If Trion bestows one thing on the world, it should be that your post-launch advertising should be aggressive and essentially ensure you mark every part of your potential customer’s behind with lipstick. Rift pulled this off very well with a wealth of content starting in the weeks after launch combined with regular discounts both in-store … Continue reading “Play The Secret World Free, August 3rd – 6th”
I know what you are thinking: “Crom… grant me one request. Grant me single server technology! And if you do not listen, then to HELL with you!” You aren’t? Well, is this your card? Funcom’s recently launched The Secret World carried a rather significant upgrade to the Dreamworld engine. The Secret World runs on one … Continue reading “Age of Conan's Upcoming Single Server Technology”
I know what you are thinking: “Crom… grant me one request. Grant me single server technology! And if you do not listen, then to HELL with you!” You aren’t? Well, is this your card? Funcom’s recently launched The Secret World carried a rather significant upgrade to the Dreamworld engine. The Secret World runs on one … Continue reading “Age of Conan’s Upcoming Single Server Technology”
The Secret World releases on in just a few weeks on July 3rd, and I had yet another opportunity to take a look at the beta this weekend. As you already know from our previous preview, The Secret World is an action-oriented game that plays somewhere between the button mashing of a World of Warcraft … Continue reading “Getting a Beta Perspective: The Secret World”
Anarchy Online’s engine upgrade has been a long time coming, and while there is still some time to wait before players can enjoy the decade old MMO with brand new digs, the team at Funcom has promised to release a series of videos detailing new environments and player design.
If you know someone who thinks that free to play games are not a successful venture, point their head towards Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online. And Lineage II, and Age of Conan, and Champions Online, and DC Universe, and City of Heroes, and Alganon, and Everquest II, and Pirates of … Continue reading “Least Surprising of 2011: Free To Play Makes Money”
Earlier this week Funcom updated Age of Conan to version 3.1, adding some arguably much needed back end maintenance and optimizations to the game as well as the Dreamworld engine that Age of Conan runs on. You can read the patch notes here, as the list of changes are truly massive, but despite how many … Continue reading “Age of Conan 3.1 Brings Headaches, Patches, Server Downtime”
Does Rift have one million subscribers? I have no idea, only Trion knows that information and the furthest they will move into specific information is the claim that Rift is number two in the market, and still growing. Either way, Trion is not a stranger to trash talking, and in an interview with Industry Gamers, … Continue reading “Rift: We Are World of Warcraft’s Top Competition”
Does Rift have one million subscribers? I have no idea, only Trion knows that information and the furthest they will move into specific information is the claim that Rift is number two in the market, and still growing. Either way, Trion is not a stranger to trash talking, and in an interview with Industry Gamers, … Continue reading “Rift: We Are World of Warcraft's Top Competition”
I got some time to play with Warhammer: Wrath of Heroes, and the more I begin to doubt that certain Mythic employees will have much in terms of career options should the time come that they no longer report to EA/Mythic. Consider that Warhammer Online is one of the primary reasons (including All Points Bulletin) … Continue reading “Week In Review: Not A Real Doctor Edition”
MMO Fallout 