NCsoft Europe today announced the release of a Lineage II update for The Chaotic Throne series entitled Gracia – Part 1. It promises to allow players to level up at almost twice the speed previously possible.
"Gracia represents a huge change to Lineage II. The increase in levelling speed allows players to create new characters and advance nearly twice as fast as before," said Tim Tan, NCsoft's North American producer.
Gamer Limit writes "As October starts coming to a close, one thing tends to be on every one's mind, Halloween. This spooky holiday also seems to have NCsoft captivated . The developer/producer is planning Halloween themed events across all six of its active Western titles."
This sounds awesome. Although, it sounds kind of weird dressing up for Halloween in a game, when you're already playing as fantasy character.
Developing a MMORPG is an arduous and long-term task, and when the game finally hits the shelves the work is still far from finished. Any false step may compromise all your efforts, be it during the design phase or while watching over the community.
Some of the best known examples of the genre and other, yet unreleased names, prove that mistakes, voluntary or not, may have a serious effect on any strategy.
Gaming Union writes "In the previous articles, we looked at the MMORPGs currently sitting on the top of the pile, while also looking at those which are close to launch. However, the MMORPG genre is still expanding, and there are a lot of MMORPGs further in the future which are attempting to find their own niches in the market. Are games like World of Warcraft safe from possible dethronement in the short term? The answer is probably yes, but the real question is... for how long? This article hopes to uncover the methods that some companies are now looking toward implementing in order to keep the genre original and fresh.
World of Warcraft has been quite established as a franchise for some time now. While its end is not going to come in the foreseeable future, Blizzard clearly aren't willing to place all their eggs into one basket anymore. They've stated that at this year's Blizzcon, there will be an MMO announcement and it's currently shrouded in secrecy. It's unlikely to be a sequel to World of Warcraft, and most rumours are hinting towards a venture into the StarCraft universe. It would be nice to see an entirely new fresh approach to the genre, but with Blizzard being as a keen and as in touch as they are with their fans, it's likely they'll be unveiling something quite special."
hehe yeah that will be awesome when that lands ^^ not quite an MMO but still in my opinion diablo 2 was better than anything to date since, high hopes for 3.
Seriously, how do you write an article on the future of MMORPG's and not mention the biggest and most anticipated one on the market?
Star Wars: The Old Republic was mentioned in the previous article. Don't worry, it wasn't forgotten.
As previously stated, it's in the last article and the links to the previous articles are in the first paragraph.
Also this is looking more at the varying strategies being applied to future MMOs rather than the actual games, games listed are only examples.
But yes Old Republic is looking great.
With Keyboard and Mouse support,and it's clear the MMO genre will flourish on the Playstation 3.
Wrong, it's a known fact that the 360 will be home to MOORPJ thanks to the multi-core threaded processor that allows for zombie dagger to appear on the screen & with help of Live people will enjoy it more like Gears of War 2.
FF14 will arrive in like 2011. The Agency is too cartoony for me.
DC Universe is one MMO I might get my hands on.
