MMORPGLand 1: Don’t Call it a Comeback
By Heath | March 1, 2010 at 6:49 am
Once upon a time I founded an MMORPG column and wrote it faithfully for like a year. I’m out of retirement, baby.
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Dungeons and Dragons Online high-rollin’
By Heath | February 27, 2010 at 4:53 am
Faced with the need for change, Dungeons & Dragons Online went free-to-play in September of 2009, giving options of monthly subscriptions or free play with the to purchase special items at their leisure (as some other MMOs do). Since that time, the some great things have been happening for the game, not limited to winning our Freebie Award. Per Turbine’s recent announcements, the game has seen over a million new players, and the game’s cash shop transactions are trippling the industry average. All this adds up to Dungeons & Dragons Online raking in 500% of the cash it was before the changes.
MMORPGs Love Valentine’s Day
By Heath | February 14, 2010 at 11:23 am
Here’s a brief look around the Valentine’s Day events going down in some of the biggest games in MMORPGLand:
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Taiwan man first to “beat” World of Warcraft
By Heath | December 3, 2009 at 8:52 pm
A Taiwanese man has been named as the first player to “finish” World of Warcraft.
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NCsoft getting serious about Aion cheaters
By Heath | November 24, 2009 at 2:59 am
Following vocal player quittings and criticism, NCsoft is taking steps to crack down on bots and real-money item sellers.
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Mythic guys do damage control
By Heath | November 21, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning producers Jeff Hickman and Jeff Skalski attempted to calm the waves in the WAR community via letters to the players. The news of huge layoffs at Mythic was cause for concern among many MMORPGamers; clearly, in any such event, a game’s future may hang in the balance. Hickman said,
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Random MMORPG Halloween events
By Heath | October 30, 2009 at 8:13 am
A goody bag of MMORPG Halloween ah…information…nuggets…covered in…linksauce and…I need to stop writing when I’m this tired. I hope I don’t pass out on the keyboard in the middle of this coluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
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Blizzard: Do as I say, not as I do
By Heath | October 20, 2009 at 11:11 pm
Final Fantasy XIV: M-M-O-Snap
By Heath | June 8, 2009 at 1:48 am
If you use the internet, which RPG Land is sometimes a part of, you’ve probably heard about the E3 announcement of Final Fantasy XIV. If you haven’t, the official website of the soon forthcoming MMORPG is available, in several languages, right here.
But let’s turn our attention to more important matters: the tide and current of the interscape. Announcements like this tend to make waves on the information superseas. Here’s a sampling of what fans like you, and unlike you, are saying.
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