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• Attacking the holy trinity of MMOs

  
  Massively — Authority: 650
  Filed under: Classes , Game mechanics , Grouping , Opinion , Academic If youve played MMOs for any length of time, youve probably grown very familiar with the trinity. You cant help but be acquainted with it in any sort of group content, where in more games than not theres that split between the tank, the ...
  17 hours ago

• Metaplace services closing down – what to do with user generated content?

  
  A ding world — Authority: 111
  I got an email from Metaplace.com that the service will close down on January 1st, and Raph Koster also mentions this on his blog . Metaplace as a company will still be around, so they will look into other ways to use their technology. In the metaplace forum posts they also mention some downsizing unfortunately. ...
  1 day ago

• Making the most of the free trial period

  
  Massively — Authority: 650
  The whole point of a free trial is to get you to buy the game. This is a fact of the genre, and we all know it. Correspondingly, we dont usually sign up for the free trial unless were relatively certain wed like to try the game in the first place. But all too often, we try the game for one session, and then we miss ...
  1 day ago

• City of Heroes offers some Hero-Con highlights

  
  Massively — Authority: 650
  If you were one of the many City of Heroes fans who wasnt quite able to make it to Hero-Con , we offer our condolences. Even though you know that the information revealed there gets disseminated as fast as possible, theres still a sense of missing out on something big. And even though that event was a couple ...
  2 days ago

• City of Heroes offers some Hero-Con highlights

  
  Be The Gamer — Authority: 158
  If you were one of the many City of Heroes fans who wasnt quite able to make it to Hero-Con , we offer our condolences. Even though you know that the information revealed there gets disseminated as fast as possible, theres still a sense of missing out on something big. And even though that event was a couple ...
  2 days ago

• City of Heroes offers holiday contest

  
  Massively — Authority: 650
  Its holiday time in both Paragon City and the Rogue Isles , and that means its time for players of City of Heroes to celebrate the occasion. We recently discussed the games holiday event , which is of course how the characters in the game get to enjoy the start of the winter months. But what about the ...
  5 days ago

• City of Heroes offers holiday contest

  
  Be The Gamer — Authority: 158
  Its holiday time in both Paragon City and the Rogue Isles , and that means its time for players of City of Heroes to celebrate the occasion. We recently discussed the games holiday event , which is of course how the characters in the game get to enjoy the start of the winter months. But what about the ...
  5 days ago

• Massively’s 2009 Winter Holiday Event Guide

  
  Be The Gamer — Authority: 158
  Its that time of year again -- whatever holiday you are celebrating, the denizens of your favorite MMO are sure to be celebrating it too. Whether its Festivult in Dungeons and Dragons Online , Wintersday in Guild Wars , or the Starlight Celebration in Final Fantasy XI , the theme is the same. There are ...
  6 days ago

• Massivelys 2009 Winter Holiday Event Guide

  
  Massively — Authority: 650
  Its that time of year again -- whatever holiday you are celebrating, the denizens of your favorite MMO are sure to be celebrating it too. Whether its Festivult in Dungeons and Dragons Online , Wintersday in Guild Wars , or the Starlight Celebration in Final Fantasy XI , the theme is the same. There are ...
  6 days ago

• City of Heroes offers free character transfers for the holidays

  
  Be The Gamer — Authority: 158
  Tis the season to give and receive presents. (Among other things, but presents are awfully nice.) In this case, City of Heroes is the giver. From now until the end of January players can receive free character transfers -- and yes, all of your characters stuff will be transferred with him or her. Now before you ...
  1 week ago

• City of Heroes offers free character transfers for the holidays

  
  Massively — Authority: 650
  Filed under: Super-hero , City of Heroes , News items Tis the season to give and receive presents. (Among other things, but presents are awfully nice.) In this case, City of Heroes is the giver. From now until the end of January players can receive free character transfers -- and yes, all of your ...
  1 week ago

• NCsoft Offers Five Ways to Enjoy the Holidays This Year

  
  Gamer Investments — Authority: 162
  Players of Aion, Guild Wars, City of Heroes, Lineage and Lineage II have plenty to look forward to this Holiday Season The lands of Atreia, Tyria, Paragon City, and Aden are getting into the holiday spirit as NCsoft gives fans a plethora of in-game events and content to celebrate the season. Players of Aion, Guild ...
  1 week ago

• City of Villains: An Inside Look At Evil

  
  www.GamesAreEvil.com — Authority: 480
  Thanks for reading the latest in our ongoing series of “insider information” from the world of City of Heroes/City of Villains. Each weekend, Paul Brooks, superhero with a checkered past, updates us with his latest investigative reports from the front lines in the classic battle between good and evil. Missed the ...
  1 week ago

• The Daily Grind: Is it lonely in here, or is it just me?

  
  Massively — Authority: 650
  Theres nothing like the feeling of going back to an old favorite. You might or might not be enjoying Champions Online , but either way it could inspire you to go back to City of Heroes to see how the old stomping grounds are faring. Final Fantasy XIV might put you in the mood to take a trip into Final ...
  2 weeks ago

• MMOrigins: The devolution of a gamer

  
  Massively — Authority: 650
  Filed under: Opinion , Massively meta , MMOrigins It all started with a sick kindergartener. Trapped inside our tiny apartment, watching my feverish son flop listlessly on the couch, I was determined to find something to distract him. "He loves those wiggly, fiery pet things people have in that new game with ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Daily Grind: What game are you looking forward to next year?

  
  Massively — Authority: 650
  Okay, its not quite the new year yet. But youve made your Christmas list by now (or your winter-holiday-of-choice list), youve probably gotten your pre-orders in, and youve hopefully narrowed down what youll be playing next year. And it looks to be pretty packed, with an entry for both the Star Wars and Star ...
  2 weeks ago

• Achievements across the genre

  
  Massively — Authority: 650
  By now, youve likely heard of the World of Warcraft player who managed to fill out every single achievement in the game , covering every single currently measurable objective. (If not, well, there you go.) Bio Break recently took the opportunity to discuss achievements as an interesting social feature in MMOs ...
  2 weeks ago

• The breadth of morality in MMOs

  
  Massively — Authority: 650
  Its been touched on before , but theres still more thought to be put into it: morality in MMOs, if you think about it, can be a touchy business at best. Scott Jennings recently took the opportunity to discuss the genres stance in light of the Modern Warfare 2 controversy, pointing out that the genre as a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Champions Online official game trailer for PC and Xbox 360 – ‘Nemesis Confrontation’ [HD]

  
  Windows Operation System — Authority: 169
  Champions Online is the massively multiplayer online action game (MMOG) for PC and Xbox 360 from Cryptic Studios, creator of the award-winning City of Heroes and City of Villains titles for NCsoft. Gamers create their comic book hero’s name, back story, costume, powers and abilities as well as design their own ...
  3 weeks ago

• The trouble with goals in MMOs

  
  Massively — Authority: 650
  One of the major problems of a game in which you can do anything is that... well, theres not necessarily much of a reason to do anything. Thats a Terrible Idea recently had an interesting piece on the difficulty of generating goals and objectives in MMOs , especially in contrast with single-player games where ...
  3 weeks ago

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