SW:TOR - The Madalorians Return and "Threat of Peace Enters" Act 2 - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:51:38 -0400

The Mandalorians have returned to confront the Jedi Order.

Star Wars: The Old Republic's comic "Threat of Peace" has just entered act 2 and the storyline is continuing on as the march to beta and launch continues. On the frontlines of the battle for ...

EVE Online Banker Embezzled Billions of Kredits - Ten Ton Hammer

Savanja — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:07:28 -0400

Ebank corp steals from players for real life gain.

With a major economy slump happening all over the world, what would you do to make a few bucks? Reuters broke the news today that a major EVE Online bank corporation embezzled billions of kredits...

SOE's Latest Podcast Recaps Fan Faire - Ten Ton Hammer

Savanja — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:43:40 -0400

Catch up with the SOE Team at Fan Faire!

Step back in time for the 66th SOE podcast, recorded during Fan Faire! Catch the event highlights, listen in on the latest gaming news, and check out Fan Faire interviews with some of the...

WoW: 3.2 PTR - Raid Lockout Extensions! - Ten Ton Hammer

Medawky — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:30:28 -0400

Raid Lockout Timers Can Be Extended By One Week on the PTR

A new change to the PTR allows raid lockout timers to be extended an extra seven days. Good news for groups working on a new kill or if your raid is interrupted by unforeseen AFKs!

Thanks to...

WoW Glory of the Ulduar Raider Reward Changes - Ten Ton Hammer

Mem — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:26:32 -0400

Rewards..... What RewardsBlizzard has announced that they will be removing the proto-drake rewards for the normal and heroic Glory of the Ulduar Raider achievements at an unknown future date.

The rusted...

WoW - Ulduar Yogg Changes - Ten Ton Hammer

Stow — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:53:47 -0400

As if keeping your sanity wasn't painful enough, Blizzard is making some changes to how low you have to be to be afflicted by Malady of the Mind. If the missile speed is the problem, why not just...

Rise of the Lich King Stein Summer Promotion - Ten Ton Hammer

Xerin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:12:37 -0400

Need a Stein for your gamer fuel?

I have no personal experience with these Steins, but they have to be the perfect thing to drink your gamer fuel out of. Currently they have a 20% off sale running for an unknown period of time on...

Laguna Art Museum Exhibit on World of Warcraft - Ten Ton Hammer

Xerin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:08:24 -0400

WoW art on display.

Laguna Art Museum has a new World of Warcraft exhibit that's all about the art in WoW. Admission starts at $30 USD and goes from June 14th to October 4th, 2009. There are three levels of with a...

Warlock Q&A - Ten Ton Hammer

Xerin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:02:02 -0400

Warlock Q&A Time, Soulshatter cooldown decreased soon?

Lots of new and good Warlock information is coming down from Blizzard as part of their class FAQ series. Soulshatter is going down to 3 minutes, circle isn't going to remove stuns, Fel Domination...

Faction Change Q&A - Ten Ton Hammer

Xerin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:49:16 -0400

You get to pick your race.

Well we just recently heard about faction changing and now the Q&A is out. You will get a pick of your face as long as it works for your class. The rest of the questions? Come back to us later.

Q....

VG Dev Letter Updates on Fan Faire and Pantheon - Ten Ton Hammer

Savanja — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:36:03 -0400

Find out what the VG team is working on next!

Now that Fan Faire is over, Vanguard developers are getting back into the swing of things with bug squashing and future updates. Silius, VG's Lead Game Designer, updates the players on what they...

Tales of Pirates Security Awareness - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:34:19 -0400

IGG warns about scammers in Tales of Pirates

Tales of Pirates maker IGG wants to help protect players from scammers by educating them on what to look out for. Many of the warned about tactics are old scammer classics and there are still a...

Cryptic Launches New Champions Online Video Page - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:58:35 -0400

Find all the Champions Online videos in one place.

Your job of finding videos for Champions Online just got a bit easier. Cryptic Studios has added a new video page to the official Champions Online website that contains all the videos released by...

China Bans RMT! Not Quite... - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:16:01 -0400

China's virtual crackdown may not affect gold farmers after all.

China may not have banned gold farming after all. The news circulated earlier this week that China had put in place new laws that would deal a major blow to gold farming in the region. However,...

Aion Launch Party Sweepstakes - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:14:29 -0400

Win a trip to Aion's launch party and PAX. Untitled Document

NCsoft will be kicking off a new contest for their upcoming MMORPG, Aion to coincide with this weekend's beta test. The contest begins today, July 2, 2009, and...

WoW: Blizzard Trademarks "Cataclysm", Is This The Next WoW Xpac? - Ten Ton Hammer

Medawky — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:58:54 -0400

Is The Next WoW Xpac Centered Around The Malestrom?Blizzard filed for a new trademark "Catacylsm" on Jun 26th according to the US Patent and TM office. The filing can be found here. Most likely this is for the next xpac that many anticipate...

EVE Apocrypha 1.5 to be Mini-Expansion - Ten Ton Hammer

Savanja — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:21:49 -0400

Get winter expansion news and the highlights of 1.5 update

EVE Online's winter expansion is still some time away but it looks like developers are working hard on it at this moment!

In this recent dev blog, Torfi Frans details on the Apocrypha 1.5...

Massively Speaks with Sparkplay Media's CEO About Earth Eternal - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:10:14 -0400

Earth Eternal's target demographic slightly higher than that of Fusion Fall and Free Realms.

Sparkplay Media's upcoming MMORPG, Earth Eternal, is a fantasy-based game that will set itself apart from other fantasy games by offering a different kind of fantasy option. Where many fantasy...

YS Online: The Call of Solum Enters Open Beta - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:42:49 -0400

YS Online will not wipe characters of open beta.

YS Online: The Call of Solum has entered its open beta testing phase. The game is still only available for territories found on this list. If you're not on that list, chances are you'll be IP...

Champions Online Release Latest Screenshots - Ten Ton Hammer

Savanja — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:39:19 -0400

Catch up with how the game is progressing in beta!Cryptic has released the latest screenshots of Champions Online! These images depict heroes and their powers hard at work zapping the bad guys and ridding the virtual world of evil and...

STO Dev Chat Details Bridge Crews - Ten Ton Hammer

Savanja — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:39:34 -0400

The players ask the questions and the devs answer!

Cryptic recently opened questions up for Star Trek Online's bridge crew feature. The fans asked some great questions and the developers shared some very detailed information on how bridge crews...

Faction Changes Coming Soon - Ten Ton Hammer

Messiah — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:22:55 -0400

Finally a way to escape the Alliance!

Tired of being a filthy animal? Tired of being a lazy good for nothing human? Coming soon you will no longer be stuck with your faction, meaning you will be able to switch from one race to...

Spellborn Works Declares Bankruptcy - Ten Ton Hammer

Savanja — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:39:03 -0400

The Chronicles of Spellborn to go to free-to-play.

Spellborn Works B.V. has announced today that they have declared bankruptcy lending a large amount of uncertainty for the future of The Chronicles of Spellborn MMOG.

It seems that the current...

EverQuest Opens New Ruleset Server! - Ten Ton Hammer

Savanja — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:59:40 -0400

Skip the low level grind on this new EQ server!

Decided by community vote, EverQuest has opened today a new specialized server for players to enjoy. The winning server type allows players to play a new character starting at level 51 with 50...

New Everquest and Everquest 2 Expansions Announced at SOE Fan Fair - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:09:32 -0400

Everquest expansions set to expand both games.

The Everquest series will be getting two more expansions soon. Sony Online Entertainment announced at this year's SOE Fan Faire that Everquest will be receiving its 16th expansion titled "

City of Heroes Issue 15: Anniversary Update Releases - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:36:59 -0400

CoH gets some juicy new content.

City of Heroes recently got its Issue 15: Anniversary update for players to enjoy. The update brings a lot of new features to the game such as new costume change emotes, over 20 new character...

China Bans Gold Selling - Ten Ton Hammer

Machail — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:32:31 -0400

Gold No More?

The government of China ruled today that the trading of virtual currency for real world goods or services has been outlawed.

The ruling is likely to affect many of the more than 300 million...

Brad McQuaid Talks About His Mistakes with Vanguard - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:16:52 -0400

Brad McQuaid looks back at his past mistakes with Vanguard.

Brad McQuaid admittedly made his share of mistakes during the development of Vanguard: Saga of Heroes and on his newest blog post today titled "Vanguard: Post-mortem Part 1," Brad talks about...

Square Enix Announces Pre-Sale Date For Next Final Fantasy XI Add-On - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:25:30 -0400

Square Enix readies for next Final Fantasy XI add-on.

Square Enix has announced the pre-sale date for their upcoming add-on scenario to Final Fantasy XI. The next add-on titled “A Moogle Kupo d’Etat – Evil in Small Doses,” will be...

BioWare and Mythic Could Co-Develop in the Future Says Ray Muzyka - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:27:28 -0400

Ray Muzyka talks about EA collaboration.

Mythic and BioWare could possibly work as co-developers in the future says BioWare co-founder Ray Muzyka. In an interview with Gamasutra, Ray talks about the recent BioWare/Mythic pairing...