MMO News Roundup - 4-8-09
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The rumors of the death of Stargate Worlds has been, well, a bit exaggerated. Stargate series executive producer Brad Wright has dissed on Cheyenne Mountain, the developer of the Stargate MMO, by basically pronouncing the project dead. Not so fast, says the development team. They claim to have the funds to continue development, and are working out deals to take the entire project through deployment. Click here to read the official mission briefing. Then gear up and fall in to the gate room. Hopefully we will get a go for the mission very soon. JAFFA KREE!
Another day, another bundle of goodness from the team behind Star Trek Online. Here are some new screenies for your delight. Personally I get a little tribble in my shorts over the Vor’cha. I can’t wait to smack some Romulan pigs around with one of those. Click here to gaze at the little beauties. But since there are only 3 new screens, here is a new devblog posted over at MMORPG.com.
Let’s go for the sci-fi MMO hat trick today. Here’s some goodies on an emerging contender for your valuable play time. Black Prophecy, by German developer Reakktor Media, is looking pretty sweet. The new community forums have opened, and a wonderful gameplay video has been released. Watch the video, the whole video, seriously. The first, maybe two-thirds is BORING. But then the combat begins. Frakking awesome looking combat, and the capital ships are truly huge and give an epic feel to the whole thing. Click here to go and delight in the goodness. Looks like I might have to dust off that old joystick for this one.
Happy days, happy days. The long-awaited mission architect tool for City of Heroes is now live. This I have got to see. Without a doubt, the most dynamic tool available in any MMO for user-generated content, the mission architect tool will make the already excellent game a lot more uber. Players can now create missions for super-powered players with everything from the environment, to mission storyline, dialogue, characters, objectives, and all theminutia that make a ho-hum mission into one which makes you pee into that empty can of Redbull because you don’t want to leave your machine. Builders will even be able to test the mission solo, or with others. If your mission scores high enough with players and developers alike, you can earn some sweet-ass rewards for all your troubles. Perhaps it is time for Brainchomper the super-zombie to re-emerge from the grave, and plague the virtuous heroes of Paragon City. Click here for details on the mission architect tool.
Tags: Black Prophecy, Cheyenne Mountain, City of Heroes, Cryptic, MMO, MMO News Roundup, MMORPG, Reakktor Media, Star Trek Online, Stargate Worlds
MMO News Roundup - 3-19-09
Posted by HCG Dreadsorrow | Filed under MMO News Roundup, News
City of Heroes has the long-awaited mission editor in open beta on their test server. So if you are the type who denounces the missions in the superhero MMO as crap, now is the time to put up or shut up. Get your ass on to test the builder, and create some content for other players so that the rest of us can see whether you know what you are talking about, or are just full of s**t. Click here for the lowdown on the CoH Architect, and how the player-created missions will be rated by players and devs alike.
The new MMO, Runes of Magic, should be launched by the time you read this. This free-to-play MMO looks amazingly familiar to me in its style, but I have yet to experience the gameplay. The price is right however, so what the hell? Log your ass in if you already are signed up. And if not, head on over to Massively.com for a nice first impressions overview of the game just put up, along with a gallery of screenshots. Click here to view the preview. I have to say, I am surprised to see this level of depth in a f2p MMO. This one might be worth the trouble to at least take a look at.
Tags: Cheyenne Mountain, City of Heroes, Entropia Universe, MMO, MMO News Roundup, MMORPG, Runes of Magic, Stargate Worlds
MMO News Roundup - 1-19-09
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So it looks like Steam continues to pick up…um…momentum. Their latest get is some of the myriad of MMOs run by Sony Online. The offerings include Everquest, Everquest II, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Vanguard Saga of Heroes, and more. You get the client software as well as the usual first 30 days free. Well, not free, that’s just marketing bullshit. You’re paying for it all right. Plus there are discounts offered on a couple of the titles, so you can probably get them for less than what you would pay in a brick and mortar. Click here for some details.
OK, so CCP has their fingers stuck into more than the EVE Online pie. They are also in the process of cooking up another MMO titled World of Darkness. Based in the horror genre, WoD will have werewolves, vampires, and magic-users of some kind. Blah blah blah, huge fan base, blah blah blah, appeal to different types of gamers, blah blah… Click here for details. Or don’t, I don’t care either way.
Tags: Beckett Massive Online Gamer Magazine, CCP, EverQuest, EverQuest II, MMO, MMO News Roundup, MMORPG, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Sony Online Entertainment, Stargate Worlds, Steam, Vanguard Saga of Heroes, World of Darkness
MMO News Roundup - 12.17.08
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Firstly, the open beta for Mac users wanting to try out City of Heroes has started. So if you are a die-hard Mac user that has been wanting to play the game without selling your soul to M$, this is your chance. Read the official announcement by clicking here.
The store has finally opened over at the official site for Stargate Worlds, though I have to say the pickings are quite slim at the moment. Just stuff with the logo for the game, but I hope more will be coming as launch approaches. I want a t-shirt with an Asgard firing a minigun. That would rule. Click here to take a peek at the store.
Tags: Asgard, City of Heroes, MMO, MMO News Roundup, MMORPG, Myst, Stargate Worlds, Turbine, Uru Live
Stargate Worlds in Trouble? Not Really.
Posted by HCG Dreadsorrow | Filed under News, Rumors
So rumors have been flying around about cash-flow problems. These rumors were perpetuated by people that put up websites telling the world how many days it has been since Cheyenne Mountains employees have been paid.
Also wild rumors have been spread by those that go on forums and hope for the whole project to fail and dozens of people to lose their jobs because the game is not being developed according to their wishes. These people are spooge stains that need a brick to the face. They are also cowards who are big and brave behind the anonymity of cyberspace, but will pee themselves if anyone looked at them with so much as a raised eyebrow.
All of these combine to give a perception that Stargate Worlds is about to die. Well, we don’t need some last minute techobabble and miraculous rearrangement of glowing crystals to save the day this time. All we really needed was exactly what just happened.
Tags: Cheyenne Mountain, MMO, MMORPG, Stargate Worlds
Stargate Worlds - Inside the SGC
Posted by HCG Dreadsorrow | Filed under Previews, Trailers
If you have to ask what the SGC is, then you are not a fan of the TV series. If you are a fan, then you should have no problem recognizing every single room and hallway. Well, you should also realize how the corridors and the rooms are a bit larger than on the show, but that will only allow more people to join in the firefights. You can see that the attention to detail is very good.
Check out the goodness here:
This is where the video would be if I could embed videos, but for some reason it doesn’t work for me. So just click here why not?
Tags: MMORPG, Stargate Worlds, Video
Stargate Worlds YouTube Channel - Get you some now!
Posted by HCG Dreadsorrow | Filed under News, Previews, Trailers
Stargate Worlds has been releasing a butt-load of videos, screenshots, and interviews as Firesky’s (OMFSM I CAN”T WAIT I THINK I JUST PEED MYSELF) premier MMO nears open beta in a couple of months. In order to provide a gathering spot for their videos, they have launched their own YouTube channel. Here is the link to the channel.
Tags: Firesky, MMORPG, News, Previews, Stargate Worlds, Trailers, Youtube
MMO News Roundup and some long overdue rants about stupid assholes.
Posted by HCG Dreadsorrow | Filed under News, Rants
I’m such a lazy piece of crap that I have a backlog of game news to share. So instead of writing proper posts, I will just vomit out a bunch of links and soundbite commentary in a clumsy effort of actual work.
Stargate Worlds - Interview
Videogamer.com has a delicious interview with Dan Elggren on the Stargate Worlds design team. Chock full of yummy news, here is the interview: Part 1 Part 2
Tags: DC Universe, Editorials, Jack Thompson, MMO, MMO News Roundup, MMORPG, News, Rants, Stargate Worlds, Stupid people, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft
MMO News Roundup
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Champions Online
Hop on over to the Champions Online website to read a new devblog “Ask Cryptic” where some fan questions are answered.
Stargate Worlds
MMORPG.com has a new interview Demetrius Comes, the VP of technology for Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment regarding the stealth system in Stargate Worlds. You’ll probably have to listen to it a couple times to catch all the details. I guess it will be easier to know if you’re stealthed once you start getting shot.
Click here to watch the video.
Click here to watch their interview with art Director Howard Lyons regarding the user interface.
Tags: All Points Bulletin, Champions Online, MMO, MMO News Roundup, MMORPG, News, Stargate Worlds, The Saga of Ryzom, Warhammer Online
Stargate Worlds - Gameplay Trailer
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This week gave us both the release of the Stargate Continuum DVD, as well as the first gameplay video of Stargate Worlds. I am so excited that my testicles have been sucked back up into my body.
Tags: PC, Stargate Continuum DVD, Stargate Worlds, Trailers
MMO News Roundup
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Lets have a chuckle sandwich today. By that I mean let’s start off and end with something funny.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT
First, here is a rather well-done WoW cartoon. Who needs alcohol when you have MMOs?
GENERAL NEWS
Here is a very interesting article outlining a five-year forecast for MMOs. If you think that some of these things are way too far off in the distant future, bear in mind the extraordinarily long development cycle for an MMO of any value. The new titles we will be able to play 5 years from today are just now starting to be brainstormed over pizza and beer in meeting rooms. And also considering that the next generation of consoles should be out by then, coupled with the ongoing breakneck pace of PC hardware development, I am super-excited to see what virtual worlds we will have to explore.
Tags: EVE Online, Jack Thompson, MMO, MMO News Roundup, MMORPG, News, Stargate Worlds, World of Warcraft
MMO News Roundup
Posted by HCG Dreadsorrow | Filed under News
Here’s some various bits of MMO news that I find interesting. If you disagree, then you are wrong.
Tabula Blogger is running a competition to have a sketch of your Tabula Rasa character done by one of the artists at NCSoft. Very cool.
Activision, Vivendi have pulled out of E3. They are apparently holding a separate press event the same time as the first day of E3. I’d love to know what is going on here. It is known now that Blizzard has amicably acquired the domain diablo3.com, also they are working on another unannounced MMO, so speculation is running wild!
Massively.com has an interesting article about the use of virtual worlds being used as an aid in addiction therapy. Suck it Jack Thompson, or maybe you want to tell my mommy on me? You worthless rectal wart.
Ending on a high note, WarCry Network has a good preview up on Stargate Worlds. Go over and give it a read, and if you haven’t already,sign up for the Stargate Worlds beta test.
That’s all for now. Liberty City is calling, and crimes won’t commit themselves you know.
Tags: Activision, Jack Thompson, MMO, MMO News Roundup, MMORPG, News, Stargate Worlds, Tabua Rasa, Vivendi
