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This week, a virtual prostitute inspires Dan Fortier to write about some other dubious in-game professions.
MMORPG.com has teamed up with Ideazon to bring you our new contest for May! From now until June 8 2007 @ 9PM you can enter for a chance to win a Zboard MERC keyboard with Fragmat mousepad!
A while back, MMORPG.com paired up with Lockpick Entertainment, the makers of Dreamlords, to host a "Monster Design Blog". MMORPG.com members were encouraged to work with Bjorn Hurri, an artist on the Dreamlords Team. Well, the results are in and we've got screenshots of the resulting monster. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our members who contributed to this project.
Recently, Managing Editor Jon Wood visited the offices of The Chronicles of Spellborn in The Netherlands. Today, we present an article about the use of sound in the game as Jon sat down with Sound Designer Matthew Florianz.
Cryptic Studios, best known for their work on superhero genre of MMOs like City of Heroes / Villains, has announced that the Cryptic Animation Rig (Cryptic AR) is now available free for download.
Turbine, along with Miday and Codemasters issued a press release today stating that Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar has the distinction of being the top selling game for the PC in North America and Europe. Congratulations goes out to the dev team and players alike for making LOTRO a success.
Hero Online has announced new features, new quests, and contests with the release of their new UI. Events and Contests include a screenshot story contest, the omok challenge, a bug report contest, and other random events.
Iron Realms Entertainment has released chapters 16, 17, and 18 of the history of Earth Eternal, ther fantasy MMO set for releas some tome in the summer of 2007. These chapters detail the journey through Hell by the lich Salamanzar, and the Carpathian Wars.
Flagship Studios CEO Bill Roper has posted a letter addressed to the Hellgate: London community discussing the recent announcment of the elite subscription pricing.
G4Box has announced Metin 2, a free to play MMORPG set to be released this summer. The game is said to boast "amazing 3D graphics, unique dynamic fighting system, strong story line, King mode where players can be elected for king."
Gala-Net has announced that they have partnered with OnNet to announce the launch of Shot-Online through the gPotato gaming portal. To promote the event, the Shot Online Item Malls will have several unique limited edition items and they will be holding a Fast and Furious tounament.
Voyage Century Online recently held an attire contest, encouraging players to show of their finest fashions. Now the contest is over and the winners have been chosen. Each winner was rewarded one Navigation Star from Item Mall.
BBC News reported today of an incident in Second Life involving child abuse in the form of child pornography both real and virtual. Linden Lab, the makers of Second Life, says they will help identify the offending users and pass on details to prosecutors, and German authorities expect to catch the user fairly quickly.
The Lord of the Rings Online: the Shadows of Angmar official site has been updated with character profiles of the five most famous hobbits in the Shire.
Monumental Games has announced that they have partnered with Vivox with the inclusion of the Vivox Precision Studio SDK in the Monumental Technology Suite.