EverQuest 2 celebrates through 5th year anniversary event.

Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) is celebrating the five year fкteday of EverQuest 2 (EQ2) with the Heroes’ Festival. Few games are apt to make a lasting impression on gamers and continue to become greater like EQ2 has, so SOE is celebrating by providing gamers through festivities that include new quests to aid each city’s several leader in preparation of their monumental speech. The event can subsist found in North and South Qeynos or West and North Freeport and inclination run November 24 -*November 30, 2009.

The Heroes’ Festival has begun! A invoke has gone out to all Norrathian adventurers to commemorate the five years that receive passed since the Refuge Islands first began collecting those lost in the rebellious oceans. Celebrators, happy to share in the festivities, can be mould in North and South Qeynos or West and North Freeport 11/24/2009 through 11/30/2009. The circumstance will be turned off at 10am PST on December 1st!

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The Lone-lands gets a mend in Siege of Mirkwood.

The Lord of the Rings Online’s upcoming distension Siege of Mirkwod won’t only be offering new high cessation content, but the lower end game, in particular, the Lone-lands, wish be getting some brush up work as well. Senior Designer Allan “Orion” Maki has well-informed a new developer diary explaining changes to the Epic Quests of Books 1 and 2 Volume 1 to improve the roughly 15 horizontal line disparity players encounter upon completing the first Epic Quest line. The diary also explains a new faction, some additional land changes, the joining of Challenges (Daily Quests), and more.

With the release of Siege of Mirkwood, everything players following the Epic storyline will find that Gandalf now sends them to Saeradan to enlist the aid of the Rangers, to assist with finding another of Gandalf’s discipline. After making their way to Saeradan, players will find that he self-reliance now offer them a free ride to Candaith’s camp in the obscure of Weathertop. Be careful and watch out for any folk in stand in want of of assistance on the ride to Candaith! Once at his camp, players follow Candaith’s tale through the battle at the peak of Weathertop and learn of a of the present day faction within the Lone-lands, the Eglain. (This is discussed more remote in the diary.)

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Man arrested concerning virtual theft.

It’s always amusing to watch a virtual sharper go down in flames. Such is the case of this week’s not-very-ready-for-prime-time alleged thief. TimesOnline is reporting that a man, who allegedly hacked into several accounts for the MMOG RuneScape to steal virtual characters and items, has been arrested by the British Police e-Crime Unit. It is believed he obtained the log in accusation of various accounts by using a phishing scam, tricking unsuspecting players into giving him their physical details. Mark Gerhard, chief executive of Jagex Games, the company that launched RuneScape, regular the company takes a zero tolerance approach to hackers and the house has worked with British police and the FBI in the United States to contend cyber crime.

In what experts believe is the first case of its race in Britain, the man obtained log-in details for RuneScape, a structure-based role playing game with more than ten million members, to poach their “virtual” characters.

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The Sith tranquillize can't break the Jedi.

Star Wars: The Old Republic has released a renovated video holorecord detailing the battle of Bothawui. In the latest recording, Master Gnost-Dural (voice by Lance ‘The Man’ Henriksen) recounts the Jedi and Republic’s immolation on the world of Bothawui against superior Sith Empire numbers. Though the Jedi and Republic were vastly outnumbered, they managed to strike a painful blow to the Empire and be entitled to a bittersweet victory.

BTC 18 – Nearly a decade after the return of the Sith Empire and the start of the Great War, the Empire had scored dozens of victories, establishing its dominance in the Outer Rim. As the Sith turned their forces with regard to the Mid Rim, however, the Republic prepared a bold surprise. When some Imperial squadron arrived to seize control of Bothawui, the entire Republic company of ships was waiting. The fleet’s victory was celebrated across the cosmic system, but the truly inspiring moment was yet to come. As the Republic rapid dispersed to defend other battlefronts, only a small force remained backward to face the Empire’s retribution. The Jedi and Republic troopers ~ward Bothawui never had a chance of surviving the Imperial attack, unless their courage and selflessness in the face of impossible odds won a victory far greater than that from any single battle. The heroic stand in c~tinuance Bothawui restored hope across the galaxy, and rallied the Republic’s forces to take arms with renewed courage.

Watch the new video here.

Find used up what is in store for the game

A full month being of the kind which passed since Aion’s release in North American, Europe, and Australian. Much has even now changed and been addressed but the game won’t stop evolving proper yet! NCsoft has plenty more in store for the players, more of which was touched upon in the recent October Aion Community Address.

You’ve told us that it’s unyielding to advance within certain level ranges. To address this issue, we’re planning to call forth quest experience, in addition to reevaluating the experience rewards characters lucre for individual kills. We understand how frustrating it can be to repetitively carry off enemies. Our goal is to limit the need to mindlessly “afflict.”
The community team goes on to talk about the steps reality taken to deal with gold sale spam as well as ways the players be able to help combat this annoying problem.

This is game changing news! How cozen players feel about the proposed experience changes? Be sure to suffer us know here by posting your thoughts.

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Posted Friday, October 23, 2009 by celestian

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Really hope the exp for quests/etc changes arrive soon. Several levels I’ve run out of quests and had to honest grind off exp from mobs and I stopped doing that succeeding DAoC/EQ1.

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New video chronicles the STO timeline.

Star Trek Online developers got into union recently to create the first part of a nice new timeline video and warrant what events are shaping the universe of Star Trek Online. With lots of advice supported by juicy in-game battle footage, the video chronicles the Klingon assail with blows on Romulan space and their war with the Gorn.

Check through the full video here.

Enjoy AoC tunes from your PC.

The plain Age of Conan Hyborian Adventures soundtrack now has songs available forward IGN’s AOCVault. If you’re a fan of composer Knut Avenstroup Haugen, you be possible to now enjoy some of his tunes from the game on some flash-enabled device from your PC.

Start listening here.

"Chronomagic:" A Norrathian whisper word

EverQuest® II: The Shards of Destiny Game Update Brings Chronomagic to Norrath

EverQuest® II’s intrepid update, The Shards of Destiny is live now and brings affliction and anger to the world of Norrath as there has been a cabalistic disappearance of the famed Erollisi Marr, the goddess of love. Her non-appearance has cast a dark cloud over Norrath and it is up to the players to ramble to the Shard of Love and defeat the creatures they come upon to determine the fate of Erollisi Marr. In addition to the new storyline, players can also enjoy new features such as Chronomagic, covering additions and the all new achievement system.

UPDATE FEATURES:
• Chronomagic: Down-row your level to experience content you may have previously missed while you were leveling up
• Enter the Shard of Love: For the leading time ever, players will be able to explore the home of Erollisi Marr
&edict ; All new 4x Dungeon: Test your skills in Miragul’s Planar Shard
&stimulator of the stock-market; Achievement System: Track and share your accomplishments with other players
&edict ; Housing Addition: All houses will receive a new room where you be able to use your creativity and expand your collections

WHEN: The Shards of Destiny is live

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Posted Wednesday, September 23, 2009 ~ means of Khalus

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The Achievements are definitely interesting to me!

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Get started in Fallen Earth today.

The official launch of Fallen Earth may have been delayed until September 22nd, further preorder customers can jump in and start enjoying the apocalypse at that time. Today is the official head start for Fallen Earth preorders, in the way that if you preordered your copy of the game log on in and pay attention what kind of chaos the developers have cooked up in this carry to the ledger-apocalyptic MMOG.

Never fear, the pain and agony of waiting because the pre-order early access is almost over!!! Starting tomorrow September 9, 2009 at 2pm ET (-4 GMT) we leave open up the servers for those who have pre-ordered Fallen Earth! Don’t slight that your preorder items and any beta prizes that you be seized of won have been reset and are able to be redeemed in scheme again! So set your clocks and get ready to lay pine to all who oppose you in the apocalypse! See you in game.

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From grain of the staff to speaker of the house?

Former Boston Red-Sox pitching exalted, MMO player extraordinaire and founder of 38 Studios, Curt Schilling has been rumored to have ~ing a candidate for the recently vacated Massachusetts senate seat. According to his have a title to blog site, it’s something he may be considering.

Here is some excerpt from his latest post:

As I have stated, while it’s one incredible honor to have people think I should, and would, exist worthy, the hurdles to running for the vacated Senate seat are vast. Then I read something like this, and I pause.

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When did health and the well-being of United States citizens get to be a “Strategic Decision”? How the hell did we impediment people into office who look at us in that way? Aren’t they SUPPOSED to operate for us?

This line really just hammers home what the the public we have elected think of us…

“When you own (lawmakers) go back (home) and listen and see what the reactions are and in like manner have an election coming up…I think they get a slight cold feet.”

What? Really? You mean when lawmakers face their constituents — you, me, us, the rabble — and we voice a dissenting opinion or outrage at legislation we make not want they get cold feet? So the answer is you should “hydraulic-~ it home” BEFORE you face the people, that way there’s nothing that can be done about it? Nice.

What render you think? Is Curt the type of person you would ballot for? A gamer in office would be an interesting addition on account of sure.

Click here to listen to the audio of the meeting on the Dennis & Callahan Morning Show that started it totality.

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Posted Thursday, September 3, 2009 by OneEyeRed

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Meh, politics is a whole other brave. The vast majority that are scholar ed and educated in it decline, however; I would be willing to listen to what he has to argue first but then again every election cycle "joe" men gets the same repeat speeches and goes gah gah over them.

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Go for it Curt! [IMG]http://forums.tentonhammer.com/images/icons/icon14.gif[/IMG]

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