The Spring Festival event is once again upon us in Turbine’s Lord of the Rings Online. Players who login can look forward to many in-season activities including the Feast of the Greenfields, the Shire’s Hedge Maze, the Stomp-a-Shrew minigame, as well as special decorations & costumes, and Ale Association quests.
To get [...]
Details on version 1.3 “Sandstorm” of Global Agenda have been announced on the official Global Agenda forums. This latest update, which is scheduled to launch around the end of April, is touted as being the “most important milestone in Global Agenda history.” A pretty hefty claim, so what’s in it for [...]
Those following the game will be familiar with its premise, but for those who might not be too familiar, a brief recap is in order:
The Secret World is the next game from Age of Conan and Anarchy Online developers Funcom. The game is set in a world where secret societies, freaky human [...]
The March version update to Final Fantasy XI is now live! The update includes the addition of Odin and Alexander summons previously mentioned at VanaFest 2010, as well as new Wings of the Goddess storyline missions, the usual job tweaks, this time for the Puppetmaster, Summoner and Beastmaster, and lots more.
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Realtime Worlds’ Social Media & Community Manager Chris Collins alongside APB Audio Lead Roland Peddie discuss the game’s “locational VOIP,” which allows players to simply walk up and talk to people, in this latest entry to the ongoing APB video podcast series.
Locational VOIP also creates some interestingly natural situations in the [...]
NHN Corporation has announced a number of additions to their free-to-play MMORPG Karos Online. Over the past two weeks the game has seen the introduction of a new zone, Bhalasong, a raise in level cap to 60, the addition of a second character class specialization, a new floor in the Antcave dungeon, and more.
NHN has also [...]
Big Fish Games, the publishers of free-to-play MMOG Faunasphere, have announced that Faunasphere is now available on Facebook! What is also interesting is that both Faunasphere and Faunasphere Facebook are both linked, allowing players to share the same virtual world, regardless of how they access the game. Neat!
Check out Faunasphere on Facebook, or the original [...]
ala-Net, the folks behind the casual racing MMOG Tales Runner, have introduced the new character, “Ocean,” to Tales Runner in a recent update. Ocean is a young island girl who grew up on a beautiful and untouched island.
You can check out a few screenshots of Ocean in our Tales Runner gallery. Also, be sure to [...]
First Planet Company, the folks behind Planet Calypso, have announced that version 2010|01 is now live.
The update kicked off with a volcanic eruption that changed the face of the game world, permanently altering the Cyclops area between East Scylla Mountains and Fort Troy. However, version 2010|01’s main feature is a new Quest/Mission system. Though the [...]
MMOSite is reporting on a rumor that Final Fantasy XI may be shutting down this year. The rumor originates from a “Japanese game media” that has published the supposed public admittance from a Square Enix employee that Final Fantasy XI would be shutting down this year due to the release of Final Fantasy XIV. According [...]