The Daily Recap
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New FPS/MMO enters closed beta From Nexon America, the publisher of the wildly successful MapleStory, comes Combat Arms, a new free-to-play online first-person shooter which shares many qualities of both an MMO and an FPS in one. With persistent worlds, customizable characters ... |
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Editorial expresses dissatisfaction with slow trickle of MMO innovation Gamers With Jobs co-founder Sean Sands contributed to The Escapist a two-page article lamenting the state of the MMO industry. The article is aggressively titled "The Fallacy of MMO Innovation," and uses the example of Age of Conan as the springboard for a discussion of industry-wide issues. |
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In-game ad pioneer says in-game ads are a mistake As one of the pioneers of in-game advertising, you would think Alex St. John had better things to say about this method of revenue. But the Wild Tangent founder and CEO says that in-game ads are "not a very effective way because you've got to plumb the game, you've got an unproven method of measuring the value of that ad, that unit is not trackable." |
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Age of Conan expands subscription options Were you ever busted paying off your favorite MMOG subscription with your parent's credit card? It was all worth it if that subscription didn't run out the next month. Well, whatever your reasons for not wanting to pay for Age of Conan with a credit card Funcom has expanded the payment options by partnering with PayByCash. |
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Age of Conan update re-adds Traders, fixes another leveling exploit So far there have been two major updates to Funcom's still-new Age of Conan. The third has re-added a much-missed feature: the Trader. Traders are a combination bank, auction house, and mailbox. If you haven't yet had the chance to use them, all you have to do is ... |