Everyone has a fighting chance
After 15 years, Godager, the last Funcom founder standing, retired from the company and perhaps video games altogether. Currently, Godager works as a clinical psychologist, diagnosing and treating psychiatric illnesses at an inpatient clinic in Norway. Read our exclusive excerpt from Morgan Ramsay’s recent book, Online Game Pioneers at Work.
What happens when an MMO you enjoy makes decisions that go against your preferred playstyle? Do you rant and rave, or accept the new direction for what it is? We look at how one disappointed blogger processed news about raiding in Guild Wars 2.
When the development of The Elder Scrolls Online was officially confirmed back in 2012, it was one of the most exciting MMORPG announcements ever. The enormous popularity of the single-player franchise on both PC and consoles meant it had a huge core target audience, and the world of Tamriel had a strong inter-faction conflict element that would transition easily. Unfortunately, it seems pretty safe to say that the game has fallen short of the potential it initially seemed to have.
The Guild Wars 2 Facebook page has a new teaser image on it that seems to be indicating that this week’s big reveal will (finally!) be the Engineer Elite Specialization. See what you think and leave us your thoughts and ideas in the comments!
The Skyforge site has a new developer blog post that lays out the details of the Battle History revision that will be coming along with the Aelion’s Call update. All players in a Pantheon with at least level two can access Battle History which gives statistical information about group damage, damaged received, enemies, length of battle and more.
I wasn’t overly fond of Destiny when it launched last year. I enjoyed the tight FPS controls on my PS4, but the hackneyed story, the repetitive progression, and the overall disjointed feeling of so many long loading screens between everything eventually pushed me away. But I recently came back, and this time I think I might stay for a while…
38Studios, founded by baseball superstar Curt Schilling, took a loan for $75M from the state of Rhode Island, a loan which the company defaulted on in spectacular fashion. In 2012, a suit was filed against twelve defendants (now only eight) in an effort to recoup the loan. On Friday, a judge ordered a $12.5M to be paid by four defendants. This is added to an earlier judgment $4.37M.
Cryptic Studios is ready to unleash the next major update to Champions Online on September 17th. Called "Supervillain Onslaught", players will be able to take on the role of an iconic bad guy from the game and take on other players called "guardians" who are tasked with trying to stop the chaotic run through Millenium City.
Player housing in Shards Online is unique for many reasons. The biggest reason is because your house and the decorations/furniture/trophies you put inside it are more real than in other MMOs. Everything you find or create as you explore the worlds of Shards Online can be used to decorate your home, inside and out, to make it stand out. You will hire NPCs to work on your land as guards, merchants, or even an apprentices to your craft.
Inixsoft has announced that Thanatos players can get a head start on the October 1st launch by participating in a special "pre-participation" event on September 16th. Players create a Thanatos account that will see an in-game event rewarded once the game launches. The team has plans to introduce other pre-launch events as well.