The beta period for Bluehole and En Masse’s action-MMO Tera is finally over. If you missed out on the testing and have been waiting to jump into the live game, now’s your chance. In case you don’t know what Tera is, you’ll find a video below explaining some of the basic mechanics and showing off [...]
Finally, The Old Republic will allow us to change our UI completely to match our personal tastes! We’ve played around with the new UI customization options coming to the game in early April with patch 1.2 and have seen how flexible they really are. Here’s how you can use them to customize your own UI. [...]
Blizzard have hinted at the success of the World of Warcraft Annual Pass deal that they launched at Blizzcon last year. In last night’s Activision Blizzard earnings call, transcribed by Seeking Alpha, Blizzard CEO Mark Morhaime revealed that “to date, we have signed up more than 1 million players in the West.” The deal offers [...]
Today was a day of downtime. Anti-SOPA/PIPA protests blocked – or at the very least put a splash screen in front of – Wikipedia, reddit, and a host of games sites. Meanwhile, anti-aliasing protests took down Star Wars: The Old Republic in the form of the delayed patch 1.1. When the lights come back on, [...]
You did know that arguably the biggest MMO since World of Warcraft in 2004 is launching today, right? No? Well we’ve been playing through early access phase of Star Wars: The Old Republic pre-launch to try and bring you as much of a review as possible at this point in time… Tags: world of warcraft, [...]
Activision’s head honch Bobby Kotick has questioned whether Star Wars: The Old Republic will make enough money to keep going. Speaking to Reuters, Kotick – whose World of Warcraft is massive – said: “If you look at the history of the people investing in an MMO and achieving success, it’s a small number.” Kotick also [...]
A few weeks ago we introduced Mark Kern’s “Circle of Suck.” But we also talked to the Red 5 dev about the difficulties of creating a free to play MMO. Turns out it’s pretty damn difficult. “I think there are horrible ways to implement free-to-play” said Mark. “You’ve got to understand that for a lot [...]
We’ve already reported on John Smedley’s take on MMO that use a subscription model. The Sony Online Entertainment president told gamesindustry.biz they’re on the way out, basically: “In my opinion [Star Wars: The Old Republic] is going to be the last large scale MMO to use the traditional subscription business model. Why do I think [...]