Massively Week in Review: Feb 5 - 11, 2008

This week was a mixed bag of news from the MMO front. We finally were notified of some forward movement on the Warhammer 40K MMO (not to be confused with Warhammer Online) and there was a rumor that filtered out that Bioware's new MMO is not a Star Wars MMO. And in even more awesome news, we're looking for MMOre to join in the fun of being a blogger for Massively! On the bad news side, Marvel Universe Online is definitely vaporware. Sorry Spidey, looks like it's back to the comic books with you -- but hey, at least they ret-conned your world back to normal!

News

• Massively is Looking for More

• Rumor: Age of Conan in bad shape

• Age of Conan ratings for all territories revealed

• EQ2 GU42 goes live today with extra video goodness

• Collision detection in WAR's PvP

• Rumor: New Star Wars MMO isn't from BioWare?

• Second Life: Money for lies. Again.

• IBM disses virtual worlds

• WAR designer says they could ship without all classes

• Marvel MMO officially put to rest

• WoW: The Burning Crusade wins MMO of the year from the AIAS

• Crafter epic cloaks obtained, screenshotted and guides written

• Promotion code grants 20% off ticket price for Connect '08

• Update on the Warhammer 40k MMO

• Comic Watch: Full Frontal Nerdity rings in the LotRO references

Discussion

• Are MMOs killing the single-player game?

• Star Wars the only IP that can challenge World of Warcraft?

• Grimwell gives one reason fantasy pwns sci-fi, we go "Huh?"

• Behind the Curtain: A new take on quests?

• Ask Massively: Putting the "emo" in em-em-o

• The Daily Grind: How many MMO subscriptions do you have?

• WRUP: Find the logos edition

• The Digital Continuum: Statistical Anxiety Separation

• First Impressions of Dragonrealms

• Why mainstream media hates the Internet, games, MMOs and you

• There and back again... A writer's return to Lord of the Rings Online