Global Agenda’s Coming!
Monday, January 25th, 2010We’ve been playing the beta and it’s been fun though there are some things that are making me think the launch ain’t gonna be too smooth. Some basic MMO tools are missing (social mostly), and it’s something of a pain to comm when you’re in FPS mode and you have to remember to hit enter [...]
STO: Long-term Subs Offered
Sunday, January 17th, 2010Cryptic’s put out a little bit about their lifetime and annual subscription plans. The real question is: is it worth it?
It’ll really come down to how long you think you’ll play it and how long you think it’ll last. I’m wagering that unless it really fizzles (and it could) or unless Cryptic does a terrible [...]
Star Champions Online
Friday, January 15th, 2010So, I’ve started trekking around the galaxy in Star Trek Online’s Open Beta. First impression? Talk about code reuse. The ground component (where you’re running around with your main character in space stations or on planets) is SO much like Champions Online. The difference is less cel-shading and more legible text. Meanwhile, the space part [...]
STO: Open Beta Limits
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010It looks like the Open Beta is starting off with the usual thud. There are login issues currently.
Also, it looks like the open beta is limited to the “lower levels” to begin with according to a news bit that only seems to be available to you if you’re in the open beta:
Open Beta will start [...]
Star Trek Online: Open Beta begins
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010Downloads are available, supposedly. If you’re doing a digital download and you’ve pre-ordered, your respective retailer will offer download links (e.g. Steam, etc.).
If not, you can grab it off FilePlanet and a couple of other places.
If you haven’t pre-ordered, or you’re like me and you pre-ordered through a retailer like Amazon (who’s notoriously slow at [...]
LOTRO: Siege of Mirkwood = Online Release
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009Wow, the latest expansion for LOTRO, Siege of Mirkwood, is (at least for now) online-only. I almost missed it since there isn’t a box out there to grab in a store or find on Amazon. Instead, you’ll find yourself directed here.
$39.99 buys you the expansion and an adventurer’s pack that gives you more slots of [...]
CrimeCraft gets pwned by Aussies – Does it matter?
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009It seems Vogster’s mediocre crime-themed “MMOG” is getting the finger in Australia because of it’s content…specifically, the drug use and how the game promotes it…
I don’t know what’s worse? The fact that a country with drugged out Koalas is unhappy with a game that uses it in a fictional environment? Or that a game as [...]
Jeff Strain + Consolers = New MMO
Monday, November 23rd, 2009Not that it’s a surprise (consoles are a big market) but it looks like Jeff Strain’s out to make a console-centric (read not for PCs) MMO. It’ll be interesting to see how it fairs in a post-L4D world. I’m guessing he’ll choose a Guild Wars-like model so you can have “rooms” that mimic the L4D [...]
Cryptic Subscriber Numbers
Sunday, November 8th, 2009Pun intended.
I know this is relatively old news by Internet standards but Cryptic announced that it had 1 million characters created on Champions Online. I’m sorry. “characters created”?!? As anyone knows, just about everyone eventually creates at least one more character. Sure they might not create it that early after the release of a game. [...]
Aion: Level cap? Reached!
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009It seems there are people with so much time on their hands they can grind away until they reached the level 50 cap in Aion. An interview was posted on the Aion site by Amboss (German community manager, Martin Rabl).
You’ve gotta think the devs are a bit disappointed by the interview. They talk about chugging [...]
