The Daily Recap
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First Impressions: Jumpgate Evolution At Codemasters' Connect08, we had the chance to sit down for a few minutes with upcoming space MMO Jumpgate Evolution and take it for a wee test drive. "Space MMO?" I hear you cry, "Let me guess, it's spaceships flying around shooting at each other and enemies?" |
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Mark Jacobs rails against official forums The issue of whether major MMO releases should be accompanied by official forums is a hot topic in the industry these days. While some recent games like Tabula Rasa have opted to without official forums, to mixed results, others like Lord of the Rings Online have shown that they can still be a valued resource. |
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Star Wars Galaxies live update 2 improves Entertainers, Medics The second major live update to Star Wars Galaxies was pushed to the servers on Thursday! This continues the new SWG team commitment to regular bugfixes and updates in between their larger content drops, called 'Chapters'. We got a tease of this update's content last week, and most of what was hinted at by the developers has shown up in the official patch notes. |
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DDO Q&A: Mod 7, the Monk and more Kate Paiz, senior producer of Dungeons and Dragons Online, sat down with players today at Connect08 to demonstrate the new Monk class — upcoming in Module 7 — and answer a number of questions about future plans for the game. Photography wasn't permitted so we just managed to grab this quick snap of the character creation screen ... |
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The Digital Continuum: Beware the MMO mutants I had such high hopes for Auto Assault, but unfortunately a lot went wrong with that game. The general concept remains a fun idea and definitely has lots of legs for further attempts at the genre — just not on PCs. I've talked about the why the current style of MMOs don't work well on consoles, but that doesn't mean a newer type of mutated MMO wouldn't work. |