Entries from The Asian Power Hour tagged with 'MMO'
Conference - Virtual Worlds: Innovating & Investing in the Metaverse
Mike forwarded me to this conference on Virtual Worlds taking place next Tuesday (April 8th) at UC Irvine from 6-8 a while back, and after getting in touch with the program coordinators, they were kind enough to waive the...
The beginning of the MMMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Mobile Online Role Playing Game) era
OK. I know MMMO is a better term since RPGs aren't the only genre in this category, but hey, I had to make this title as long as possible. When I picked up a N-Gage QD way back in...
MMO Design: A look at death in virtual worlds
I was looking through my RSS feeds today when I saw this gem linked through Kotaku. It's a fairly interesting look at the concept of the death penalty in MMO design. While the article is well written, I don't...
Granado Espada Lands in the New World
Well now, it's looks like patch 2.4 has arrived for Granado Espada, and it's a pretty major one. Long story short, this free expansion basically adds some Latin America flair to G.E., new quests and mini-games, and a new...
Lineage II Starts a Giant Push for Subscribers in Asia With New Expansion
Lineage II recently received it's biggest expansion since launch, including the new playable Kamael race. The Kamael are a one winged "dark angel" race with a major focus on physical melee combat. Lineage II never had the popularity of...
Dungeon Runners In-Game Ad Asplosion
Dungeon Runners, aka the brother of WoW that was beat too much as a kid has just launched in-game advertising along with their Chunk 2 (2nd Expansion) update. For those of you who haven't played Dungeon Runners, it's a...
Lord of the Rings Online Price Gets Nerfed (IE $10 Decent MMORPG)
As you read this, GameStop is offering a special promotional offer for Turbine's Lord of the Rings Online. For a piddly 10 Dollars, you can get a standard copy of Lord of the Rings Online (1 month subscription included)....
Emergent Play Through Music in Lord of the Rings Online
I've been playing Lord of the Rings Online for a little while now, and while it has a few interesting twists on standard MMO design, one thing really stood out for me, the music creation system available to every player....
Gender Bending in Online Games
An interesting article from ABC news on perhaps why male and female players decide to play opposing genders, besides the fairly obvious of course. The article focuses more on the role-playing characteristics of MMOs as it talks about avatar...
Recent Trends in Japanese Gaming: Part 3; PC/Console MMOS
Being a big fan of MMOs, I decided to go and figure do a bit of research on the Japanese, MMO market, which really has never taken off. Of the classic computer MMORPGS, there are quite a few in the...
Maple Story Goes Portable
Korean developer Nexon is bringing their flagship MMORPG Maple Story to the portable scene on the Nintendo DS. Due out later in the year, screenshots of the game so far look pretty much like the PC version, but not...
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