Initial post: 03-03-2010Fortress Siege Timers Increased to One Hour
The developers over at NCSoft have taken the data collected from the in-game survey a few weeks
ago and compared it to their internal server statistics. Based on these factors, their decision
is to "keep the enemy on their heels". Ne
Initial post: 03-03-2010Intel Extreme Masters World Championship
The World Championship of the fourth Intel Extreme Masters (Electronic Sports League) in World of Warcraft 3v3 Arena will be held on March 2-4 at CeBIT in Hannover, Germany.
Twelve international teams will show lots of thrilling action whil
Initial post: 27-02-2010Patch 1.5.1.11 Released
NCSoft brought down the Aion servers early this morning for a maintenance patch 1.5.1.11.
During this downtime we will be applying a number of fixes to the game which you may find
detailed in the PowerWiki.
Instanced Dungeons [D
Initial post: 27-02-2010World of Warcraft Comic Contest Winner
And the comic contest winner for February, 2010, is... Iocane! Congratulations! Winners selected
from submissions will receive three volumes of Blizzard Entertainment manga, and will be
considered by TOKYOPOP for contributions to upc
Initial post: 25-02-2010More Double XP Weekending
In their continued efforts to plan Aion events while I'm out of town, Tamat has just announced
that there will be another Double XP weekend starting this Friday, February 26th.
The event will carry through to Monday morning, so be su
Initial post: 25-02-2010Stormrage: Sneak Preview 3
Many are the mysteries surrounding the Emerald Dream and its reclusive guardians, the green
dragonflight. In times past, druids have entered the Dream to monitor the ebb and flow of life on
Azeroth in their never-ending quest to main
Initial post: 25-02-2010Darkfall Trial
Darkfall Trial
Darkfall is about to have its first birthday and to celebrate we’ve decided to offer a Darkfall
trial.
You can now try Darkfall for a week for a symbolic price: 1Euro (EU servers) or $1 (NA Servers).
Afte
Initial post: 25-02-2010An introduction to UNITY in CO
An introduction to UNITY in COUNITY is the superhero team of the UN in Champions Online. Once your hero hits level 40, they are
given the chance to join this august team. What opportunities and rewards does UNITY offer your
hero? You
Initial post: 24-02-2010Aion Gathering Guide
Crafting within Aion goes well beyond what can be found in a typical MMORPG; both in the aspects
of gathering and crafting. That being the case, it would take a book to explain it all at once.
For this article, I’ll go over the metho
Initial post: 24-02-2010Stormrage: Sneak Preview 2
When the world of Azeroth was young, the godlike titans brought order to it by reshaping its
lands and seas. Throughout their great work, they followed a magnificent design, a blueprint for
what they envisioned Azeroth would become.
Initial post: 24-02-2010A Brand New Steam — Beta Available Now
As of today, a new version of Steam is available through a public opt-in beta, open to all Steam
users. This Steam update provides several major upgrades to the platform's core functionality.
We've overhauled the Steam user inter
Initial post: 24-02-2010Patch Notes
A small patch today to fix a couple of issue having to do with the newbie protection:
Fixed a bug regarding newbie protection visual cues where the protected area on the map would not
always light up when you left it.
Corrected th
Initial post: 23-02-2010Ask Cryptic:Skills
Welcome to the 20th installment of Ask Cryptic, where we put the questions you ask to our development team. In this issue we are focusing our discussion on Skills. Read more to learn about Star Trek Online!
Initial post: 23-02-2010NDA
Lifting the NDA
The last months have been a real rollercoaster ride here at Star Vault, albeit a very positive one. Most of the core features planned for rele
Initial post: 23-02-2010Monthly Veteran Rewards Available Again
Depending on your actual start date, the 5-month Honored Daeva Veteran Rewards are available at
the NCSoft Master Account page, which honestly you should have bookmarked by now given the larger
number of scam sites attempting to redi
Initial post: 23-02-2010Plush Wind Rider Cub and Gryphon Pets Available Now
See what Stormrage is all about! New York Times bestselling author Richard A. Knaak chronicles
the highly anticiapted return of one of the most famous and powerful characters in the Warcraft
universe: the night elf arch druid Malfuri
Initial post: 21-02-2010Moonlight Enchantments
Get ready Norrath! The phase of the moon is just right and the mushroom rings will be active again for a short time.
The event will turn on at 12:01am PST on February 20th and run until 11:59pm PST on February 21st. These times apply directly wit
Initial post: 21-02-2010Important Information Regarding PC/PS2 Servers - Please Read
Attention Phantasy Star Universe players,
We regret to announce that the PC and PlayStation2 servers for Phantasy Star Universe will be closing as of this March 31st 2010.
SEGA would like to extend its sincere thanks to those who hav
Initial post: 21-02-2010Has the Asian crossover made it as far as it can in North America?
Post launch hype has dispersed and now players are looking at NCsoft's latest creation, Aion, and
wondering if it has enough stamina to get through to the next "big thing" in game. With five
months under its belt since the North Amer
Initial post: 21-02-2010New Features Under Development
We've added some juicy new bits of information briefly touching upon what you can expect to see
added to World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King. From the Random Battleground interface option
to the Ruby Sanctum 10- and 25-player r
Initial post: 20-02-2010Official SOE Podcast #79 is Live
Join us for the latest Official SOE Podcast! This is Podcast #79, also known as the Cinder-Emily Cast! Listen in for Emily’s version of the Cinderella Story. We also include a special edition of the news and our Tweeps tell us who their Valentines ar
Initial post: 20-02-2010Announcing the GREAT GURHALIAN CUP II
The race is on, again!
This is the event page for the Great Gurhalian Cup Time Attack tournament, taking place on PC/PS2 and Xbox 360 servers starting this January.
Teams of 4 GUARDIANS will compete in head-to-head races in various m
Initial post: 11-02-2010Plush Wind Rider Cub and Gryphon Hatchling Pets Coming Soon
The Pet Store is about to go plush! Introducing the Wind Rider Cub and Gryphon Hatchling, the first in a new line of cuddly, crafty critters scheduled to arrive exclusively in the online Blizzard Store in the weeks ahead. Each plush companion will co
Initial post: 09-02-2010shattered horizon moonrise
shattered horizon moonrise
Futuremark? Games Studio today released the first screenshots from the upcoming Moonrise content
pack for Shattered Horizon, their PC exclusive multiplayer first-person shooter. The Moonrise
Initial post: 08-02-2010Dark Fantasy Set in C-Store!Posted by Daeke
The "Dark Fantasy Armor" costume set is now available for purchase in the C-Store! Forged from the ashen pits of the underworld, this armor is designed for a sword-wielding hero with a dark, fantastic origin. See the set, as well as all the ot
Initial post: 08-02-2010Posted by Daeke
Think you've got what it takes to take down the Cryptic Corps? We'll be queuing for PvP in-game from 3-5PM PST. The Corps will announce in-game what they'll be queuing for, so you'll have fair warning of what to expect. Bring your best l
Initial post: 07-02-2010Aion 2.0 as Early as Next Month in Korea?
Demorak posted some interesting rumors that he saw over on Aion Source in regards to Aion 2.0.
Some highlights (parts are similar to the rumored 1.8 patch):
Are you expecting the new expansion of Aion? Recently in Taiwan, someone just
Initial post: 07-02-2010Screenshots of the Day Requested
We're always on the lookout for eye-catching screenshots of World of Warcraft. Do you have a
screenshot that would make other people go "Wow!"? Send it in. We've been really happy with our
screenshots of the day and would like to tha
Initial post: 05-02-2010New Player Protection
We talked to the developers and we would also like to stress again that the implementation of
this new feature should give a new player a bit of a breather while getting accustomed with the
gameplay and controls Darkfall offers.
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Initial post: 05-02-2010LIVE Ustream Beta Tour of Sentinel's Fate
Don't forget to join us for SOE's first ever Ustream Beta Tour, on Friday, February 5, 2010, hosted by Alan "Brenlo" Crosby, Senior Producer of EverQuest II.
Beginning at 4:00 p.m. PST, tune in to SOE's Ustream channel to get an exclusive g
Initial post: 05-02-2010Important Information Regarding PC/PS2 Servers - Please Read
Attention Phantasy Star Universe players,
We regret to announce that the PC and PlayStation2 servers for Phantasy Star Universe will be closing as of this March 31st 2010.
SEGA would like to extend its sincere thanks to those who hav
Initial post: 05-02-2010Star Trek Online Guinness World Record Attempt
Near London? Like cosplay? We're working with the folks at Guinness to try to break a world record. Read on to learn more.
Namco Bandai Partners, the Distributor of Star Trek Online<
Initial post: 04-02-2010Announcing the GREAT GURHALIAN CUP II
The race is on, again!
This is the event page for the Great Gurhalian Cup Time Attack tournament, taking place on PC/PS2 and Xbox 360 servers starting this January.
Teams of 4 GUARDIANS will compete in head-to-head races in various m
Initial post: 04-02-2010Town Crier 2.2.10
A well worn traveler of the lands known as the Town Crier journeys lands near and far seeking out the latest in EverQuest II news and information. Join us once again as the Crier returns from her latest journeys, filled with news and information f
Initial post: 02-02-2010New Account Security Awareness Webpage
Protecting the citizens of Azeroth is extremely important to us. Our new Battle.net
Account Security Awareness page provides helpful advice on what you can do to safeguard
your computer, how to spot scams, info on the adverse effects
Initial post: 02-02-2010Double Bonus XP Valentine's Weekend
With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, NCSoft wants to show all Daevas some
love in the form of a double experience weekend. On Friday, February 12 at 8 p.m.
(server time), they will be enabling double experience. The experien
Initial post: 02-02-2010Update to official News thread
Just a head's up for those players that got deactivated today when the account management system went down for upgrades: Your accounts are being reactivated until the system is back up in a couple of days.
Champions Online
Initial post: 02-02-2010Pirates of the Burning Sea : 1.2.2 Brings New Features, Server Merges
Posted Feb 01, 2010 by Michael Bitton
Patch 1.2.2 will be deployed to Pirates of the Burning Seas this week according to an
announcement made on the official POTBS website. The new patch will bring a number of
new features to
Initial post: 01-02-2010Acccount Management System downtime starting Monday Feb 1
We are performing upgrades to our account management system starting on Monday February
1st. These will last up to 3 days. During this time you will not have the capability to
perform any account management tasks such as buy the game
Initial post: 01-02-2010Champions Online: Cool Costume Unlocks
As a hero, you want to stand apart from others, forging your own identity. To that end,
your costume must reflect your individual integrity as a hero. You don’t want to fight
crime in some thrift store clothing, do you? Heck, no you
Initial post: 01-02-2010Open Beta
The wait is o
Initial post: 01-02-2010Head start issue update
Hey folks,
We’ve seen a number of you are having some trouble in a few specific areas, and we just wanted to touch base with you to let you know where things are and where they’ll be.
Initial post: 31-01-2010Scheduled maintenance on US Realms for February 2nd
It looks like there will be realm maintenance for all US realms this February 2nd.
Since it seems to be somewhat extended (3 AM PST to 11 AM PST) and we're waiting for
the 3.3.2 patch to drop in order to start Arena Season 8, I'm wil
Initial post: 30-01-2010Star Trek: The Next Generation
When the Enterprise crew discovers a Dyson Sphere, they also find the chief engineer from an earlier Enterprise suspended in transporter limbo.
Initial post: 29-01-2010Arena Season 8 Armor Preview
With the next Arena season just around the corner, we’d like to give you a sneak peek
at the new season 8 armor sets, designed to strike fear into the hearts of your
opponents in battle. Take a look at the Wrathful Gladiator's attire
Initial post: 28-01-2010Quests at the very beginning in darkfall online
You get quests by talking to non-player characters. Some quests are repeatable, you are able to do them over and over again. Some of them are with small random rewards, and with small chance for big rewards.
The quests are really nothing special i
Initial post: 26-01-2010Armory Data Mining updated for patch 3.3
I've pointed this out previously to people curious about WoW's in-game demographics, but Armory Data Mining is really a fantastic but underappreciated site. To be specific, there are actually two sites of interest here -- the actual Armory Data Mi
Initial post: 25-01-2010All the World's a Stage: Trolling for roleplayby Michael Gray
The basic idea here is that in order to ferment roleplay, you have to start it yourself somehow. You can't simply expect to walk into Mordor all in-character and hoss with your well-thought-out plans and storylines, expecting to find a town full o
Initial post: 24-01-2010The Art of War(craft): Introductory guide to fighting death knights
Last week we kicked off a PvP series on how to deal with specific classes starting with
the druid. We featured those slippery shapeshifters mostly because I'm a doofus who
thought they were first on the alphabetical list -- cut me so
Initial post: 23-01-2010Holiday Fan Art Calendar Contest: Still time
Time is winding down on the Holiday Fan Art Calendar contest, but it’s not over yet!
We're inviting players to create a piece of artwork that helps us set the tone for each
month and season, using any major in-game holiday as inspira
