Dev Diaries

LotRO Developer Diary Breaks Down Legacy Pool Distribution by Class - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:10:04 -0500

Legacy pool distribution explained for each class.

With the launch of The Lord of the Rings Online's newest expansion Siege of Mirkwood drawing closer, Turbine has released a new developer diary explaining legacy pool distribution by class as a...

LotRO Developer Diary Explains Skill Changes in Siege of Mirkwood - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:25:15 -0500

Class skill changes explained for SoM.

The Lord of the Rings Online will be getting a few skill upgrades with the new Siege of Mirkwood expansion. The latest developer diary outlines the changes to classes that will result in some...

LotRO Developer Diary Outlines Changes to Character Panel - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:15:15 -0500

Character panel changes outlined in SoM.

The flood of developer diaries on the changes coming to The Lord of the Rings Online with the Siege of Mirkwood expansion continues today with the newest diary detailing changes to the character...

LotRO Developer Diary Outlines Combat Changes in Siege of Mirkwood - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:30:26 -0500

Combat undergoes some changes in SoM.

The latest developer diary for The Lord of the Rings Online outlines new combat changes that will be implemented with its coming expansion Siege of Mirkwood. Among one of the new changes is...

New LotRO Developer Diaries Explore Dol Guldur and New Main Menu - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:57:23 -0500

New diaries explain Dol Guldur and menu changes.

With the launch of The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood less than two weeks away, the developers over at Turbine have been busy pumping out developer diaries on a number of topics....

Black Prophecy Developer's Diary Explains Genide Faction Art Design - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:10:10 -0500

Art behind the Genide explained.

Black Prophecy art Director Nick Ebenhoch has posted the fifth developer's detailing the art direction and design behind the game's Genide faction. The Genide are a technologically advanced race...

AdventureQuest Worlds: Diary of the Dev - Mogloween and Friday the 13th - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:56:03 -0500

Find out about the events in AdventureQuest Worlds.

AdventureQuest Worlds is running strong and fresh off their Mogloween event, the developers are already planning more events for players. Since the last Friday the 13th event was met with a few...

LotRO Developer's Diary Outlines Skirmish Accessibility - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:42:37 -0500

Skirmish accessibility explained.

Turbine developer Brian “Zombie Columbus” has put together a new developer's diary for the upcoming Siege of Mirkwoodexpansion for The Lord of the Rings Online. The latest diary explains...

Champions Online Developer Diary - Systems Balancing, Pt 2. - Ten Ton Hammer

B. de la Durantaye — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:23:47 -0500

Combat Factors in Champions Online

Coming back for a second week of numbers crunching in Champions Online, Brian Urbanek, Systems Designer takes last week's discussion a bit further. Brian delves into combat factors, including...

Star Trek Online Developer's Diary Explains Episode Missions - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:41:35 -0500

Episode missions used to evolve STO storyline.

Cryptic has released a new developer's diary explaining the episode missions in Star Trek Online (STO). Episode missions play much like an episode of the TV shows and draw the player in to...

LotRO: Developer's Diary Outlines Reward System for Siege of Mirkwood - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:04:35 -0500

Skirmish Points lead to big rewards in SoM.

The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood (SoM) is less than a month away from launch and this week LotRO developer Brian “Zombie Columbus” released a new developer's diary to explain...

LotRO Developer Diary Details Mirkwood Regions and Development - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:37:55 -0400

Find out what it takes to make an expansion work.

The Lord of the Rings Online is just a little over a month away from getting its next expansion the Siege of Mirkwood. As we draw closer to the release of the digital expansion, Turbine is ...

New LotRO Developer Diary Explains Skirmishes in Siege of Mirkwood - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:16:19 -0400

LotRO Skirmish scale and randomization detailed in latest developer diary.

Turbine's Brian “Zombie Columbus” is continuing his developer diaries for The Lord of the Rings Online's upcoming digital expansion, Siege of Mirkwood. In the latest diary, Brian talks about...

New LOTRO Developer Diary Outlines Legendary Item Change - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:25:05 -0400

Legendary Items get an update in Siege of Mirkwood.

Legendary Items are getting another pass with the Siege of Mirkwood digital expansion for The Lord of the Rings Online. This week Turbine released a new developer diary to explain what kind of...

Black Prophecy Developer's Diary Outlines the Human Faction - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:28:40 -0400

Nick Ebenhoch outlined human faction.

Black Prophecy's Art Director Nick Ebenhoch has posted his 3rd Developer's Diary explaining the design approach to the factions of the game. Nick discusses the emblem used by the human faction...

New AoC 'Developer's Blog' and a Changing of the Guards at Funcom - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:35:38 -0400

Funcom makes event plans for PAX and Dragon*Con.

PAX and Dragon*Con are this week and Funcom will be on hand at both to present the latest information on the 'Rise of the Godslayer' expansion for Age of Conan Hyborian Adventures. In his latest...

Champions Online Releases State of the Game: Launch Day Special - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:48:18 -0400

Champions Online addresses concerns and offers a look at things to come on launch day.

Today is the official launch of Champions Online and to bring in the first official day of gameplay, Cryptic has released a 'State of the Game: Launch Day Special' to address some of the issues...

Black Prophecy's Newest 'Developer's Diary' Explains Ship Design and Inspiration - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:16:00 -0400

Find out how classic sci-fi inspired ship design for Black Prophecy.

Classic 1980s sci-fi played a huge role in the artistic development of Reaktor Media's upcoming space-based MMOG, Black Prophecy. The 2nd 'Developers Diary' for Black Prophecy explains how classic...

Black Prophecy "Developer's Diary" Discusses Art Direction and the Game Environment - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:30:49 -0400

Black Prophecy developers talk about the games environment and art direction.

Reakktor Media developers recently posted their first "Developer's Diary" for their upcoming sci-fi MMO, Black Prophecy. The diary discusses the art direction for the game and how the...

WAR Keeps Get a Redesign - Ten Ton Hammer

Savanja — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:46:25 -0400

Dev Diary walks players through the changes

Warhammer Online has received a lot of criticism of various game features, one being the poor design of Keeps. Up until now, Keep strategy has been fairly limited and Mythic wants to offer players...