Post Tagged with: "MMORPG"

by / on April 19, 2013 at 3:27 pm / in Featured News, News

Arcane Legends Sees “Battle of Nordr” Expansion

Arcane Legends has been downloaded more than 6 million times, so chances are if you play MMO games, you heard of it. Well, the latest expansion for the game, Battle of Nordr, is going live today. Here are some of the things the expansion will improve upon.  Nordr adventure areas Level cap raised 5 levels to 31 New items and [...]

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by / on April 11, 2013 at 11:45 am / in Featured News, News

Square Enix Shows Off Final Fantasy XIV Trailer With Surprises

If you’ve been a fan of the Final Fantasy series for a long time, the developers of Final Fantasy XIV have a little surprise for you in today’s new trailer. Here we learn that in the game you’ll be able to experience rideable Magitek armor from Final Fantasy 6. It looks really cool, so make sure you check it out and let us know [...]

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by / on April 4, 2013 at 5:38 pm / in Featured News, News

Jet Li Discusses Video Games As Sport, Experience, Maybe Even Art?

According to a translation by MMO Culture, Jet Li stated when asked about virtual gaming as a sport: “If poker card games and chess both have the players sitting down and are considered sports, why not virtual gaming as well? There are 2 kinds of sports, 1 physical and 1 mental. There is no good reason to debunk virtual gaming [...]

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by / on March 29, 2013 at 12:18 pm / in Event Coverage, Interviews, PAX East 2013

Hawken – Interview with Evan Burman at PAX East 2013

New Gamer Nation got to speak with Evan Burman, Senior Community Manager to discus Hawken and what they were showing at PAX East 2013. Hawken is an MMO shooter where you pilot a mech. It is reminiscent of Mech Warrior 2 but updated both controls-wise and gameplay-wise. It is a great game to play for free and definitely worth a [...]

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by / on March 27, 2013 at 12:46 pm / in Event Coverage, Interviews, PAX East 2013

Marvel Heroes – Interview with David Brevik at PAX East 2013

Even if you aren’t a big MMO fan, Marvel Heroes is something that may change your mind about the genre. Marvel Heroes is a Diablo-style game where you get to play as your favorite Marvel character in an all new way. New Gamer Nation’s own Senior Editor Steve sat down with David Brevik, President and COO of Gazillion Entertainment to [...]

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by / on March 12, 2013 at 11:08 pm / in PC, Reviews

MMO Corner: The World of Warcraft Legacy Continues with Mists of Pandaria

World of Warcraft is a name that has been around for what seems like forever. Released by Blizzard Entertainment in 2004, this game has built momentum and, over the past 9 years, has managed to retain a huge majority of its player base with frequent expansions and new content. I’ve been playing the game with some regularity since about 2010, so [...]

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by / on March 8, 2013 at 11:35 am / in Featured News, Kickstarter Gaming News, News

Ultima Creator Starts a Kickstarter for New RPG

Ultima creator, Richard Garriott has just launched his new Kickstarter Campaign for a game he is calling “Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues”. When asked to describe the project, he says it will be “the antithesis of MMOs.” He is asking for $1 million dollars to get the project off the ground. If you want to learn more or contribute [...]

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by / on February 21, 2013 at 10:05 am / in Featured News, News

Final Fantasy XIV to Enter Closed Beta

Square Enix wants you to know that the newly redesigned Final Fantasy XIV will enter the Closed Beta phase for the Windows PC on Monday, February 25. In order to make sure your gaming PC’s hardware and performance are up to the challenge of running the game, Square Enix has made the new Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn benchmark software, available [...]

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by / on January 29, 2013 at 9:49 am / in Featured News, News

Wargaming Purchases F.E.A.R. 3 Developer, Day 1 Studios for $20M Dollars

Wargaming, a Belarus-based studio known for their strategy games, has purchased Day 1 Studios for $20 million dollars. Day 1 Studios is known for developing F.E.A.R. 3. This may seem like an odd pairing but Wargaming hopes to make a move into the console space and they see Day 1 Studios as a way to do that. Up until now, [...]

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by / on January 25, 2013 at 12:17 pm / in Featured News, News

Funcom Closing Beijing Studio, Lay Offs in North Carolina and Montreal

We knew the developers of The Secret World was in trouble, but now things are taking a turn for the worse for Funcom. Today, the company announced that they would be closing their Beijing studio and lay off workers in their North Carolina and Montreal studios as well. This restructuring is in response to the Secret World’s poor subscription figures [...]

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