EverQuest II: Brewday is back

Those who have been hanging around Norrath for a while know what this time of year brings: Brewday is returning to EverQuest II. While the holiday originated with the Dwarves, they don’t mind sharing the fun, so get ready to celebrate beginning March 11th with events both old and new.
You’ll see some familiar features such [...]

Global Agenda drops patch 1.2 to the test servers

We’re only about a week out from the first patch to Global Agenda, but Hi-Rez Studios has been hard at work in their super-secret laboratory (only slightly less secret than that) producing new content for the game. Patch 1.2 has already gone to the test server for experimentation and stress testing, and it expands [...]

Star Wars Galaxies outlines the road ahead

Amidst all the fuss about the new kid in town (or due to arrive in town in a year or so), it’s easy to forget sometimes that Star Wars Galaxies has been running for seven years, even with its ups and downs. The game’s most recent update brought the Galactic Civil War to the [...]

The Daily Grind: I would like to have been there

Launch day, whether it’s for a new game or just a new expansion, is usually a pretty crazy time. Everything is new and untested, which means that some builds and classes will be overpowered, some elements of the game aren’t working as intended, and there are going to be bugs. But even with all of [...]

A Mild-Mannered Reporter: Tripping the XP fantastic

City of Heroes has the best pseudo-seasonal event anywhere: the double XP weekend. Forget holidays that you’re usually sick to death of in which you can get some arbitrary gimmick powers, it’s cold hard character boosting that really gets everyone excited. And if those of us that play the game weren’t swimming with enough alts, [...]

A significant update on Jumpgate Evolution’s progress

NetDevil’s Scott Brown has emerged from the black depths of development on Jumpgate Evolution to give an update to the commmunity. In fact, he’s given quite a substantial — if not brief — update about the various game elements being hammered into proper working order.
The topics covered are Battlespace, mission structure, faction definition and improvements [...]

Funcom Community Managers talk about upcoming projects

Julie and Fran of the No Prisoners, No Mercy podcast had some special guests on their most recent show, to the delight of the Funcom fans in their audience.
Funcom Community Managers Glen “Famine” Swan and Oliver Kunz visited the podcast to discuss The Secret World as well as Rise of the Godslayer, the upcoming expansion [...]

Aika open beta starts March 16

Gala-Net has announced that their upcoming free-to-play MMORPG Aika Online will enter Open Beta on March 16. The PVP-centric title will feature six classes, a leveling curve initially topping out at 50, and a player-run political system consisting of a forever war fought among five factions.
Post-launch plans include regular PVP events similar to those introduced [...]

Star Trek Online Executive Producer discusses game creation

Star Trek Online Executive Producer Craig Zinkievich has been busy lately, and not just with working behind the scenes at Cryptic. Last week he found time for two interviews covering where Star Trek Online has been and where they’re going.
He spoke with MMOHub and Altern8 at length, discussing the ideas and thoughts behind many of [...]

GDC10: Massively’s day 1 roundup

Massively staffers descended on GDC 2010 yesterday like a horde of….well, Horde. Our intrepid reporters are slaving away with microphones, tape recorders, and keyboards in hand to make sure you get all the latest MMORPG tidbits directly from the folks making the games.
We’ll be bringing you a ton of content over the next few days, [...]

Lego Universe beta codes are starting to roll out

It’s time to gather up your brightly colored blocks and figure out just what kind of cool things you’re planning to build. Why? Because we’re getting reports from around the Internets that the first invites for the beta for Lego Universe are starting to roll out to some very lucky gamers!
Offering what looks to [...]

One Shots: Just when you thought the snows were over

With a recent patch offering some much appreciated code updates (including Win7 support) Ryzom is still rolling along, thanks to its devoted player-base. However, it would appear that much like the waves of winter in the Northern hemisphere, Atys is experiencing snowfalls that keep coming back as well. Our Ryzom regular, Steven K., writes in [...]

Fallen Earth gets a Mac client

Perhaps you’ve watched Shawn’s recent Fallen Earth exploits in Choose My Adventure, or heard all about the post-apocalyptic fun on Massively Speaking. Well, the team at Icarus Studios have heard the call from the Apple-loving contingent for a client of their own — and have just announced that they have a beta Mac-compatible client ready [...]

Earthrise’s Atanas Atanasov on grinding and more

German fan site Onlinewelten.com managed to snag an interview with Masthead Studios boss Atanas Atanasov regarding the forthcoming science fiction MMORPG known as Earthrise.
Information on Masthead’s post-apocalyptic sci-fi title is hard to come by, and we’re always happy to see additional details come to light. The lengthy interview touches on everything from the player-controlled economy, [...]

Americans spend $3.8 billion on MMO gaming in 2009

Do you feel like you spent a lot on MMOs last year? Well, you’re not alone. It’s no secret that the MMO industry is a huge one, and all of those box sales, Steam downloads, sub fees, and item shop purchases added up to a pretty impressive number.
Gamasutra reported today that MMO gamers in the [...]

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