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A Chat about MMOGChart 04/11/08 2008 Indie MMO Conference Interview In her final report coming out of the Indie MMO Developers Conference, Laura Genender talks to Bruce Woodcock, better known as "Sir Bruce" of the interesting and sometimes controversial traffic-tracking site MMOGChart.com. Laura Genender
A Look Ahead with Jeff Steefel 01/07/08 Lord of the Rings Online Interview News Manager Keith Cross recently had the opportunity to talk to Lord of the Rings Online Executive Producer Jeffrey Steefel about the last year of Lord of the Rings Online and where Turbine's focus will be in 2008. Keith Cross
A Look at Crafting in Elf Online 01/07/08 Elf Online General The folks at Happymmo, the developers of Elf Online, have been kind enough to send us an overview of Elf Online's Production System, and MMORPG.com Managing Editor Jon Wood has decided to chime in with his own commentary. Jon Wood
A Look at Module 7 Part One - The Monk 05/29/08 Dungeons & Dragons Online Progress Report Recently, MMORPG.com Managing Editor Jon Wood had the opportunity to sit down for a tour of Module 7 for Dungeons and Dragons Online. In part one of this feature, Wood talks about the addition of the Monk class to the game. Jon Wood
A Look at Module 7 Part Two - Beyond the Monk 06/03/08 Dungeons & Dragons Online General Recently, MMORPG.com Managing Editor Jon Wood had the opportunity to sit down for a tour of Module 7 for Dungeons and Dragons Online. In part one of this feature, Wood talks about the additions to the game that go beyond the new class. Jon Wood
A Look at the Evolution of Evolution 03/14/08 Jumpgate Evolution Progress Report Recently, Managing Editor Jon Wood had the opportunity to sit down with Produceer Hermann Peterscheck to take a look at the progress of NetDevil's upcoming MMORPG, Jumpgate Evolution. Jon Wood
A Meeting with King Conan 05/26/08 Age of Conan General Here, Game Director Gaute Godager gives us a look at a player's first meeting with King COnan in Funcom's new MMO, Age of Conan. Remember, this is a spoiler, so if you don't want to know, don't watch it! Jon Wood
A New Preview for Zu 02/04/08 Zu Online Preview MMORPG.com's Joe Iuliani has been spending some time trying out IGG's ZU Online and today he files this preview report. Joe Iuliani
Age of Conan: New Conan Screens Part Two 05/16/08 Age of Conan Media The folks at Funcom have provided us with new screenshots from Age of Conan, the highly anticipated new MMO that will open its doors on May 20th. Guest Writer
AI System: Nuts & Bolts 01/16/08 Jumpgate Evolution Developer Journal Steve Hartmeyer, a programmer on NetDevil's upcoming Jumpgate Evolution, files this Dev Journal on the game's AI system. Guest Writer
Ambulation: A Walking Tour of EVE's Upcoming Social Environment at NYCC 04/23/08 EVE Online General While attending the New York Comic Con the MMORPG.com team had to do a lot of walking around the city and the convention center, so it's fitting that they also had the the opportunity to talk to the folks at CCP about their Ambulation Project, which will allow pod pilots to pop out and test their space legs walking around EVE's new social environments. News Manager Keith Cross reports on the status of this feature which is still under construction, and CCP's showing at the con in general. Keith Cross
Ambush Gameplay 05/30/08 Pirates of the Burning Sea Developer Journal Kevin "Isildur" Maginn, Lead Designer for Pirates of the Burning Sea, has written a devlog explaining the original concept of ambush gameplay, or in other words, a gang of pirates sneaking up on a merchant vessel on the high sea. In the devlog he describes how the original design concept failed in practice, degenerating into what can more accurately be described ganking, and their current efforts to reduce the occurrence of ganking. Guest Writer
An Interview with CEO Charles Manning 02/15/08 PlayXpert Interview Yesterday we learned that PlayXpert, a company that specializes in community management tools, has temed up with SOE to provide a chat service that will allow users to text chat with player in SOE games. Today, PlayXpert CEO Charles Manning answers a few questions from MMORPG.com's Joe Iuliani. Joe Iuliani
An Interview with Codemasters 02/01/08 Jumpgate Evolution Interview Recently, the world learned that NetDevil's upcoming Jumpgate Evolution would be published by Codemasters. MMORPG.com's Jon Wood had the opportunity to ask some early questions to the publisher about the agreement and the game itself. Jon Wood
An Interview with Hilmar Petursson, CCP CEO 03/05/08 EVE Online Interview Recently, Managing Editor Jon Wood caught up with Hilmar Petursson, the CEO of CCP. During the interview, the two talked about EVE Online, the new office in Atlanta and the future of the company. Jon Wood
An Introduction to CoS: Part One 03/20/08 Citadel of Sorcery Developer Journal The team at MMO Magic has provided us witha great Developer Journal that gives us all an idea of what their game is all about. Today, we provide you with Part One of this journal, the introduction that will whet your apetite for Part Two, where the devs go into more detail about their plans. Guest Writer
An Introduction to Planetside 02/12/08 PlanetSide At a glance! Our At A Glance articles are meant to give readers an overview of the early portion of an MMORPG, new or old. Today, UK based MMORPG.com writer Donna Desborough sends us this quick look at the FPS-style Planetside. Donna Desborough
An ION Chat with Joe Ybarra 05/20/08 Stargate Worlds Progress Report At the recent ION conference, MMORPG.com's Carolyn Koh had the opportunity to speak with Joe Ybarra of FireSky's Stargate Worlds. The pair talked about the progress of the game, and a little bit about subjects like beta and mini-games. Carolyn Koh
An ION Interview with NetDevil 05/23/08 Jumpgate Evolution Interview Recently, MMORPG.com's own Carolyn Koh had the opportunity to sit down and speak with the team from NetDevil about their work on the upcoming MMORPG Jumpgate Evolution. Carolyn Koh
Anatomy of a Launch - Part One 06/10/08 Age of Conan Editorial New MMORPG.com writer Mathew Reuther pens this look back at the Age of Conan launch from his perspective. Mathew Reuther
Anatomy of a Launch - Part Two 06/11/08 Age of Conan Editorial New MMORPG.com writer Mathew Reuther pens this look back at the Age of Conan launch from his own perspective. Mathew Reuther
Anatomy of a Launch Q&A 06/10/08 Age of Conan Interview To accompany Mathew Reuther's first article on The Anatomy of a Launch, he also had the opportunity to ask a few questions of Funcom's Jorgen Tharaldsen. In this unconventions Q&A, Reuther comments on the questions asked and the answers given. Mathew Reuther
AoC Blog Kicks Off! 01/15/08 Age of Conan Interview Yesterday, an entry from designer Jason Stone kicked off our official Age of Conan developer blogs. Today, Stone returns with another entry. Guest Writer
Area Overview: Tortage Island Travel Guide 03/03/08 Age of Conan General The folks from Funcom's Age of Conan have been kind enough to provide us with this interesting and entertaining non-exclusive Tortage Island Travel Guide. Guest Writer
Art Book and Graphic Novel Samples 03/26/08 Warhammer Online : Age of Reckoning Media EA Mythic has released these sample pages first from the art book and the other from the graphic novel. Both items were announced to be available with the Collector's Edition. Guest Writer
Art Book Preview - Cimmeria 01/21/08 Age of Conan Media While in Norway, MMORPG.com was provided with samples from the Age of Conan Art Book. Today, we present this overview of art from the in-game area known as Cimmeria. Jon Wood
Art Book Preview - Pictish Weapons 02/12/08 Age of Conan Media While in Norway, MMORPG.com was provided with samples from the Age of Conan Art Book. Today, we present this overview of art detailing some of the Pictish weapons. Guest Writer
Art Book Preview - Stygia 01/22/08 Age of Conan Media While in Norway, MMORPG.com was provided with samples from the Age of Conan Art Book. Today, we present this overview of art from the in-game area known as Stygia. Guest Writer
Art Book Preview: Atlantian Armor 02/04/08 Age of Conan Media While in Norway, MMORPG.com was provided with samples from the Age of Conan Art Book. Today, we present this overview of art detailing some of the Atlantian weapons and Armor. Guest Writer
Art Book Preview: Cimmerian Armor 01/30/08 Age of Conan Media While in Norway, MMORPG.com was provided with samples from the Age of Conan Art Book. Today, we look at art representing Cimmerian armor. Guest Writer
Art Book Preview: Tortage 01/28/08 Age of Conan Media While in Norway, MMORPG.com was provided with samples from the Age of Conan Art Book. Today, we look at art representing the disreputable Tortage. Guest Writer
Art Book Preview: Vanaheim Armor 02/06/08 Age of Conan Media While in Norway, MMORPG.com was provided with samples from the Age of Conan Art Book. Today, we present this overview of art detailing some of the Vanaheim armor. Guest Writer
Art Journal: Shorath Mesa 03/13/08 The Chronicles of Spellborn Developer Journal The folks at The Chronicles of Spellborn have released this new Art Journal focusing on the Shorath Mesa area of the game. Guest Writer
Ask Cryptic 03/31/08 Champions Online General On Friday, Cryptic Studios posted another edition of Ask Cryptic, where they answered fan questions about instances, custom powers, and various other Champions Online topics. Today we're pleased to reproduce those questions and answers here. Guest Writer
Ask Cryptic: Champions Online 03/18/08 Champions Online General Recently, the folks at Crptic Studios compiled and answered a series of questions which were posed by Champions Online fans on the Champions Online official forums. Today we reproduce those questions and answers in this non-exclusive look at Champions Online. Guest Writer
Beastiary - Vengeful Mummy and Scaleskin Lizard 02/29/08 Age of Conan General The folks from Age of Conan have provided us with these two beastiary entries which originally appeared in an AoC newsletter. Guest Writer
Behind the Career System - Part One 06/24/08 Warhammer Online : Age of Reckoning Interview Warhammer Online will employ one of the most interesting class systems in any MMORPG to date when they debut in the Fall. In part one of this two-part series, Jon Wood speaks to Mythic's Adam Gershowitz about the three ideas that formed the backbone of the careers design. Jon Wood
Behind the Career System - Part Two 06/30/08 Warhammer Online : Age of Reckoning Interview In Part Two of his interview with Adam Gershowitz from EA Mythic on the subject of career design, Managing Editor Jon Wood discusses the issues of balance and how the company plans to keep 24 different careers running smoothly an faily against one another. Jon Wood
Beta and Beyond - Where the Game is Now 03/28/08 Warhammer Online : Age of Reckoning Progress Report On a recent trip to the EA Mythic studios in Fairfax, VA. MMORPG.com Managing Editor Jon Wood spoke with Paul Barnett and Josh Drescher about the state of the game since our last report, beta and building a living world. Jon Wood
Beta Concerns Q&A 05/07/08 Age of Conan Interview Last week, we spoke to Funcom’s Age of Conan Product Director Jorgen Tharaldsen about the company’s decision to hold an Open Beta through the subscription-based website Fileplanet. Now that the Fileplanet Beta is underway, a number of player concerns have arisen about the game’s performance and potential launch problems. This week, Tharaldsen speaks once more with MMORPG.com Managing Editor Jon Wood, Speaking to some of the concerns that have been raised by our readers. Jon Wood
Beta Preview 06/12/08 Hello Kitty Online Preview MMORPG.com's Carolyn Koh has been spending her time delving into the dark depths of the Hello Kitty Online Beta in recent weeks to bring us an in-depth look at this cute MMO based on the popular Hello Kitty franchise. Carolyn Koh
Beta Preview Screens 06/12/08 Hello Kitty Online Media MMORPG.com's Carolyn Koh recently spend dome time in Hello Kitty Online, and to day we posted her thoughts on the game. While she was there she took a few screens of her exploits in Sanrioland. Carolyn Koh
Beta Preview... Preview 05/01/08 Age of Conan Preview On this first day of un-embargoed goodness for Funcom's Age of Conan, Managing Editor Jon Wood shares his initial impressions of the very early stages of the game. Jon Wood
Beta Screenshots 04/10/08 Requiem Media The folks developing Requiem: Bloodymare have released beta screenshots from the upcoming horror genre game. Guest Writer
Better Together: Grouping Improvements in Book 13 04/14/08 Lord of the Rings Online Developer Journal Book 13: Doom of the Last-king, the upcoming free content expansion for Lord of the Rings Online: The Shadows of Angmar, will feature a number of big changes and improvements to the way players find and assemble their fellowships, and Turbine has provided this non-exclusive dev journal which describes those changes. Guest Writer
Book 12 Preview, Part One: Customization 02/05/08 Lord of the Rings Online Preview Late last week, managing Editor Jon Wood was given a preview of the upcoming Book 12: The Ashen Waste by the dev team from Turbine's Lord of the Rings Online. Today, he passes on some information about the new visual character customization system. Jon Wood
Book 12 Preview, Part Two 02/06/08 Lord of the Rings Online Preview Late last week, managing Editor Jon Wood was given a preview of the upcoming Book 12: The Ashen Waste by the dev team from Turbine's Lord of the Rings Online. Today, he talks about new additions in Housing, the new Delving of Frór and more! Jon Wood
Book 12 Reaction and More 03/11/08 Lord of the Rings Online Interview Recently, Managing Editor Jon Wood had the opprotunity to sit down and talk to Jeffrey Steefel, the Executive Producer of Turbine's Lord of the Rings Online. During the interview, the two talked about reaction to the release of Book 12, the addition of new features and even a few random facts. Jon Wood
Book 12 Screens 01/28/08 Lord of the Rings Online Media Turbine has provided us with screenshots from the upcoming Book 12 Update. The screens show character customization and some housing interiors. Guest Writer
Book 12: The Ashen Wastes: Week of the Champion 01/15/08 Lord of the Rings Online General Book 12: The Ashen Wastes, the upcoming free expansion for Lord of the Rings Online, will make major changes and add new powers to the Guardian and the Burglar classes. But Guardians and Burglars aren't the only classes that will be getting a little love and attention, as Book 12 will also see smaller scale changes for the Champion as well. Guest Writer
Book 13 Screens 05/05/08 Lord of the Rings Online Media The folks from Codemasters have sent us these new screenshots featuring areas from the recently released Book 13: Doom of the Lich-King that recently made its way to live servers near you. Guest Writer
Book 13: Welcome to Forochel! (or…How to Make a Region Without Trees) 04/11/08 Lord of the Rings Online Developer Journal Turbine has posted this great (and interesting) dev journal about designing Forochel from a World Builder's perspective. In MMO production, World Builders are the ones who populate the world withe verything from hills to rivers to buildings to deserts. Guest Writer
Breaking the Wall 04/21/08 Champions Online General Cryptic Studios recently posted an article on the Champions Online official site which details how a talented and driven individual can break into the exciting world of game design. Today we're pleased to reproduce the article the article on this site. Guest Writer
Building a Guild City 05/12/08 Age of Conan Developer Journal The folks at Age of Conan have provided us with this new developer journal on the guild cities system. Guest Writer
Cabal Comic Issue #2 05/06/08 Cabal Online General The fine folks over at Cabal Online have provided us with part two of this new and original comic. Guest Writer
Cabal Online Comic Issue #1 03/18/08 Cabal Online General The fine folks over at Cabal Online have provided us with part one of this new and original comic. Guest Writer
Capital Cities 04/02/08 Warhammer Online : Age of Reckoning General In our continuing coverage of EA Mythic's Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, MMORPG.com Managing Editor Jon Wood pens this article on the capital cities in the game. Jon Wood
Career Overview: The Shadow Warrior 02/18/08 Warhammer Online : Age of Reckoning General News Manager Keith Cross recently had the opportunity to speak with Adam Gershowitz, Associate Art Director on Warhammer Online about Shadow Warriors, elite warriors of the High Elves who walk the line between dark and light in their quest for vengeance against the enemies of Elfkind. Keith Cross
Catching Up With Fury 03/04/08 Fury General Recently, News Manager Keith Cross had the opportunity to sit down and talk to Tony Hilliam, the CEO of Auran and Lead Designer on their game, Fury. As you may or may not recall, after Fury's launch, Auran announced that they would be pulling back significantly on staff and resources for the PvP game. Today, Keith talks to Tony about the progress that has been made since then. Keith Cross
CEO Jim Crowley on New Investors 06/06/08 Turbine Interview Recently, it was announced that Turbine would be receiving $40 million in equity financing from two different companies, GGV Capital and media giant Time Warner. MMORPG.com Managing Editor Jon Wood caught up with Turbine president and CEO Jim Crowley to talk about what the announcement means and a little bit about the future of the company. Jon Wood
CES Pre-Launch Progress Report 01/10/08 Pirates of the Burning Sea Progress Report Carolyn Koh is in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show. Yesterday, she spoke with Jess Lebow and numerous other of the Pirates of the Burning Sea dev team about what's changed since the pre-boarding party cam on board and what else will change before launch and beyond. Carolyn Koh
CES Progress Report 01/11/08 Age of Conan Progress Report MMORPG.com's Carolyn Koh is at CES and yesterday she had the opportunity to talk to the Funcom crew about their upcoming MMORPG, Age of Conan. In this report, Carolyn lets us in on the look of the game and what's coming down the pipe before the game's scheduled launch date in March. Carolyn Koh
CES Screenshots 01/11/08 Age of Conan Media Carolyn Koh is at CES in las Vegas. Yesterday, she had the opportunity to sit down and talk to the Funcom crew about their upcoming MMORPG, Age of Conan. While she was there, they provided her with fourteen screenshots.They may not be exclusive to MMORPG.com, but they sure are nice looking. Guest Writer
CES Screenshots 01/14/08 The Agency Media At CES, Carolyn Koh was given these five screenshots from SOE's upcoming spy-thirller MMORPG, The Agency. Carolyn Koh
CES Update 01/15/08 Pirates of the Caribbean Online Progress Report When the Pirates of the Caribbean MMORPG launched before anyone knew what was happening, no one knew what to expect from the Disney game. Today, Carolyn Koh follows up on her first look at the game with a CES Progress Report. Carolyn Koh
CES Update on The Agency 01/14/08 The Agency Progress Report Carolyn Koh, who traveled last week to Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show has returned and today files this report on SOE's upcoming spy-based MMORPG, The Agency. Carolyn Koh
Character Class Videos 01/09/08 Aion Media The folks at NCsoft have released information on the character classes in their upcoming MMORPG, Aion. Each of the eight classes is accompanied by a description as well as a video. Guest Writer
Character Creation Presentation 05/21/08 Age of Conan Media At a recent press event Erling Ellingsen and Gaute Godager gave gathered journalists and fans an overview of character creation and the opening cinematic for Age of Conan. Jon Wood
Character Screenshots 04/10/08 The Chronicles of Spellborn Media The developers of The Chronicles of Spellborn have release these 12 new screenshots. The images show off some of the different characters that the game can provide for players. Guest Writer
Chronicles: Silent Furies 06/25/08 EVE Online General The folks over at CCP have started a series of stories chronicling the ledaers of each of the four faction heads that made their appearance with the launch of the Empyrean Age expansion. Guest Writer
Chronicles: The Paths They Chose 07/02/08 EVE Online Fiction The folks over at CCP have started a series of stories chronicling the ledaers of each of the four faction heads that made their appearance with the launch of the Empyrean Age expansion. This is the second in the series, looking at Souro Foiritan, president of the Gallente Federation. Guest Writer
Collector's Edition Info 03/26/08 Warhammer Online : Age of Reckoning General Today, the team at EA Mythic has released details on the collector's edition for their upcoming MMORPG, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. The collector's edition, with all of its bells and whistles will retail for $79.99 (suggest retail price). Guest Writer
Colony Age Screenshots 06/23/08 Voyage Century Media IGG has announced that Colony Age, the new version of Voyage Century Online will arrive on June 24th. In advance of Colony Age's release, they have prepared four new screenshots from the update. Guest Writer
Combat for Beginners 03/26/08 The Chronicles of Spellborn Developer Journal The folks over at The Chronicles of Spellborn have released this great new Game Design Journal that focuses in on just what it is you, as a beginner, need to know about TCoS's unique combat system. Guest Writer
Combat Presentation Part Two 05/21/08 Age of Conan Media At a recent press event Erling Ellingsen and Gaute Godager gave gathered journalists and fans a look at combat in Age of Conan. In part two of the video, we get a look at spellweaving and mounted combat. Jon Wood
Combat Presentation, Part One 05/19/08 Age of Conan Media At a recent live presentation of Funcom`s Age of Conan, Gaute Godager and Erling Ellingsen demonstrated the different forms of combat in their game. In part one of the presentation the guys talked primarily about the melee combat combo system and the aimable ranged combat. Keith Cross
Concept Art Part One 04/16/08