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Filed under: Fantasy , Lord of the Rings Online , MMO industry , News items The upcoming free-to-play conversion isn’t the only big change coming to Turbine’s Lord of the Rings Online over the next little while. In a new dev diary released yesterday on the European community website, Games System Engineer Narrel provided a glimpse into what began as the “pet project” of three developers and has now morphed into a full-fledged extreme makeover of the game’s user interface capabilities. Using the venerable and lightweight Lua scripting language, Narrel, Agiclaw, and ForsakenArcher are closing in on their stated goal of bringing extensive customization possibilities to LotRO’s UI

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LotRO UI implements Lua, preps for extreme makeover

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When it comes to new MMO titles, a significant portion of the MMO community will hear the the phrase “browser-based” and dismiss the game in question as unworthy without even looking at it. The folks at Bigpoint have big plans to banish this stereotype with Battlestar Galactica Online .

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Exclusive: New gameplay details and screenshots for Battlestar Galactica Online

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No, seriously. Guild Wars players hanging out in Heroes’ Ascent this afternoon noticed an interesting sight. Dhuum in all his giant shiny glory was popping in and out of different districts, banning people with a swing of his scythe.

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[Updated] If you cheat in Guild Wars, Dhuum will kill you

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From irritating spam-bots to automated farming macros hogging the best spots, macros and bots are almost universally despised in every MMO. Multi-boxing, on the other hand, is a much more ambiguous idea that has been common since as far back as the early days of EverQuest . Although there’s nothing in the rules of most games against one player controlling multiple characters, there are usually rules against automating gameplay.

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EVE Online player creates incredible multi-box setup

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When high-quality ship models were introduced with EVE Online ’s Trinity expansion, not every ship reacted to the graphical upgrade in the same way. Some ships, like the Megathron and Crusader, saw dramatic visual improvements with panel details and sharp lines. For the Scorpion, however, the upgraded detail exposed design flaws in the original model that spoiled its look for some players

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EVE Online’s Scorpion to receive graphical overhaul in Tyrannis

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Crimecraft has been the most difficult review I’ve had to do for Loot Ninja thus far – not because of conflicted feelings on the game, but because it happened to be the most bland and uninteresting game I’ve been asked to review.  Seriously, it’s been a painful one.

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Review: CrimeCraft

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