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Everquest Next is working in concert with Landmark players to create some of the locations within Halas. The newly announced contest features a fantastic Style Guide on The Workshop forum to help guide creationists along as they prepare for the contest.
The finalists in the Create a Boss contest have been revealed on the Trove site. Players are encouraged to visit the site to check out the background information and the creative thought behind each of the named finalists. Once done, players can head to the special voting site to voice their opinion on which should be included in Trove at a later date.
The Neverwinter team has posted a brand new Q&A with fans of the game. The focus of the discussion is the forthcoming Strongholds module that is set to go live on August 11th. Questions range from Stronghold customization to tracking personal donations to the guild structure to long term viability of strongholds once other modules come out.
Ex-Blizzard Chief Creative Officer Rob Pardo is featured in a short, but interesting, interview at Develop-Online.net. In it, Pardo talks about today’s MMOs and the struggles they face when compared to industry-leader World of Warcraft.
Rumors have been swirling and partially confirmed that Final Fantasy XII will be getting either reworked / updated or completely remade after a Distant Worlds concert in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania this past weekend. During the concert, composer Arnie Roth stated that the game would be getting ‘remade’, though it is unclear whether this is indeed a fact, or if it will be a reworking of the beloved title.
Set in the larger EVE universe, CCP has announced a new arcade shooter called Gunjak. The game is being developed for the Samsung Gear VR platform and is based around "mining operations and pirates". Check out the trailer below and let us know what you think!
The Lord of the Rings Online site has been updated with a list of both North American and European worlds that will be closed beginning in early 2016. As of this time, no new characters can be created on these worlds and players will begin the transfer process by opening the test world for character copy.
"Ocho" from the Rift Community Team has posted on the game’s official forums in response to players who are concerned about its future longevity. Ocho challenges the notion of doom by revealing that the team is growing, the population is strong and that there are concrete plans for the future.
The second quarter revenue reports for NCSoft have come in a few weeks early, and the results are pretty much positive across the board. I know this is the part where I’d normally add "unless you play Wildstar," but I’m not going to do that this month. Given the figures presented in this quarter’s report, I’m going to guess there aren’t a whole lot of people left that such a message would actually apply to. So instead, I’ll say that it’s positive across the board unless you work on Wildstar.
You probably read articles on our website because you like MMOs. As a matter of fact, I’d be willing to bet that you play them regularly. You might even have read something on this site today related to one of your favorite MMOs. I’m here to tell you that there are other things you could be doing with your spare time. As great as MMOs can be – and they can be really, really awesome – there are other things worth enjoying as well.