RuneScape players have another opportunity to donate to charity. Jagex has partnered with the World Wildlife Fund to spread awareness of endangered animals, specifically the endangered big cats. For the next two weeks, players are invited to take part in daily quizzes with exclusive title rewards and adopt a baby jaguar of their own. Head to Burthorpe … Continue reading “Adopt A Cat In RuneScape To Support World Wildlife Fund”
Wargaming is facing a consumer backlash following what many are calling a bait-and-switch on a recent Humble Bundle offer. Players who bought into the Humble E3 Bundle received digital goodies in Wargaming’s upcoming MMO World of Warships. The goods include a seven day premium pass, money, and a powerful ship called a Murmansk. As of … Continue reading “Wargaming E3 Bundle Pulls Bait and Switch, And Switch, And Switch”
RuneScape’s Well of Goodwill has become a regular force in the fantasy MMO, opening every so often and allowing players to donate their coins, items, and bonds to notable charities. For every ten million gold donated to the well, Jagex donates $2 to the charity flavor of the month with $4.70 for each bond donated. … Continue reading “RuneScape Well of Goodwill Closes”
It’s charity time, folks. Between December 3rd and the 31st, Blizzard will donate 100% of the proceeds from sales of the Argi pet in World of Warcraft. Donations are in support of the Red Cross and go towards Ebola relief efforts in Africa. Argi can also be purchased in a $30 bundle with the Grinning … Continue reading “Support Ebola Relief With World of Warcraft”
This week sees the second half of RuneScape’s Lost City of the Elves expansion. The update introduces the latter half of the Elven city, bringing with it new high level skilling locations, new monsters to fight, and new rewards. Prifddinas first opened its doors in September and has seen the high level community flock to … Continue reading “RuneScape Expands The City of Elves”
October was a month of expansions, layoffs, and delays. We saw a developer get their game pulled off of Steam after one of the staffers tweeted expletives and a death threat at Valve’s Gabe Newell. Arenanet caused a furor in the community by updating the gem trading tool to be less user friendly, and then responded … Continue reading “Month in Review: October Edition”
In the latest Behind The Scenes post, Jagex has unveiled a list of updates set for release in November. The first, which will go live later today, is a double experience weekend lasting from midday October 31st to Monday, November 3rd. Members will receive double experience (3x experience for skills that have bonus experience) and … Continue reading “RuneScape Unveils November Updates”
Today’s MMOrning Shot comes to us from RuneScape, where Jagex has teamed up with the Unity for Wildlife charity and United for Rhino campaign to help raise awareness for illegal poaching. Over the course of the next two weeks, players will be able to answer daily rhino questions. Answer four of them correctly and adopt … Continue reading “MMOrning Shots: Gorilla Warfare”
This year at PAX East, Carbine Studios has announced a special donation to Child’s Play. In addition to a comically sized check for ten thousand dollars, Carbine Studios has partnered with LEGO artist Mariann Asanuma to recreate the Wildstar rocket house in all of its blocky glory. The structure stands three feet high and four … Continue reading “Carbine Studios Donates To Child's Play”
Distributed Denial of Service Attacks are an ever-increasing problem over all sectors of the internet. What was once a rare occurrence has become nearly commonplace with many medium to large services. Most recently, the Extra Life charity event was brought down temporarily due to a denial of service attack. Google has launched Project Shield, … Continue reading “RuneScape's Services Disrupted By Denial of Service Attacks”
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