If you’re ever wanted to put words in the mouth of an MMO NPC (and who hasn’t), now’s your chance. Snail Games USA has announced the Vox Populi contest for their free-to-play MMORTS known as Ministry of War . The title, currently in closed beta, is a browser-based MMO that allows players to conquer territory as one of four ancient civilizations (China, Egypt, Persia, or Rome).
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Ministry of War announces Vox Populi contest
Blasphemy or Bible-tastic? The creators of The Bible Online hope that potential players will see their game as the latter.
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The 11th Commandment: Thou shalt play The Bible Online
Look, we know that all of you have plans for world domination. That’s nothing to be ashamed of. But what good are those plans when you don’t have the chance to put them into action, right
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Get your MMORTS on because we have Ministry of War beta keys!
Soul Master has been in open beta for almost a week now , and the latest trailer gives us a more extensive view of battle than we’ve had before, while hinting at some exciting options for alliances. The game is designed to be an action-oriented MMORTS, and while there’s certain to be an emphasis on strategy and planning, the gameplay we see in the trailer looks to be pretty fast-paced. There is talk of never fighting alone, units rushing to you in battle, and deadly attacks — the blending of RTS and action seems to be coming along nicely
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New Soul Master trailer highlights battle
Browser-based games have come a long way. A few years ago, I would have never predicted that they would be as popular and varied as they are now. I wouldn’t have believed that the quality would rise, while still being contained in the 2-D walls of your favorite browser.
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First Impressions: Might and Magic Heroes Kingdoms
One of Trion Worlds ‘ upcoming games that we’ve had the chance to experience hands-on recently at E3 and earlier in April is the RTStastic offering, End of Nations . C’mon — heavy machinery, a post-apocalyptic setting, RTS elements, high-explosives…
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Massively Exclusive: A Q&A on Trion’s upcoming MMORTS End of Nations
The developers of upcoming free-to-play MMORTS Soul Master announced earlier this year that they were planning for a closed beta test “this summer.” They’ve now narrowed that window down to July, so if F2P MMORTS is your preferred brand of gaming, you don’t have much longer to wait. GamesCampus has given us a taste of what’s to come in that first beta test with a new round of screenshots. The screenshots illustrate the tier 1-4 units of the three classes that will be available in the first closed beta test: BearCat, Knight, and Priest.
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GamesCampus releases new Soul Master screenshots
Silverlode Interactive , the developer best known for fantasy MMORTS SAGA , has unveiled a project that’s been in “stealth development” for the past year: Captains of Dark Tide . This pirate-themed free-to-play game is set in the SAGA universe, creating an unusual and potentially very exciting mix of fantasy and piracy — the swashbuckling kind, not the software kind — on the open seas.
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Orcs, elves, magic, and… pirates: Silverlode unveils Captains of DarkTide
Trion World recently unveiled a wealth of new information on three of their current projects, including the MMORTS that so many fans have been wondering about. End of Nations is the newly revealed title of this game, and Massively enjoyed a firsthand look at it. End of Nation s promises to be a great blend of traditional MMORPG action play and MMORTS strategic play, something that could be tricky to deliver.
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Massively’s hands-on with Trion’s End of Nations
GamersFirst’s Sword of the New World is primed for several interesting game play additions. We spoke with Jon-Enee Merriex at GDC 2010 to get the scoop on what’s in store for the MMORTS that first launched in 2007. Perhaps most interesting among the list of tweaks are plans to allow players to teleport between colonies controlled by their faction under the game’s Political PVP system
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GDC10: Sword of the New World changes detailed
