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Age of Hybrids
Age of Conan flat out bombed with the majority of the MMO community when it launched a few years ago. Since then Funcom has maintained development on the game and is finally turning it into a “hybrid” model. I say finally because I am surprised it took them this long. You all know my stance […]
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The games of 2008
Happy New Year everyone! Another year of gaming has come and gone and I want to take the opportunity to reflect upon the past year. Unlike some years, 2008 was actually full of gaming for me and with that gaming came the usual fun but it also tought me many lessons. What I’m going to […]
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E3: We chat with Eidos/Funcom about Age of Conan
As I mentioned yesterday we had the opportunity to talk with Funcom here at E3 in the Eidos room. Erling Ellingson sat down for a chat and answered all of our questions which can be read about in an article I’ve written for the vault. “Age of Conan’s launch was technically fantastic and server uptime […]
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E3 Day 1: Nintendo, Funcom, SoE
Wow! The first day of E3 is over. This was a huge day for us that started out at 6am. We knew that Nintendo would be sending shuttles to the various hotels but we had no idea when they would be coming. We decided to go down to the lobby just to check and see […]
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Yes, MMORPGs should be “done” at release!
I keep hearing people say things like, “It’s okay that X isn’t in the game yet because this is a MMORPG!” or “It’s a MMORPG, of course it’s not finished”. WRONG! MMORPGs should be done at release. I simply do not understand where people picked up the notion that simply because MMORPGs are ever evolving […]
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