The MMO week in a minute

Posted May 11th 2008 5:00PM by Michael Zenke
Filed under: MMO

Big Download's sister site Massively.com has all the news you'll need about MMOs. Here's the best, brightest, and most interesting stuff from the last week, all in one convenient place for your MMO minute.

Blizzard unleashes a storm of Lich King information
After months of silence on their in-development World of Warcraft expansion, Blizzard has unleashed a furious Winter gale made of pure information.

All Points Bulletin to become Grand Theft Auto Online?
Eurogamer is reporting on rumors of what could be the holy grail of online gaming: a Grand Theft Auto massively multiplayer game.

CoX Issue 12: Midnight Hour enters Open Beta!
As of yesterday, all City of Heroes players can access the twelfth expansion, Midnight Hour, on the Test Server.

Player vs. Everything: Analyzing the Wrath of the Lich King news explosion
Blizzard released a ridiculous amount of information about their next expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, and some of the changes they've announced are pretty major. I thought I would use today's article to go over some of the most exciting announcements, discuss what makes them so interesting, and talk about what it means for the game (and for you).

Age of Conan beta guide: The priests
Continuing our examination of the spellcasting classes in Age of Conan, today we're going to investigate the situation with the priest archetype.

Massively.com interviews Star Wars Galaxies producer Lorin Jameson
In the wake of the Chapter 9 publish for Star Wars Galaxies, we had the chance to pass a few questions to the game's producer.

The battle of Hoth is coming to Star Wars GalaxiesThe battle of Hoth is coming to Star Wars Galaxies
At this year's Galactic Gathering community event, the team behind Star Wars Galaxies announced big news for the coming year: the battle of Hoth will be added to the game as the next Heroic encounter!

Exclusive Vanguard Game Update 5 mounts video
SOE's Vanguard: Saga of Heroes keeps marching forward with its upcoming Game Update 5. GU5 features a bevy of new features, including new "anti-hitching" code which will cut down on the number of times the game needs to read from disk, smoothing out the gameplay substantially.

Exclusive Vanguard Game Update 5 interview with Lenny "Tiraslee" Gullo
Last week we had the chance to talk to Vanguard: Saga of Heroes Game Developer Lenny "Tiraslee" Gullo about the new racial mounts and spell graphics being introduced for the upcoming Game Update 5.

Jack Black won't be a voice actor for Warhammer Online
Though it may pain you to read this, Jack Black will not be voicing the role of Warlord Tchar'zanek.

Massive PvP battle to end the Age of Conan Open Beta
May 10th is the beginning of the end for Age of Conan's Open Beta.

Player vs. Everything: Age of Conan closed beta impressions
Everyone and their brother seems to be writing about Age of Conan over the last few days, but hopefully you're hungry for a little more.

CoX Issue 12: Inside the Midnighter Club
City of Heroes Issue 12: Midnight Hour is now in Open Beta. We've brought you a tour of Cimerora, and now venture into the Midnighter Club, home of the Midnight Squad.

CoX Issue 12: Journey to Cimerora
City of Heroes Issue 12: Midnight Hour has finally reached Open Beta, and in the first of our articles covering the new issue content, we're delighted to bring you a scenic tour of the Cimerora zone.

TurpsterVision: Why do we fall, sir?
After last week's trouncing I decided I would have to find a friendlier bunch of gamers to have a laugh with and try to have an insight on what playing their game is like.

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