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Last Week on Massively: WoW's rebound
This post originally appeared on Massively from Editor-in-Chief Brianna Royce. At the end of every week, we round up the best and most popular news stories, exclusive features, and insightful columns published on Massively and then present them all in one convenient place. If you missed a big MMO story last week, you've come to the right post. After a shockingly long content drought and disappointing expansion previews, World of Warcraft proved that no one cares about content droughts and disappointing expansion previews by resecuring over 10,000,000 subscriptions, just in time for its 10th anniversary celebration. To compensate for the trainwreck launch of Warlords of Draenor, Blizzard granted the entire playerbase five extra days of gametime. Read on for a look at the rest of this week's top MMO stories.
Last Week on Massively: ArcheAge's buy-to-beta
This post originally appeared on Massively from Editor-in-Chief Brianna Royce. At the end of every week, we round up the best and most popular news stories, exclusive features, and insightful columns published on Massively and then present them all in one convenient place. If you missed a big MMO story last week, you've come to the right post. This week, Trion Worlds revealed ArcheAge's glider mechanics, hinted at a June closed beta, and oh yeah, announced that early access for the hybrid free-to-play sandbox is not going to come cheaply. Founder packs run from $49.99 to $149.99 and include perks ranging from gametime to credits to armor. If you can't wait for launch and don't want to fight through Russian servers, that high-end pack is your guaranteed in. Read on for a look at the rest of this week's top MMO stories.
Last Week on Massively: The end of the World of Darkness
This post originally appeared on Massively from Editor-in-Chief Brianna Royce. At the end of every week, we round up the best and most popular news stories, exclusive features, and insightful columns published on Massively and then present them all in one convenient place. If you missed a big MMO story last week, you've come to the right post. Early this week, CCP announced it had canceled World of Darkness, a hardcore Vampire: The Masquerade sandbox that had been languishing in development since 2008. A pre-production video was shown at 2013's EVE Fanfest, but layoffs slammed the studio last December. Read on for a look at the rest of this week's top MMO stories.
Last Week on Massively: WildStar's pre-ESO deluge
This post originally appeared on Massively from Editor-in-Chief Brianna Royce. At the end of every week, we round up the best and most popular news stories, exclusive features, and insightful columns published on Massively and then present them all in one convenient place. If you missed a big MMO story last week, you've come to the right post. WildStar's been busy this week, opening up pre-orders along with a brand-new website and yet another weekend beta test. Massively celebrated with a look at character creation tricks, a hands-on with the game's PvP matches, and a list of reasons to look forward to the game's launch in June. Read on for a look at the rest of this week's top MMO stories.
Last Week on Massively: WildStar is on the way
This post originally appeared on Massively from Editor-in-Chief Brianna Royce. At the end of every week, we round up the best and most popular news stories, exclusive features, and insightful columns published on Massively and then present them all in one convenient place. If you missed a big MMO story last week, you've come to the right post. WildStar announced a June 3rd launch date this week, promising that preorders for its sci-fantasy themepark goodness will open up this coming Wednesday. Massively published two in-depth articles on the game to coincide with the announcement: an exploration of its endgame raids and dungeons and an examination of its PvP systems. Read on for the rest of this week's top MMO stories.
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. Blizzard's Pardo: Single-player games are an endangered species Blizzard big cheese Rob Pardo recently revealed his doubts about the future of single-player games in a wide-ranging interview with GamesIndustry.biz. The interview delves into the pervasive social connectivity inherent in many current-gen games, and it also touches on everything from cloud gaming to monetization and business models. Pardo says he's a fan of game designers dictating the monetization models rather than leaving it up to a producer or an executive. Ten things to do in City of Heroes before it's gone NCsoft is pulling the plug on City of Heroes come the end of November, and the genre is faced with the loss of yet another pioneering and ostensibly profitable MMO long before its time. Before the game is gone forever, it's worth experiencing the MMO that many have loved since before the launch of World of Warcraft. League of Legends cheating controversy puts $2,000,000 on the line The competitive e-sports scene has exploded in the past two years, with top MOBA teams competing for prizes of up to an incredible $1,000,000 US from a single tournament. The crowd attending last week's event in Los Angeles got front row seats to see the game's best teams battle it out over a total of $2,000,000 US in prize money, and with so much money on the line, it's no surprise that accusations of cheating have already surfaced. Funcom hints at Halloween tricks and treats in The Secret World In a blog post prefaced with a spoiler alert, Senior Designer Tanya Short delved into The Secret World's upcoming Halloween event that was initially mentioned when The Cat God went live. Players already know that Halloween plays prominently in the game, as holiday decorations abound throughout Solomon Island, and Ragnar Tornquist himself likened it to Christmas in terms of holiday importance for TSW. Massively's week in review Don't let WoW Insider do all of the talking when it comes to Massively's best content of the week. The Massively staff themselves have picked out what they think is the best content their site has to offer in their own weekly roundup.
MMO Roundup: Star horses, extreme multi-boxing and more
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. Shut up people, come buy my horse Anti-Aliased, Sera Brennan's weekly column about just about anything, tackles Blizzard's explosive (and controversial) Celesetial Pony sales. How does this compare to microtransactions from other games? How does this look from the point of view of someone who plays MMOs other than WoW? Intimate apparel among Final Fantasy XIV equipment When character creation previews started emerging for Final Fantasy XIV, one of the oft-heard bits of speculation was that there would be some way to customize your character's undergarments. Of course, the idea is on its face rather ridiculous. We shudder at the thought of farming a boss for underwear. Turbine responds to community with removal of Offer Wall A few days ago, Turbine announced a new way of earning Turbine Points. We'd heard hints of this new method back at PAX East, and several of us at Massively were curious to see how it would work out. Well, we have our answer. The launch of the DDO Offer Wall was met with a pretty heated response -- a large portion of the Dungeons and Dragons Online fanbase was extremely displeased, to say the least.
MMO Roundup: Billing errors, FFXIV leaks and more
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. Star Wars: The Old Republic reveals Voss The looks we've gotten inside the planets of Star Wars: The Old Republic paint a number of different pictures, but for most of them the conflict is fairly cut and dry. There are objectives for Imperial Sith forces or the Republic, but there haven't been things that are external to both forces. But Voss, the latest world revealed, is a bit different. There is already an intelligent species living there, and they face utter annihilation even as both the Empire and the Republic try to curry their favor. Massively Speaking Episode 95: A chat with Perfect World Entertainment Massively Speaking, Massively's MMO podcast, returns this week with Sera, Rubi Bayer and special guests Jason Varden and Jonathan Belliss of Perfect World Entertainment. Discussions include the upcoming Battle of the Immortals and the general state of free-to-play games. Alganon founder David Allen strikes back Derek Smart is famous for having the subtlety of an Imperial Walker, so it's only fair that we give the target of one of his laser-focused rants the chance to respond. In a press release over at PRWeb.com, Quest Online founder David Allen addresses his role in the development of the troubled MMORPG known as Alganon, as well as the fallout from the hiring of Smart and the events that led to Allen's departure.
MMO Roundup: Retrospectives and prospectives
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. April Fools'! A roundup of the best pranks in the MMO world today Blizzard isn't the only MMO developer that likes to participate in April Fools' day. Check out what other developers contributed to the holiday! Guild Wars, Lord of the Rings Online, Fallen Earth and so many other games joined in on the fun. Another look at Champions Online, six months later One thing that can be said about Champions Online in the period following its launch is that it has gone through some severe growing pains. Champions Online was in a bad spot. The community was revolting, the product was unpolished, and despite Cryptic's best attempts to make things out to be okay, it was obvious that the game was at a breaking point. Six months after launch, are things still looking grim? FFXIV gameplay footage explores cities, chocobos and emotes A lot of news has been coming out for Final Fantasy XIV lately, and we're quite happy to see it. This time Massively has the first episode of what's sure to be recurring series of in-game footage of players exploring one of Eorzea's cities on the game's official Japanese YouTube channel. If nothing else, watch it for the Tarutaru.
MMO Roundup: Betas, patches, trailers and vampires
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. SWTOR testing portal discovered, confirmed by BioWare Few communities are as enthusiastic about their upcoming MMO as the one surrounding Star Wars: The Old Republic. Recently, they found what appeared to be a testing portal for the game and the discovery created a fervor of speculation and discussion on the official forums -- mostly surrounding whether or not beta was near. Funcom teases new Secret World trailer We here at Massively aren't ashamed to admit that we're looking forward to The Secret World. Between our sit-down with Ragnar Tornquist at GDC10 and the juicy bits of into slowly making their way out of the game's unofficial web sites, we're, to put it mildly, stoked. The new trailer features a healthy dose of story-based voiceover, glimpses of combat gameplay, and oh yeah, player characters shooting fire from their hands and hacking away with samurai swords. ArenaNet releases fourth Guild Wars 2 concept art video Guild Wars concept art has always been known for being the best in the business, and this latest video chock full of Guild Wars 2 art is no exception. It's worth a view, even if you're not much of a Guild Wars fan yourself.
MMO Roundup: Derek Smart, the art of Guild Wars 2, and more
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. How online gaming can change the world Jane McGonigal (a 10-year game designer of projects such as the I Love Bees ARG for Halo 2) has a self-professed "crazy idea" -- that gamers have the potential to change the world for the better by doing what they're already doing. At her speech, people chuckle when she first says this, but twenty minutes later they're giving her a standing ovation. Video footage of CCP's realistic cloth simulation We've known for some time that CCP planned to use physics simulation to make the clothes in EVE Online's Incarna expansion and their upcoming World of Darkness MMO more realistic. They even gave a talk on using NVidia's APEX cloth simulation at the 2010 Game Developer's Conference. Until now, all we've seen are technical details and the occasional screenshot, which makes it hard to work out how the end product will look. Now? Now we have video. BioWare and EA expect at least 2 million subscriptions for SW:TOR As if the idea of 100% voiced dialogue trees wasn't ambitious enough in an MMO property, word has now come out that EA and BioWare are expecting to have two million subscriptions for Star Wars: The Old Republic. In a genre where only one game has ever exceeded two million subscribers at $15 per month, that's a very high standard to put yourself up against.
MMO Roundup: Looking back on GDC10
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. The last week's headlines are dominated by news from GDC10, including a hands-on with Star Wars: The Old Republic, an interview with R. A. Salvatore, and a hands-on with Fallen Earth's upcoming iPhone app. Hands-on with Star Wars: The Old Republic Massively's big cheese, Shawn Schuster, had an opportunity to sit down with Star Wars: The Old Republic and get a hands on feel for the game. Does the single most anticipated upcoming MMO live up to the hype? An in-depth look at Battlestar Galactica Online During GDC, Bigpoint announced their upcoming Battlestar Galactica MMO. The initial announcement was met with a bit of apprehension from fans -- they love the IP but aren't sure how well it will translate into an MMO, particularly a browser-based MMO. Check out this closer look at how the game might play out. New playable faction and more coming to Star Trek Online We spent some time talking with Cryptic's Craig Zinkievich at GDC today, and got some fun new information on Star Trek Online. The most exciting thing was news of a new playable faction in Star Trek Online. We can expect that sometime "within the year," and we as players get to help decide. Borg, Romulan, it's up to you guys. Hands-on with Fallen Earth's iPhone app Blizzard has been working on some pretty cool apps for the World of Warcraft, but so far they pale in comparison to Fallen Earth's upcoming iPhone app. Check out your gear, do your crafting, work the auction house, examine maps, talk to your guild/clan, and much more, all in one app.
MMO Roundup: Olympic medalists, Warhammer 40k, and more
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. Check out this roundup of the latest news from the wider MMO world, including previews of Aion's patch 1.9 (as well as their 2.0 update), 10 reasons why you should be playing Lord of the Rings Online, the story of the EVE playing Olympic medalist, and much more. 10 reasons why LotRO is worth picking up over newer MMOs With all of the more recent MMOs around, why should you try Lord of the Rings Online? Or how can you convince your friends to try a three year old MMO? Check out these ten reasons why the game is worth playing. Will farmers finally be the death of WoW? Activision-Blizzard's annual 10k report, filed on March 1, is chock full of worrisome anecdotes about the future of their massively multiplayer behemoth as well as some interesting tidbits regarding payment models. Mobile games like iPhone apps and social networking games such as Farmville are cited as a potential risk for the company. Massively Speaking episode 91 Massively Speaking, Massively's MMO podcast, is back this week with episode 91 as Shawn Schuster and Rubi Bayer discuss the week's MMO news. Topics include Dungeons and Dragons Online's success with their new business model, LotRO's Vol III Book 1 update, the latest Guild Wars skill balance uproar and much more. EVE player wins silver medal at the Winter Olympics It's not every day you run across an Olympic Medalist in your favourite MMO, much less gank them and take their stuff. For some EVE Online players, that opportunity may be closer than they think. With the conclusion of the recent Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, it came to light that one of the medal winners is not just an EVE player but also an avid PvP junkie. Casting off the stereotype of MMO gamers as unfit and demotivated, Kjetil Jansrud is a professional alpine skier at the peak of physical fitness.
MMO Roundup: Last week on Massively - Double launch day edition
Sometimes you'd like to know that there are other MMOs out there, right? Our sister site Massively can provide you with everything you need to know about all those other shiny MMOs! Check out this roundup of the latest news from the wider MMO world. A WoW player's guide to AionSo, you're a big fan of World of Warcraft (or at least you were at one time) and you've heard about this new MMO called Aion. "Hmmm, I wonder what that's all about?" you ponder. "Anything similar?" you posit. "What's so different?" Well, we've written a WoW player's guide to Aion just for you! Sit back with a cup o' joe, while we compare and contrast the two MMOs for you. A WoW player's guide to Fallen EarthAt Massively, we like to focus on making more MMOs accessible to more people. That accessibility to other MMOs is initially started by the 800 lb gorilla: World of Warcraft. Without WoW, a large percentage of MMO players would not be enjoying their current game today, even if they haven't stuck by WoW this whole time. Massively's Aion and Fallen Earth launch day scheduleAs we mentioned on Friday, we are excited to join you in-game for the launches of both Aion and Fallen Earth tomorrow. We'll have staff in both games, ready to group up and play with any readers who want to experience the beginning areas with other readers. In addition to this, we'll have contests, giveaways and prizes to those who attend or meet-up with us. The Aion server queue survival guideSo you pre-ordered Aion and you're super excited to jump into the game during the headstart release that's going on right now. You've set aside a whole block of time for your game play, you have your snacks at your side and your DVR ready to play some great entertainment while you grind your night away. You type in your username and password, accept the EULA, select the server that you made your character on during the pre-selection annnndd..... ...you get slapped in the face with a 2 hour wait time. Redefining MMOs: The Shooter InvasionThe MMO industry is always changing, and if we're going to stay ahead of the curve, we need to re-evaluate some of our views and ingrained notions from time to time. The Redefining MMOs series at Massively is our look at the state of massively multiplayer online games as it is today, and where we see it going. This week we're going to look at how shooters have invaded the MMO space, give you a run-down of some promising MMO shooters on the horizon, and finally tackle the question of whether or not they should be covered here at Massively.
MMO Roundup: Last week on Massively - PAX Edition
Sometimes you'd like to know that there are other MMOs out there, right? Our sister site Massively can provide you with everything you need to know about all those other shiny MMOs! Check out this roundup of the latest news from the wider MMO world. PAX 2009: Massively interviews BioWare and LucasArts on SWTORPAX 2009 played host to the first North American public demo for Star Wars: The Old Republic and by the cheering and applause of a packed theater at Sunday's stage demo, we'd say it went exceedingly well. Luckily for us, we had the opportunity to sit down and chat with LucasArts producer Jake Neri and BioWare producer Blaine Christine. A WoW players guide to Champions OnlineWe're sure many of you have noticed that Champions Online coverage has increased lately, primarily because the game just launched. Since many of you are current or former World of Warcraft players with another year before Cataclysm launches, we've constructed a handy guide to help you figure out if this game is something you'd be interested in playing. PAX 2009: All about LotRO's upcoming expansion: Siege of Mirkwood This last weekend at PAX 2009 we had the opportunity to sit down with Lord of the Rings Online's executive producer Jeffrey Steefel. He gave us a sneak peek at some of the new zone and instanced content coming in Siege of Mirkwood, as well as many of the new features. So if you're skeptical or just plain curious, we think you'll be most intrigued to see what knowledge we've uncovered after venturing deep into Mirkwood and all the way into Sauron's fortress of Dol Guldur. Everything Aion: Five things you need to know about surviving in AtreiaWith NCsoft's release of Aion coming up on the 22nd and 25th September in North America and Europe, we thought we had better give you the basics on the land of Atreia ahead of the open beta which begins today. So, we're going to give you all the info you need to dive into their beautifully detailed world. After the jump, we're going to look at the five things you need to know if you've never played Aion before.
Last Week on Massively: WoW-related stories
Our sister site Massively covers many different angles of the MMO universe - it's not all just World of Warcraft over there. Which is not to say we don't love WoW! Our weekly roundup will try to give you a look at the best WoW-related content on Massively from the last week. You can click on the links below or subscribe to a special WoW-only Massively feed to follow our ongoing coverage of your favorite game. How do MMOs make money?The Simple Lifeforms blog went through a recent DFC Intelligence report on the most commercially successful MMOs and pulled out some interesting points. World of Warcraft took home the most revenue for a single game in 2008 with an estimated $500M+ and all MMOs combined (worldwide) earned an estimated $1,875M. Chinese online game market operating in lossWhen many of us think about MMOs, we think about companies who rake more money than we could dream about. Enough money to put together a scale model of Paris made out of 20 dollar bills. Will 2009 be the best year ever for MMOs?Tipa is wondering if the upcoming 2009 MMO titles will make this year the best yet for MMOs. EVE Online will be receiving its highly anticipated Apocrypha expansion pleasing the "impact PvP" crowd. Free Realms will soon launch to the delight of families around the world, providing another option in the "kid friendly" category. Co-Chairman of Activision Blizzard cashes in stock for $20 millionJust in time for Activision Blizzard's earnings report, Co-Chairman Brian Kelly liquidated 2 million shares of his stock in the company on March 12, earning over $20 million in the process.
Massively Week in Review: January 21 - 27, 2008
It's definitely been an interesting week in the MMO news world. Massively landed the inside scoop on SOE's upcoming title The Agency while at CES, Funcom decided to push back the release of Age of Conan, Blizzard's World of Warcraft hit the 10 million subscriber mark and Valve and CCP entered into a partnership making CCP's PvP-heavy MMO EVE Online part of the Steam network. In case you missed any of the larger headlines (or great discussions) from the world of MMO gaming, we've rounded them up for you. Enjoy! News FunCom decides Age of Conan needs more time, aka delay Massively Exclusive: CES 2008: A covert intel briefing on The Agency World of Warcraft hits 10 million players EVE Online heads to Valve's Steam platform Massively goes Hands-on with DDO and the Shroud Cartoon Network to enjoy huge TurnOut Post-apocalyptic MMO Earthrise announced Switchblade adding support for Hellgate: London and Half-Life 2 Star Trek Online follow-up: Kohnke drops its lawsuit against Perpetual Rumor: Blizzard working on a cell application for World of Warcraft? Auran wants to make you their bitch Discussion MMOGology: Thieving hearts Could MMOs be a subsitute for high school spanish class? An argument for random battles Why Fantasy, and not Science Fiction, Part Eleventy-Billion The Daily Grind: Should crafting be risky? Ask Massively: Old games, Blizzard's next MMO and bugs How would a Starcraft MMO work? The Digital Continuum: This year, PvPing is the new raiding
Massively Week in Review: January 1 - 7, 2008
While it's been a relatively quiet week news-wise, the news is starting to pick up steam again with yesterday's announcement of the pre-order boarding party for Pirates of the Burning Sea opening up. You just can't beat those large-scale naval PvP battles with friends -- or answering the question of just where the rum did in fact, go. Arr! News CES 2008: discussion panel on virtual worlds and the "MMO explosion" Indian computer hardware sales driven with MMOs as "killer app" TR demolitionist shows how a novelty build goes boom The myth of the bloody Webkinz murders Cinemassively: Illegal Danish - Escape from Orgrimmar Disney investing a cool $100M in virtual worlds Tradeskill developer for EQII Emily "Domino" Taylor chats about her role Hernandez drops HK IGE - Florida Economic Crimes Office investigates Ragnarok developer waking up to a Bloodymare Stargate Worlds Trailer plus further details on classes, story, and more Blizzard developers excited about WotLK PvP-only zone Linden Lab responds on fraudulent funds griefing Vana'diel and its RMT Special Task Force Discussion Ask Massively: The beginning Predicting the MMO landscape in 2008 The 'high fidelity' nature of MMOs As the Worlds Turn: Learning from the past Building a better MMOusetrap: Starting over Our 2008 Tabula Rasa wish list - it's sci-fi-tastic! MMOGology: Keep it simple, stupid
Massively Week in Review: December 11 - 17, 2007
It's been quite busy in the MMO world if you haven't been keeping up. Auran let their entire staff go after Fury bombed; Electric Sheep only let 1/3 of their people go; Linden Lab did something seemingly dodgy with their Chief Technical Officer. Meanwhile, Sony Online Entertainment transfered characters from test to live servers (and knew it); CCP accidentally deleted some file named Boot.ini when folks upgraded to Trinity; Perpetual is living under the spectre of a lawsuit claiming fraud. If that weren't enough, some guy in Florida is still tilting at the IGE gold-seller windmill in court and Square-Enix is doing a marvelous job of refusing to help any players whose accounts were compromised by hackers (read: gil-sellers) over the weekend. If that doesn't make you want to jump up and start singing carols (or drinking heavily spiked egg-nog) we don't know what will. Perhaps free stuff? We've got that too. Check it out! Contests Massively's holiday giveaways! Massively's holiday postcard contest News Massively exclusive: Age of Conan Product Developer interview, with gameplay video Perpetual plot thickens: lawsuit filed Auran goes into voluntary administration, entire staff let go Final Fantasy XI hacked; Square-Enix hides behind policy A legal, in-game "Wal-Mart" of virtual goods coming to an MMO near you Rumor: Entire guild Unhallowed Triad moved from EQ2 Test Server to live SOE caught red-handed: EQ2 Player / Dev relationship breached ethical boundaries Tabula Rasa three day free trial opened to everybody Mounted combat in Age of Conan (and Warhammer, too?) EVE Trinity: CCP's take on the boot.ini debacle Herndandez vs IGE - IGE withdraws motion to stay/dismiss Massively's exclusive insider scoop: Was Cory Linden fired, or did he quit?
Massively Week in Review: November 20 - 26, 2007
Despite the last week involving an American holiday and a bit of a lull while everyone slept off food-comas, there was still quite a bit of hot news from the MMO world. One of the most notable for us being the declaration that the studio in charge of Star Trek Online, Perpetual, has filed for liquidation -- and that STO is being picked up by someone else. If you're curious, read on for a recap of the last week on Massively.News Perpetual disbanding, Star Trek Online in jeopardy City of Heroes & City of Villains: Issue 11 launch maintenance EVE Online: New Trinity trailer makes Sci-Fi geeks gasp in awe Beta update for Age of Conan, more invites sent Warhammer Online shares loads of new details Massively's Pirates of the Burning Sea mission preview Rumor Mill: EverQuest 2's Senior Producer, Scott Hartsman, leaving SOE First Impressions: Mythos The9 buys shares in... itself The Massively Guide to the Hellgate: London Mini-game Drew Carey goes on dates with fiancee inside Second Life Explore Richard Garriott's secret dungeons Massively's Pirates of the Burning Sea crafting hands-on Discussion Hard sell of the week: ads in games are good! MMOGology: End game means game over for casual players Adventures From the Back Row: the Specialist and her tools WRUP: Avoiding the relatives edition Behind the Curtain: Sex sells This just in: games are TiVo-licious NCsoft: has the focus shifted?
