I’ve played Rift since Head Start to level 33, and in my opinion Rift is the best MMORPG launch I’ve experienced in the past 5 years, a span which includes the following titles: Warhammer Online Aion Allods Online Rift Rift’s…
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The Curious Case of the “F2P” MMORPG Allods Online
Allods Online (AO) started its Open Beta last week, and the playerbase is irate over the initial pricing of Item Shop virtual goods and the changes announced for version 1.0.07.07. Keen has written an excellent summary of the concerns of…
Tagged with: Allods Online, F2P, P2P, PVE, PVP
Posted in Allods Online, Business Analysis, Game Design
Posted in Allods Online, Business Analysis, Game Design
Social Gaming May Kill Traditional MMORPGs
The majority of the subscribers I have on my YouTube channel subscribed because of my Warhammer Online (WAR) videos. People frequently ask if / when I will come back to WAR. The answer is never, because of reasons beyond WAR…
Tagged with: EA, Electronic Arts, Mythic Entertainment, Social gaming, WAR, Warhammer Online
Posted in Business Analysis, Warhammer Online
Posted in Business Analysis, Warhammer Online
Aion Advances the MMORPG Out-of-Game Experience
It’s been fascinating to watch the increasing level of real-time visibility of MMORPG content outside of the game. One of the first advances made by game developers in this regard was to provide player and guild profiles on the web.…
The Implications of the Aion Population Distribution on PVP
This morning while reading legion (guild) chat, I was struck by the different experiences our players were having. One of our two level 50 guildees was expressing how bored he was; he couldn’t find people to run instances with. I…
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