We have written before about the Runes of Magic Chapter III The Elder Kingdoms expansion. One just as exciting update will follow known as Siege Wars. Runes of Magic Siege Wars is a new Player vs. Player mode. It provides two guilds, two castles and a whole mess of siege engines. The goal is to destroy your opponents walls. Catapults, rams, ballistas, and more will be available. You must sieze your opponents energy crystals and resource nodes. Patch 2.1.7 Siege Wars has not yet announced a release date.
Below is a new high definition trailer for the upcoming expansion. It is about 1.5 minutes long. Check it out below……………..
We wrote recently about the 1 year anniversary for the Runes of Magic massively multiplayer online role playing game. Frogster and Runewaker Entertainment are offering up some freebies to celebrate that and St. Patrick’s Day.
Below is a list of the special giveaways and events.
Free Runes of Magic Anniversary Bonuses:
We have written many times about the EverQuest massively multiplayer online role playing game.
The popular EverQuest MMORPG is celebrating it’s 11 year anniversary. Sony Online Entertainment is celebrating with many in-game events. SOE aquired the game in 1999. In 2004 the game reached over 430,000 players. The events will run from March 16, 2010 until April 26, 2010. There will be special missions, raids, groups, discounts (20-50 percent off), and prizes.
EverQuest III (EverQuest Next) is still in development. Check out the below high definition EverQuest 2 Sentinel’s Fate trailer and below class list…………………….
Eve Online continues it’s 7 year run with their 13th expansion: Tyrannis. The release date has not yet been announced but expect testing to commence this summer. Players will finally be able to explore planets, build infrastructure, harvest them, enslave the people and set them to work, and more.
EVE Gate (a web based portal) will also allow you to check on your status, stats, and monitor gameplay and plan. This is the first step towards planetary combat with DUST 514.
Check out the below video overview of the upcoming Eve Online: Tyrannis Expansion. The video is about 6 minutes long……………………..
We have written frequently about the effect that the economy has had on the purchase and playing of video games and MMORPGs frequently. There was really more MMORPG playing during a recession and less purchases.
Despite that the United States alone spent a staggering $3.8 Billion on MMORPG games in 2009 alone (whether through subscriptions, virtual currency, download costs, or microtransactions). The number of gamers playing massively multiplayer online role playing games has increased to fourty six million with the average player spending $15.10 a month on MMOs.
Top earners include………………………………………..
I am a huge fan of the BattleStar Galactica series that ran on the Sci Fi channel (that’s right I refuse to call it the SyFy channel). So I am very exceited that at GDC 2010 a BattleStar Galactica massively multiplayer online role playing game was announced. Bigpoint which is owned by NBC Universal will be releasing the game by the end of the year (hopefully). The game will most likely be cross platform and browser based and have integration with PC as well as iPhone play. Bigpoint specializes in free to play games although it is not clear if BattleStar Galactica will fall into this category.
It would of course been much smarter to release such a game while BattleStar Galactica was still on the air. I just hope they do not make the same mistakes as………………………….
It doesn’t seem possible but already a year has passed for the Runes of Magic massively multiplayer online role playing game. Runewaker and Frogster Entertainment has a lot to celebrate given the huge success and awards the Runes of Magic free MMORPG has earned.
There will be several in-game events, contests, and special promotions. For the entire week double XP and TP will be available. Birthday wings of devil, holy, and silver will be handed out.
Runes of Magic has reached about 3 million players and has announced a partnership with Vivox to provide in-game chat. The voice will be in high definition quality…………………….
It is no secret that AION Online has brought NCsoft record profits. With that in mind they have been working hard on the upcoming Aion patch update. The 1.9 expansion has some really great features. We have listed the top 10 features of it below.
Also check out the new high definition gameplay video below…………………..
It was February 8, 2010 when Free Realms had reached 8 million players. The announcement came today that Free Realms has now reached 9 million registered players. This is explosive growth in just 1 month.
Sony Online Entertainment president John Smedley said: “We believe the persistent exercise of capturing in-game research inside Free Realms has been a huge contributing factor as to why we’ve attracted over nine million players in less than a year. It truly helps us give our players a game where they can do and be whatever they want.”
In fact the site is so popular that their web site is currently down!
Free Realms continues to introduce new features such as the recent new mounts of a Dragon and T-Rex with horses coming out soon. New pets of an owl and groundhog are also coming up soon.
Free Realms is a free to play massively multiplayer online role playing game targeted to kids age 10 and above.
Check out the below high definition gameplay video. The video is about 4 minutes long. Check it out below…………………….
Just a few months after their release date, the Alganon massively multiplayer online role playing game has announced that they will be switching to a subscription free model and eliminating the subscription. There will of course still be a cover price to purchase the game. This change will be made immediately. I wonder how long it will be until Alganon becomes entirely free-to-play? The Alganon MMORPG will use an item shop to sell items and advancement.
A new patch will release on March 11, 2010 and an additional patch will release on April 8, 2010. We will see how Quest Online fairs with these changes.
The below video shows some Alganon players dancing for joy at the news. Check it out below. The video is 30 seconds long……………………
