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- General: MMORPG.com is Hiring!
MMORPG.com is looking for a part-time News Reporter. This person will be responsible for posting news on the weekends and sometimes on week days. The ideal candidate should be able to write feature articles, reviews, and do interviews about online games. Extensive knowledge of the MMO industry is critical to this position. An outgoing personality and ability to communicate well is also a plus as you may be asked to go to a game event. - Star Wars: The Old Republic: Sith Warrior Specializations, Companions Revealed
This week's Friday Update includes new screenshots and video of the Sith Warrior class, as well as details on his sub-class specializations the dual-wielding Marauder and the tough-as-nails Juggernaut.
Companions were also revealed in greater detail today, following up on yesterday's preview over at IGN, and we're also given a look at one of the first class-specific companions: Vette, an option for the Sith Warrior class. - Global Agenda: Sandstorm Dev Diary: New Weapons
This latest developer diary video released by Hi-Rez Studios features the new weapons coming to Global Agenda as part of the upcoming patch 1.3 Sandstorm update. - Allods Online: Mounts Announced for Patch 1.1.0: Revelations of Gipat
gPotato has announced that mounts will be coming to Allods Online with the release of Patch 1.1.0 this June. - Battle of the Immortals: Blueprints Video Dev Diary: Prometheus Soul Gear
This latest Battle of the Immortals video kicks off a new developer diary series called Battle of the Immortals Blueprints, which give players a behind-the-scenes look at the game's progression from concept to finished product. The first Blueprints entry focuses on the Prometheus Soul Gear armor set. - Star Trek Online: Memorial Day Weekend C-Store Discount
Atari and Cryptic Studios have announced a 20% discount for all C-Store items during the Memorial Day weekend, beginning today and running through Tuesday, June 1st. - Aika: Ashes of the Betrayal: "Leave Your Mark" Contest!
What do Punkie Fort, Sweet Mushroom Farm, and Valley of the Void have in common? They weren't named by our players! With a whole lot of new content coming up fast, we want to give all of you a chance to put your own personal spin in Aika Online! - Aika: Ashes of the Betrayal Expansion Launches June 17
gPotato has announced that the upcoming Ashes of Betrayal expansion will go live on June 17th! - Guild Wars: 3,700 Botters Cut Down by God of Death; ArenaNet Responds
Guild Wars players recently noticed that Dhuum, the god of death, was cropping up throughout the game world and cutting random players down with his scythe. As it would turn out, Dhuum was delivering bans, 3,700 of them, to many Guild Wars players who have been caught botting and manipulating PvP matches. - World of Warcraft: Frank Pearce on 2010 Cataclysm Launch: "If it's ready."
Blizzard's Frank Pearce sat down with the folks of VG247 in a recent interview to discuss the upcoming release of Starcraft II and all other things Blizzard. Tucked away at the bottom of the interview was a comment that may have implied that Cataclysm could miss a 2010 release, something most WoW fans expect as a certainty at this point. - General: Symantec: 44 Million Stolen Gaming Credentials Uncovered
Symantec, the largest maker of PC security software, have uncovered a server hosting 44 million stolen gamer credentials, according to the official Symantec blog. - General: Dawntide Open Beta Begins Monday
Working as Intended's sandbox MMO Dawntide will be entering Open Beta come Monday, May 31st. - General: FIFA Online Closed Beta Sign Ups Begin
FIFA Online, not to be confused with its South Korean predecessor FIFA Online 2 (confusing, isn't it?), has now entered Closed Beta and is accepting sign ups. - General: Game Nation: The MMO Resort
A company called Ruke Studios is creating an "Experiental Video Game Theme Park and Resort" called Game Nation. The basic idea here is a resort / themepark for LARPers (Live Action Role Players), where visitors will be able to live out their fantasies as whatever character they wish to create. - Aika: Darkrane Forest: Treachery in Paradise
The folks from Aika have provided us with this short dev journal and screenshots concerning the new Darkrane Forest area in their MMO.
- Star Wars: The Old Republic: Possible Playable Races, Part Three
Based on the recent announcement of The Old Republic's first non-human race, MMORPG.com's Michael Bitton kicks off a series that examines what some of the other possibilities might be. - TERA: The Exiled Realm of Arborea: En Masse Discusses Westernization in FGT 2 Postmortem
In the second part of the Focus Group #2 postmortem series the folks at En Masse Entertainment discuss the Westernization of TERA, detailing and responding to the feedback that the team has received regarding the game's Western localization. - World of Warcraft: Frank Pearce: WoW to Return to Growth
Blizzard's Executive Vice President of Product Development Frank Pearce believes that World of Warcraft will begin growing again this year, as it has been stuck at roughly 11.5 million subs (nothing to sneeze at!) since 2008. - Vindictus: Blogger Details Raids (with Video!)
Steparu of Steparu.com has provided fans eager to get their hands on Vindictus a little something to chew on while they wait for it to come stateside in the form of a preview detailing the game's various raids (nine in all) and includes video of each one. - Fallen Earth: Fallen Earth Survivor Guy, Part Three
MMORPG.com's Phil James continues his "survivor" series of articles, focusing on the post-apocalyptic vistas of Fallen Earth and looking at the beginning stages of the game. - TERA: The Exiled Realm of Arborea: Lead Writer David Noonan Discusses Game World
TERA's Lead Writer David Noonan spoke to Jaime Skelton over at the Examiner to discuss the game's lore in a recent interview. - General: A World Without Words
MMORPG.com's Player Perspectives columnist Jaime Skelton explores the idea of alternate forms of communication in MMOs.
- Star Wars: The Old Republic: Companions Details Revealed
The full details of Star Wars: The Old Republic's companions feature are set to be revealed on the game's official website as part of tomorrow's Friday Update, but if you can't wait till then, IGN has a preview of tomorrow's reveal along with a short interview with SW:TOR's lead designer James Ohlen. - Craft of Gods: Live Service Begins
Craft of Gods, the Slavic mythology based MMORPG developed by Russian developer Cyberdemons has now officially entered live service, following a successful open beta test run. - General: Community Spotlight: Your Most Looked Forward to MMO?
This week's Community Spotlight focuses on one of GeminiStatic's many recent simple but conversation sparking threads, namely, "Your Most Anticipated Upcoming MMORPG And Why?" where GeminiStatic simply polls the community on their most looked forward to MMOs.
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