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The Hordes is a new vertical shooter by the developer of Destructivator and Return to Sector 9 . There is a hint of Galaxians here, but the difference is that enemy waves get increasingly difficult to destroy whenever your ship receives a weapon upgrade...
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Another interview with Edmund McMillen of Cryptic Sea, co-creator of Gish, Triachnid, Coil and numerous other indie, freeware and Flash releases. Part one of this interview can be found here. Hi Edmund, it's been two months since we last spoke. How's...
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At Games Convention in Leipzig, MMORPG.com caught up with Sergio dos Santos of Ankama, the company behind the upcoming MMORPG, Wakfu. While some might scoff at the game's stylized graphics, the developers at Ankama are working on creating a truly dynamic world for their players. Read More...
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Filed under: World of Warcraft , Fantasy , News items In the wake of a series of comments by Blizzard reps hinting at an eventual overhaul of World of Warcraft 's graphics engine, Worldofwar.net contacted Lead Producer J. Allen Brack for clarification. Brack responded by describing specific changes to the engine that will be in the Wrath of the Lich King expansion, and then by making a pretty major revelation about the nature of the overhaul. According to Brack, Blizzard will be making the changes...
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For those of you out there who just can't get enough of that mad cat Hello Kitty, the dev team sanrio Co. have sent along this new trailer for the upcoming MMORPG. Read More...
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MMORPG.com and IGG have teamed up to give you a "newbie pack" for Wonderland Online. This little gift will give players 3X bonus XP gain for a couple hours in game. Read More...
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Filed under: Fantasy , Sci-fi , Business models , Events, real-world , MMO industry , Ryzom , Free-to-play With the recent news of Ryzo m 's slow rebirth, allowing previous subscribers to reactivate their accounts for free, we're happy to report that free accounts are open to new players as well. This new account reactivation is happening in increments though, so if you've unsuccessfully applied previously, be patient! These activation stages will occur when each previous limit is reached...
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Filed under: Fantasy , Lord of the Rings Online , Lore We've always enjoyed Turbine 's regular The Lord of the Rings Online Lorebook updates. The Lorebook is essentially a wiki that contains both gameplay information and Middle-earth lore. Some of the entries are made by players, and some are official. They usually focus on a particular character or place that Turbine has extrapolated or expanded from J.R.R. Tolkien's book trilogy. The North American LotRO site hadn't been updated...
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Filed under: Sci-fi , Video , MMO industry , New titles , Previews , News items , Blackstar Sci-fi MMO fans received some bad news when Spacetime Studios recently announced that their Blackstar IP was in jeopardy, due to needing a publisher for the title. Surprisingly, selling a publisher on the IP -- where action occurs both in space and on the ground -- has been a challenge. While they may be on the ropes, Spacetime Studios is far from throwing in the towel with Blackstar. They've announced...
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More indie games featured on this week's Bytejacker : Robson's Wall of Words , Team Polarity's Polarity and Tatsuya Koyama's GENETOS . ( YouTube video ) Bytejacker episode 5 Read More...