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UPDATE: The keys have been sent out for now. If we're able to provide a list of the guilds we'll do so tomorrow.
Guilds, this beta key giveaway is for you! We've received beta keys from Funcom and will be giving them out to 20 guilds in total, with each guild getting their hands on 15 beta keys to give out to their members, at their...
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This morning NCsoft sent us a press release announcing the addition of a new member to the NCsoft North America team. David Reid -- formerly of Turner Broadcasting's GameTap -- has been named Vice President of Marketing for NCsoft North America. David has also worked in marketing at Microsoft for the XBOX 360 -- leading the global marketing and...
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Aion's Facebook group recently broke 1500 members. NCSoft have promised to provide us with new concept arts as the result of this and they have! View two brand new Aion concept arts below.
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This evening Blizzard has released the patch notes for The World of Warcraft 2.4.2 PTR patch. Please remember that these are only PTR notes and could be subject to change before anything goes live.
World of Warcraft PTR Patch 2.4.2
The latest patch notes can always be found Here
The latest test realm patch notes can always be found at...
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As we posted earlier today there's big changes to Season 4 Rating Requirements and Arena's. Even more details can be found below.
While Season 3 is still going strong, we wanted to announce ahead of time the rating requirements that will be present for arena items once Season 4 begins. We also wanted to give everyone a heads up to some changes...
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Information about a Points of Interest location, Forochel, has been added to the official Lord of the Rings Online website.
Far to the north, beyond the borders of Evendim, lie the icy barrens known as Forochel. While one might think that this frozen land would be devoid of life, nothing could be further from the truth. Many animals dwell here,...
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As of the next Curse Client version, the client will no longer support data collection for Vanguard: Saga of Heroes. This was a difficult decision to make, but due to the time required to continually keep the client updated to work with the Vanguard client, the costs became too great for us to support with Curse.com's current website structure.
We...
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Wow... what more to say than that? We want to thank everyone for the incredible number of submissions to our Age of Conan Beta Key Giveaway. We received well over 1200 over the weekend -- more than any of us could have anticipated -- and unfortunately were not able to reward a beta key to each and every submission. That said, I personally went...
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The Lineage II team has just released a dev diary that talks about several features in the Hellbound update (slated to go live on 4/23), as well as why they think the 4th Anniversary Edition retail box is a cool thing for players to get. They've included 15 screens that illustrate items they mention, like transformations, the two in-game items in...
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NCSoft US is looking to increase their staff. Take the chance and apply for your dream job.
Interested in working at one of the coolest massively multiplayer online game companies around? NCsoft® is looking to increase studio staff throughout our Austin (TX), Aliso Viejo (CA) and Mountain View (CA) locations with a variety of positions,...
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Maynard, MA, April 22, 2008 – Continuing to attract top industry talent, 38 Studios (
http://www.38studios.com), a pioneering entertainment company dedicated to delivering a broad spectrum of entertainment products, today announced the expansion of its industry-renowned design team with the appointment of Travis McGeathy as systems design lead....
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Yet another batch of fresh and shiny screenshots from the beta of The Chronicles of Spellborn can be viewed in the TCoS image gallery and below.
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Earlier this year information about Nasa investigating virtual space was released. There's now further information availible, including the latest RFP (Request For Proposal)
Nasa MMO on the horizion? Education in gaming is doable and could work. It would most likely not be marketed as a game, instead more along the lines of a MMO application. ...
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Stargate Worlds is entering the latter stages of the development process according to CME CM Khatie over at the Stargate Worlds forum. Despite the constant doomsaying about the game being nowhere near a finished state Khatie has revealed that Stargate Worlds has gone into closed beta for friends and family, as well as hinting that a fully fledged...
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Yes, could World of Warcraft be the world's biggest corporation? "WoW Inc bigger than US Airways!"
Ten million players. However you look at it, that's a lot. World of Warcraft not only dwarfs all other massively-multiplayer games, it dwarfs a good number of countries -- not silly countries like Monaco and Greenland, either, but perfectly...
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Open Beta Service Scheduled For Fall 2008
Tokyo, April 22, 2008 – Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) announced today that it will expand the Closed Beta testing for PLAYSTATION®Home in Summer 2008, inviting a further number of registrants from the PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3®) users. Following completion of the Expanded Closed Beta test, the...
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I don't typically make new news posts for a single Blue comment but this one is pretty big. As of the beginning of Arena Season IV almost all pieces of PvP gear will require an arena rating greater than 1500. This means of course that teams who are only playing to farm points will have a difficult time buying anything other than Gloves or Belts...
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- The Most Savage, Sexy and Brutal MMO Ever Created Hits The Store Shelves Soon -
Durham, USA – April 22, 2008 – After four years of development co-publishers Funcom and Eidos are proud to announce that Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures has gone gold. One of the most highly anticipated MMO games in history is about to hit the store shelves, and...
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The MMORPG DOFUS is releasing the Cosmic Ray event on DOFUS
From 15th to 29th of April, a series of events linked to the coming of the Cosmic Ray will take place. These include the exile of Otomai’s Creatures, exclusive items, titanic confrontations between Djaul and Silouate and much more.
Schedule of Cosmic Ray events between 15th and 29th...
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SOE recently published an interesting overview of the Jedi expertise paths in Star Wars Galaxies. Information about the light and dark sides of the force are covered and it's a quite interesting read.
The expertise system gives Jedi a choice of the path they wish to follow in the universe of Star Wars Galaxies. Choose a side and your role as...
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Why name the title "Warm Grab Bag" you might ask. Well, it's getting closer to the summer -- so why not.
This week's Dark Age of Camelot Grab Bag has (among other Q&A) answers to many spells related questions.
Q. I want to know if its possible to increase the focus damage shields of: Necromancers, Enchanters, Spiritmasters and Cabalists?
A....
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Many of us have read countless of articles, blogs and what not in regards to MMO addiction. IGN Australia have made an article about World of Warcraft addiction; confessions from two players. They take a different approach on the way the article is made. Note that the two that the two who make their confessions and tell their story are no...
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All political controversy aside, bearing the Olympic torch during its long route to the Games is an incredible honor, and this year two professional gamers will take part in the international relay. Through a sponsorship deal with peripheral manufacturer Razer, XiaoFeng "Sky" Li and Jae ho "Moon" Jang will both bear the torch...
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Upper Deck's massively popular World of Warcraft Trading Card Game continued its streak of selling out in the United States with the latest expansion: Servants of the Betrayer. Below you can read a press release we received from Upper Deck regarding this news.
‘Servants of the Betrayer™’ Expansion Becomes Third World of Warcraft TCG Set to...
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To follow up on the following news where we presented you with two never before seen priest season 4 armors, you can view all known season 4 armors at WOWDB here.
Wrath of the Lich King Screenshots from Blizzcon and GC07
Despite all rumors these screenshots are not from the current alpha version of WotLK. They are fairly old and was taken...
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Two new features can be viewed over at AionSource.com - Armor Dyeing examples and an translated article about a party boss hunt, it gives a lot more insight of how party play works. Armor dyeing is something that is heavily debated. Some like it.. while others dislike it a lot.
I've also posted several new exclusive screenshots from my...
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Due to a GM messing up and accidently giving a player back the wrong type of items (season 4 instead of 1) -- we can now present you with two new priest season 4 items. The player in question is on EU-Arathor and he had petitioned to get his season 1 items reimbursed.
Wrath of the Lich King Video Footage from Blizzcon
We're able to present you...
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A preview of the upcoming update to Silkroad Online called Legend III - Roc Mountain is now available.There is still no definite date, but all the info is up on SRO's official site. The level cap will be raised to 90, and Roc mountain will be opened for business. Many new skills, quests and items will be added as well.
Head on over to the...
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Ornery, the producer of Lineage 2 have provided us with some concrete information concerning when the new Hellbound expansion will launch. Along with the expansion's launch, the new European server, Luna will go live too. More information was provided about details surrounding the account services such as character transfers.
I just want to...
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Dood, hang on to your loincloth! mmolecule is giving away 500 closed beta keys for Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures!
mmolecule has 500 closed beta keys for Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, one of the most anticipated MMOs to be released in 2008! Starting today mmolecule members will be eligible to win their chance to get in on the closed beta....
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We've had a short pause with Cursinema due to some changes to our video software. But now we're back! This time there's several video's for your eyes to feast upon. We've picked the most interesting ones from the past week.
First out is me (Zyuu) playing Aion. Please note that I absolutely need to upgrade my graphic card, so the low FPS is...
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More information about the upcoming Book 13 to Lord of the Rings Online have surfaced. Find out all you ever need to know about The Orc Defiler.
Some new things to expect are:
A New Addition to Monster Play
Healing
Cursing
Lighting flashed across the sky, briefly casting the forest in a sickly green glow. The wood was quiet, as the...
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An interesting and insightful blog entry by one of the developers of Champions Online was recently published on their official website. It's named "Breaking the Wall" and is about how you actually become a game designer. I'm sure many that read this have at least thought of wanting to become one.
This is the first of a two-part series about...
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This weekend update from Funcom includes more answers from Age of Conan's Kalanthes. We've listed a couple of interesting questions and answers below, check them out!
Funcom is also giving away three AoC merchandise, all they want in return is you to email them, further details below.
It is time, once again, to poll the minds and hearts of our...
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We have even more exclusive screenshots from Aion to present you with today. Perfect to browse through as you (hopefully) relax during the weekend. Point of view is from myself playing a cleric at high graphic settings, as I continue to level up and discover a new combo ability. The other batch of screenshots is from a sorcerer, where she show...
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Eredar Twins encounter: Reverse kill order grants 1 extra epic item + 4 sunmotes
By killing Sacrolash first and after her Alythess you will get an additional epic item and 4 more sunmotes. This was discovered by the guild Vodka. Check out the screenshot below.
Tournament Realms statistics
Via Vhairi's Scratchpad
Last Monday, World of Raids...
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The rumors surrounding Diablo 3 have been revived yet again. This time it's Blizzplanet a Blizzard fansite who is the source. Since Blizzplanet is known to have friendly ties with Blizzard, it's likely to be something interesting and certainly not a hoax. The countdown ends on May 1st. It currently (at the time of me submitting this news)...
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A three year cooperation between Blizzard and Tokyopop have been decided upon. Out of this deal there will be twenty two brand new Starcraft and Warcraft Manga volumes that are slated to be released through 2010. They've previously worked together on the Sunwell Trilogy.
TOKYOPOP and Blizzard Entertainment® Announce Three-Year Publishing...
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Vanguard Game Update 5 should be available on the Test Server after the weekend.
Hey all! You should expect to see Game Update 5 on the Test sever after the weekend! Below is an outline of the main features included in the final update – please note though that they are not all fully implemented yet. As you play through the content on the test...
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Naxxramas and The Ashbringer
A little more information has become available regarding Naxxramas in Wrath of the Lich King, which we would like to share with you:
Naxxramas is planned to be somewhat of an entry level raid dungeon in Wrath of the Lich King and not the hardest dungeon in the game, so things will be a little different from what they...
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Ever wondered who's actually winning when it comes to The Gold Farming War? The developers or the actual farmers or perhaps the players of said MMOs?. Well, it can't be the players, unless you (yes you who's reading this right now!) condone buying virtual currency.
Read on..
MMO companies complain and battle gold farmers in their games, in...
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Another batch of screenshots from the beta of The Chronicles of Spellborn can be viewed below.
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GAMERS, GROUP UP: SIN CITY HOSTS SONY ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT'S FAN FAIRE, AUGUST 14-17, 2008
-Ultimate Vacation Destination for Online Video Game Players Features Colorful Costumes, Passionate Players and More in Las Vegas-
April 17, 2008 San Diego, Calif. – Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE), a global leader in the online games industry, today...
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Gamers Can Get Their Hands on WAR and Win a Spot in the Closed Beta
Fans looking forward to Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (WAR), EA Mythic's highly anticipated MMORPG, can get hands-on time with the game at events throughout the US this summer. Gamers, including the over 600,000 fanatics eagerly awaiting a spot in WAR's closed beta test,...
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Friday 18th April/... NCsoft Europe is pleased to unveil a stunning new teaser video for City of Heroes Issue 12: Midnight Hour. The video showcases the new Villain Epic Archetypes, known collectively as the Soldiers of Arachnos. The video also introduces the Wolf Spider and Blood Widow archetypes, both of which have unique powers and skills. Also...
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The makers of Phoenix Dynasty Online have sent us detailed information about their game, as such we've updated our Phoenix Dynasty Online page with the details we've received. Check it out!
Phoenix Dynasty Online is a fantasy-based Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) set in the world of the Warring States period of ancient...
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The makers of Magic World Online have sent us detailed information about their game, as such we've updated our Magic World Online page with the details we've received. Check it out!
In a distant magic land, the Dynasty and the Empire, namely Humans' two opposing camps once invited a catastrophic abuse of Gods' Dominant Sword, a divine magic...
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It seems that the massive criticism CME are receiving for the little info they have put out regarding Stargate Worlds has not deterred the development studio.
Khatie, the Community Manager on the official forums has put up a post, telling us that things are heading towards a beta in the near future.
Reminder to everyone who uses the forums to...
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Ingle Games Ltd. has announced that the highly anticipated expansion pack of Phoenix Dynasty Online – Phoenix Nirvana will be ready for download next week.
Its unprecedented success and overwhelming popularity over the past few months have spurred the community asking for more features. Ingle Games Ltd. is delighted and proud to oblige to our...
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Hortus is maintaining a quite long list of 2.4 issues. It was just updated. These issues will be resolved in a future patch.
17th April additions
General
Players can be randomly ported into the wall or down into the Menagerie while taking control of a chess piece in Karazhan.
UI
A cursor is not displayed when mousing over NPCs with repeatable...
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