The 1.5 update for Rift: Planes of Telara was released today featuring brand new content for players that sees Rift continue to put distance between itself and World of Warcraft by doing some nifty little things.
The Ashes of History are upon us! Two sinister dragon cults have joined forces to ravage Telara. The reason for this alliance remains a mystery, but scholars see a connection to dark portents from across the sea.
Finally, after what seems like a lifetime, Bioware has announced an official release date for the most anticipated MMO in history. Star Wars: The Old Republic will officially be released on December 22, 2012.
Pre-orders have been available for two months, with many fans of the game already purchasing their copies. Now the release date is announced, it is expected that pre-order copies of the game will sell out quickly, so it is advisable to do it sooner rather than later if you wish to enter the universe on release day.
The Lord of the Rings Online: The Rise of Isengard, is the third expansion for the popular MMO based in the Tolkein universe and is currently in closed beta testing. Today the beta NDA was lifted.
With the NDA lifted new information has begun to surface around the main features of the expansion, which are:
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Gamescom saw NCSoft detail Guild Wars 2 in greater detail including numerous screenshots, an information pack and a video. Following on from the massively successful original, Guild Wars, the sequel and looks to expand its market share in the MMORPG market.
Guild Wars 2 is a visually stunning, deeply customisable fantasy game that radically alters the MMO landscape.
Featuring visceral, powerful action-orientated combat; unique personalised storylines; a vast, living world that player’s choices can really change; intense player vs. player action; and gorgeous handcrafted artistry.
Prior to the launch of Dawn of Fantasy this September, Reverie World Studios and 505 Games are extending an invitation to all MMO-RTS fans to register now for the game’s Open Beta.
Players can build up a mighty stronghold, engage in three quest-based campaigns as Elves, Orcs, or Men, and fight for supremacy in any of the four game modes.
Dawn of Fantasy is one of the first true MMORTS (Massively Multiplayer Online Real Time Strategy) titles, meaning that it offers an evolving online environment. You will be gathering resources, constructing buildings and walls, directing your citizens, completing quests in service of mighty nobles and fiendish rogues, and managing your economy.
Quest towards heroic glory with all-new Power of the Nexus Force content.
LEGO Universe fans can now get ready to gear up and reap the benefits of their in-game adventures with the new level progression system! With the addition of the progression system, players will feel more powerful than ever before! In the latest content update, players can also look forward to new rewards, new Faction Kits, and new cooperative play opportunities.
As players complete in-game missions to unlock achievements and points, minifigures will now rise through the ranks up to level 40 in the new levelling system. Levelling up will give players a sense of achievement for their progress, and reward them as they unleash their creativity.
Enticing new rewards await the most courageous LEGO minifigures in LEGO Universe, as new equipment, abilities and backpack slots are unlocked. If players have ever sought a way to display their heroics, this is the perfect chance! (more…)
Ragnarok Online is getting a Single-Player incarnation, Ragnarok Violet, on the iOS devices courtesy of Gravity Interactive, Inc.
Gravity Interactive’s most famous and very popular MMORPG is being released as a single-player iPhone/iPad application which can be found on the Apple’s App Store on August 5, 2011. The game will be available and free to download from the Apple’s App Store.
Today NEXON Europe launches a brand new teaser website for the much anticipated free-to-play Action MMORPG Vindictus Europe, which will be released in Europe this autumn.
Besides letting you in on the game’s dark and haunting story and the varied set of heroes, the website introduces a gameplay trailer that gives you a deeper insight on the upcoming online sensation.
Furthermore you’re invited to join the Facebook fan page and sign up for the Vindictus Europe newsletter to receive free real-time up-to-date notifications regarding the game’s updates. This way, you will never miss any exclusive insights to this year’s MMORPG hit.
Gala Networks Europe, one of the leading free-to-play games publishers and operator of the www.gPotato.eu portal, is delighted to announce Allods Online: Renaissance.
This will be the first update for Allods Online, its triple-A MMORPG, since the official launch in May 2011.
Due to go live in mid/late July, the update includes the highest-level dungeon so far in the Allods universe and a set of new features including a reincarnation system, an all-new character creation interface, changes to dynamic events and improvements to Astral travel. (more…)
In GameSamba’s F2P MMO Realms Online, the Redcoats are coming—and they want brains!
Starting Friday, July 1st, get ready for two weeks of 4th of July festivities as players must purge the warzone of the invading redcoat zombie forces.
Killing the zombies and keeping their realms safe will allow players to earn special Independence Day costumes, modeled after colonial era clothing. (more…)
