Summary: This week the four MMO knights are back! We talk about the big bombshell news of SOE this week. We also talk about the big Wildstar update and we say goodbye to Massively. Audio Version: What we did in game: Layanor Hearthstone building up my rank for this months card back Star Wars the Old Republic planing +1 Keyboard LOTRO did epic battles Firefly Online - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr9ynNb6NXE Tiny Deathstar - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-c2LVcB2GQ Toilet Time - http://youtu.be/Erc5aeldiU8?t=2m30s Harry Diablo III Pokemon Mysterious Dungeon Threes Really REALLY wanted to play GW2, but no time [PAX South 2015] GW2: Interview with Colin Johanson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIJeblpbcr8 Bill WoW GW2 LOTRO - ding 100 Elite Dangerous - this is becoming a problem Chris Wildstar LOTRO WoW Destiny Massively is closing http://massively.joystiq.com/2015/01/30/massively-that-was/ Syp’s post on the matter https://biobreak.wordpress.com/2015/02/02/goodbye-massively/ AOL closing all gaming related blogs: Joystiq, Massively, WoW Insider Staff was told Monday. Were not allowed to say anything until Friday. Site closes Feb 3rd. Wildstar Drop 4 - The Protogames Initiative Meant to draw new players in. 3 News “Instances” It Came from Fragment Zero - Shiphand Shiphands added to LFG Protogames Academy Trainer Dungeon No Veteran Version Ultimate Protogames Three bosses are the same each time Another 3 randomized “event rooms” each time, out of a possible eight. Difficulty - Not difficult to finish, but difficult to do really well. Shorter than Skullcano Some of the best gear for top finishers (Gold, etc). Note: Not planning on making anything longer than skullcano. Not required for attunement First boss - Slimy Feast - based on a drawing by a young fan that was sent in. Datascape Raid - From 40 players to 20 required. Barber Shop More housing options LIVE Feb 3rd Godaddy MMO149 for your $1.49 Domain MMO30 for 30% off your entire order Audible Go to audibletrial.com/mmoreporter SOE no more - now Daybreak Game Company http://massively.joystiq.com/2015/02/02/smedley-announces-soe-is-no-more-becomes-daybreak-game-company/ http://www.reddit.com/r/h1z1/comments/2ujaaj/sony_online_entertainment_becomes_daybreak_game/ Disassociate themselves from the “Sony” brand Will make games for XBox platform Now Daybreak Games Bought out by investment firm Focus on Consoles and mobile games Everquest Next is still being worked on Sony dealing with $2 billion loss Crowfall’s design hook - permanent impermanence http://crowfall.com/#/news/hunger-week-its-about-time via http://massively.joystiq.com/2015/02/02/crowfall-details-starting-finishing-and-resetting-by-hunger/ Aim is to fix the problem experienced, in Shadowbane, of someone (or some few) dominating the game to a point that it’s impossible for anyone else to join in and have a chance Mechanism is to have persistent characters/guilds/teams etc, but worlds continually reset The reset is described as “The Hunger”, a disease that slowly consumes a world “The Hunger” appears to be a PvE element that also causes the game to become more challenging and difficult the longer that “world” is still alive. 5 phases in a world’s cycle - “Spring”, “Summer”, “Fall”, “Winter”, “Victory/Defeat” At the end the players return to their celestial home, either having “won” the world, or preparing for the next world. Elite Dangerous Layoffs http://www.gamespot.com/articles/elite-dangerous-dev-announces-layoffs-new-tycoon-g/1100-6424900/ Frontier confirmed that it had cut 15 "content creation" jobs, lowering the studio's total headcount from 281 to 266. The cuts were needed to "match the needs of two projects,
