http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:35:11 -0700 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:49:38 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m11d6-Two-new-classes-revealed-in-SW-TOR?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner Two new classes have been announced for Star Wars: The Old Republic. To absolutely no surprise, there is the Jedi Knight. The Sith Warrior was previously announced. This is the Republic version of the character, focusing on melee lightsaber ... Upcoming Games Star Wars: The Old Republic Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:49:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m11d6-Two-new-classes-revealed-in-SW-TOR?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m11d4-World-of-Warcraft-starts-microtransactions?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner The two main ways MMORPGs make money is through a subscription model, paying $5 - $15 a month to play, or through microtransactions, certain in-game items are purchasable with real world currency. Champions Online implemented both, a monthly fee, ... World of Warcraft Non-combat companions Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:32:24 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m11d4-World-of-Warcraft-starts-microtransactions?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m10d27-World-of-Warcraft-Account-Management-email-scam?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner This might be an old one, but it is still out there. Email is coming from: wowaccountadmin@blizzard.com. The body of the email says it appears your account is being sold. This is against policy, and the account will be suspended, and then deleted.... World of Warcraft Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:56:16 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m10d27-World-of-Warcraft-Account-Management-email-scam?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m10d26-St-Jude-Childrens-Research-Hospital--2010-MMO-Calendar?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner For the fourth year in a row, various companies contribute art to the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which is put together into a calendar. The art was donated, so all sales of the calendar will go directly to St. Jude. The price of ... Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:13:22 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m10d26-St-Jude-Childrens-Research-Hospital--2010-MMO-Calendar?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m10d26-Champions-Online-free-to-play-weekend?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner Every MMORPG has their own way to celebrate Halloween. Champions has the introduction to Blood Moon, their first content patch. This introduces werewolves, and werewolf hunters, and the celestial power set. To entice more people to play, on H... Champions Online Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:58:37 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m10d26-Champions-Online-free-to-play-weekend?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m10d21-Halloween-Events?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner If there is a holiday more popular than Talk Like a Pirate Day, it’s Halloween. Most games offer a Halloween event, with new quests, mobs, equipment, and toys. The following is a list of just some of the events out there: World of Warcr... Holidays Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:58:09 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m10d21-Halloween-Events?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m10d21-Is-there-something-missing-in-MMORPGS?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner Lately, forums around the net have been filled with posts about what is wrong with MMORPGs. This is a topic that will persist as long as the genre is around, but it has found a louder voice recently. This is not about bugs in the games, like profa... Opinion Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:17:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m10d21-Is-there-something-missing-in-MMORPGS?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m10d14-Earth-Eternal-open-beta?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner Earth Eternal is an upcoming, browser based MMORPG. The game focuses on various races, most based on animals in a humanoid form, but also provides Daemons, Yeti, and Clockwork races. There are 22 races in all that a player can choose from, and not on... Beta Testing Earth Eternal Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:45:02 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m10d14-Earth-Eternal-open-beta?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m10d6-Pirates-of-the-Burning-Sea-Power-and-Prestige-expansion?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner Pirates of the Burning Sea is developing its first expansion due out in 2010, called Power and Prestige.Among the new features of the expansion is a unique way to give players the sense of real power and influence in the world: they will be able to r... Pirates of the Burning Sea Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:49:10 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m10d6-Pirates-of-the-Burning-Sea-Power-and-Prestige-expansion?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m10d2-CrimeCraft-going-free-to-play?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner CrimeCraft is a First Person Shooter MMO. The game launched a couple months ago, and worked on a purchase/subscription payment plan. It would appear that this did not bring in enough of a player base, as they are changing the model. Beginning late th... Free Games CrimeCraft Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:48:54 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m10d2-CrimeCraft-going-free-to-play?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m9d29-Star-Wars-testers-briefly-requested?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner UPDATED: The application for closed beta testers is real. It was reposted today on the Star Wars: The Old Republic website. As predicted below, the overwhelming number of people applying for beta crashed the site. It is currently down, but should be ... Star Wars: The Old Republic Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:00:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m9d29-Star-Wars-testers-briefly-requested?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m9d28-World-of-Warcraft-Brewfest-tips?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner World of Warcraft’s Brewfest has less than a week to go. In order to get all the achievements for the Brewmaster title, a total of 552 tokens must be spent. The two dailies only yield 25 tokens a day. The ram racing/barrel delivering quest, can... World of Warcraft Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:16:37 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m9d28-World-of-Warcraft-Brewfest-tips?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m9d25-Surrogates-avatars-for-real-life?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner Surrogates, starring Bruce Willis opens in theaters today. The movie is takes place a short time in the future when most people have given up going out into the world. Instead, they have robots, called a Surrogate, that do everything they would do, w... MMO-related movies Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:18:02 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m9d25-Surrogates-avatars-for-real-life?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m9d22-Wizard-101-1-year-after-launch?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner Wizard 101 is currently having its 1 year anniversary celebration, and has just announced over 5 million players.Wizard 101 is a game where every player character is a spell casting wizard. Spells are maintained through a deck of cards. There are var... Free Games Wizard 101 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:11:39 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m9d22-Wizard-101-1-year-after-launch?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m9d18-International-Talk-Like-a-Pirate-Day?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner Avast, me hardies, Saturday, September 19 be Talk like a Pirate Day. This pseudo-holiday is popular with online communities, so of course MMORPGs jumped on the ship.World Of Warcraft is celebrating the day with Pirate Day. Talk to a commoner in any m... World of Warcraft Free Realms Guild Wars Pirates of the Burning Sea Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:51:12 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m9d18-International-Talk-Like-a-Pirate-Day?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m9d15-Blogger-sued-for-negative-comments?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner BruceOnGames.com has some opinions, and accusations, about the MMORPG Evony. Evony is a game where players build an empire and attack other player’s empires. It is similar to Civilization or Age of Empires. It is best known for having internet ... Evony Lawsuit Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:21:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m9d15-Blogger-sued-for-negative-comments?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m9d14-Pandaren-in-WoW--a-new-rumor?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner Samwise Didier is a artist at Blizzard, who got the nickname Panda, for being big and hairy, but also gentle. He has since had a love for panda bears. One April Fool’s Day, as Blizzard likes to entice the public with leaking joke information, i... World of Warcraft Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:32:46 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m9d14-Pandaren-in-WoW--a-new-rumor?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m8d28-Lego-Universe-inverview-with-Wireds-GeekDad?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner Any parent looking to get his or her kid hooked on MMORPGs has probably been anxiously awaiting the release of Lego Universe. This will combine the world of online games, the quirky humor of the Traveler's Tales' games like Lego Batman and Lego ... Upcoming Games Lego Universe Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:35:39 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m8d28-Lego-Universe-inverview-with-Wireds-GeekDad?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m8d28-Star-Wars-The-Old-Republic-Sith-warrior-game-footage?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner There is game play footage for Star Wars: The Old Republic. This goes into detail about the rogue, and how the "cover system" works. The cover system allows the rogue to hide behind objects like rocks and walls, seeking safety during a figh... Upcoming Games Star Wars: The Old Republic Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:56:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m8d28-Star-Wars-The-Old-Republic-Sith-warrior-game-footage?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m8d28-Champions-Online-releases-today?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner Champions goes live today for anyone who pre-ordered the game. All other subscriptions begin September 1.Champions is a mixed bag of reviews from the closed and open beta. Not everyone likes all of the features of the game, but there are those that p... Champions Online Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:42:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-14467-SF-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m8d28-Champions-Online-releases-today?cid=exrss-SF-MMORPG-Examiner