Archive for the ‘MMORPG News’ Category

Warhammer Online v1.0.5 Goes Live

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 0 views

Mythic has set the version 1.0.5 of Warhammer Online live (the servers should be back up by now). Highlights of the update version include: With 1.0.5 comes The Heavy Metal event! Fight and adventure for your chance to play the Knight of The Blazing Sun and The Blackguard before anyone ...

EverQuest® II THE SHADOW ODYSSEY™ set to UNVEIL ITS ONLINE WORLD

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 0 views

Fifth Expansion for Critically Acclaimed Video Game Arrives Video game players around the world are powering up their PCs as the new EverQuest® II expansion, The Shadow Odyssey™, is scheduled to launch worldwide Nov. 18. The Shadow Odyssey is the fifth expansion for the critically acclaimed EQII franchise developed by Sony ...

Age of Conan (Finally) Gets DirectX 10 in Next Patch

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 1 views

next patch will include the long awaited DirectX 10 graphics engine upgrades fans have been promised since the game's launch half a year ago, according to creator Funcom.  "We are now preparing to take the DirectX 10 version of the game from our internal testing servers out to the public ...

Death Knight Tanking

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 0 views

From: http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/11/16/lichborne-death-knight-tanking/ Welcome to the first post-Wrath installment of Lichborne, the weekly Death Knight column. Join Daniel Whitcomb on the bleeding edge of a new and untried class. So Wrath is upon us, and we can finally start leveling our Death Knights on the live servers. That's right, this time it's for ...

15-year-old collapses after playing Wrath for hours on no sleep or food

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 4 views

Reader Danny sent us this article from Holland Sweden, where apparently (a rough translation of the piece, thanks to Google, is after the break), a young boy of 15 was taken to the hospital after collapsing while playing Wrath of the Lich King. He reportedly had played the game for ...

Warhammer Online plays some Heavy Metal

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 0 views

November 18-December 1 New live-event coming to the game, giving players early access to new content. Players of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning have a couple of new features to look forward to. The Heavy Metal quest—a live, in-game event—will run from November 18 until December 1. The armies of ...

Drastic Changes Needed for Warhammer Online

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 0 views

I promise this won't be a depressing entry.    I want to start off though by setting the tone for why some of these changes need to come to the game and why action taken sooner, rather than later, is mandatory.  Today was another rotten day for me because I was ...