Monthly Archives: April 2015
Wizard101 patches in jewel socketing
Bad news, Wizard101 players. It looks as if your gear has insufficient swag. It looks downright pedestrian. A homeless wizard could be wearing your...
Top 25 companies accounted for 65 percent of 2014’s $83.6 billion games market
Twenty-five companies accounted for 65 percent of the $83.6 billion games market in 2014, according to a report at Newzoo. Leading the pack was...
Life is Feudal video dashes hopes for player shops
There are going to be no shops in Life is Feudal when the MMO portion of the game goes live. This is even true...
LotRO stars in new Vanderbilt online gaming course
How does a seven-week course in gaming centered around Lord of the Rings Online grab you? Online Games: Literature, New Media, and Narrative is...
Star Trek Online’s Iconian War begins today
For the past five years of operation, Star Trek Online has built up to the conflict with the Iconians. Now it's time for the...
Earn this Guild Wars 2 llama by PvPing
How would you like to own the most lavish llama in the lands of Tyria? All you need to do is participate in one...
Take a peek at the new areas and instances of Lord of the Rings Online’s Update 16
The next big update to Lord of the Rings Online brings players ever closer to Mordor, which anyone with passing familiarity with the story...
Landmark shows off its upcoming achievement-based progression
The next big update to Landmark will bring a major update to progression, and that means a major update to how the game's achievements...
Tamriel Infinium: The 18 words an Elder Scrolls Online newbie needs to know
One of my favorite things about the storytelling in Elder Scrolls Online is that the quest-givers don't fill their dialogue with exposition regarding Tamriel...
Land of Britain shows off new UE4 screenshots
Wondering why the Land of Britain developers have gone quiet? Probably not, as we hadn't covered the title before today. Regardless, we have an...
SWTOR ‘Fallen Empire’ teaser prompts expansion rumors
The team behind Star Wars: The Old Republic posted a single image with a simple hashtag: #FallenEmpire. No further explanation or extrapolation was offered....
EverQuest test server accidentally discounts cash shop items to pennies
Let's try to walk through this particular sequence of events; it isn't pretty. EverQuest puts a new patch update on the test servers with...
The Daily Grind: Is Firefly Online the future of MMOs?
Last week, Firefly Online announced that it had scooped up almost all of the old Firefly cast members to voice the multiplatform online-but-not-really-an-MMO. Cue internet...
Not So Massively: Star Wars Battlefront is revealed; GTA 5 beats Skyrim
It's been a big week for competitive play in MOBAs. League of Legends opened the registration on its European Battlegrounds tournament and lifted the...
Pathfinder adds holdings and outposts
Goblinworks rolled version seven of Pathfinder Online's early enrollment out to backers last week. The update adds holdings and outposts, though CEO Ryan Dancey says that they...
The Secret World is on sale for 10 bucks this week
Steam has knocked 66% off The Secret World's asking price. Funcom's spooky modern-day horror thriller is currently $10.19 on Valve's storefront through April 27th.
Alternatively,...
Guild Wars 2 announces its third Tourney of Legends
Do you like Guild Wars 2? Do you like PvP? If you answered yes and yes, the fact that ArenaNet has announced its third Tournament...
Koster on Star Wars Galaxies’ dynamic world
Raph Koster isn't done talking about Star Wars Galaxies yet, and that's good news for fans, aspiring designers, or really anyone who realizes that...
TERA gets the Gunner class and a Steam launch on May 5
TERA is adding the Gunner class in its May 5th patch. The fantasy MMO is also arriving on Steam that same day. The Gunner...
EVE is adding an assembly effect for anchorable structures
EVE Online is getting a bit prettier with its April 28th patch. CCP's latest dev blog outlines the visual changes coming to anchorable player-owned...