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  • The Digital Continuum: Five PvP MMOs with potential pt. 2

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    Kyle Horner
    Kyle Horner
    03.21.2009

    This'll be the first superhero MMO with both superheroes and villains playable on launch day, which is a key distinction from games with opposing factions. On a very basic level, DC Universe Online's PvP is going to be about villains committing crimes and superheroes will be preventing or stopping them. SOE has mentioned arenas, which sound a lot like instanced PvP scenarios with a superhero twist.

  • GDC08: All Points Bulletin info and eye candy

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    Barb Dybwad
    Barb Dybwad
    02.22.2008

    What word is perhaps most synonymous with the current MMO playing field? Grind. Realtime Worlds' Dave Jones (no relation?) is setting out to change that with the studio's first massively multiplayer title All Points Bulletin we've been following eagerly. He's hoping the formula Crackdown + MMO = crack will be proven true with variables like infinite, professional-looking character and vehicle customization, contemporary setting, integration with last.fm and dynamic, variable team-sized missions hidden in the equation. Hit up our symbiotic other selves at Joystiq for the complete overview of APB.%Gallery-16668%