MMO Reporter

Chris, Harry, and Layanor talk about the big news of Grand Theft Auto's online mode, Firefall's open beta, and listen to Harry fall as his chair breaks. Listen now: What we did in game Layanor Lord of the Rings Online - Rank 12 The Secret World - Took advantage of the 1 year anniversary and got some points to get more skills. Infectonator - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0coFAUqMmTQ Harry Kerbal Space Program - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaBkCDtt-7o Guild Wars 2 Chris World of Warplanes with MMO Bill. Rift - just questin’ LOTRO - Almost done the Winterfell...ummmm... Wildermore region. Neverwinter - Level 30, working on my review. GW2 - Tried the Aetherblade Retreat dungeon. Died. Working on the new Bazaar of the Four Wind stuff. Interesting new area! Defiance. The season is over. I is sad. Game is still going strong! Trying it out on xBox. Marvel Heroes review will be up by the time this podcast post is! 3/4 - Hit. Strong story and gameplay, grindy end-game. Grand Theft Auto 5 is a MMO? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir1WxNHvLyw The latest video has shown how huge the world. Places to explore and missions all over the place to do. Mini games like tennis, and biking. And then it happens. They show from a window, tons of players driving around on the streets and some flying in planes. Considering GTA main character builds up his abilities by doing the same thing over and over again. Very much like Morrowind game system, is it safe to assume that GTA5 will be considered a MMO. Firefall Open Beta starts today! http://www.firefallthegame.com Firefall is a sci fi shooter mmo that is open world sandbox game. To level you can quest like a normal MMO or you can enter the PVP areas. Big guns, jump jets, gliding, and lots of new mechanics makes this game very unique to play. Gameplay Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMCWEtPSljQ&list=PLuF8h6vFT6oXmK27FHNGAV35uzJky_vlZ New Defiance Contest http://www.defiance.com/en/game-show-contest/?CAS_REDIR=true The top 10 ark hunters who complete the most arkfall events during the time period July 8th 10am PT to July 30th will qualify to have their character written onto the show. The top 10 players will have their characters submitted to a Facebook voting contest. The top 5 players from this vote will then be submitted to the writers staff at Syfy. The final winner will be selected by Kevin Murphy, the lead creator the TV show. The Secret World new content released. http://www.thesecretworld.com/news/issue_7_a_dream_to_kill_is_live Issue 7: A Dream to Kill is a spy themed campaign. Not only do you get to play thru the new secret spy story, you can earn the new auxiliary weapon. A flamethrower! Chase down goons in a high-speed snowmobile! And of course you can always expect lots of strange visuals and dark twists leading up to the big Tokyo update. Preview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkDe_zYTgfo Neverwinter Campaign system http://nw.perfectworld.com/news/?p=931001 The new campaign system will be a new meta-quest feature that allows players to unlock three distinct regions of Sharandar as you progress in Neverwinter. New T1 sets will be available within Sharandar and new T2 gear is obtainable within Malabog Castle. Players can obtain T1 gear from new solo instances, from the Sharandar Store with new currencies, and from repeatable Campaign Projects. In addition to armors, Sharandar will bring several new unique weapons for each class! Shroud of the Avatar hour long info video http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6OkfbzqFHEM#at=55 Explains a ton of things about the staff and the game They cover some of the early gameplay and get to watch some combat. The feature a fan music video.

With cosmic rays and toxic waste bursting from its virtual seams, Marvel Heroes has landed onto the hard drive of comic book nerds around the world. Allowing players to take command of their favorite heroes from the Marvel universe, it’s a return to the gameplay style made popular by the likes of Diablo and Torchlight. With the creative mind behind Diablo II in charge, does Marvel Heroes save the world or does it get it’s cape stuck in a jet turbine? Listen now: Pros and Cons I’ve been a Marvel fanboy for many years. Throughout my teenage years, I would drive 45 minutes to the closest comic book shop once a week and buy the latest and the greatest of X-Force, Spider Man and X-Men. So it’s safe to say that the launch of Marvel Heroes was something that I looked forward to with both great hope, and great trepidation. The gameplay is most simply described as Diablo II with Marvel characters. In fact, that’s how David Brevick, President and CEO of Gazillion studios, describes the game. The description is accurate, with players directing their hero through the world from an isometric view, clicking to move and clicking to attack. Clickety, clickety, clickety. If this method of gameplay is not something that you’re a fan of, then you might have some issues with this game. The “Marvelization” of the gameplay is pulled off incredibly well, with hero specific powers leaping off the screen like the ink on a comic book page. The animations are smooth, the powers are visually exciting, and the battles are fierce. As I travelled through all eight chapters of the story, I didn’t really find myself challenged though. My chosen hero, Thor, wadded through packs of enemies, swinging the mighty Mjolnir in wide arcs and sending baddies flying. I found that by the time I had reached level 15, or a maximum 60, I had gained powers that would allow me to take down incredibly large amount of enemies without dampening my tights with sweat. The character advancement in Marvel Heroes is a variation of the talent tree system, and will be familiar to WoW and Diablo veterans alike. Each level you gain points that can be put towards powers in three different trees. Different abilities and powers unlock as you get to higher levels, and the more points you put into said powers, the more effective they are. I found this to be a simple yet workable system. While there’s not as much specialization as other MMOs (i.e. no “Tank” Thor or “DPS” Thor), there is enough that I felt that my particular Thor was different than the multitude of others fighting back to back with me as I travelled around the Earth. I was able to focus my Thor on his ranged lightning powers. I found myself to be a great ranged AOE fighter, and really enjoyed taking on multiple enemies and bringing the thunder! Playing around with some other characters, I was able to get some Tank-ish abilities, but there weren’t many healing abilities to be found. Speaking of multiple versions of Thor, don’t be surprised to jump into your first fight and be joined by... YOU! Gazillion stated right from the beginning that players would not be making their own heroes, and would instead be taking on the mantle of established Marvel Heroes. This does created some immersion breaking moment, which detract from the stellar story that the game presents. The story focuses on Dr. Doom and the Cosmic Cube. I won’t give away any spoilers, but the game has you travelling throughout iconic locations from Marvel mythos, including Hell’s Kitchen, the Savage Land, and even Dr. Doom’s home country of Latveria. I did dabble in the end-game of Marvel Heroes, which takes place once you complete the main story, and, like Diablo, much before you hit max level. This consists of PvP and Daily Missions. The daily missions take you through locations that you’ve already travelled through in game, and pits you against one of the villains from the game and their minions.

Chris and Layanor talk about Funcoms updates to their games, Rift 3.0, and the new expansion for Age of Wushu. Listen now:   What we did in game   Layanor: LOTRO.  21k left till my next rank. Played some tier 2 instances th...

This week, Chris, Harry, and Layanor cuss a lot! NSFW this show! We talk about the new Guilds Wars 2 content, Tera's new content, and talk about a new kickstarter for a incredible new game called Anthymn. Listen now: What we did in game Layanor: I am 77% into my rank in LOTRO and have run some tier 2 raids lately. Played a lot of Marvel Heroes and was totally pissed off about the rollback! Played some RIFT with friends but had a problem because they told me the wrong faction to play. *play wa wa waaaaa fail music here* Harry Car accident Loads of writing My answer to Jimmy Fallon Chris Gaming? Grease is the word! Guild Wars 2 - Sparkfly Fen complete. Guild Wars 2: Sky Pirates - Starting Tuesday, June 25 https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/releases/june-25-2013/ Upon logging into Guild Wars 2, you’ll receive a mail from Lionguard Inspector Ellen Kiel notifying you that you’ve been deputized to pursue the sky pirates known as the Aetherblades. Heralds at major cities will help guide you as well. New Story Dungeon: Aetherblade Retreat – Find the hidden entrance to the Aetherblade base and take the fight to the pirates. Sea of Sorrows Scavenger Hunt – In this new, permanent content, players search for clues to the locations of 12 plaques that have been set up to honor the history of the city and its founder, in the novel Sea of Sorrows by our very own Ree Soesbee New Rewards – A variety of new rewards are available, including Aetherblade caches, a First Mate Horrik miniature companion, a stylish monocle and more. Custom Arenas and Spectator Mode leaves Beta – Custom PvP arenas allow players to host private matches, and customize their map settings. This feature is leaving beta, which means that Custom Arena Starter Kits will be available for anyone to purchase in the Gem Store. Spectator Mode also is officially out of beta. Together, these two features allow for practice, competitive play and tournaments. Mortar Mastery Joins the Growing List of World vs. World Abilities – Players can increase their mortar effectiveness by training in Mortar Mastery. Improvements in this line include increasing mortar blast radius, beefing up on damage, reducing skill recharge, and even adding a new skill, Mortar Barrage. Skill and Trait Balance Update – The largest balance patch ever is being introduced in this build, which includes significant updates to traits and skills to introduce more viable build diversity. Every profession trait line is seeing changes.  Updates also have been made to some less popular skills to improve their effectiveness. https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/upcoming-skill-and-trait-changes/ Tera introduces stronghold sieges! http://tera.enmasse.com/corsairs-stronghold Ride the airship to a strategic location and drop in behind enemy lines‚ or hop in a siege tank and blast the gate to pieces–then keep rolling right on through to the anchorstone! Matches in Corsairs’ Stronghold consist of two rounds–each team takes turns attacking and defending the anchorstone in the heart of the stronghold. Employ various tactics to outwit and overpower your opponents‚ and the fastest team to destroy the anchorstone wins! They will also introduce new pirate clothes in the store to get into character Siege Introduction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qvv0UxwP8oo Dragon Quest X online coming to PC http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=mTAoHDjWxXY&NR=1 The famous RPG for Nintendo that features the artist from Dragonball Z is is coming out with a MMO in Japan. In September. No word on if the game will be released anywhere, but chances of that happening I think are very high. If you know Japanese and would like to try the game, you can check out the shownotes for the signup link. http://hiroba.dqx.

Chris and Harry retake Layanor's show this week! We talk about virtual WoW servers, Maple Story's new content, and a very long talk about Rift's new Rex currency. Listen now: What we did in game   Layanor: Played lots of LOTRO. I am 66% into my next rank. Guild Wars 2 Rift The Secret World Started a blog for my gaming adventures: http://layanor.wordpress.com/   Harry GW2: Dragon Bashing http://www.youtube.com/user/ArjanDotOrg Animal Crossing Batman Arkham Asylum The Last of Us   Chris Guild Wars 2 - Dragon Bash - PLAY part of the song here. Marvel Heroes - Finished the story and working on the daily missions Rift - F2P is working pretty well. Bought some mounts.... Defiance - Loved seeing the resolution to the in-game missions come to life in the TV show. LOTRO - Continuing my way through update 11 Neverwinter World of Warcraft - Pet Battles and Dungeon Queues   Rift - Free to Play Q&A   Warhammer 40k: Eternal Crusade is not what you expect it to be. http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/06/13/e3-2013-warhammer-40k-eternal-crusade-is-all-about-war/ What's different about Warhammer 40k: Eternal Crusade is it deviate from the lore to become its own universe, and the entire solar system will be devoted to war. The Tyranid, Eldar, Orks, and Space Marines are the playable races. The campaign mode of the game is designed in such a way that there are conflicts on planets themselves; over a period of time, battles are waged on a planet-wide scale until a race faces eradication or conquers all opposing races. "The campaign is between two weeks to three months, and once the campaign is done, there will be a race that has won," After a race has conquered a planet, content patches will switch the whole conflict over to a new planet, which will entail fresh details such as weather, terrain, and objectives. http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/06/18/maplestory-rewards-new-and-existing-players-for-this-weeks-worl/   World of Warcraft Patch 5.4 is on the test servers. http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/10158897/54_PTR_Coming_Soon-6_11_2013 A fourth flexible raid. Siege of Orgrimmar Raid New area: Timeless Isle A new pet battle tournament The drop chance for loot on all existing Raid Finder raids has been increased Season 14 Grievous PvP gear is now available All permanent item enchantments can now be applied to items of any level Virtual Realms are different realms that are linked together acting as one in which players can play with one another just as if they were on the same realm. You will be able to join guilds, run dungeons, group up for quests and play with others just as if they were on your realm Proving Grounds which is designed to allow players to test and improve their skills, whether it would be tanking, healing or damage. Each role will have four difficulties, bronze, silver, gold and endless. The endless difficulty will have players facing increasingly harder enemies. Pathfinder Online plans for Early Access in 3Q of 2014 https://goblinworks.com/blog/index.html#20130612 Pathfinder is Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 pencil and dice game after Wizards of the Coast abandoned the rules system for something new. This role playing games had a successful kickstarter for a new MMO. The plan is to make a barebones MMO and release it to a few thousand players. Barebones meaning a few areas, basic classes, basic races, and basic questing. Over time the company will be adding in all the other features of the game. Players in early access will have a say in what should be made first, and will witness a mmo being made from the ground up as they play. The game is planned to have a full release in 2015 Pathfinder MMO explanation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxT91d_exqQ

  Layanor rules the show again this week! I talk about E3, World of Warcraft, Warhammer 40,000 MMO, and... is that woman back again?   Listen now: What we did in game Layanor: LOTRO got to 53% into my next rank. I am tier 2 on all the creep killing deeds. RIFT I am level 12 so far and really liking the game GUILD WARS 2 I am level 10 and the game is very boring so far SECRET WORLD I am deep into the newbie area and the game is hard with not very good thought out quest layout. Sparthir: I have two invites for Ingress Harry/ Cari - Close enough Some of the end game LOTRO Wildermore and epic quests Played with my Romulan character in STO Bopped around in GW2 for a little while Played Rift Loaded Raptr. I spend a lot of time playing video games. Chris Yelling at the teen manager at Tim Horton's   Warhammer® 40,000 MMORPG Revealed http://bhvr.com/eternalcrusade/# Montreal, 10th June, 2013 – Behaviour Interactive and Games Workshop® proudly announce a new online game in the Warhammer® 40,000® universe: Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade. Behaviour Interactive has obtained the rights to create a wholly new MMORPG persistent war experience for PC, PS4 and Xbox One set in Games Workshop’s universe of the 41st Millennium. In the game, players choose aWarhammer 40,000® race and fight directly as one of their warriors in massive conflicts for territory. It will be up to each faction’s community to determine their own destiny as they vie for control of an entire planet.   Neverwinter Explain Their Endgame http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CV3F-lA7lU Neverwinter will conclude Open Beta Testing and launch on June 20, 2013! With the live launch, they will be introducing Gauntlgrym, level 60 PvE and PvP content, for veterans players to fight and prove who is the most deserving of Neverwinter's riches. Fury of the Feywild, the first free content expansion for Neverwinter coming Summer 2013 http://nw.perfectworld.com/module1 http://neverwinter.gamepedia.com/Heavy_Giant_Spider   Secret World Double XP Black Weekend Event The event, which begins on Friday, June 14th, and concludes on Monday, June 17. Log in during the Black Weekend event and you will be able to claim a free potion from the item store that doubles XP gains from monster kills for eight hours. One account may claim one new potion every 24 hours. Additionally, any activity that normally rewards Black Bullion will award one extra Black Bullion For every player you recruit between now and the end of Black Weekend, you'll receive a free month of premium membership.   Flexible Raids come to World of Warcraft with patch 5.4 http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/10175200/ The Flexible Raid system is designed so that the challenge level will scale depending on how many players you have in the Raid. So if you switch between 14 players one week and 22 the next, the difficulty will adjust automatically. You’ll also still be able to invite Real ID or Battle.net friends cross-realm.   Arcane Saga Online Launches! http://as.netmarble.com/ Arcane Saga is a fantasy MMO. It features fast leveling, plenty of job combinations, and a competitive PvP end game. The idea behind the game is to level fast and get into end content as quickly as possible. Open World PvP will only be available on PvP servers. PvP Arenas and Castle Siege events will be available on all game servers. Choose from over 20 different and diverse jobs, each specializing in a different Role. Damage Dealing, Healing, Tanking, Solo, Party and even PvP. Each job can be quickly swapped without giving you an enormous amount of versatility! Skip the Grind Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izhrXHcPHqg Elders Scrolls Online announced for Xbox and PlayStation Bethesda has just announced plans to bring The Elder Scrolls Online to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in spring 2014.

This week the entire roster is back! Chris, Harry, and Layanor talk about the new Aion content, Rift, tips on starting Guild Wars 2, and 96% of the EVE online community are men. Wait... what? Listen now: What we did in game   Layanor ...

MMO Reporter Episode 126 - Layanor goes solo!   Layanor runs the show this week and talks about LOTRO, Blizzard, Final Fantasy, Vindictus, and Wild Star! Wait? Who is that other voice? :o Listen now: What we did in game   Layanor Played LOTRO   Cari LOTRO: My LOTRO Reporter mini to 62, My main Inn League delivery Quests STO: Leveling a Romulan She’s awesome. Playing the "get all my stuff set up on my new computer" game   Vindictus Update http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpn7Lc9X6eI New area Lots of new mobs Possibly a new class. Not much info so far. Final Fantasy XIV's Relaunch is Announced! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8JQ87KtH1G8#! Square Enix has announced that Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn is set for release on August 27, 2013 on both PC and PS3. This phase will be the first time A Realm Reborn will be open to PS3 players during this beta. As well as the Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn game disc, fans who pre-order the standard or Collector's Edition of the game will receive the following exclusive in-game content: Early Access: Access the game servers ahead of the official launch. Get your head start and make your mark in the realm of Eorzea! Cait Sith Doll Minion: On sabbatical from Shinra Inc. and looking for adventure, Cait Sith will join your party as a non-combat pet. Mog Cap: Show your love of Final Fantasy and strut around the world of Eorzea in this Moogle themed hat. Kupo! Collector's Edition Contents Collector's box designed by Yoshitaka Amano, legendary Final Fantasy artist 80-page "Art of Eorzea" hardcover art book featuring never-before-seen concept art "The Waning of the Sixth Sun," a special bonus video disc that takes a cinematic look at the events that led up to the realm being reborn "Sounds of Eorzea" album that features musical scores by renowned Final Fantasy series composers Five collectable character art cards A Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn-branded security token to secure user accounts In-game bonus items: Helm of Light, Baby Behemoth Minion, Coeurl Mount and Behemoth Barding Some things to know about the Launch: http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/pl/topics/detail?id=14019fb32d90859f118dccb8cd96bf81c212957d If you own FFXIV 1.0 Collector's Edition you get all the in-game collectors items. You don't have to repurchase the PC version of the game. If you have a version 1.0 code you can use it. Legacy Campaign members can take part in the early access. If you want to play on the PS3 you have to purchase another copy. You will only be able to attach one copy of the PS3 version to a PSN account, and only one copy to a SE account. You can use your characters on both the PS3 and the PC version of the game once you attach the two accounts together. But you can't play on both platforms at the same time.   Blizzard delays unannounced MMO until 2016, resets whole project       http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/28/blizzard-delays-unannounced-mmo-until-2016-resets-whole-project-exclusive/#iQkImQhF2UlJJDIj.99 The team of 100 developers working on the MMO, codenamed “Titan,” has been reduced by 70 positions, and Blizzard is reassigning those people to other work. Meanwhile, the core of the team will start over on Titan. The title is now not expected to be published until 2016 at the earliest. Blizzard has restarted many projects in the past, such as the canceled Starcraft Ghost game that seemed to be near completed back in 2006. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVsTrLW_04U Wildstar Is Putting out Information Like Mad A Dev Speak video came out about the Wildstar Paths. http://www.wildstar-online.com/en/news/epic_drop_wildstar_paths.php Are you ready for an Epic Drop of mind-blowing proportions?

  This week, Chris and Layanor complain about exploits, praise WoW updates, and ride on our dragons! Listen now:   What we did in game   Layanor Played a lot of LOTRO Helped my friend get some deeds done. Did some PVMP and...

Harry, Chris, and Layanor dive into the news of free to play Rift! We also talk about World of Warcraft subscriptions falling and have a City of Heros MMO Flashback! Listen now: MMO Reporter Episode 124   What we did in game   Layanor Finished the new Withermore Update. I have to go and finish some of the deeds. On Steam there was a special promotion for Sanctum. It was around 3$ and I picked up two copies for my roommate and I. It is a first person shooter, tower deference game. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwzaQCT9Hdo   Harry Wild Star (embargo until today, 15:00 dutch time) LOTRO Guild Wars 2 - Pirate mini dungeon   Chris I played the “take 61 kids on a 5 day band tour” game. LOTRO - First few quests of Update 11 Defiance - new Episode DLC started. Possible spoilers for the show?   News: Rift is going free to play. Everyone stand up, stretch a little, then sit right back down. No need to get all huffy in here. http://www.riftgame.com/en/promo/freetoplay.php Starting June 12, new players will have access to all game content – from dungeons and Warfronts to the latest raids – with no level restrictions. Their free-to-play model is built on a simple idea: everyone can download, log in, and play all of RIFT, free Subscribers, known as Patrons, receive special bonuses to currency, mount speed, various types of experience, and more! Trion will be adding a new REX currency to the game. It is an item that can be purchased with real money, which can be traded and sold in-game among players, and can be exchanged for Credits and Loyalty. Announcement Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdLha0tAB0c&feature=player_embedded   Neverwinter Exploit problems http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/neverwinter-xp-rate-nerfed-to-counter-foundry-exploits/ The game has had a lot of news lately with exploits. Players are create dungeons that just flood you with gold and XP. The quest would get you from level 1 - 60 within a hour. It is rumored that players have found ways to copy items in the game. The auction house is insane with all the prices of things. Could this hurt the game a games launch and turn off players?   LOTRO Update 11 is out New area called Withermore New epic story New PvmP items They have removed the speed warsteed skill tree and replaced it with all new skills based on your class. All the speed bonuses from the tree were automatically added into your warsteed. New crafting recipes for all crafting guilds. No new raids or instances. No ent play. However... there is something else...   The Destruction of the World! Of Warcraft! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22464058 The worlds greatest game that has cured cancer and is the most popular game on two planets is starting to lose the race. WoW in 2010 had 12 million subscribers. It now has 8.3 million. Developers are saying the market is expanding and hard to keep up with. Free 2 Play is the main heroic difficulty problem they face. The china market is extremely hard to keep up with. New games rise and fall like title waves. Blizzard may be forced to make WoW free to play soon. Or ditch the pandas... Stupid pandas... Layanor’s personal recommendation to raise WoW subscription base. In 2009, WoW introduced the Mr.T Mohawk Grenade. The following year was the record high 12 million subscribers. We need Mr.T to fix the World!              Of Warcraft! Mr.T Moehawk Granade: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvutli797-Y Over-simplifying the game: http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/05/14/patch-5-3-mining-and-herbalism-able-to-be-leveled-exclusively-i/   MMO Flashback! City of Heros - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eHB9zxtet4 The game was launched in North America on April 27,

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Harry Hol was invited to the Runescape 3 Global Reveal press event, and took a few minutes to chat with Dean Olive, Content Development Manager. They talked about a few different things, most notably some of the game mechanics that will be prevelent in the game. Audio Version:

Harry Hol was invited to the Runescape 3 global reveal, and managed to snag some time with Mark Oglevie, Design Director. They talked about the game and what it has to offer in the current MMO landscape. Audio Version:

Harry and Layanor join PR Guru Leo Tan and Producer Hannah Foell talk about Update 11. They introduce the the new Epic Book, talk about the mounted combat updates, and sneak a peak at mounting fishing! We had problems with the client and recording the video., but we did salvage the audio! If you would like some visuals of update 11, you can check out PvMPAndang's preview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYArAeWn9cQ Big thanks too Leo and Hannah for taking the time to demo the new content for our listeners! Listen now:  

  Harry and Layanor dive into the news, while Chris wanders Canada for a stronger opponent! We talk about Dust 514's launch, lots of DC news, and have some sad news for World of Darkness. Listen now: What we did in game   Layanor LOTRO The King of the Fighters   Harry Guild Wars 2 Neverwinter Runescape     Camelot Unchained meets kickstarter http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/13861848/camelot-unchained 14,873 Backers $2,232,933 pledged. $2,000,000 goal. Game is funded and has the green flag to go into production. DUST 514's Uprising update is now live http://dust514.com/ DUST 514 is planned to go live on May 14th. CCP will introduce DUST's planetary conquest system, which means that DUST players will be able to take part in the great territorial control battles that will tie the game into EVE Online. The launch will also bring a few new weapons and a new game mode (Domination) and new maps over which players can vie for supremacy. Preview Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23J_s9Jo3Ww  Lord of the Rings Online Releases Update 11. Treachery of the White Hand. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=X2VJiDC7HYw A new zone is being released for max level players. It will continue the epic story. They will introduce a new Warband like monster. A huge giant that is said to find and track down players. New crafting recipes and gear will be introduced. No new group instances or raids. DC Universe Online's Origin Crisis to release on May 14th A new 10th power set. You will be able to slow down time, fold space, and more! Their adding two operations, two new solo missions, and two new raids. You will be able to meet alternate universe characters and possibly play as them! They will also be adding a new tier 5 gear set.   City of Steam goes open beta! http://cos.r2games.com/ City of Steam, by Mechanist Games, offers a hack-and-slash style adventure in your web browser. It is a browser-based, free-to play MMORPG set in an industrial world poised to rediscover the mythic forces that shaped its history. Think steampunk with a fantasy twist. The game features four classes and nine races to choose from. Set in a post-apocalyptic era, City of Steam will engage players with an amazing story featuring several factions, zones, quests, and monsters. Game Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRR6ENSr780   World of Darkness “years away” from launch Executive Producer Chris McDonough said in an interview that the title is still in pre-production and that players shouldn't expect to see it for a few years yet. However, CCP did show a few technical videos to the press to assure folks that the game is still alive. McDonough did have good news to share, however. World of Darkness has a 70-person crew that is currently building the framework for the title, and according to the producer, they are "making phenomenal progress." The team plans to host the entire game on a single server where active combat and politicking between vampires will be the crux of the content. "We're making sure this is a next-generation MMO. It's very focused on movement and motion and capturing what it's like to be a vampire," he said. "People ask about our high level designs for World of Darkness, and we've called this a vampire simulator. What's it like to be a vampire. Not a superhero, but a super-powered individual. The way the characters move around the city feels very vampiric. 2010 Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEi7nQbNDog Infinite Crisis closed beta starts may 8 http://www.infinitecrisis.com/en Wednesday, May 8th marks the start of Infinite Crisis' closed beta test. The new DC-centric MOBA is accepting signups now on its official website, and Turbine has released a bit of new art focusing on various multiverse Wonder Woman variants to celebrate the occasion.