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» MMORTS - End of Nations |
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Jul 18, 2010 - 2:15 PM - by Hades
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For years LotD has looked for games that could offer an MMO experience so we could extend our presence into other gaming genres. MMOFPS's tried to offer some games in recent years, but they all fizzled out. In general it is very hard to make an FPS game feel like any sort of a persistent world, and harder to justify a subscription model when so many FPS's are free.
Now we see an RTS game trying to become an MMORTS, and we'll keep an eye on the game End of Nations as part of an ongoing LotD Discussion thread. Unlike FPS games, turning an RTS into a paying MMO community is likely to be easier, and competitive strategic gamers are more likely to shell out bucks for a subscription in order to go head to head with the best.
End of Nations is being developed by Petroglyph Studios in partnership with Trion, and has developed popular RTS games such as Age of Empires and Command and Conquer. So these guys know RTS games, and I think that if anyone can make a successful MMORTS then it will be these guys.
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» SWTOR @ e3 2010 - Comprehensive |
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Jun 18, 2010 - 11:38 PM - by Chernoble
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It was a busy week for us and basically every MMO guild's website forums with e3 going on! Many of those gamers and sites are very excited about Bioware/Lucasarts upcoming title: Star Wars The Old Republic!
This year, we learned a few new things and were treated with another amazing trailer. Gameplay footage, player ship announcement and information on PvP were some of the highlights of this years convention!
Here are many of the links to the information floating around the net! I will try to capture what I can, though im sure something will evade me, somewhere.
Playable races besides humans: Rattataki, Twi'lek, Chiss. Gamespot article from Jun 11, 2010 4:23 pm:
Star Wars: The Old Republic Exclusive Hands-On
Player ships and PvP warzones announced. EA press panel from Jun 14, 2010:
E3 2010 EA Press Conference: Star Wars: The Old Republic HD
A new cinematic trailer called "Hope" awesome as the first one from E3 2009 made by Blur. Jun 14, 2010:
Hope - cinematic trailer
G4TV Hands-On with SWTOR - Jun 15, 2010 @5pm PT:
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» LotD Attends E3 JGE |
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Jun 18, 2010 - 1:05 AM - by Chaotix
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Lords of the Dead was in force for E3 JGE with three attendees! Over the next few days they will be posting on this thread their thoughts and impressions about what we saw, heard, and experienced.
So let’s get to it! Here’s my write up.
First off I want to thank Daeke and Rockjaw for allowing us to go to E3 and experience JGE. We were divided into groups as we entered. Group one heard the presentation while group two had hands on time with JGE. Once both had completed each portion we were gathered into one room for the q & a.
Our group began with the hands on experience. The first thing that struck me was how crisp and detailed the art was. I was blown away by the graphics it was stunning. Movement was smooth and the game felt responsive.
Regarding combat:
By holding down your mouse button you can auto fire with your lasers. You will also have missles you can fire although I didn't get a chance to test those. Combat explosions were excellent. I was impressed by the time they have put into updating the game. I am not going to over specific controls as that has been reviewed quite well by many other attendees. When you pvp there will be no instances instead it will be 100% world pvp. (To clarify.., I... [Read More]
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» Say Hello to Joh....the Hostile! |
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Jun 03, 2010 - 7:34 PM - by Hades
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Joh the Hostile is a Guild Wars NPC recently added that is named after our LotD Warlord Joe Hostile. Joe's tenure with LotD in Guild Wars consisted of leading our return in 2008, and seeing the guild back into the Top 100.
Here is the quest dialogue:
"Joh the Hostile's enormous girth and sudden flurries of violence are not nearly as disturbing as his twisted mind. Joh is often heard singing eerily tranquil, repetitive tunes while tearing his victims limb from limb. He often sinks into a blind, adrenaline-fueled rage without warning. Joh the Hostile was last seen assisting Inquisitor Bauer with a mission of grave urgency. Queen Salma is offering a hefty bounty for any fearless souls who dare to slay this hulking butcher!"
Reward
* 1,000 Experience
* 250 Gold
* Complete the Base Objective for 3 War Supplies
* Complete the *BONUS* Objective for an additional 1 War Supplies
I guess even Arenanet won't let Joe live down his Youtube Fame!
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» Semi-Scheduled Downtime tonight |
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Apr 30, 2010 - 12:27 PM - by GC
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Going to be updating from Ubuntu 8.04LTS to 10.04LTS. Also moving to 2.6.32 kernel instead of the old 2.6.18. This will require a reboot, so site and teamspeak will be down for probably 20min.
Bye. Bye. Uptime:
$ uptime
17:29:38 up 621 days, 23:45, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
--- Changed my mind, bouncing in 10min.
--- Reboot complete. Maintenance done.
-- Oops, was down for a bit while I was updating packages. MySQL shutdown and wasn't restarted automatically.
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» SWTOR Combat Video |
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Apr 22, 2010 - 7:35 PM - by Hades
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This game still has a year to go until release, and the PVP combat in this video already looks awesome.
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» Battlefield Bad Company 2 |
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Apr 13, 2010 - 10:00 AM - by thorizdin
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Lords of the Dead Open Shop in BC2:
In the absence of any quality competitive MMO during 2010, LotD has identified a serious need to provide a new venue for their members to continue gaming with old friends while presenting a competitive presence online. To accomplish this, Lords of the Dead has decided to establish a presence in Battlefield Bad Company 2.
Lords of the Dead has decided to host their own 32 man server based out of Chicago. While providing a quality server for our members and friends of LotD to causally game on, LotD intends to create our own competitive teams to take part in hosted tournaments. This effort will provide a solid outlet for both our active competitive gamers as well as our casual gamers to join us in vent and kill people.
LotD Server Info:
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» Teamspeak 3 |
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