being announced, I am willing to bet several times. If the video game genre is one thing, it is cyclic, and if you pay attention long enough you can almost predict … Continue reading “Top 5: Worst Advertising Pitches”
The post-apocalyptic world of Xsyon has become a lot more friendly recently as Notorious Games has announced that the game will be split between War and Peace, a PvP and PvE server respectively. Players will be able to maintain characters on both servers, and data will be copied on to both worlds from the original … Continue reading “Xsyon Expands With Launch of PvE Server”
The question of the year for 2014 has finally been answered: When is ArcheAge coming to the west? Trion’s own Evan “Scapes” Berman appeared on ArcheAge Source to confirm that ArcheAge will be heading into beta and launch later this year. While the tech work continues, the team is also finalizing plans for “early supporter” … Continue reading “ArcheAge Launching 2014, Trion Confirms”
Raph Koster performed a live forum Q&A on the MMORPG.com forums, answering questions about his views on the industry present and future, and boy were the questions interesting. When asked about an MMO mimicking pre-Trammel Ultima Online, Koster stated his disbelief that a modern Ultima Online could work, and that the “whole gankfest thing” is … Continue reading “Raph Koster's MMORPG.com Q&A”
When it comes to MMOs, I have no problem with dungeons requiring groups, sandbox MMOs where the game is best played with groups of people or with clans, or even when the best gear is only obtainable by running dungeons. I have a problem with Final Fantasy XIV’s use of forced grouping, however, in the … Continue reading “The Frustration of Forced Grouping”
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