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Daily recap of the happenings in the world of MMO gaming. Please leave a comment with any particular games you would like covered.

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WoW:
Create a Battle.net account, or don’t play anymore

Warhammer Online:
Producer letter addresses the future of Warhammer Online

Champions Online:
Champedia launches for Champions Online - Looks like it will be similar to wowhead or thottbot for World of Warcraft, but this is officially supported by Cryptic

Star Trek Online:
Star Trek Online system requirements revealed

Age of Conan:
Subscribe to Age of Conan and receive The Secret World beta access - AoC is doing a lot to bring players back, they have announced if you pay for a multi-month subscription starting at 3 months, you will get beta access to The Secret World, and if you pay for 12 months, you get an ingame helmet plus the new expansion free.

Community:
Massively Speaking Episode 76

POSTED Nov 12 2009 @ 21:45
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Star Trek Online:
Feb. 2 Confirmed as Star Trek Online Launch Date
Star Trek Online’s ‘Episode Missions’ detailed

WoW:
Exchange BoA Items with Horde, Alliance in 3.3
Cataclysm novel slated for August, 2010
Cataclysm: The exhaustive list of old-world changes (so far)

SWTOR:
Star Wars: The Old Republic reveals Imperial Agent its newest class

Fallen Earth:
Stay Connected to Fallen Earth with iPhone App

Runes of Magic:
Runes of Magic introduces Lair of the Demon Dragon

Free Realms:
Free Realms Begins “Job Sampling” Week

Aion:
NCsoft Announces Aion Holiday Ascension Pack

Community:
The Instance #168 – Three Stacks Of Chilton
WoW Insider Show Episode 115: Use your i-mage-ination
Episode 94, Nov. 10, 2009 - World of Warcast

POSTED Nov 11 2009 @ 0:00
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Star Wars Galaxies: 
Hotfix Adds Double Chronicles XP, Tokens -  Hot fix 14.5

FFXI:
Evolith system coming to Final Fantasy XI

EVE:
EVE promotion to get new players - New site that asks questions to see what kind of player you are then makes recommendations for starting out in EVE.

Misc:
Lavasoft Develops New Version of Ad-Aware for Online Gamers

POSTED Nov 05 2009 @ 21:49
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Aion:
Details for Aion’s new Veteran Rewards Program - Plyers will now receive special items for each month they are subscribed, 1-6 bonuxs xp and resurrection stones as well as cube expansion, Michael Jackson dance emote, title and special lvl 40 wings

EVE:
EVE Online’s candidates for 4th Council of Stellar Management announced

WoW:
Day of the Dead begins - When Hallow’s End is over the Day of the Dead begins. A very small world event in WoW happened over the weekend.
Ensidia snags world-first Tribute to Immortality - You have to make through the Trial of the Grand Crusade 25 man with no deaths and all 50 attempts remaining.
Blizzard Hosts WoW 5-Year Anniversary Sweepstakes - Various levels of prizes based on when you created your account. I am not eligible because my current account was created after the earliest level of October 26,2008 
Blizzard launches real money in-game pet store - Pandaren Monk and Lich are the first two

Asheron’s Call:
Asheron’s Call Celebrates 10th Anniversary - On Monday

DDO:
Create a Level 4 Character with New Veteran System

Free Realms:
Upcoming Content for Free Realms - Includes housing, new pets, job availability for free players, fishing minigame and much more.

LEGO Universe:
LEGO Universe In-Depth Preview - Zam.com has a nice preview with pictures and lots more details about the game.

STO:
New Star Trek Online gameplay trailer

Misc:
SOE Joins Forces with Wizards of the Coast to Develop Magic: The Gathering - Tactics

Community:
WoW Insider Show Episode 114: Live on location
Welcome to Massively’s third year! - Monday massively celebrated it’s second birthday
World of Warcast: Episode 93, Nov. 2, 2009
Massively Speaking Episode 75

POSTED Nov 05 2009 @ 7:57
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Sorry for the Lack of Posts

I have been very sick and barely able to get out of bed so I haven’t felt fit for video.  Episodes will start again tomorrow though.  If you think I should do videos even when I don’t look my best, leave a comment.  I will do them no matter how I feel if you guys want the videos.

POSTED Nov 03 2009 @ 19:48
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Eve:
EVE’s planetary graphics kicked up yet another notch for Dominion expansion

Lineage:
Gracia Epilogue launches on Lineage II’s test server today -  Next patch for Lineage II

Runes of Magic:
Patch 2.1.2: Storming of the Acropolis Launches - Includes new content, changes and fixes.

EQII:
EverQuest II adds new achievements of challenging nature - New achievements for Heroic content and you can get new titles from them.

WoW:
Blizzard files lawsuit against private server - I guess blizzard is finally cracking down on the whole Terms of Use thing.

Champions Online:
A heroic million inhabit Champions Online - Champions Online now has 1 million characters, this isn’t accounts, each account can have up to 8 characters base, but that means it is getting some play time which is good.

SWTOR:
Jedi Knight Unveiled as Next Playable Class - We all knew this was coming, but it is good to see them in action.

Warhammer Online:
Mythic removes time limit on WAR free trial - Can now play all of Tier 1 for free

Guides:
The Cleric’s Guide to Healing in Aion - TenTonHammer
The Art of War(craft): Absolute beginners’ guide to the Battlegrounds - WoW.com
Champions Online: Guide to Unlocking the Celestial Power Set - TenTonHammer

Community:
Blizzcast 11 Released

POSTED Oct 30 2009 @ 22:07
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Age of Conan:
Age of Conan Update 1.5.6 Has Arrived - Biggest news is the Night of Lost Souls event is now live.
AoC patch adds veteran points, new dungeon, plastic surgery

DDO:
DDO Unlimited Update 1 Hits Live Servers Today - New adventure packs, store items, epic dungeons, quest and adventure area changes, skill changes, and more.

WoW:
Eliza Dushku starts playing WoW

Warhammer Online:
Warhammer Online Mac Client Now Available in NA

Guides:
Aion: Asmodean Aether Extraction Guide 200-299
WoW: Encrypted Text: Leveling a rogue, level 11-50

Community News:
Massively Speaking Episode 74: Back from GameX

POSTED Oct 28 2009 @ 21:24
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Guild Wars:
Team Arenas and Hero Battles not the only thing changed in latest Guild Wars update - They also rebalanced around 70 Henchmen skill bars and updated the AI for a ton of characters in the game

Aion:
Team Addresses Grinding, Spam, Client Instability - Increasing quest completion XP as well as working on an update that will make it easy to report gold spamming bots.

FFXI:
Pet-users in Final Fantasy XI get some new treats - November update will give Summoners and Beastmasters some new abilities

EQ:
Everquest II aims upcoming Complete Collection at new players - Contains all expansions up to this point as well as 60 days of game time and 500 Station Cash

Champions:
Champions Online offers free weekend during Blood Moon - Next weekend you will be able to try out Champions Online for free during their Blood Moon event.
Blood Moon Event Launches with Free Retcon - Due to server issues during the weekend Champions is making it up to it’s players with both new content and a free Retcon for skills.
Champions Online Blood Moon launch trailer

WoW:
Auction houses broken across Azeroth - Over the weekend Auction Houses appeared to be missing items which prompted Blizzard to do some rolling restarts.  Everything appears to be fine now.

Age of Conan:
King Conan lowers prices on long-term subscriptions for all - Month to month still the same but 3 month has a %20 discount, 6 month has 30% discount and 12 month has a 45% discount.

City of Heroes:
Going Rogue Details Revealed at Hero-Con - Details about the beta rollout, new factions, graphics and power sets as well as the Going Rogue system.

Guides:
Argent Crusade Reputation Guide - TenTonHammer
Champions Online : Nemesis Basics - TenTonHammer
Drak’Tharon Keep and Gundrak Achievement Guide - TenTonHammer
Sons of Hodir Reputation Guide - TenTonHammer

Community:
WoW Insider Show Episode 113
Official SOE Podcast Episode 73
The Instance Episode 167

POSTED Oct 27 2009 @ 21:06
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Champions:
Poll: In what level range would you like to see new content?

SWTOR:
SWTOR Test Applicants May Not Have Been Registered Due to Site Glitch
The Old Republic timeline video chronicles heroic last stand at The Battle of Bothawui

DC Universe Online:
SOE Reveals Bizarro in DC Universe Online

Guides:
Updated WoW: Mage Guide

POSTED Oct 23 2009 @ 23:20
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WoW:
WoW Developer Chat via Twitter

Aion:
Aion Team Interviews First Players to Hit 50

CoH:
CoH Hero-Con Schedule Released

Champions’ Online:
Dev blog sheds light on Champions Online Zombie Apocalypse

Warhammer Online:
Grab Bag No. 23 - Daemon Moon Rising

Lego Universe:
Zam.com Lego Universe Preview

STO:
Massivey.com STO preview
STO closed beta has begun

Other MMO News:
Persistent Civilization World via Facebook
Hello Kitty Online players Celebrate Hello Kitty’s 35th Birthday

POSTED Oct 23 2009 @ 7:36
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