Today En Masse released an old but unreleased E3 video that was only shown to the media behind closed doors. The video that was released just now is a summarization of what the presentation demo was and talks about how the unique political system will work in TERA.
During this years E3, Bioware showed off one of the missions players can expect when they reach the planet Alderaan in Star Wars: The Old Republic.
It’s a group mission where the players must confront a Republic war hero-turned-power hungry King who has seized control of the throne in a misguided bid to protect his people from an impending Sith invasion. The gameplay showed during E3 has been edited into a highlights reel and since this was not one of the videos official released on the SWtoR website during E3, we decided to post it here incase you missed it. Enjoy.
E3 2011 is over and now that we’d had some time to contemplate what we saw and heard, we are proud to present our E3 MMO Awards. We decided to keep it short and sweet and only give out three awards total. Best MMO, Most Anticipated and Most Innovative.
Star Wars: The Old Republic was by far the most anticipated MMO for us at E3 and we were not disappointed with what we saw. Between the cinematic trailers, in-game footer and developer played demos, we learned a lot about where the game currently is and where it’s going. I don’t see any game on the horizon that can out hype SWtoR and for that, it wins our Most Anticipated MMO award.
DUST 514 wins our Most Innovative MMO award with ease. Not only is DUST 514 the first ever MMO game to share one universe between two separate MMO games, but the actions of players in one game will effect players in the other. While we were disappointed DUST 514 will be a PS3 exclusive, there’s no argument that is by far the most innovative MMO in years.
Our winner for best MMO at E3 2011 goes to Tera Online. While it was a tough field, we felt Tera stood out from the crowd with their impressive videos, graphics and action based combat. The combat system is what really won us over and looks to be a game changer for the MMO genre. We’re excited to see more and can’t wait for this one to go live.
E3 might be coming to an end, but we still have plenty of Star Wars: The Old Republic news to bring you. Today Bioware released a developer video of one of the quests on the planet Tatooine. Bioware’s Director of Production, Austin Dickinson, walks you through the quest and gives some insight to what players can expect in SWTOR.
The Empire is in search of an abandoned facility beneath the sands of Tatooine that they believe may hold the key to crushing the Republic once and for all. The video shows Imperial players as they attempt to uncover these ancient secrets and the dangers that guard them.
Senior Producer Brian Knox sat down with fans of Tera Online for a Q&A chat at E3 yesterday. While he wouldn’t provide details about the system for guild vs. guild conflicts, he did share tidbits about the political system and pvp, clear up a misunderstanding about the game’s engine, and talk about controller functionality. He also discussed some of the differences between the North American and Korean versions of the game, commenting that he considered the biggest change to the North American version to be added accessibility for all types of players.
Fans following the Korean version of the game will be pleased to hear that although he isn’t certain how much of the future Korean patches will be included at release, the game’s launch will have everything out to date – including the patch currently on the Korean test servers.
You can check out the transcript on the official Tera Online webpage.
Bioware released a new video revealing the first raid for Star Wars: The Old Republic, or “operation” as they word it, called Eternity Vault.
On the ice world of Belsavis, a terrible threat has been uncovered, a danger so grave that it could make the conflict between the Republic and the Empire irrelevant. Heroes must now band together to venture into the ancient and deadly Eternity Vault—where an enemy older than both the Republic and the Empire has been contained… until now.
Check out the Operation: Eternity Vault trailer below.
The release date for the next Lord of the Rings Online expansion, Rise of Isengard, has been announced as Sept 27th 2011, however pre-orders start today. There are three pre-order packages to select from and those that pre-order the game will received special benefits immediately in-game.
Ø Rise of Isengard Base Edition – Includes the full Rise of Isengard expansion plus:
Ø Rise of Isengard Heroic Edition – Includes the full Rise of Isengard expansion plus:
Ø Rise of Isengard Legendary Edition — – Includes the full Rise of Isengard expansion plus:
After the jump we also have the Rise of Isengard trailer and more information about the expansion.
Sony and CCP announced yesterday details about the new MMOFPS DUST 514 and while the concept sounds amazing, CCP completely dropped the ball by making it a PS3 exclusive title. However before I get to that, allow me to give you some background info about exactly what DUST514 is.
DUST 514 is a FPS set directly into the existing Eve Online universe where players actions will have a direct effect on the Eve universe. There are no matches in DUST 514, when you log in you will join others in battle, across many of the Eve Online worlds and when you log off those battles will continue without you.
Your fights impact the entire EVE setting, comprised of both DUST 514 mercenaries and EVE Online starship pilots, known as “capsuleers“. When you capture or destroy planetary structures, you are asserting dominance over regions of that planet – perhaps eventually the planet itself. As you profit while wiping out your opposition in DUST 514, the outcomes of these conflicts can affect territorial control of vast regions of space in EVE Online, something of great importance to EVE’s starship pilots.
Players in both Eve Online and DUST 514 can communicate with each other through a communication link dubbed Eve Gate. The economies of both games will also be intertwined with ISK being the virtual currency for both titles.
The colossal mistake CCP made was making DUST 514 a PS3 exclusive title, which completely alienates Eve Online players who don’t own a PS3. Think of it as if Halo or Zelda made a MMO and it wasn’t on the Xbox 360 or Nintendo consoles respectively. Eve Online is a PC game that has been running for eight years and has only grown over time. I don’t know about you, but if my favorite MMO game came out with a MMOFPS and integrated it into the original I would be in heaven.
However CCP seemed to leave its core fan base behind by making this a PS3 exclusive title. I cannot image what the reason for doing that could possibly be, but I do know it’s a huge mistake. MMO tiles on consoles have not had a good track record thus far with success, so DUST 514 will have an uphill battle there. It will also not have its Eve Online fans to fall back on since I’m sure the percentage of Eve Online players that also own a PS3 is most likely not very high. Perhaps 20-30%, but of course that’s just a guess, even if it’s 50% you still alienating half of your fans. My only assumption on that is that most Eve Online players most likely prefer PC games to consoles and probably don’t have a PS3.
I luckily am not an Eve Online player, but if I was I would not only be jealous of PS3 owners, I would be pissed off that I am forced to buy an entire console if I want to enhance my Eve Online experience.
Anyway, check out the official DUST 514 trailer below and more info on the official DUST 514 website.
E3 2011 is only a week away so we put together this little list of MMO games that will be showcased this year. The list has been split into officially announced, games that are not announce but expected and then a few long shots that would be nice to see. If I missed any, please let me know.
Official Announced
Expected
Probably not, but maybe
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Allods Online Score: 9.31
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| Rank | Game Title | Score |
| 2 | Runes of Magic | 8.94 |
| 3 | Guild Wars 2 | 7.94 |
| 4 | Age of Conan | 7.88 |
| 5 | DC Universe Online | 7.75 |
| 6 | Lord of the Rings Online | 7.75 |
| 7 | Global Agenda | 7.75 |
| 8 | Star Trek Online | 7.69 |
| 9 | City of Heroes | 7.63 |
| 10 | Vindictus | 7.56 |
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Eve Online Score: 8.81
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| Rank | Game Title | Score |
| 2 | RIFT | 8 |
| 3 | World of Warcraft | 7.81 |
| 4 | Star Wars: The Old Republic | 7.81 |
| 5 | Warhammer Online | 7.75 |
| 6 | Aion | 7.63 |
| 7 | The Secret World | 7.56 |
| 8 | TERA | 7.5 |
| 9 | Final Fantasy XIV | 7.38 |
| 10 | Darkfall | 7.38 |
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