MMO Roundup: Last week on Massively
Sometimes you'd like to know that there are other MMOs out there, right? It's not all WoW, all the time! Our sister site Massively can provide you with everything you need to know about all of the other MMOs around — past, present and future.
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The largest battle ever held in EVE The battle is long over now, but early last week, EVE Online saw the largest single battle the game's community has ever seen. It grew naturally out of player actions and not a developer-organized event. Head over to Massively for details. |
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Champions Online goes free-to-play In a surprising move, Champions Online executive producer Shannon Posniewski announced in his most recent State of the Game that Champions will be adopting a free-to-play model and introduce a streamlined character creation for free players. Will the transition to free-to-play serve Champions Online as well as it has Lord of the Rings Online or Dungeons and Dragons Online? |
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Anti-Aliased: End of line The Joystiq network bids farewell to Massively's Sera Brennan and wish her luck in her new position at Turbine. Read her goodbyes in the final edition of her editorial column, Anti-Aliased. Good luck at Turbine, Sera! |
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Vindictus launch day roundup Vindictus is a newly launched, free-to-play MMO that lovers of a more action-centric style of play might enjoy. Hack-and-slash gameplay? Destructible environments? You got it! Head over to Massively for all you need to know about Vindictus. |
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The Soapbox: Playing alone together The Soapbox, the Massively staff's weekly editorial column, tackles soloing in MMOs. Does soloing defeat the purpose of an MMO? Does it mean you're antisocial? |
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Spy the SWTOR Imperial Agent! BioWare recently released a significant amount of information about the Imperial Agent, one of the classes in The Old Republic. The Imperial Agent comes with Sniper (DPS) and Operative (support/utility) sub-classes, and BioWare also releases information on the class's origins, starship, combat role and more. |