Ether Saga Online (ESO) is a Free-to-Play (F2P) MMOG from Perfect World Entertainment, the makers of Perfect World International (PWI), another F2P, and is currently in Open Beta. ESO is free to download and free to play, with the company making its money from micro-transactions at its online shop.
The world of ESO looks quite good, [...]
I’m always on the lookout for new MMORPG’s, which for the most part has been light-on of late. Ysharros put me onto this one in development, Gatheryn, a Victorian Steampunk styled game. There isn’t a great deal of information on the website, but it sounds like it will have a lot of mini-games, such as [...]
Being able to communicate with fellow players and share experiences, stories and memories was a fundamental underpinning of the magic of virtual worlds. Getting to meet people from all over the world was for me a major selling point of MMOs as it changed the “game” experience and into a “world” experience ……….
…… MMO designers [...]
Group combat in Wizard 101 is easy to get into, simply run into someone’s combat circle and if there’s a space left, you’ll join the group. Another monster or two will join the circle as well just to make it a fair fight. You can have a total of four wizards and four monsters.
Of course, [...]
Imagine for a moment that a loving uncle or grandfather has come over for a visit. You’re excited about the visit because your mother has kindly informed you that he will be bringing a gift. He arrives and surreptitiously produces a bag full of gifts. He pulls out the gifts one by one and places [...]
I’ve been questing in Khopshef Province in Stygia on my Guardian alt Averus (lvl 28), since I hadn’t done much of this zone this second time around, having quested almost entirely in Cimmeria on my Priest of Mitra. I had some quests for Bushbur House so I headed into there. I’d already been in there [...]
I’ve been perusing some of the Warhammer blogs I used to follow back when I was playing the game, and a pattern has emerged. They’re no longer there, for the most part. Snafzg has shut down his WAR blog, The Greenskin, and started a new general MMO blog. You should read his views on WAR [...]
The release of Age of Conan’s patch 1.05 is drawing near, and the forums are a mixed bag on whether it’s a good thing or not. I think a lot of AoC’s player base think that it’s a necessary change and will only improve the game, but one thing’s for certain; most of us are [...]
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