Archive for July 29th, 2009

Next ArticlePittsburgh MMORPG Examiner Dungeons & Dragons Online further blurs the line between PTP and FTP

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

There used to be a chasm between an MMORPG that required a monthly fee to play and those that did not.  Pay-to-Play (PTP) games offered much better graphics, deeper and richer game play, and a huge world in which to adventure. Free-to-Play (FTP) gave you less of everything; they were ...

City of Heroes rewards loyalty with Going Rogue closed beta access, more

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

City of Heroes offers perks for its most loyal players Paragon Studios announced today a new loyalty program for its City of Heroes/Villains game.  Anyone who keeps their account active between August 15, 2009 and November 15, 2009 will be rewarded with closed beta access to the upcoming City of Heroes: ...

Exclusive: World Of Warcraft’s U.S. Retail Sales Total 8.6 Million

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Blizzard's World Of Warcraft has sold a spectacular 8.6 million copies to date, according to NPD data provided to Gamasutra. Following the revelation that The Sims 3 sold more than 800,000 copies in its first month at U.S. retail, Gamasutra followed up with NPD to find out how well WoW -- ...

Just don’t say “priceless”

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

We got quite a few good photoshopped victory pictures in the email after our suggestion that you send us some a few weeks ago, so you'll probably see a few of them here in the column over the next few weeks (assuming, that is, we don't get any hilarious chat ...

Ever Quest Profession Listing

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Fighter Archetype - Fighters use brute strength and sturdy weapons to deal physical damage to their enemies. Always at the forefront of combat, fighters stand toe-to-toe with opponents while keeping their allies from harm. No matter the risk, fighters never back down from a challenge.

The Guild comic book, and other news from the SDCC panel

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

The Guild's Twitter account is tweeting up a storm from the panel about our favorite Internet series at Comic-Con, and there's a whole downpour of news already. Probably biggest is the news that Dark Horse Comics will be publishing a comic book featuring characters from Felicia Day's show, penned by ...

We’ve got spirit, yes we do!

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

It's pretty routine to run across complaints in World of Warcraft communities about poor DPS showing up to PuGs. When I say poor DPS, I don't mean the unfortunate soul who just dinged 80 and is running around in greens far below their class' hit cap. You would reasonably expect ...