Post Tagged with: "MMORPG"

News: Star Wars The Old Republic Goes Free-to-Play

News: Star Wars The Old Republic Goes Free-to-Play

EA announced in a press release yesterday that Bioware’s MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic will be adding a Free-to-Play feature later this fall.  The new option will grant players access to all of the story content for all eight classes, and will also let players level a character all the way up to level 50.  New content and features, [...]

Review: Ragnarok Online (PC)

Review: Ragnarok Online (PC)

Ragnarok Online is a well-known, 3D Fantasy MMORPG created by a Korean-based company named Gravity released in North America in June of 2003. Based on the Manhwa Ragnarok by Lee Myung-jin, with well over a million dedicated players within these past nine years! This Manhwa-inspired game focuses around the knowledge of Norse Mythology, hence the name “Ragnarok” which basically means the end of the word. [...]

News: Star Wars: Knights of The Old Republic Possibly Going Free-To-Play

News: Star Wars: Knights of The Old Republic Possibly Going Free-To-Play

When an online MMORPG goes free to play it is usually a sign that the game is facing problems like lack of subscribers, a substantial loss of players or being unsuccessful in the competitive market. A considerable amount of MMORPG developers have decided to follow the free to play route to attract more players. Lord of the Rings online, DC Universe online and [...]

News: Final Fantasy XIV Announces a Welcome Back Program

News: Final Fantasy XIV Announces a Welcome Back Program

In case you didn’t know Final Fantasy XIV was released before, but it was so bad Square Enix had to pull it back. Well the time has come for Final Fantasy XIV to get re-released and Square Enix is planning on sweetening the pot for those that played before. If you were a subscriber of  FINAL FANTASY XIV for at least 90 days [...]

Interview: Jon Jacobs, Founder of Neverdie Studios

Interview: Jon Jacobs, Founder of Neverdie Studios

Recently, New Gamer Nation had the chance to talk to Founder of Neverdie Studios, Jon Jacbobs.  Neverdie Studios is the creator of ROCKtropia which is “a richly detailed alternate reality with mythology drawn from pop culture.  ROCKtropia’s wild landscapes and urban centers provide the backdrop for movie inspired MMOG’s and Iconic artist attractions.”  Jon Jacobs latest project titled “Hunt The Thing” revolves around [...]

Podcast: Episode 8 – MMO Mania2

Podcast: Episode 8 – MMO Mania

This week we talk about the website modernwarfare3.com forwarding to the Battlefield 3 site.  Later we discuss the success of Sony’s welcome back program and if it would be possible to make it a viable business strategy.  After the break we talk about the rumor that Windows 8 will play Xbox 360 games and finish up with a lively discussion [...]