Everyone has a fighting chance
The zombie survival genre has grown to become something decidedly different from anything else in the industry. With a combination of elements from several different existing conventions, zombie survival games have worked out their own niche that continues to rise in popularity. It makes sense when you think about it.
From January 16-21st, Rift’s hosting a new event called Arclight Ascendancy and unveiling Arclight Riders in Moonshade Highlands. Players can help test pilot these new hovering hogs and thus rack up Enduring Sourcestone Battery.
Yes, notice is a bit late, but there’s still one whole day to take advantage of Defiance’s Double Arkforge event. Through January 18, players can earn 200% Arkforge from Incursions, Sieges and Expert Co-op Runs.
Dr. Who fans will be flipping their fezzes once they hear about Wizard 101’s Five B.O.X.E.S. Event. The event stars a very Tom Bakerish character called "The Professor" who’s come to tell the denizens of Wizard City about crisis points in history that threaten the entire Spiral!
This week apocalyptic sandbox MMO Xsyon began its Event Season, starting with a Treasure Hunt event on Friday set around the central lake basin on both the PvP and PvE servers.
The SOE H1Z1 team was on hand much of Saturday to put the finishing touches on a small patch that will be deployed on Monday, January 19th. The patch will deal with some server stability issues as well as sorting servers by populations and getting rid of the ever-annoying floating arrows.
It appears that in very short order, Sony Online Entertainment’s H1Z1 has been hacked. According to a gif revealed on the MMORPG.com forums (thanks to Kiyoris), an aimbot / flying / speed hack is now present in the game.
A few more days before the Fall… a claim to splendor, one and all. A world of darkness does await, with little glories that won’t abate!
Fantasy MMO Echo of Soul is preparing to launch in Europe and North America this year, after a successful launch in Korea and a part of that process has involved working toward creating "the next MMO experience."
This week, Chinese publisher JoyGames announced the start of a closed beta for its ARPG/tower defense mode based on the popular manga, One Piece.