Issue 6
Here’s the latest MMO news.
RELEASE REMINDER: StarCraft II Next Week!
This is just a reminder to all of you eagerly awaiting the release of SCII, Tuesday, July 27th, which is NEXT WEEK, you will be able to pick up StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. The game can be pre-ordered and there is a Collector’s Edition. I have included a link to Best Buy if you want to pre-order; and a link to some trailers at Joystiq.
Pre-Order StarCraftII Collector’s Edition from Best Buy
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/07/22/starcraft-2-trailer-summons-ghosts-of-the-past/
Comic-Con 2010 This Weekend
This is essentially another reminder that Comic-Con is happening right now at the San Diego Convention Center. I will be monitoring the blogs to see if there is anything exciting announced. In the event of some stupendous revelation(s) I will be sending another MMO Times, Comic-Con Edition, on Monday. Below is a link to the Comic-Con 2010 website.
http://www.comic-con.org/cci/index.php
SWTOR New Playable Race: Cathar
Bioware announced today a new playable race in SWTOR: Cathar. Many of you probably recognize this race from Knights of the Old Republic, but they were also in Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith. The article at Massively has more on this announcement.
http://www.massively.com/2010/07/23/cats-invade-star-wars-the-old-republic-in-this-weeks-fan-frida/
BSG Online Will Be F2P … and Browser-Based
Yes, a “browser-based” MMO. The CEO of Bigpoint is hoping to raise expectations for browser-based gaming when they release Battlestar Galactica Online (which, I’m sure, will be a hot title). The Massively article has more details and screenshots!
http://www.massively.com/2010/07/22/exclusive-new-gameplay-details-and-screenshots-for-battlestar-g/
Final Fantasy XIV System Requirements
I think several people were already anticipating some pretty beefy system requirements for the next chapter in this franchise, and they were right. Even the minimum requirements seem pretty beefy, however if your computer passed the benchmark test then you should be good to go. Massively has the article.
http://www.massively.com/2010/07/22/the-system-requirements-of-final-fantasy-xiv/
Curse Purchases MMO-Champion
I did not see this one coming. MMO-Champion issued a press release on Tuesday that they have been purchased by Curse.com. This now makes Curse the ultimate MMO resource. The staff of MMO-Champion are not going anywhere, they will still be there posting daily, the website just has a parent company now. The link below will take you to the press release.
http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/1876-MMO-Champion-acquired-by-Curse
Beta News:
Soul Master (MMORTS) In Closed Beta
Yes, you read that correctly, a MMO Real-Time Strategy game, called Soul Master, has gone into closed beta on July 22nd. I enjoy playing RTS games occasionally but I don’t know if I would be into it as an MMO, but I know some of you might. I have known quite a few hard core RTS gamers, although this game looks a little … “anime-ish”. Check out the Massively article, there is also a link to the website to get a key to the beta.
http://www.massively.com/2010/07/21/soul-master-entering-closed-beta-tomorrow/
http://soulmaster.gamescampus.com/
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