The Game Developers Conference is the world’s largest and longest-running professionals-only game industry event. As the target audience is not the gaming public, the focus and feel of GDC is very different from other recent conferences that we attended, such…
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GDC as a Bellweather: the Gaming Industry is Shifting Towards F2P and Cross-Platform
Posted in Aion, Allods Online, Business Analysis, Guild Wars 2, LOTRO, RIFT, SWTOR, World of Warcraft
Taugrim Daily #3: My Solution for Making Rogues Viable for Sustained PVP Combat
Today’s video contains my solution for re-designing Rogue classes in MMORPGs so that they are viable in sustained PVP combat. Rogues across games tend to do well in 1v1 and small-scale combat, but where Rogues fall down from a mechanics…
Taugrim Talks SWTOR: Episode 1: Pre-Launch Thoughts and Q&A
Today I launched the first “show” on my TwitchTV channel. Here is the link to the recorded broadcast: In this episode, we cover: The most frequently asked questions for me from Beta Schwag & Giveaway announcement Live Q&A and discussion…
2011 = Bounceback Year for the MMORPG Industry
Back in January 2010, I predicted that Social Gaming may kill the traditional MMORPG industry. This was after the spectacular failures of two huge IPs that launched in late 2008: Warhammer Online (WAR) Age of Conan (AoC) The developers for…
Posted in Aion, Allods Online, Business Analysis, PVP, RIFT, SWTOR, Warhammer Online, World of Warcraft
SWTOR is Copying WAR’s PVP Tanking Mechanics
While skimming through SWTOR PVP links on Google, I noticed that: One writer described SWTOR’s approach for making tanks relevant in PVP as novel Another writer recognized that SWTOR’s PVP design for tanks is a copy of what Warhammer Online…
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