http://www.mmorpg.com Your Headquarters for MMORPG Gaming! News, Forms, E-mail, Chat, and our famous Game List! Copyright Cyber Creations Inc. 2001-2010 editor@mmorpg.com admin@mmorpg.com MMORPG Games 60 MMORPG.com has been given 2000 special event keys for Bright Shadow. These keys are just for new registered players. If you use this key and level your characters to at least level 15 by February 28 you will be entered to win prizes! http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16176/Special-Contest-Gift-Keys Bright Shadow News news@mmorpg.com http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16176 MMORPG.COM News Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:45:27 GMT According to Electronic Arts' investors report, Realtime Worlds' cops-n-robbers themed MMOG, All Points Bulletin, will not be making its Q1 2010 release date. Instead, EA's report lists APB in EA's Q2 2011 fiscal year, or Q3 2010. http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16175/Delayed-to-Q3-2010 All Points Bulletin News news@mmorpg.com http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16175 MMORPG.COM News Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:20:34 GMT Sony Online Entertainment has announced that over eight million unique users have registered to play their kids MMOG, Free Realms. The Festival of Hearts, this year's Valentine's Day event in Free Realms, was also announced today, and is set to kick off sometime this week. http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16174/8-Million-Registered-Users-Valentines-Event-Announced Free Realms News news@mmorpg.com http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16174 MMORPG.COM News Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:21:37 GMT Not long ago we reported on the record-shattering $330,000 purchase of the Crystal Palace property in First Planet Company's Planet Calypso. Today, we bring news of the sale of yet another high-ticket item, this time, a unique virtual egg, which has sold for $69,000. http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16173/Planet-Calypso-Virtual-Egg-Sells-for-69000 Entropia Universe News news@mmorpg.com http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16173 MMORPG.COM News Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:48:03 GMT The Bullroarer test server is now host to the Volume III, Book I update for The Lord of the Rings Online. http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16172/Volume-III-Book-I-Now-on-Test-Server Lord of the Rings Online News news@mmorpg.com http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16172 MMORPG.COM News Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:37:32 GMT Guilds and guild leaders have a unique perspective on the world of MMORPGs. Today, Sean Stalzer answers a number of questions for the guild that he leads known as The Syndicate. http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16171/Guild-Perspective-The-Syndicate General News news@mmorpg.com http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16171 MMORPG.COM News Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:30:50 GMT Former Pirates of the Burning Sea players (account must have been closed and inactive since January 22nd, 2008) have been invited back to the game for a free month, which kicked off on February 5th, and will end on March 5th at 11:59 PM PST. http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16170/Play-Free-Until-March-5th Pirates of the Burning Sea News news@mmorpg.com http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16170 MMORPG.COM News Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:27:10 GMT MMORPG.com is pleased to present these three new screenshots from the upcoming MMORPG, Mytheon. http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16169/Exclusive-Screenshots-Week-2 Mytheon News news@mmorpg.com http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16169 MMORPG.COM News Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:14:17 GMT Version 1.06 of Age of Conan finally went live last Friday, bringing new Guild Renown, and token systems to Age of Conan. The update also introduces a new Tier 3 raid instance to the game, and rounds out with an Assassin revamp, as well as a crowd control balance-pass. http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16168/106-Now-Live Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures News news@mmorpg.com http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16168 MMORPG.COM News Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:10:54 GMT Aion player Cerafina asks about the status of fort timers in this month's Eye on Community letter, and receives some pretty positive results! Aion Community Manager Andrew "Tamat" Beegle reveals that NCsoft has compared their internal data to their player survey data and will be making a change to Aion's fort capture timers. The new timer will be extended to one hour, up from its original half hour window. http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16167/Eye-on-Community-Reveals-Capture-Timer-Changes Aion News news@mmorpg.com http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16167 MMORPG.COM News Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:00:31 GMT MMORPG.com writer Bill Murphy takes this look at what NetDevil's Jumpgate Evolution has to learn from its predecessors in the sci-fi MMO market. http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16166/What-JGE-Can-Learn-from-SciFi-Games Jumpgate Evolution News news@mmorpg.com http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16166 MMORPG.COM News Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:58:48 GMT MMORPG.com's Richard Aihoshi writes this article about the way that games have changed over the past decade and speaks to three distinguished developers who share their thoughts on the decade's most notable developments and happenings. http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16165/The-MMOG-Landscape-in-the-2000s General News news@mmorpg.com http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16165 MMORPG.COM News Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:30:55 GMT MMORPG.com's Free Zone columnist Richard Aihoshi takes a look at the recent downsizing at Red 5 Studios, Star Trek Online and more in this week's article. http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16164/5-9-F2P-a-Million-and-More General News news@mmorpg.com http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16164 MMORPG.COM News Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:49:13 GMT Star Wars: The Old Republic explains the Sith Inquisitor class. http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16162/The-Sith-Inquisitor Star Wars: The Old Republic News news@mmorpg.com http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16162 MMORPG.COM News Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:50:34 GMT Every Friday during the month of February, the team from Earthrise will provide us with three new screenshots from their upcoming MMO. http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16161/Exclusive-Screenshots-Week-1 Earthrise News news@mmorpg.com http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16161 MMORPG.COM News Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:26:20 GMT In December the folks behind the popular MMORPG Dofus, released a major update to their game and dubbed it: Dofus 2.0. Today, MMORPG.com's Garrett Fuller asks a few questions of Lead Designer Mathieu Bourgain. http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16160/Dofus-20-Interview Dofus News news@mmorpg.com http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16160 MMORPG.COM News Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:42:26 GMT Jaime Skelton uses her Player Perspectives blog this week to talk about the phenomenon of launch day and how it can make even the most hardened cynic at least temporarily into an MMO believer. http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16159/Launch-Day-Hypocrisy- General News news@mmorpg.com http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16159 MMORPG.COM News Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:34:57 GMT Guild Renown has come to Age of Conan in yesterday's roll out of the game's Update 6. Today, the team from Funcom tells us what the new feature is all about. http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16158/Introducting-Guild-Renown Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures News news@mmorpg.com http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16158 MMORPG.COM News Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:12:19 GMT Magic World ONline opens new server for players titled "Eclipse." http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16157/New-Server-Eclipse-Opens Magic World Online News news@mmorpg.com http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16157 MMORPG.COM News Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:57:44 GMT Due to an overwhelming response to the first 5,000 Aika beta keys - we have been issued a second set of 5,000 keys for our community! Get yours while you can! http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16156/5000-More-Aika-Beta-Keys Aika News news@mmorpg.com http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16156 MMORPG.COM News Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:42:48 GMT Version 2.1.6 of Frogster Interactive's free-to-play fantasy MMORPG, Runes of Magic, is now live! http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16155/Patch-216-Now-Live-New-Trailer Runes of Magic News news@mmorpg.com http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16155 MMORPG.COM News Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:42:42 GMT Turbine has announced that Update III for Dungeons & Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited is now live! This latest update to Turbine's hybrid free-to-play/subscription based MMOG makes some fairly significant changes to the game. One such example is the removal of Leveling Sigils, allowing non-paying players to hit the level cap without having to pony up cash or go through a grind. Update III also adds four free new dungeons, two new events, and a night version of Stormreach. http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16154/Update-III-Now-Live Dungeons & Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited News news@mmorpg.com http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16154 MMORPG.COM News Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:09:28 GMT This week's Community Spotlight focuses on the thought-provoking thread, "MMORPG's of the Future. 2030," by user ImmortalBird. In the thread, ImmortalBird wonders what MMOG's will be like in the future, specifically, as far out as 2030. http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16153/Community-Spotlight-The-Future-of-MMOGs General News news@mmorpg.com http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16153 MMORPG.COM News Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:04:27 GMT Phase four of the Allods Online Closed Beta test has been extended an extra week to February 10th, according to an announcement made on the official Allods Online forums. In an interesting turn of events, the closed beta has also gone, well, open, as anyone with a free gPotato account can partake in the remaining week of the beta test, no beta key required! http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16152/Closed-Beta-ExtendedGoes-Open Allods Online News news@mmorpg.com http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16152 MMORPG.COM News Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:23:15 GMT Committed to improving the game's new player experience, Darkfall's Tasos has announced a set new player protections that newbies can opt-in to so that they can get their bearings in the game world without having to deal with some of the harsher aspects of the game right out of the gate. http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16151/New-Player-Protection-Feature-Announced Darkfall News news@mmorpg.com http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16151 MMORPG.COM News Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:55:58 GMT MMORPG.com Age of Conan Reporter John Humphrey writes this look at the Aquilonia region, one of the primary areas in Funcom's Age of Conan. http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16150/Aquilonia-Jewel-of-the-West Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures News news@mmorpg.com http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16150 MMORPG.COM News Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:55:54 GMT Cryptic Studios' Stormshade has replaced David "Daeke" Bass as Champions Online Community Manager, confirming fan speculation that Daeke was no longer with Cryptic Studios. http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16149/Daeke-Out-Stormshade-In Champions Online News news@mmorpg.com http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16149 MMORPG.COM News Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:47:50 GMT Atari must be pretty happy right now, as they have announced that Star Trek Online has gotten off to a great start. How great a start? How about one million registered accounts? http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16148/One-Million-Accounts Star Trek Online News news@mmorpg.com http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16148 MMORPG.COM News Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:33:10 GMT Every Thursday in the month of January, we will feature three new screenshots from the world of the upcoming MMORPG, Allods Online. http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16147/Exclusive-Screenshots-Week-1 Allods Online News news@mmorpg.com http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16147 MMORPG.COM News Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:11:35 GMT MMORPG.com's Garrett Fuller recently spoke with Perfect World Product Manager about their upcoming MMORPG Battle of the Immortals. http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16146/Introductory-Interview Battle of the Immortals News news@mmorpg.com http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/16146 MMORPG.COM News Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:56:06 GMT