Thursday, March 26, 2015

MMORPG.com Daily Digest - March 26 2015

MMORPG Daily Digest - March 26 2015


MMORPG
DAILY
DIGEST
March 26, 2015
Moonrise first caught my eye with its distinctive art style. Really, it reminded me of Free Realms, one of my favorite casual MMOs that featured some of my favorite graphics. I'm a bit of a fan of stylized graphics. I also noticed that Moonrise offered monster collecting and combat, not something I am normally a huge fan of, but it looked so nice I continued to get excited.
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Over the next four weeks, the ESTsoft folks are partnering up with us to dive deep into Cabal 2's six unique classes. This week, we're focusing on the finger-waggling cloth-wearers of the MMO sequel: the Wizard and the Priest.
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This week Rob is back talking about crowdfunding, which he is loath to do, and what he sees as the start to a possibly disturbing trend. Read on to get your feathers riled up.
Read more here
Last week, the TGN folks penned an article about some excellent Youtubers, and despite being titled a little misleading, it brought up a good point: who do you trust when it comes to Youtube videos? And yes, it's OK if it's not us here at MMORPG.com.
Read more here
Pillars of Eternity exploded into the limelight with the massive success of its 2012 Kickstarter and lit the fire that would ignite the CRPG revolution. Nearly two and a half years later, the game has finally arrived. The question is, did it deliver?
Read more here
The Warhammer 40k: Eternal Crusade team has sent word that tomorrow's live stream will feature a production update, a first look at the game's UI, a developer Q&A and some great give aways.
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It's a touchy subject, but spurred on by the recent discussion regarding Skyforge's monetization model I figure now is a good a time as any. Let's do this: how do you, the player, define Pay to Win (P2W) in your games?
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The Rift site has been updated with a new developer blog post to lay out all of the details about the forthcoming "Echoes of Madness" patch that most notably will contain significant changes to the game's wardrobe system.
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Cryptic Studios has announced that XBox One version of Neverwinter is now available on the Marketplace for pre-download. Neverwinter's XBox One version is scheduled to launch on Tuesday, March 31st.
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The Skyforge team is ready to take the wraps off all of the thirteen classes that will be present in the game on launch.
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Artcraft has announced that the KickStarter initiative to fund the development of Crowfall has officially ended. The program raised nearly $1.8M and several stretch goals were added along the way. The final total is nearly a million dollars more than originally required to complete Crowfall.
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Legendary weapons in Guild Wars 2 have, up to now, only been available by purchasing from the trading post, through the Mystic Forge, or via drops. However, Heart of Thorns will change all that and allow players to embark on a journey to craft their own Legendary Weapons.
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Skyforge's community manager Maeron has taken to the official forums with a strong statement about the ongoing discussion of the game's monetization strategy. The statement was penned in response to players "pasting" the P2W accusation on Skyforge. According to Maeron, such allegations damage a game's reputation before it has a chance to launch and that players must place some level of trust in the developers creating the game.
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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Turbine have announced that today marks the official launch date for Infinite Crisis, a MOBA based in the DC "Multiverse". New Steam bundles were also announced that give players a pair of packages with heroes and other in-game items to choose from.
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XBox One and PlayStation 4 users who want to see what The Crew is all about can now take advantage of a special 2-hour free trial of the game, according to a post on the game's official site.
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Saturday marks yet another test for Das Tal and the team has created a brand new video to show off some of the most significant changes players can expect to see after logging in.
Read more here
This week Rob is back talking about crowdfunding, which he is loath to do, and what he sees as the start to a possibly disturbing trend. Read on to get your feathers riled up.
Read more here
Moonrise first caught my eye with its distinctive art style. Really, it reminded me of Free Realms, one of my favorite casual MMOs that featured some of my favorite graphics. I'm a bit of a fan of stylized graphics. I also noticed that Moonrise offered monster collecting and combat, not something I am normally a huge fan of, but it looked so nice I continued to get excited.
Read more here
The City-State Entertainment team has sent word that it will be co-hosting a special live stream event this Saturday, March 28th at 1:00 pm Eastern / 10:00 am Pacific. Co-hosting with the development team will be CohhCarnage whose Twitch.tv channel will be used for the special event. Cohh is a former Dark Age of Camelot player and fan.
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Several of the Sword Coast Legends developers will be on hand tomorrow, Thursday, March 26th for the second game play live stream event. Hosted by Game Director Dan Tudge, the Twitch event will reveal the first information about both the Dungeon Crawl and Dungeon Master systems that will ship with the game.
Read more here
Over the next four weeks, the ESTsoft folks are partnering up with us to dive deep into Cabal 2's six unique classes. This week, we're focusing on the finger-waggling cloth-wearers of the MMO sequel: the Wizard and the Priest.
Read more here
Last week, the TGN folks penned an article about some excellent Youtubers, and despite being titled a little misleading, it brought up a good point: who do you trust when it comes to Youtube videos? And yes, it's OK if it's not us here at MMORPG.com.
Read more here
Pillars of Eternity exploded into the limelight with the massive success of its 2012 Kickstarter and lit the fire that would ignite the CRPG revolution. Nearly two and a half years later, the game has finally arrived. The question is, did it deliver?
Read more here
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