With 2009 wrapping up today and 2010 lurking creepily around the corner, we’re eager to release our predictions on what the next year may bring to the MMO scene. Even though we try to keep our news relatively neutral, it’s the editorials and opinion pieces that garner the most reaction from the readers. Positive or negative, we appreciate that. So for this last day of 2009, we honor it by giving our own opinions (both positive and negative) about how 2010 looks to us.
Follow along after the jump for a few paragraphs from Kyle Horner, Eliot Lefebvre, Seraphina Brennan and me. In addition to our ramblings, we’d love to hear from you as well. So drop us a comment to let us know what you predict for 2010.
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Massively’s predictions for 2010 originally appeared on Massively on Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on December 31st, 2009 at 6:00pm by Shawn Schuster
Filed Under: 2010, featured, massively-meta, predictions, staff
Jagex CEO Mark Gerhard has indeed confirmed the cancellation of MechScape, although you wouldn’t quite know it from his comments, which seem excited to be working on a different title with a new direction. This isn’t the first time an in-development MMO has been rebooted in favor of a completely new direction, although Tabula Rasa at least kept its original name.
Why the sudden decision? According to Gerhard, MechScape wasn’t able to avoid the same pitfalls of RuneScape. Of course, making such a move is going to cost Jagex millions, but their current financial success will be shouldering the weight. The new game — known as Stellar Dawn — should be coming in 2010 and will be based on the MechScape graphics engine.
The big changes planned for Stellar Dawn are content and combat focused, although no specifics were given by Gerhard. It’s a bold move, no doubt, and sometimes this industry favors such decisions — other times it punishes them significantly. Whether you look at this as stalled (Tabula Rasa) or prolonged (everything Blizzard) development, you have to admit it creates a notable amount of interest in Jagex’s 2010 game.
Filed under: Sci-fi, New titles, News items, Mechscape
Jagex cancels MechScape at significant cost, restarts anew originally appeared on Massively on Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on October 29th, 2009 at 1:00pm by Kyle Horner
Filed Under: 2010, Jagex, blizzard, breaking, cancel, cancelled, eurogamer, mark-gerhard, mechscape, runescape, stellar-dawn, tabula-rasa
Blood Moon is out and Cryptic is ensuring everyone knows all about what’s being offered in the first free content update / seasonal event in their newest State of the Game address. First and foremost is the news that Cryptic will be keeping their promise of people being able to earn things like retcons and additional characters slots simply by playing the game. You can still buy this for cold hard- er, Cryptic Points, but it’s not the only path to acquiring said bonuses.
Also, remember those new costume pieces we told you about? They’re real, and really free, too — along with a handful of other new pieces that came with the update. In addition to the pieces everyone gets from patching, there are new unlocks earned by playing Blood Moon content.
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Filed under: Patches, News items, Champions Online
Blood Moon releases, hints of future content for Champions Online originally appeared on Massively on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on October 28th, 2009 at 7:00pm by Kyle Horner
Filed Under: 2010, atari, blood-moon, content, costume, costume-pieces, costumes, cryptic, cryptic-points, cryptic-studios, december, state-of-the-game
