Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered’s Week in Review!
This week, Massively OP’s Eliot Lefebvre checked out Guild Wars 2’s Heart of Thorns expansion in person, taking the Revenant class out for a spin and scoping out the new zone and PvP. Plus PAX East happened, and FFXIV mostly stole the show! Here’s what we’ve gotten up so far (with more on the way tomorrowday):
- PAX East 2015: Final Fantasy XIV’s Heavensward launches on June 23
- PAX East 2015: A chat with SOTA’s Richard Garriott
- PAX East 2015: Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns beta is on the way
- PAX East 2015: Guild Wars 2 teases upcoming WvW borderlands map
- PAX East 2015: Overwatch aims for fall beta, introduces two new characters
- PAX East 2015: Hearthstone’s Blackrock Mountain adventure arrives in April
- PAX East 2015: Heroes of the Storm plans tuition tourney, reveals Sylvanas champion
- PAX East 2015: Hands-on with Undead Labs’ Moonrise
Also, you guys kinda funded the hell out of our Kickstarter. And we love ya. Read on for a look at the rest of this week’s top MMO stories.
- World of Warcraft is getting gold and gametime transfer tokens
- Daybreak layoffs totaled 140 in San Diego
- Elder Scrolls Online’s Update 6 is live, and there’s a trailer too
- Storybricks has closed down
- The factionless WoW player dings level 100
- Indie Harry Potter MMO slapped with cease and desist by Warner Bros.
- Former SWTOR bigwig dislikes the term ‘whale’
- Star Trek Online installs memorials for Leonard Nimoy, other franchise vets
- RIFT players have clocked 45,817 years of gameplay
- Camelot Unchained’s alpha is now live
- SWTOR took its first step into competitive gaming and fell on its face
- Gold Saucer impressions in Final Fantasy XIV
- Five off-the-beaten path LOTRO locales you must visit
- Here’s what a Black Desert raid boss looks like
- Crowfall is raking in the big bucks
- Fan leads the charge to revitalize Graal Online
- Daybreak constricts gamemasters in EQ and EQII
- WoW Factor: A self-defeating genre
- David Braben says Elite won’t be ‘dumbed down’ for consoles
- Funcom’s financials improved in Q4 2014 but are down year-over-year
- Daybreak now has two G.I.R.L. scholarships for 2015
Here’s what our Stream Team was up to this week:
- The Stream Team: MOBA madness
- The Stream Team: Shooting Squirrel Girl to 60 in Marvel Heroes
- MJ has begun uploading the Kickstarter countdown streams
Our friends at Blizzard Watch posted some fun stuff too:
- How to collect heirlooms in World of Warcraft
- Little Miss Nerd Chef brings the culinary arts to World of Warcraft
- WoW’s “selfie fever”
New this week on the site was Choose My Adventure, back from the dead! Expect more surprises this week as we return one old column and introduce a new one. Any guesses?
breetoplay Mansemat I like the Newegg ad as well. What would make me more likely to actually click an ad is if the site is having some promotion. I would like to see coupon codes on the ads or advertise free shipping on orders over $50 as another example. If you have ever dealt with sites like techbargains or slickdeals, that is how I like to shop. If you can get some semblance of that in your ads, at least for someone like me, I would be more likely to click.
What I’m not sure about is that homeowner mortgage ad. How well do you vet these sites/companies? When I look at that ad, it just screams ‘scam’ to me. Whether it is true or not, I don’t know but I would never click something like that. I would hate to see you get a bad reputation because someone carried that good will into one of the ads and got scammed.
breetoplay Mansemat I’ve already backed the Kickstarter, but the quicker y’all get your Patron subscription up and running, the quicker I’ll feel less guilty about running uBlock. :P
So, how was the recognition of MOP at PAX? I remembered you mentioned wondering if they would take you as a serious press site after the close of Massively. Did you guys build any long term contacts at the conventions over the years? Is it just an anonymous process each year or dealing with someone different? I think it would be an interesting read to see how you were received by various companies/booths.
DJjazzy ManastuUtakata breetoplay Mansemat
Well, thanks for explaining that. :)
ManastuUtakata breetoplay Mansemat
it’s an online warehouse similar to amazon. it mostly deals with electronic items. it’s a decent place to search for computer parts if you want to put together your own computer as well
breetoplay Mansemat
Um…what is exactly NewEgg? I see 2 adds in the top right hand corner advertising Newegg…not sure what that is about. o.O
breetoplay Mansemat
I’ll take NewEgg ads over browser MMO’s any day of the week.
Talk about PAX coverage!
ManastuUtakata Nope, I’d like to take credit for fixing it, but it was Livefyre’s problem and Livefyre’s fix. :D Actually, I’m not even sure it’s fixed. I have also not seen it since early last week, but it’s been an ongoing problem with Livefyre off and on for years, so I have a feeling it’s as much to do with their infrastructure as anything.
Great snag with NewEgg. Props to your sales manager. I’ll have to offer up some clicks to help grease the wheels.