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In their prelude to their current expansion, Shadow of Revan, Star Wars: the Old Republic spent five months giving us new big-picture epic content via four Flashpoints collectively known as Forged Alliances. I spent an afternoon playing all four of them back to back on solo mode now that it’s possible to do so and have been left with some questions that remind me of another big-name scifi franchise’s first movie: Is this all that there was? Was there nothing more?
Rob recently penned his own "Looking Forward to 2015" article, and Shawn did his own take on what to watch in 2015, but since the year’s only just begun and we’re coming off a pretty underwhelming 2014 for new MMOs, we might as well take yet another peek at what the next year could bring us.
According to the latest financials from Square Enix, three of the gaming company’s MMOs have nearly one million subscribers combined. The numbers were revealed in the President’s Message attached to the SE financials and reveal the numbers from Final Fantasy XI, Final Fantasy XIV and Dragon Quest X.
Full-time jobs, children, spouses… It happens to all of us: the good things swoop in and steal game time right out from under you. It begs the question: are MMOs even for us anymore? We’ve been through the wringer and have your answer, and eight crucial tips to make sure you succeed.
Developing a game project of this size poses many challenges – from thinking over the backend architecture to the in-game economy system and more. Sometimes critical changes happen in the middle of development process. Are they for the better? It depends. Let me give you an example of several challenges we faced in developing "The Skies" world and, ultimately, our decisions.
Hello everyone and welcome to the new year. I’m writing this on the last day of 2014 and instead of looking over our shoulder and summarizing what has gone I’d prefer to look forward and talk about what is yet to come.
While Lord of the Rings Online hasn’t been around quite as long as other AAA MMOs, it’s still been around long enough for the short attention span of the internet to proclaim it ‘forever’. Launched in April 2007, the game has taken the Lord of the Rings story all the way to Gondor, with players getting to help Aragorn take on the Corsairs of Umbar. Update 15 also brings Beornings to the table, the first new class added to the game since 2008.
The PAX South schedule has been released and it features an interesting panel on the main stage that will be hosted by ArenaNet co-founder Mike O’Brien and Guild Wars 2 game director Colin Johanson. Could it be the long-awaited expansion announcement? A new game perhaps? Speculate in the comments below.
Snail Games has announced that the next Age of Wushu expansion will be released on January 14th. Transcendence will thematically embody fate, loyalty, and conspiracy and will feature new areas and systems. In addition, Transcendence will include a fifth Inner Skill and new Forbidden Instances.
Backers and fans of Pathfinder Online will be pleased to hear that the Early Enrollment process will begin later today. Early Enrollment was delayed to allow more time for the client to pass the quality standards set by developers. In honor of today’s big event, Goblinworks has sent along four exclusive new screens. Check them out below.