Filed under: Betas , Sci-Fi , Video , MMOFPS , Crowdfunding The scrappy little Kickstarter sandbox, Face of Mankind , sees its journey from conception to completion as an odyssey worth sharing. That’s why the team has put together a talking head documentary video that chronicles the game’s development since 2001
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Face of Mankind releases development documentary
Filed under: Sci-Fi , Game Mechanics , MMO Industry , Patches , News Items , Free-to-Play , Star Wars: The Old Republic , Dungeons Star Wars: The Old Republic senior producer Bruce Maclean has posted a summer development roadmap on BioWare’s official game forums.
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Lots of new content coming to SWTOR this summer
Filed under: Betas , Super-hero , Video , Lore , Free-to-Play , Marvel Heroes Were you hanging on the edge of your seat after watching the first episode of Marvel Heroes’ Chronicles of Doom last week? Hope you haven’t fallen to your doo…mise because the second installment is now available. The episode tracks the sinister Victor von Doom as he makes a devil’s deal with Dorammu to gain power and YouTube likes
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Marvel Heroes’ Chronicles of Doom dives into episode 2
Filed under: Betas , Fantasy , Free-to-Play , RIFT Trion Worlds Lead Game Designer Bill Fisher has announced that RIFT won’t be allowing raiders to use item store tokens to boost ultra-rare currency gains. In a forum thread titled RIFT is officially pay-to-win , Fisher addressed the concern over the upcoming item shop’s impact in the raiding game. The specific beef was with item store tokens that offered a substantial boost to all currency gained in the game over a period of time.
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RIFT removes currency-boosting effects for raids
Filed under: Betas , Fantasy , Screenshots , RuneScape , Free-to-Play , Browser , Casual , Dev Diaries , MMObility , Sandbox If you have heard the news about RuneScape 3 , you fall into one of two camps. You’re either really excited and cannot wait for this new version of one of your favorite games or you really don’t see what the fuss is all about. It’s possible there is a third category for those who are interested but have played the game only once or twice
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MMObility: Why a tablet version of RuneScape is so important
Filed under: Fantasy , Lore , New Titles , Opinion , Races , The Elder Scrolls Online , MMORPG , Tamriel Infinium I don’t know if you noticed this, but in the fully rendered trailer for The Elder Scrolls Online , the Aldmeri Dominion elves looked nice. In traditional fantasy lore like Lord of the Rings, elves are some of the most beautiful creatures in the universe
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Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls elves are supposed to be ugly
Filed under: Fantasy , Interviews , MMO Industry , New Titles , News Items , Sandbox , Crowdfunding , Player-Generated Content Much ado has certainly been made lately about doing something “new and different” in games. Just take a look at all the options coming through Kickstarter lately; even more contenders have thrown their hats into the ring since our roundup last February .
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Some Assembly Required: TUG interview reveals the true nature of Soylent Green
Filed under: Culture , Opinion , Roleplaying , Storyboard , Miscellaneous Playing a stupid character is oddly frustrating because it’s incredibly difficult to do. This should not be the case
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Storyboard: As stupid does
Filed under: Fantasy , Game Mechanics , PvP , News Items , Guild Wars 2 , Buy-to-Play There’s a problem in the Guild Wars 2 World vs.
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Guild Wars 2 mixes up its WvW matchups
Filed under: Culture , MMO Industry , Opinion , The Daily Grind , Miscellaneous So Final Fantasy XIV has announced its relaunch date , along with another collector’s edition for people to buy. I’d like to point out here that I still have the original collector’s edition sitting on a shelf in my office, and it has been stated clearly that all of the digital gewgaws for the collector’s edition will be awarded to people with the old version. Yet I still have to fight the urge to buy another CE anyway, because there’s an art book and other physical trinkets.
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The Daily Grind: Would you re-buy a game for bonuses?