Sony Online Entertainment has announced upcoming changes to gold membership in Everquest, and not all players will be happy. Instead of the monthly stipend of 500 station cash, members will be able to purchase one item up to two thousand station cash, sans bundles, studio items, etc. The week of February 3rd, 2014 we will … Continue reading “Sony Online All Access Changing In February”
Today’s MMOrning Shot comes to us from Shroud of the Avatar, which recently opened its doors to backers to wander around the starter town of Owl’s Head. I had a chance to check out the early access and I found that the chat system is very similar to Everquest in that you actually have to … Continue reading “MMOrning Shots: Shroud Of The Avatar”
I recently read a column on MMORPG.com asking what I consider to be a relatively simple question, why are there no HD remakes in MMOs? The answer to end all answers is time and money. Art is expensive and the engine may be so old that to incorporate higher resolution graphics would require extensive work … Continue reading “Why There Are No HD Remakes”
With Blizzard’s latest quarterly report showing another drop in subscribers for World of Warcraft, the internet is once again asking the age old question: Will the game go free to play? If you have to ask, the answer is no. Blizzard’s Production Director J Allen Brack stated to Eurogamer: “We would have to rework … Continue reading “Free To Play Is Not Coming To World of Warcraft”
When Sony announced that every game on the PlayStation 4 would support some form of remote play via the PS Vita, it was only a matter of time before we heard something about Final Fantasy XIV. According to Naoki Yoshida, it looks like players won’t be able to access the entirety of Final Fantasy XIV, … Continue reading “FFXIV Will Have Some Functionality on the Vita”
Sony Online Entertainment has confirmed that the developer has laid off an unknown number of staff from an unknown variety of divisions. SOE’s Linda Carlson posted on several of the official game boards that the reduction aims to reduce costs and focus efforts on the current slate of games. As a company, our goal is … Continue reading “Sony Online Entertainment Layoffs”
Today’s MMOrning Shot comes to us from Sony Online Entertainment with Everquest Next. With the voxel engine making everything destructible, naturally that Kerran should be able to chop those flowers down, throw them in a nice ceramic vase, and then throw the vase over the side of that cliff and watch it smash against the … Continue reading “MMOrning Shots: My Nose Itches!”
Free Stuff Plz is off to a big start with the reveal of the first month’s contest: Sony Station Cash. Since Sony has such a large library of MMOs all tied to a single cash system, we figured why keep it to just one title? Between now and the end of July 2013, take a … Continue reading “Free Stuff Plz Month #1 Reminder”
I know what some of you are thinking: Oh no, someone made a comment disparaging World of Warcraft, time for Omali to take the stage and say something along the lines of “I’d like to see you hit twelve million customers worldwide.” Well shame on all of you for not knowing me as well as … Continue reading “Breaking Down Mark Kern”
Free Stuff Plz is off to a big start with the reveal of the first month’s contest: Sony Station Cash. Since Sony has such a large library of MMOs all tied to a single cash system, we figured why keep it to just one title? Between now and the end of July 2013, take a … Continue reading “Free Stuff Plz Month #1: Station Cash”
MMO Fallout 