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Update One to Dungeons and Dragons: Eberron Unlimited launched last week, and a whole new adventure pack is available. Jump into the Vale of Twilight for levels 17 and above and purge the malevolence. The thirteen moons of Zen'drik have aligned and the battle is at its peak.

Watch the video trailer here.

Ten Ton Hammer is pleased to showcase Cryptic’s latest video for their superhero MMOG, Champions Online. Champions Online allows players to create super powered heroes, with an incredible amount of options, allowing players to create the unique heroes that they want to play. With features such as being able to pick from any power set plus the ability to create your own arch-villain to act as a nemesis to your hero, Champions Online really packs the punch into comic book POW!

Click here to watch the video!

You never get a second chance to make a first impression goes an old saying, and rarely is it proved wrong. Dungeons and Dragons Online has done just that however with the switch in revenue model away from subscriptions to a free-to-play with microtrasnaction platform. Not content to simply rest on its newfound success, the team at Turbine is cranking out adventure packs to satisfy the newly resurgent player base. One of the newest to enter the fray is Gianthold, a pack intended for players in the level 13-14 range that features ten adventures, fourty-five quests and a raid.

Click here for the video.

Hungry for more video goodness? Check out Turbine's YouTube Channel.

Will the waiting for the Torchlight MMO be easier or harder now that the highly anticipated single-player game from the creative forces behind games like Diablo (and highly anticipated almost-games like Mythos) has been released?

Torchlight is a high quality dungeon crawling Action RPG complete with three high-powered classes, the most intuitive level editor we've ever laid eyes on (available for download soon), and an incredible pricepoint: $19.95 (torchlightgame.com). If you haven't seen much of Torchlight, here's your chance!

Mabinogi, a second generation free-to-play from Nexion, has just released a new item to its players and its just in time for the Halloween season. The Magic Broom is the perfect holiday accessory, it comes in the Oak and Straw varieties with Oak being the slightly faster of the two, this broom also doubles as a...well... a broom! It can be used to sweep areas to uncover hidden items as you traverse the lands. You can see all the new items and get more info on the game here, and be sure to check out the video here.

The WoW Economist is back, if you already didn't know, and has a few top notch articles already out there. The latest one, about Guild Economics in Cataclysm, has a really good line about what if there were guild retention bonuses. What if you or the guild got a bonus for having people stay in the guild? Would it help turnover rates? Pretty thought provoking and exactly why it's an excellent read.

Retention Bonus: For every guild member you retain for more than 1 year (or for X% of Guild Member Retained), the Guild shall XXXXXXXX. The end is blank – too many possibilities (1/pt). I originally wrote that the Guild shall be awarded X gold, I mean wy not?. Then I thought why not it be Improved Penny Pincher above to say 25 -50%. Then I thought wait, what else could it be? I think some sort of bonus for retention should be awarded but maybe not just limited to economic rewards. I like the idea there is a carrot out there for Guild Management to run a Guild with high retention figures.

The WoW Economist has a good article up today. You should go give it a read.

With the already bursting patch notes list for Aion patch 1.5.1, NCsoft has added to the preliminary list with even more fixes and updates. While the new additions are primarily minor changes there are some interesting alterations that caught my eye including aether extraction captcha and helpful keyword searches on the broker.

1. When you extract Aether, there’s a chance that Aether Poison Gas will infiltrate your body. The poison blocks gathering for a certain period of time unless you detoxify the poison.

- Once you are poisoned the only way to detoxify yourself is to utter the "Cleansing Word.”

- To utter the Cleansing Word, type the randomly given letters and numbers within the designated time

- When you utter the Word, you get three chances to enter the correct letter/number sequence. If you fail three times, Vitality Extracting and Aether Extracting are prohibited.

- The “/ExtractStatus” command provides your extraction status.

- When you have Aether Poison Gas in your body, you can still move and activate other abilities, so move to a safe place before you utter the Cleansing Word.

You can get the full and newly updated patch notes here or just catch the latest additions by following this link.

Have something to say regarding the latest update? Share your thoughts with other players by clicking the "Post your comments" link below.

In an attempt to balance a few select realms Blizzard will be offering free character transfers. These transfers became available today (November 5) at 11:15am PST and will be ending Thursday, November 12 at the same time. If the transfer goals are met before November 12, the transfers to or from any realm may be disabled.


To see if your toon is eligible for transfer check out the blue post here.

Today Blizzard released two unique purchasable pets: Pandaren Monk, and Lil‘ K.T. Each pet is ten dollars each and can be found on the online store in the Collectibles tab. Half of the proceeds from every Pandaren Monk purchased through December 31 will be donated to the Make-a-Wish foundation. Both pets have some fun special abilities and will be sure to entertain you and your friends!


To read more about these pets visit the Blizzard Store

After topping digital download charts for pre-orders and continuing to dominate after release, Aion is finally dropping to the bottom of the top 10 a month after release. Direct2Drive and Steam have released their top 10 lists for the week of October 25-31 which very well could be the last week the game shows up on these charts at all.

Direct2Drive:

1. Borderlands
2. Dragon Age: Origins Digital Deluxe Edition (Preorder)
3. Dragon Age: Origins Digital Deluxe Ed. w/ Prima Guide(Preorder)
4. Torchlight
5. Tropico 3
6. Dragon Age: Origins (Preorder)
7. Civilization 4: The Complete Edition
8. Aion
9. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines (Halloween Promo)
10. Risen

Steam:

1. Borderlands LW: 1
2. Left 4 Dead 2 (Pre-Order) LW: 2
3. Torchlight LW: Not Listed
4. Football Manager 2010 LW: Not Listed
4. Dragon Age Origins: Digital Deluxe Edition (Pre-Order) LW: 3
5. Killing Floor LW: 10
6. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Pre-Order) LW: 5
7. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Sale) LW: Not Listed
8. Dragon Age Origins LW: 4 (Pre-Order)
9. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (Sale) LW: Not Listed
10. Team Fortress 2 (Sale) LW: Not Listed
10. Aion: Standard Edition LW: 7

Aion certainly had a good run on sales charts and as routine sets in for gamers who have decided to stick around after the first free month, sales will start to find their comfortable groove for the time being.

So now that the initial mad dash has subsided, did Aion find a solid playerbase? It is still pretty populated on my servers, let us know how it's looking from where you play by clicking the "Post your comments" link below.