Yesterday on Massively: November 19, 2007
Today is the highly anticipated launch of Final Fantasy XI: Wings of the Goddess, and we couldn't think of a better image to start with than the tongue-in-cheek one created by our very own Matt Warner. As always is the case on a Monday, the MMO world was buzzing with lots of news. Miss some stories? No worries. Here's the scoop:
Features
- One Shots: Jump to Lightspeed? But we were enjoying the view!
- MMOgology: Roleplaying is dead
- Cinemassively: Worth Dying For trailer
- The Soloist: Why I do it
- The Daily Grind: Are death penalties overkill
General news
- Patch 0.5 for Hellgate: London coming tomorrow
- What's new with Metaplace?
- WoW: Darkmoon Faire dazzles London
- The music of EVE Online
- Fury drops in price, still sucks.
- GW: PvP FTW
- MMOG pirates jailed for running illegal Priston Tale servers
- In development: APB
- Seagate shuts the gate
Final Fantasy XI
- Final Fantasy XI: Devs speak out on Wings of the Goddess
- FFXI: Allied campaign is about to begin, Wings of the Goddess launches tomorrow
Lord of the Rings Online
- LotRO: Details on Book 12 player housing updates
- Turbine talks Korean LotRO, Book 11, Book 12, and more
City of Heroes & City of Villains
EverQuest II
Zu Online
Second Life
- New Second Life release candidate 1.18.5(RC1)
- Academic research on Second Life
- Kindly State University: School is back in session
- Second Life stability problems continue into the new week
Discussion
- Could smaller be better in MMOs
- What if EVE were a fantasy MMO
- The coming of MUDflation
- Is Second Life one of the few, true MMORPGs
- Why virtual thefts matter