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Two years of Free Realms: A retrospective
"It's your world." Those three words sum up Free Realms, and it's no coincidence that it's the title song for the game. It's hard to believe that the game is only two years old -- much has changed since launch, and in many ways, this young MMO has been a pioneer in the market. To celebrate Free Realms' second birthday, we're going to take a look back at some highlights. From pet training, to Chatdy's name change, to its Guinness World Record, the game has experienced many milestones. Read on for a retrospective as well as a peek at the future.
Free Realms unveils "It's Your World" video
Free Realms is offering players all sorts of celebratory goodies as part of their first birthday celebration, not the least of which is an official video for the game's theme song, "It's Your World." "It's Your World" tells a story of "two teens who become acquainted in real life after befriending each other as their Free Realms avatars," and the video combines live-action with in-game footage. The video can be viewed on JSYK along with some backstory on "California pop-punk rockers" The Dares, the Southern California trio chosen to perform the song. As a little bonus, Free Realms released a "behind the scenes" video in tandem with the video, showing off some behind-the-scenes fun during the making of the video. Commentary from the band and director is included along with a bit of fun at director Todd's expense. Follow along after the jump to take a look. Happy birthday, Free Realms!
E3 2009: Massively's day 2 roundup
We thought the first day of E3 2009 turned out pretty well, with announcements for Star Wars: The Old Republic, Final Fantasy XIV, and All Points Bulletin. That's in addition to the packed interview schedule we lined up so we'll have plenty more to show you in the coming days. While the Massively team frantically taps their fingertips down into little bloody tater tots to bring you more fresh E3 goodness, have a look at some highlights of what day 2 of E3 2009 brought in MMO news. Massively's day one video from the E3 floor In-game footage from The Agency Platform release info for Final Fantasy XIV The Dares concert in Free Realms sets Guinness World Record Hands-on with Global Agenda Friends fix coming to Free Realms Want to see more? We've got E3 galleries to flip through for these titles and events after the jump.
E3 2009: Free Realms and The Dares set world record concert event
Last night at SOE's gigantic E3 booth, attendees were actually a part of history. The Dares -- that youthful pop-punk band that sings the light-heartedly rebellious theme song for Free Realms -- performed a small set for a live concert audience at E3 and simultaneously in the game. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, who awarded the bandmates a plaque after the concert, this is the first time this has been done. Yeah, sorry Second Life fans.If you're interested in seeing the live performance of "It's Your World", and thereby getting it stuck in your head for the next three weeks, check it out after the jump below. There's also a separate video showing the Guinness World Record reception, as well. Congrats goes out to those guys, although I'm pretty sure they'll never read this.
