http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner en-us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:46:17 -0700 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:44:03 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m7d31-MMOs-on-the-Mac-WAR-joining-the-list?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner From the official siteWorld of Warcraft does it, and so does EVE. You can even get LOTRO to do it if you have help. And now, one more is going to do it - Warhammer Online is going to be available for Mac users. Real ones, not just the people who... MMO News Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:44:03 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m7d31-MMOs-on-the-Mac-WAR-joining-the-list?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m7d30-MMORPG-101-Getting-into-beta-testing?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner A lab rat coping with the unexpected - that's YOU as a beta tester.I have not been doing the world's greatest job posting news here on the Examiner, but I have a great excuse. I'm managing the alpha test for an upcoming MMO (no, for real, it doesn't ... Outsiders Looking In Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:42:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m7d30-MMORPG-101-Getting-into-beta-testing?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m7d24-Stargate-Worlds-on-the-edge-stillagain?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner From the official siteAfter limping along for months with an uncertain future, it looks like the final deadline for Stargate Worlds is upon us. "Dead" being the operative word, here - if they don't get the money, MGM is going to kill it.Bra... MMO News Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:46:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m7d24-Stargate-Worlds-on-the-edge-stillagain?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m7d23-Warcraft-The-movie-Sam-Raimi-Head-exploding?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner "This is my boomstick!"My brain is still in little pieces on the floor. World of Warcraft, at a theater near you? I've been up to my neck working on a sports MMO for the last few days, and when I finally came up for air, that was the first ... Outsiders Looking In Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:18:59 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m7d23-Warcraft-The-movie-Sam-Raimi-Head-exploding?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m7d21-Fallen-Earth-launch-date-is-September-9-2009?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner The press release that came out today confirmed what we all knew - Fallen Earth is definitely launching this fall. Specifically, September 9. Anyone who wants to take a look at this game should register to participate in their stress test this Sat... MMO News Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:27:32 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m7d21-Fallen-Earth-launch-date-is-September-9-2009?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m7d20-Aion-North-America-launching-September-22-new-sites-live-now?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner Just got a press release from the people at Aion! They wanted to pimp out a few links, and I'm up to my neck with other work today. So while it's not exactly New York Times level reporting, sometimes it's reposting or nothing.Aion Online (the w... MMO News Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:59:13 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m7d20-Aion-North-America-launching-September-22-new-sites-live-now?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m7d17-Darkfall-Eurogamer-drama-rereview--4-out-of-10?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner "Want better score NOW!"The re-review offered by Eurogamer to Darkfall is now live.The original score of 2/10 has been raised... to 4/10.The interludes alone make this review worth reading. Eurogamer picked the perfect person to handle this... MMO News Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:39:46 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m7d17-Darkfall-Eurogamer-drama-rereview--4-out-of-10?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m7d17-City-of-Heroes-Issue-16-even-more-of-a-sandbox?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner From the official siteCity of Heroes continues its quest to be, if not the newest superhero game online, then the most sandbox style game possible. The newest issue (not yet live) lets everyone have access to every power, if I'm reading this pre... MMO News Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:41:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m7d17-City-of-Heroes-Issue-16-even-more-of-a-sandbox?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m7d16-MMORPG-101-How-do-I-get-a-response-to-my-customer-service-ticket?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner This picture would be more accurate with a cigarette.There are millions of us players, and only a few dozen of them. They are customer service representatives, and they are the thin red line between us and the kind of frustration that leads to fatal... Outsiders Looking In Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:01:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m7d16-MMORPG-101-How-do-I-get-a-response-to-my-customer-service-ticket?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m7d14-Dungeon-Fighter-Online-taking-closed-beta-applications?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner I loved Street Fighter. By one measure, and that one measure being a W/L ratio, I was really good. By any rational measure, I was horrible. I just mashed buttons, so I was totally unpredictable. I also tended to shriek unnervingly in the way that onl... MMO News Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:29:29 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m7d14-Dungeon-Fighter-Online-taking-closed-beta-applications?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m7d13-Darkfall-North-America-launches-um-now?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner Apparently hoping to avoid the launch drama they experienced during the EU launch, the team behind Darkfall has very, very quietly opened their North American server. I suspect they are not actively pursuing reviewers, either. I'm not being snarky! O... MMO News Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:02:50 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m7d13-Darkfall-North-America-launches-um-now?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m7d10-Aion-Spiritmaster-class-information?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner Not a spiritmaster. Ten Ton Hammer posted their interview with Associate Producer Lani Blazier. The topic? The Spiritmaster class. If you think you might play this pet class in Aion, read the whole thing. If you are like me and will never play a han... MMO News Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:49:13 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m7d10-Aion-Spiritmaster-class-information?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m7d9-Come-back-to-Conan?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner As is customary with MMO companies that have released giant patches that dramatically improved their game, Age of Conan has reactivated all cancelled accounts for the next two weeks. If you start patching now you might be able to play when the weeken... MMO News Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:12:45 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m7d9-Come-back-to-Conan?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m7d8-Youve-got-your-Bioware-in-my-Mythic-part-one?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner Dark elf meets trooper? Image from a cosplay threadIn what will no doubt be a continuing series as fans of both Bioware and Mythic watch to see how the not-a-merger plays out, we have our first entry, courtesy of Eurogamer.Their headline, Mythic wil... MMO News Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:23:43 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m7d8-Youve-got-your-Bioware-in-my-Mythic-part-one?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m7d6-AOC-director-Dont-even-think-about-my-game-and-NGE-in-the-same-sentence?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner  Craig Morrison did a short and straightforward interview with MMORPG.com (where I'm also a writer, although I didn't have anything to do with the interview). He talked about 1.5, and some of the thinking behind it. The interview is definitely n... MMO News Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:25:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m7d6-AOC-director-Dont-even-think-about-my-game-and-NGE-in-the-same-sentence?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m7d3-DDO-store-taking-microtransactions-to-a-new-place?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner I didn't have time to make a new DDO picture.One of the terrific writers at Massively has written up his experiences with the new in-game store in Dungeons and Dragons Online. I encourage you to read that article to get all of the nuances, and besid... MMO News Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:00:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m7d3-DDO-store-taking-microtransactions-to-a-new-place?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m7d2-New-version-of-Omerta-a-text-MMO?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner From the official siteBefore there were mice, there were dice. Only the most callow MMO players are unaware of the debt the genre owes the D&D players of yore. But in between mice and dice were MUDs - "multi-user dungeons." Now tha... MMO News Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:58:56 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m7d2-New-version-of-Omerta-a-text-MMO?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m6d30-China-outlaws-gold-farming-in-theory?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner I couldn't find any gold pitchforks.Hat tip to Massively, who got it from Game Politics: The country of China is attempting to limit virtual currency to the game that uses that currency, and in effect outlaw the sale of virtual gold for real money.As... Random Thoughts Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:01:04 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m6d30-China-outlaws-gold-farming-in-theory?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m6d29-Champions-Online-open-beta-on-track-for-August?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner On Friday, the awesome Champions Online Daily News site told us that open beta for the superhero title has been penciled in for "slap bang in the middle of August." That being the case (and Cryptic confirmed it), a September launch is at th... MMO News Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:07:50 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m6d29-Champions-Online-open-beta-on-track-for-August?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m6d26-Age-of-Conan-releases-dev-walkthrough-video-for-Tarantia-Commons?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner I won't say Funcom has a pattern here, because two examples aren't a big enough sample. But I will say that the available evidence shows that Funcom has trouble with launches, has trouble finishing their MMOs before they launch, and through sheer t... MMO News Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:48:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5353-MMORPG-Examiner~y2009m6d26-Age-of-Conan-releases-dev-walkthrough-video-for-Tarantia-Commons?cid=exrss-MMORPG-Examiner