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Funcom has announced the second major deal inked with one of the world’s most famous companies. According to the press release, Funcom will be bringing LEGO Minifigures Online to Amazon’s Fire TV and Fire tablets. LEGO Minifigures Online will be ready to hit both platforms by the end of 2014.
The Hearthstone team has posted a short notice on the official site letting players know that, at least as of this writing, several thousand accounts have been banned for utilizing third party programs, or "bots", to play the game.
Add, the 9th playable character, to the next 2nd Job Class: Mastermind. As Add’s power and mastery over Nasod technology has grown, so has the strength and tenacity of his enemies. Unnerved at the growing threat, Add decides to destroy the limitations of the Arc Tracers Job class and become… Mastermind.
"Overall, the total MMO category is on track to generate $11 billion in annual revenues by the end of this year…" This is one of the infobits released by research company SuperData to help promote its latest annual report on the category. While I don’t envision myself ponying up the current sale price of $2,000 in order to read the whole thing, this projection caught my interest, as did the 2014 YTD top 10 title list and more.
It’s that time of the year again. Pumpkins are carved on doorsteps, turkeys are cooking in ovens, and families are gathering around for the "happiest time of the year." With global events like the holiday season being upon us, MMO developers have always taken this opportunity to connect their games to the real world as much as possible.
It’s been about 6 weeks or so since Guild Wars 2 has had a major update. During those 6 weeks, there has been a WvW tournament, followed by a 2 week pause. Now for the next couple of weeks there’s the Halloween event, which is the same as last years. That’s a long time for nothing to be happening in the world of Tyria. The next installment of the Living World, Tyria’s Point of No Return, better be flawless.
As an MMO based on the Dungeons & Dragons / Wizards of the Coast ruleset, Neverwinter developer, Cryptic Studios, is charged with ensuring that the world stays up to date with the latest edition. We had the opportunity to interview Randy Mosiondz to talk about how that happens. Read on for our exclusive interview.
Elite: Dangerous is one of the most interesting and anticipated games coming out in the near future and it has recently entered the second beta phase. We wanted to find out what the team has been up to lately and how the game has changed recently. Check out our exclusive interview with Adam Woods and Chris Gregory.
Regardless of the culture of origin, seemingly all online games this year are holding some kind of Halloween event. Strategy game Forge of Empires is bringing back popular spook Jack O’Lantern October 22 until November 5. Korean company Webzen is also getting into the act with Halloween events for its games, Continent of the 9th Seal, Archlord 2, and MU Online.
Things just got a bit more otherworldly in Lineage II. From October 22 to November 5, Alien Researchers will be invading level 85+ hunting zones and monsters will drop Monster Research books. The L2B2 NPC is also in town. The week after, from November 5 to November 12, the L2B2 is still hanging out, but no more Monster Research drops. Finally, November 12, the L2B2 makes like a tree and leaves, taking with him the Laser Gun and Monster Research.