The Obscurecast

Hello Ladies and Gents! *sneezes* This week 2/3rds of the show are ill, someone cast flash heal! This week we talk more about Game Producers, Boothbabes, Politicians, Superheroes, cheaters, more Superheroes, and Super-Fans! Phew! Full notes after the break and don't miss the link to pick up the Save CoH fan-song "I Want My City Back"! Our week in gaming: Razerbug: WoW, PlanetSide2 Beta Dam: WoW, PlanetSide2, FTL, Sil: wow Gaming News Highlights Raz republicans Attack a democrat senator . because she plays WoW http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/10/09/interview-maine-senate-candidate-tells-why-gamer-shaming-bodes/ Marvel heroes new 'competley free' MMO http://i.massively.joystiq.com/2012/10/08/marvel-heroes-assures-fans-that-its-completely-free/ Should TSW have done less to stay competitive? http://penny-arcade.com/report/editorial-article/life-after-layoffs-the-former-lead-designer-of-secret-world-looks-back-on-t Sil Eurogamer Expo bans booth babes: http://www.gamebreaker.tv/mmorpg/eurogamer-expo-virgin-gaming-ban-the-babes/ More characters revealed for Injustice http://uk.ign.com/articles/2012/10/10/injustice-adds-the-joker-green-arrow-green-lantern Dam (wielding the Dam-Hammer!) LoL problems - http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=2663221 Star Citizen preview - http://www.pcgamer.com/previews/star-citizen-preview-the-open-world-space-sim-of-our-dreams/ Obscurebag: As I am sure you know, as an active member of the gaming press, Korean Computer Game Company NCSoft announced on August 31st that it would be shutting down their “City of Heroes” MMO on November 30th and the development studio associated with the game, Paragon Studios, would be shuttered immediately with no further work on the game would be done from that point, putting 80 employees out of a job with little or no notice. (The studio had posted screen shots from the next expansion 3 hours prior to the announcement and had advertised MULTIPLE hiring positions just 10 days before.) Needless to say, having a game that was still profitable, to the tune of $800,000-$1,000,000 per year by NCSoft's own financial statement, shutdown with no prior notice and little consideration to the player-base s caused quite the uproar within the City of Heroes Community. The City of Heroes Player-base has started an unprecedented campaign to save not only their game, but their community as well. From standing vigil in-game and special community events to emails and petition drives to charity fundraisers and player generated music, the people for whom this is more than just a game are banding together to publicize this baffling business move. Meanwhile those with more acumen, assets and connections are working behind the scenes to try and work out a deal with NCSoft to allow the continuation of City of Heroes under another publisher or independently, possibly under a reconstituted Paragon Studios. Which brings me to the reason for my message today, I am trying to get the word out about our efforts in an entertaining way and hope you would see fit to help me with your podcast. Below is a link to my City of Heroes parody song, “I Want My City Back”. It is based on the Meat Loaf song “(Life Is A Lemon) I Want My Money Back”. The various voices within the song are actual CoH Community Members who helped out by sending me vocals over the Internet. It's released under Creative Commons Thanks for your time and all the best, Curt “The Camera Guy” Arndt   Get the song HERE and find out more at: CoHTitan.com    Moment of Obscurity? Raz: PETA takes on Pokemon http://www.geekologie.com/2012/10/wtf-are-you-doing-peta-goes-on-pokemon-o.php Give us a shout out and review on iTunes! Tweet us do! Razerbug @rzbg Damarai @_damarai Sil @Lumineus - www.girlsgonewow.net or antlergirl.wordpress.com @obscurecast @obscurecastPStC   Intro music was Decimal Places by I Concur.

Welcome, welcome! To The Obscurecast Episode 25 of Season 4. We're back after a short but unavoidable break, and with a new and improved recipe! Sil, Damarai and Razerbug bring you their week in gaming, and the top gaming news that has caught their eye, Sil and Razer talk WoW, WoW , and WoW isn't cool any more...? - and throw in the latest from The EuroGamer Expo some Secret World and DragonAge 3 news, while Damarai wields his new weapon of choice, The Dam-Hammer, against the forces of chuffin' nonsense coming out of Ubisoft this week. Then we take on the Talking Point: What IP that isn’t a game do we think would make a great one, or what game IP do we think could be a good MMO? Delve into The Obscurebag, and introduce... NEXT WEEKS TALKING POINT: Should new mmo’s be free to play from the start in order to succeed? let us know what you think about any of our talking points at the contact info down at the bottom! Notes: Raz Eurogamer Expo, hands on with new Sim City, Tomb Raider, ect http://www.eurogamer.net/games/simcity-2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yWLClUwAHGc WoW isn’t “cool” any more - sales figures might not agree http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/09/mists-of-pandaria 2.7 Million copies of MoP sold, WoW passes 10M Subscribers - http://bit.ly/QJufaM ” TSW killed off unfairly - not F2P any-time soon! http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-10-02-the-secret-world-post-mortem-no-its-not-going-free-to-play-any-time-soon Sil TSW Issue 3: http://www.thesecretworld.com/news/update_notes_issue_3_the_cat_god_game_update_1_3 Google authenticator for GW2: http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/09/21/arenanet-google-authenticator-guild-wars-2-account-security/ Dragon Age 3 announced: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/gaming/bioware-confirms-development-of-dragon-age-3-inquisition-8151911.html Dam Ubisoft, $60 games and micro-transactions http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/10/01/ubisoft-microtransaction-full-game/ More Ubisoft - http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=30475 Obscurebag: Gabriel says: Hello Obscurecast, In response to the facebook post: That's a tough one since so many of the major SciFi and Fantasy franchises are already out there.  At this point it would have to be a niche IP (ex. G.I. Joe?  Transformers?  Whedon-verse?)  or something original (Secret World).  The only IPs I could imagine with well-enough established characters and fanbases are Nintendo and Sega.   I'd like to see the characters and lore from the Dragonlance and Dark Sun D&D campaign settings make it into D&D Online as I fondly recall the novels set in both.   Give us a shout out and review on iTunes! Tweet us do! Razerbug @rzbg Damarai @_damarai Sil @Lumineus - www.girlsgonewow.net or antlergirl.wordpress.com @obscurecast @obscurecastPStC   Intro music was Decimal Places by I Concur.

Hello Ladies and Gentlemen, friends in Obscurity. Apologies for the lack of a show this week, commitments IRL have kept us all AFK, but you can join Sil and Razerbug as they make things just a little bit more obscure and join the wonderful ladies (and rob) over at Girls Gone WoW Raz, Dam, and Sil hope to be back soon with a new and improved recipe Obscurecast.    

Welcome to episode 24 all! The episode that nearly didn't happen because of timing, and then nearly didn't happen again when our new record date was plagued with Sype issues! We pulled together a show despite all opposition though, as always the latest in the news from the gaming world, and, of course, from Azeroth with Mists just around the corner! Random topics Steam making a 'steam box' after all, windows or linux? http://m.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/09/valve-really-is-making-a-steam-box-after-all/ TSW Issue 2 is out http://t.co/hZlr9Lr5 why is SWToR testing “high population” server tech? http://news.mmosite.com/content/2012-09-14/swtor_preps_for_high_population_server_tech_test.shtml City of Heroes fans buy the whole team dinner to say thanks http://news.mmosite.com/content/2012-09-13/city_of_heroes_fans_said_dinners_on_us.shtml GW2 talk redesigning endgame https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/the-endgame-reimagined/ WoW News PvP call to arms now all week long http://i.wow.joystiq.com/2012/09/05/battleground-call-to-arms-not-just-for-weekends-anymore/ 5.0.5 class changes and Blizzard says it won’t nerf challenge modes every time it’s asked http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/2925-Sept-12-Hotfixes-Mage-Class-Guide-Blue-Posts-Hiring-NET-Dev-Blizzard-Games-News?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Devs Ask me Anything answers are up http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/7207171 DK bug brings new “plauge” after aniversary of the 2005 one http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/09/15/death-knight-plague-epidemic-strikes-azeroth/ Give us a shout out and review on iTunes! Tweet @rzbg and let him know there are new reviews, make him sully his hands with iRelated content on his lovely PC!  You can join Damarai and Razerbug in game on Blades Edge EU in

Hello Ladies and Gents, welcome back to the Obscurecast! Episode 23 of the current series sees us giving our opinions on the much hyped Guild Wars 2 - We talk pros, cons, what is rocking and things that get our goat! before diving into the gaming news, and of course the pre-Mists events in World of Warcraft. Hit up the link below the break!   Random topics How are we finding GW2? No Capes! City of heroes closes down http://i.massively.joystiq.com/2012/08/31/paragon-studios-closing-city-of-heroes-to-sunset-before-the-end/  -- fans try and save it http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/09/05/city-of-heroes-fans-rally-to-try-to-save-the-game/ interview with bioware about free to play SWTOR future http://m.computerandvideogames.com/365381/interviews/interview-biowares-new-republic/?page=1 Wildstar Q&A http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/09/01/pax-prime-2012-wildstar-presentation-and-qanda/ TSW previews new Raid http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/09/04/the-secret-worlds-nyc-raid-tokyo-playfield-previewed/ GW2 accounts compramised http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/09/07/guild-wars-2-fan-site-compromised-11-000-game-accounts-affected/ WoW News MoP Launch Event in London and EU http://eu.blizzard.com/en-gb/company/events/mists-of-pandaria-launch.html#europe:london 5.0.4 breaks ALL THE THINGS Theramore launch even t rewards detailed http://www.wowhead.com/news=205863/battle-of-theramore-arrives-three-weeks-from-today Ask CDevIII answers http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/5208785474#1 slackermage can forget her pole http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/09/07/fishing-no-longer-requires-poles/ Obscurebag: Hello Chaps and the lovely Sil, I've only played WoW and briefly, Runecast. I would like to try other MMOs but they will insist on making them non Mac friendly. One of the reasons I continue to play WoW, especially in the quiet periods, is the social community that is built up. Yes, there are idiots out there but the great bunch of people we have in our guilds make me want to log in so that I can hang out with them. Some are RL friends and others I only know via the intertubes but they are all friends. The great thing is that if I'm not feeling that social, I know I can tell them that and they will respectfully leave me quietly pottering around doing things solo. I think it also helps that we encourage peeps to use TS and sometimes I've basically just spent the night talking and not really achieving much in game. Righto, I'm off to the Discworld Con so I must go. Have a super podcast and much snuggles all round E-J, GGW Show :)   Give us a shout out and review on iTunes! Tweet @rzbg and let him know there are new reviews, make him sully his hands with iRelated content on his lovely PC!  You can join Damarai and Razerbug in game on Blades Edge EU in

This week we join Rilandune... or... does he join us? It all gets a little Obscure! This week we start off getting to know Ril and his 20+ years as a gamer, talk about our very first gaming experience,s really chew the fat over this weeks Gaming news, and dip back and repeatedly touch on how Damarai is enjoying Firefall beta! We then move onto Warcraft, how we're enjoying it - or feeling burnt out on it... our expectations for Mists, the Theramore pre-launch event, and much more! Random topics Go to Gamestop, Buy DLC, Start download immediately http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/08/gamestop-dlc/ On Live carries on after being aquired http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/17/onlive-spun-off-into-new-company-service-will-continue-to-oper/ Rift gets players housing http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/08/22/enter-at-your-own-rift-rifts-upcoming-housing-boom/ Wildstar Crafting/Economy Q&A http://wildstar-central.com/index.php?threads/wildstar-wednesday-economy-q-a.716/ GW2 launch even doesn’t got quite so smoothly LoL, King of Streaming? - http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/08/23/gamestreams-viewer-tracker-says-league-of-legends-is-the-king-of-streaming/ WoW News Blizzard make the mobile armoury/gchat free... tells no one http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/08/24/world-of-warcraft-mobile-app-now-offers-all-services-for-free/ 85-90 now takes 55% more XP - forums QQ about it. http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/6307651518?page=1 Theramore event not available straight after 5.0.4 http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/08/24/patch-5-0-4-theramore-scenario-not-available-immediately/ Blizz clarrifies LFR role in Mists http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/08/23/blizzard-clarifies-the-raid-finders-role-in-gearing-progression/#continued   Give us a shout out and review on iTunes! Tweet @rzbg and let him know there are new reviews, make him sully his hands with iRelated content on his lovely PC!  You can join Damarai and Razerbug in game on Blades Edge EU in

Ladies and Jelly Spoons! It's time you put something Obscure in your ears, yes indeed, Episode 21 of Season 4 of The Obscurecast is here. It very nearly got called "Peter Pan"... see the intro-out-take! We have a whole host of gaming news, including the latest from Secret World, and Damarai goes inside on the Firefall Beta, bringing much in the way of news and reviews, We'll have a full review next week, so stay tuned on that. Not forgetting of course; The Mists Cinematic Trailer! It released live out of Gamescom in Germany and we give the latest WoW offering our shakedown, and our oppinions on blizzards timing vs competitor releases, maybe we're a little harsh? Of course we want to know what YOU the Obscuredience think of our topic of the (two) week - which rolls over because there was just so much to talk about this week . Give us a shout on that by the various ways below! Talking Point Next week: “How do you prefer social interactions in MMO, Guilds/RL social groups/other - and does it vary between MMOs?” Random topics              *Rift Unveals Annual Deal - http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=30276 *Updates to steam, more community content - http://steamcommunity.com/communitycontent, http://store.steampowered.com/news/8624/, http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/08/14/steam-community-update-announcements-continue-with-group-page-overhaul/ http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/08/13/steam-community-revamp-to-bring-game-hubs/ Runescape player faces 15yrs in prison - http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/08/13/runescape-player-faces-up-to-15-years-in-prison-over-currency-theft/ *New update for Team Fortress 2, Man Vs Machine - http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/08/14/team-fortress-2-mann-vs-machine-detailed-videoized-its-a-horde-mode/ GW2 server live times http://www.gamebreaker.tv/mmorpg/breaking-launch-times/ *Rift unveils new expansion (kind of for free) http://stormlegion.riftgame.com/en/ (classy homepage image o.0) *Issue 2 for The Secret World has been announced: http://thesecretworld.com/news/the_secret_world_issue_2_august_2012_digging_deeper WoW News new patch Aug 28 th http://www.wowhead.com/news=205491/pvp-season-11-ending-soon-patch-5-0-4-on-august-28th http://www.obscurecast.com/2012/08/the-obscurecast-mists-of-pandaria-cinematic/ NA players can now redo their security http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/08/15/north-american-players-may-now-update-their-security-questions/ All Races to be available to all players in 5.0.4 http://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/232764-all-races-available-in-patch-504/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Account-wide pets clarrified http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/08/16/account-wide-pet-duplicates-clarified/     Give us a shout out and review on iTunes! Tweet @rzbg and let him know there are new reviews, make him sully his hands with iRelated content on his lovely PC!  You can join Damarai and Razerbug in game on Blades Edge EU in

It's that time again Ladies and Gents. The 20th episode of season 4 awaits you at the bottom of these show notes. We're talking about a fair bit of bad news this week with poor returns, stock performances, and of course Blizzard announcing it has been...

Hello dear friends and welcome to our 19th show this season! Along side the usual gems form around the world of gaming and Warcraft this week we have plenty of the views of some of you, the listeners! So, have at it! Talking Point Wh...

Razerbug and Damarai bring you a little side quest to our fellow Start-press'ers this week. Due to RL commitments and massive international events happening in host's cities, A full show didn't happen this week, instead the hosts bring you a roundup of gaming and WoW news, including announcements from SOE, Planetfall 2 and the World of Warcraft Mists of Pandaria release date announcement! We take a moment to mention Bare Foot Wanderer in the Obscurebag, and invite you to join us with your oppinion in next weeks (hopefully) usual full show: What features are a MUST for you from a new MMO? That's what we're asking our listeners to give their opinions on in the gaming world this week, we'll be taking tweets, facebook messages, and emails on the subject and talking about it next show, so let us know what you think!   Give us a shout out and review on iTunes! Tweet @rzbg and let him know there are new reviews, make him sully his hands with iRelated content on his lovely PC!  You can join Damarai and Razerbug in game on Blades Edge EU in

Welcome to the 18th show of the series! As always we're covering gaming an world of warcraft news, and this week we're launching a new feature were you the Obscurdience pipe up and pipe in on our topics of the week - hit the break for notes! What features are a MUST for you from a new MMO? That's what we're asking our listeners to give their opinions on in the gaming world this week, we'll be taking tweets, facebook messages, and emails on the subject and talking about it next show, so let us know what you think! Talking Point What features do you think are essential in a new MMO Random topics Steam’s linux efforts begin http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/Linux/ SWToR Layoffs and Executive Producer leaves. http://www.develop-online.net/news/41440/Vogel-departs-BioWare-amidst-reported-layoffs SWToR CEO talks about F2P model http://uk.gamespot.com/news/theres-power-in-free-to-play-says-ea-ceo-6387778 Diablo 3 patch info from Morheim http://www.gamebreaker.tv/pc-games/beyond-the-inferno/?utm_campaign=Diablo%203&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter “ooh yeah” hits 5 mil backing http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ouya/ouya-a-new-kind-of-video-game-console?ref=live http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/19/ouya-consoles-first-exclusive-game-is-human-element-prequel-f/ Heroes of Newerth making all it’s heroes free http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/07/19/all-heroes-in-heroes-of-newerth-will-be-free-as-of-tomorrow/ Runescape hits 200 million users!http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/07/19/runescape-reaches-200-million-users-mark/ EA say PC is fastest growing gaming platform http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/07/20/ea-boss-the-fastest-growing-platform-for-video-games-today-is-the-pc/ Amazon F2P/MMO store - http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=30091 WoW News Blizard now offering customer service via facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/BlizzardCS/232036710249695 Gamescon to become mini-blizzcon http://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/230217-more-details-on-mists-of-pandaria-opening-cinematic-world-premiere/ Druid stag form revealed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxo9nqvawPw&feature=player_embedded 48 dailies a day in Mists http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/07/18/48-dailies-are-48-dailies-too-many/#continued pet battles being beta tested http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/07/17/team-matticus-takes-on-the-updated-pet-battle-system Give us a shout out and review on iTunes! Tweet @rzbg and let him know there are new reviews, make him sully his hands with iRelated content on his lovely PC!  You can join Damarai and Razerbug in game on Blades Edge EU in

Come one come all to Episode 17 of Season 4 of Obscurecast! Waxing verbally incorrect and wixing their mords Damarai, Sil and Razerbug are back with all the games we've been playing, the latest news from The Secret World, the Kickstarter Android OS based console, Arkham City's 1950s based sequel, Steam sale. And of course, the latest news from the World of Warcraft! As always you can give us your feedback on anything we cover on the show bag@obscurecast.com Hit up the link below for your next dose of eclectic British obscureness and geeky gaming fun! Random topics STO Season 6 released - http://sto.perfectworld.com/seasons/season6 Valve annouces Greenlight - http://store.steampowered.com/news/8367/ Android based gaming hardware - http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/10/ouya-gaming-console-meets-950k-kickstarter-goal/ TSW: State of the Game post - http://forums.thesecretworld.com/showthread.php?t=42532 Batman Arkham City follow-up to be set in the 1950’s http://t.co/vHSt6jox what is everquest next (and SEO becoming a free-to-play company) http://www.everquestnext.com/ LoL more played than WoW - most played ever http://www.gameplanet.co.nz/pc/games/159437.League-of-Legends/news/1005291.20120712.LoL-most-played-game-of-last-12-months---DFC/ Wildstar group combat video, sticks with tank/healer/etc http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/06/27/wildstar-wednesday-showcases-group-combat/ WoW News MoP beta testers (everyone with the annual pass) won’t be able to use the PTR http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/4878358165 WoW “summer challenges” http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/6623037/WoW_Summer_Challenge_Ulduar-7_4_2012 WoW server auction charity details http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/07/12/blizzard-raises-over-330-000-for-st-jude-childrens-research-h/ DS raid buff hits 30%  http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/07/12/dragon-souls-power-of-the-aspects-to-30-next-week/ New R.A.F mount - thanks @silkyraven http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/07/12/obsidian-nightwing-is-the-new-raf-mount/   Give us a shout out and review on iTunes! Tweet @rzbg and let him know there are new reviews, make him sully his hands with iRelated content on his lovely PC! :P You can join Damarai and Razerbug in game on Blades Edge EU in

The gang is back after our little break and full to the brim with gaming news as well as the goings on in Azeroth! Plus, all the way from Postcards from Azeroth and player of ALL THE MMO's  - we're joined by Rioriel! Rio is launching an 'adopt a red panda for Pandaria' charity drive over here. He's already adopting red-pandas thanks to the help of the community, so thanks for that guys and hopefully Obscurefans will join in the panda love!   Random topics Skyrim - Dawnguard patch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4feSFlN53ms&feature=g-all-u Crossbows, Mounted combat, more vampires Rift expansion - Storm Legion http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KwtnsAUJbbs 10 more levels, 2 more continents, another soul for each calling FF7 coming to PC http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/7742/article/final-fantasy-vii-re-release-for-pc-announced/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gameranx+%28Gameranx%29&utm_content=Google+Reader Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut launch SWToR patch 1.3 launch Origin want to be bigger than Steam - http://www.computerandvideogames.com/355123/origin-aims-to-be-a-better-version-of-steam-ea/?cid=OTC-RSS&attr=CVG-News-RSS Vivendi to sell stake in Activision Blizzard? http://www.videogamer.com/news/vivendi_to_sell_its_8_1bn_stake_in_activision.html Secret World is live http://www.thesecretworld.com/news/the_secret_world_is_live WoW News Most mounts going account wide http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/5633973536?page=15#300 Beta available for Addon testing - MoP not as as soon as we think? http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/5959926505?page=1#1 Box Art revealed http://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/vh3vo/and_so_it_begins_the_mists_of_pandaria_dissipate/ Legendary ALL THE THINGS  http://www.wowhead.com/news=204099/mists-of-pandarias-first-legendary-available-for-every-class   Let us know what you think of the show on iTunes! You can join Damarai and Razerbug in game on Blades Edge EU in

Hello Folks and welcome to a short and sweet show today we round up the last couple of weeks in MMO/Gaming news and as always reports of the going on in Azeroth, and indeed; Pandaria! We also have an important announcement to make: Due to June being stupidly hectic and full of IRL things we're going AFK, but fear not! We'll BRB with more Obscure goings on in July! Random topics SWToR moving to mega servers? http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/367/feature/6437/Will-TOR-Adopt-Mega-Servers.html/page/1 and laying off staff http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/05/29/bioware-responds-to-swtor-layoffs/ MMO toughest sector of gaming (SWToR) http://uk.gamespot.com/news/mmos-the-toughest-sector-of-games-old-republic-dev-6378948 But SWToR 1.3 details revealed http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/05/30/star-wars-the-old-republic-developers-detail-1-3-free-trials/ secret world delayed http://m.mmosite.com/mobile/index.php?action=article&nk=4&newsurl=http://news.mmosite.com/content/c/2012-05-27/the_secret_world_delayed_to_july_3rd_and_beta_weekend_roadmap_unveiled.shtml D3 players getting hacked even with authenticators? http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-05-24-diablo-3-number-of-players-who-have-reported-an-account-hack-extremely-small-insists-blizzard D3 shifts 6m copies, 3m in 24hrs http://www.vg247.com/2012/05/23/diablo-iii-sells-6-3-million-in-first-week-3-5-million-in-first-24-hours/ and Blizz korean offices get raided! http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/05/30/korean-government-raids-blizzard-over-alleged-diablo-iii-wrongdo/ Firefall moves away from level based progression http://www.firefallthegame.com/blog/2012/5/25/firefall-development-update-_-part-3 Queen’s Jubilee celebrations in runescape http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/05/31/runescape-throwing-the-queen-a-royal-celebration-on-june-2nd/ WoW News Panda mounts, hundreds of dailies, teir 14 pics http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/05/25/mists-of-pandarias-pandaren-mount-daily-quest-cap-limit-and-tier-14-armor-sets-revealed/ head and shoulders enchants gone http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/30/mists-of-pandaria-head-enchants-gone-shoudler-enchants/ We also want to know, for our first show back in July: “What features would be on your list of ‘must haves’ for a new MMO, with SWToR adding in the Dungeon Finder WoW innovation, What can the modern MMO not do without for you?” bag@obscurecast.com   Let us know what you think of the show on iTunes! You can join Damarai and Razerbug in game on Blades Edge EU in

"That's quite the treasure you have in that Horodric ObscureCube... Shtay a while and listen..." Episode 14 of season 4 sees Raz, Damarai and Sil joined by Jen and Nevik of Shattered Soulstone, Dawnforge's own Diablo podcast, and we talk... Diablo of course! (Because there are no other games, right Nevik?) We also talk about how we're finding The Secret World beta and it's new approach to MMO questing. We'd love to hear listener feed-back from what you guys think of Diablo3 and TSW, are you a seasoned Diablo veteran or did you get it free with your year of Warcraft? How are you finding it and was it worth the wait? Did you get into TSW beta? how was your first nervous steps into Kingsmouth? Let us know!  Talking Point TSW beta! D3 Random topics Someone finishes Diablo in 12 hours http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/15/somebody-finished-diablo-3-in-12-hours/ Blizzard apologizes for the D3 launch problems http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/5150106401 Dust beta sign-up now open http://www.curse.com/news/dust-514/45375-beta-registration-now-open-for-dust-514 Diablo 3 secret level found http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/05/18/diablo-3-secret-level-uncovered/ Let us know what you think of the show on iTunes! You can join Damarai and Razerbug in game on Blades Edge EU in