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When today’s Elite: Dangerous beta patch goes live, players will see a laundry list of client and game improvements. Most notably, however, the Community Goals feature will activate. Last week, the team posted a developer blog on the game’s forums to explain what Community Goals are.
Yesterday we kicked off a new discussion series here at MMORPG: The Daily Quest. I figured there was no better way to kick of my inaugural edition than to ask you about your opinions on the MMO feature that became this column’s namesake.
SMITE Comic #1 is now available as a free download via Dark Horse Comics. The first issue debuted during last month’s World Championships but is now available worldwide for free.
Alright so as we explained last week, TGN is a YouTube network and a big part of what we do is help content creators get big online! How? We work with them to help them find a way bigger audience, distribute their content further and collaborate with brands and other creators.
In this article, I want to discuss business acquisitions from a seller and buyer’s perspective. I am working towards a speculative argument as to some of the things we might see from the SOE Acquisition. Specifically, I think the more interesting aspects of this deal may have little to do with MMO’s.
Greetings once again fellow Crusaders, it’s been a while since last we spoke, and there have been several significant changes in that time. New people joining the Crusade, old veterans leaving for new battlefields, and we are getting ever closer to seeing the first Early Access Module. Read on for the full details.
The Guild Wars 2 site has been updated with a new blog post to discuss how the Heart of Thorns expansion will bring a renewed focus and improvement to the core principals on which the game was built: "the power of our dynamic event system, the belief that playing with others makes for a better experience, the impact of environment on stories, and the joy of exploration and discovery."
The Fornite team has published a brief overview of the first alpha test. The post shows off some of the outrageous forts that players created during a contest for a new nVidia graphics card. Players also gave useful feedback that will be implemented in future tests.
Insert exclamation point here… How would you change the Holy Trinity in MMOs? It seems to be a common problem that many developers are facing this day and age. How does one change the nature of combat in MMORPGs without alienating its user base? Give us your ideas past the break.
Funcom’s Joel Bylos has published the latest Game Director’s Letter on The Secret World site. Bylos goes into some detail about what the team has been working on over the past month, most notably the new player experience overhaul and Issue 11.