Massively Goes PlanetSide

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If you’re looking for a bit of fun this weekend I’ve found something you may be interested in that’s off the beaten path.  The staff of writers, leads and columnists over at Massively.com are hosting their first get together being sponsored by …



MMORPG Cookie Cutters

I recently read a few posts at various other sites talking about how all the MMORPG’s coming out as of late have been pretty well cookie cutter games.  In other words, the same game repackaged with a few ’stand out’ features.  Like AoC for example, a lot of people are comparing that to WoW in …

Warhammer Online: Siege Warfare

Once again Massively delivers a unique insight to the world of warfare in their series in which they talk about the dynamics of attacking keeps and fortresses in the upcoming MMO Warhammer Online.  Some of the highlights of their coverage is the siege weapons themselves.  There are four classes of siege weapons …

World War II Online 7 Year Anniversary


 

Cornered Rat software is extending an invitation to all past players of WWIIOL to help them celebrate their 7th year online.  Starting June 6th, they will receive a week of free online play to check out how far the game has come since …

Warhammer Online: End Game

Massively just ran a story on WAR: How to Conquer a Capital City in which they explain the end game scenario that Realm vs Realm combat in WAR focuses on.  In Realm vs Realm, just about everything you do contributes …

Rohan Online: Blood Feud

Open beta for Rohan Blood Feud has begun and is already jam packed with testers, so much so that YNK Games has more than doubled their number of servers in the first few days of testing to accomodate the huge influx of fans and they promise to continue to increase capacity as demand also increases.  …

Eve Online: Empyrean Age Expansion

Definitely a rarity in the MMOG universe, Eve Online is set to release there latest content upgrade in the form of a free expansion, Empyrean Age.   The most anticipated addition in this expansion is the new PVP system, Factional Warfare.  This allows for all out war between rival factions and encourages players to form militias …

RuneScape getting a face lift

One of the longest running MMORPG’s is getting a much needed upgrade. Runescape, which is the successor to DeviousMUD, is a popular persistant online world that has been running since 2001 and has retained a respectable player base, due in large part to it’s free to play option.  For the past 7 years, the game …

Knights of the Old Republic MMO

There are rumors floating around that Bioware is working on two things right now, first they seem to be working on a new MMO project.  Kotaku has an article about some of the MMO rumors and is speculating that the new MMO is not going to be based on KOTOR.  However, if you look …

Shot Online: Free to Play MMO

If you’re like me, you probably get bored playing the same game day in and day out.  You don’t necessarily want to abandon your favorite game but you want to break the cycle a bit and find a few others to play when that favorite MMO starts feeling more like work than play!  That’s how …