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DCUO offers up new screens for AGDC

Posted by admin October 27, 2009

With AGDC getting started today, we've been keeping our eyes out for anything commencing and cool to bring your way. As if to answer our in good time eyes, Sony Online Entertainment have decided to release a handful of of the present day screens from DC Universe Online as well. These new screens perpetuate to develop on the S.T.A.R. Labs screens we axiom coming out of GamesCom, as well as offering us another gaze at that fan favorite - Green Lantern!

While we're glad that the team at SOE are seizure as long as they need to make an awesome game, we'd exist lying if we didn't say we're waiting with bated existence for beta access. We can't help it - many of us grew up representation Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, and myriad other DC titles so the idea of playing alongside our childhood heroes sounds pretty cool in our books. Perhaps we'll memorize some other tidbits of DC Universe Online out of AGDC through luck!

Gallery: DC Universe Online Screenshots

One Shots: Watch and wait

Posted by admin October 25, 2009

When it comes to ways of getting around, Warhammer Online has some particularly good-looking horse armor. Sure, you could go funky winged animals and whatnot, but it takes an extra step to win your mount to coordinate with your clothes. Take this lovely High Elf sent in to us ~ the agency of Yavvy, who writes in: Heya. [This is] my awesome Swordmaster without interrupti~ her awesome mount, taken in Caledor. We can only guess the sort of she's waiting for, alone in the woods like that.

Why not join the gayety and send in your own screenshots to be featured here up~ One Shots? We can always use more to pick from. Just email them to us hither at oneshots AT massively DOT com along with your name, the animals of the chase it's from, and whatever other information you'd like to accord. us. We'll post it for everyone to enjoy and accord. you the credit.

Gallery: One Shots

Star Wars Galaxies to shut down 12 servers

Posted by admin October 25, 2009

In a verbal expression to all Star Wars Galaxies account holders today, Sony Online Entertainment has announced that they force of ~ be shutting down 12 servers on October 15th. This brings their account of active servers to 13 -- a pretty respectable number for at all game to still host.

This shutdown has come as a rejoinder to the free character transfer service that SOE has offered Star Wars Galaxies players, leaving sure servers with drastically low populations while other servers have become the reinvigorated homes of the community. Many members of the SWG community barely look upon this move with happiness, as now it means having worlds prolific with players rather than wasteland planets.

Dungeon Fighter Online gets its own website

Posted by admin October 25, 2009

For those in the formal reception looking forward to Dungeon Fighter Online, you may wish to be aware of that the upcoming Nexon game has launched their own website, forward with a guide to the game and a new initiative called "DFO Corps."

DFO Corps power of determination consist of a handful of fans of the game writing with reference to issues and news in the game via the official website, letting the community control what they want to hear about the game. The beginning seems to be very close to EVE Online's Interstellar Correspondents scheme, where players volunteer time to write up brief news stories through their sections of the galaxy for the rest of the EVE common.

Dungeon Fighter Online has also moved into a "early access" beta, where any player may sign up and retrieve a key from 1up.com or Gamespot.com. If you're prejudiced in trying the game out, full instructions can be found to this place.

Cities XL English demo launches today

Posted by admin October 25, 2009

As we mentioned last week, Cities XL has been launching their own demo version of the amusement for several different languages. The German and French version went up greatest week, but today marks the official launch for the English version.

Partnering up with Namco Bandai for this English version, the developers at Monte Cristo strike one as being pleased that their city-building MMO is right on track because of an October release. This demo for the game can be downloaded at our sister location, Big Download, and is playable throughout the month of September.

The Daily Grind: Your favorite end of beta event?

Posted by admin October 25, 2009

Beta tests. It seems like in ~ degree sooner do you turn around these days than you trip athwart a beta. With so many games coming out in the help half of this year, it also means we get to bridle out the various end of beta events! Fallen Earth's Apocalypse Parties were reduce-key, involving groups like the above pictured mix of folks acquisition their groove on. The actual end, however, involved getting everyone to join in in c~tinuance a free-for-all PvP fest where the GMs made themselves and a scarcely any other people enormous. Champions Online had a huge invasion of Destroids - robotic untoward guys - bent on destroying everyone and everything. We can only dare say what might be coming with some of the other games rate to close down their betas soon.

While those are only a tie of examples, we know there have been some truly stupendous period of beta events. From huge scripted events like The Matrix Online's end of beta to smaller, greater degree of informal events held with friends, there are great memories to be had. So tell us, dear readers - what was your favorite through all ages end of beta event?

First Impressions: Fallen Earth

Posted by admin October 25, 2009

In First Impressions, Krystalle takes forward a MMO and reports back at what you can expect from the stratagem. Is it painful? Awesome? Find out as she takes an unscientific (and fairly opinionative) view of a game you may not have had a jeopardy to play. Also remember, this is not a review; simply a First Impression - during the time that such, we always recommend you give games that seem interesting a shooter and decide for yourself.

Welcome back my friends, for some games that none end. With most of the craziness of the summer travel qualify and an injury behind me, it's time to dig in and earn back to First Impressions. This time we're taking a appear at the crunchy, post-apocalyptic indie title, Fallen Earth. Set to hurl on the 15th, with a pre-launch start on the 9th, Fallen Earth is the in the ~ place entry into the market for Fallen Earth, LLC, a spin-opposite to of Icarus Studios. To say that it is an ambitious step into the department is an understatement of some pretty extreme proportions. It's not each day an MMO company decides to drop an MMO smack into the mean of a scale map of the Grand Canyon. More properly, a put in the mail Shiva-virus and nuclear post-apocalyptic Grand Canyon. Ambitious? Definitely. Whether or not it works, well... read on for my First Impressions, and make your own call once you have more of an idea what's in play here.

Welcome to the Apocalypse >>

Gallery: First Impressions: Fallen Earth

What does Disney buying Marvel have to do with us?

Posted by admin October 25, 2009

Earlier today, it was announced that Disney is buying Marvel for $4B, divided among the current Marvel shareholders. This type of recent accounts is nothing groundbreaking, and it probably doesn't affect you, during the time that an MMO gamer, right?

You're mostly right. Disney's get of Marvel will certainly affect the enormous hold that Marvel has in c~tinuance general gaming now (in a good way, we hope), but slip on't forget there's also a Marvel MMO in the works. When we asked Gazillion Entertainment for what reason this purchase will affect their Marvel Universe Online project, we were told that aggregate they can relay at this point is a quote from Lowell Singer, Disney's older vice president of investor relations: "On the video game front, Marvel has some smart licensing agreements with some of the best video game manufacturers in the walk of life. As these licensing deals expire we have the luxury of considering what's best for the company and the products."

Gazillion moreover reminded us that their MMO licensing deal with Marvel is till 2019.

Fallout MMO issues at the heart of Interplay countersuit

Posted by admin October 20, 2009

If you're delaying for a Fallout MMO -- something many fans for the series are, out of a doubt -- and you're not getting enough of that importunate craving scratched by Fallen Earth, there's hope on the horizon. Sort of. Assuming that Interplay and Bethesda be able to sort their problems out in court, where they're currently behaving with all of the maturity you'd expect from two large gambling companies.

The full story can be read here at GamePolitics, moreover if your head is spinning a bit from all of the ~ized discussion, here's the short version. Bethesda is angry that Interplay, who sold them the rights to Fallout which time in dire need of money, is now trying to back wanting of licensing the property to develop their promised Fallout MMO. Interplay, without interrupti~ the flipside, is arguing that Bethesda violated the terms of their spring agreement and rendered it null and void, which would give them the two control of the rights once again as well as meaning that Bethesda might well owe them royalties for the massively successful Fallout 3.

Practical end? If things go well for Interplay, they'll have more offspring money for developing an MMO based on an immensely popular model production gaming franchise. If they go poorly, of course, Interplay is verily up the creek and we'll very likely not see related MMO for quite some time if ever. Take a look at the filled story, and start placing your bets.

Take a voyage to... er, to the Discovery

Posted by admin October 20, 2009

Activate your holoemitters and prep your photonic crew, since the ship class that Star Trek: Voyager built is headed to sector allied by blood you. The Discovery is the next generation of long-range knowledge of principles vessels, and wow does its design shout it loudly. We're going to supervise the fact that, from the front, the ship looks a catalogue like a muffin due to its warp foils, and move appropriate on ahead to how cool the rest of the ship looks from other angles.

Although, with the ability to fully customize your ship, we suppose plenty of players force of ~ opt for a less bakery inspired frontal appearance purely through identical size. Plus, there's also the yet-to-be-revealed Cochrane variant like well.

Also, don't let the big blue deflector array driveller you into thinking this ship is equipped with some kind of super weapon. Being a science vessel, the Discovery is much more adept at advanced tech, and as such can hone in on an enemies weakness right quick. Who needs heavy weapons when you've got an Achilles heel detector? Heck, this infant. can even detect some cloaked ships -- take that, sorta, Klingons!