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WoW Economist Looks at Catacylsm Guild Economics - Ten Ton Hammer

Xerin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:11:21 -0500

What could cataclysm bring about for guild talents

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...

Aion Updated Patch Notes Introduces Many Fixes - Ten Ton Hammer

Savanja — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:41:47 -0500

Aether extraction captcha and broker search options round out an interesting listWith 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...

Free Character Moves for Select PvP Realms - Ten Ton Hammer

Mem — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:23:49 -0500

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,...

New Blizzard Store Items - Ten Ton Hammer

Mem — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:02:57 -0500

Get yours todayToday 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...

Aion Clings to Digital Top 10 - Ten Ton Hammer

Savanja — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:21:29 -0500

Still topping sales charts a month after releaseAfter 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...

Dragon Age: Origins - Inspiring Musicians - Ten Ton Hammer

Dalmarus — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:24:05 -0500

Crossing over into the mainstream.

Gamers aren't the only people creating everything they can to show their appreciation for BioWare's latest RPG masterpiece, Dragon Age: Origins. Musical groups have gotten on board to show...

Lavasoft Develops New Version of Ad-Aware for Online Gamers - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:41:29 -0500

New anti-spyware program made for gamers.

Lavasoft, makers of the popular Ad-Aware Internet security software have developed a new version of Ad-Aware specifically aimed at gamers. The latest version offers real-time anti-virus and...

Frogster Unveils New Raid Details for Runes of Magic - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:18:16 -0500

Flame dragon raid instance coming to RoM.

Runes of Magic players will be engaged by a new challenge soon. Frogster has announced details about a new 12 man raiding instance coming to the game with one of the coming updates. Players will...

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...

Aion Veteran Rewards Now Available - Ten Ton Hammer

Savanja — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:14:25 -0500

Subscribers finally reap the rewards of membershipThe first month of veteran rewards are now available for players to activate on their Aion accounts. These rewards will generally be available on the first of every month for active players, but...

Champions Online : New Patch Today - Ten Ton Hammer

mattlow — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:52:25 -0500

Cryptic updates CO with another patch.

Cryptic updates their superhero MMOG, Champions Online, with another patch today. The main purpose of this patch is to fix stability issues with their databases.

You can read the patch notes here.

New PTR Patch Notes - Ten Ton Hammer

Messiah — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:07:49 -0500

Arena points without the Arenas?

One of the things that stands out as the strangest item I have seen in a patch is the addition of arena points to battlegrounds. Huh? Aren't arena points by definition supposted to come from...

World of Warcraft Fifth Anniversary Sweepstakes! - Ten Ton Hammer

Messiah — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:40:08 -0500

Five years already?

It seems like it was just the other day... Wow, does time fly when you're having fun. Blizzard is getting ready to celebrate 5 years of WoW. Check out the news post for more details.

This...

MMOG Gamers Target of Worm Attacks According to Microsoft Security Report - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:26:01 -0500

Worm attacks target MMOG gamers.

Make sure that Internet security is up to date. MMOG gamers seem to be the target of Worm and malicious software attacks according to a recent Microsoft Security Intelligence Report called...

Al Rivera Talks About Federation and Klingon Factions in Star Trek Online - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:58:13 -0500

Al Rivera talks Star Trek Online.

Star Trek Online lead designer Al Rivera recently spoke with incgamers.com about the upcoming MMOG and what players can expect in the Federation and Klingon conflict. Al also touched on the...

Turbine Extends Pre-Launch Offers for The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood Through November 18th - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:35:02 -0500

Pre-launch offers extended for Siege of Mirkwood.

Turbine has extended its pre-launch offer for Siege of Mirkwood (SoM), the upcoming expansion to The Lord of the Rings Online. Players now have until November 18 to take advantage of the pre-order...

Alganon Heads to Open Beta November 11, 2009 - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:11:00 -0500

Alganon prepares to enter open beta.

Quest Online has announced that Alganon will enter open beta on November 11, 2009. Players who want to participate can register to do so on one of Alganon's affiliate sites or the Alganon

World of Warcraft: Chinese Servers Shut Down Again - Ten Ton Hammer

Medawky — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:59:38 -0500

Chinese gamers in store for a long period of Tuesday morning blues.In the continuing on again-off again saga that has come to define Blizzards operations in China, the games servers have once again gone dark. The perpetual tuesday morning that Chinese gamers...

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

Martuk — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:47:20 -0500

Two powerhouses combine to create a new game.

Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) has joined forces with Wizards of the Coast to develop Magic: The Gathering - Tactics, a new online, 3D turn-based strategy game based in the Magic: The Gathering...

2009 Blizzard Pumpkin Carving Contest Winners - Ten Ton Hammer

Messiah — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:57:36 -0500

At least some people have hobbies other than playing WoW

It looks like these people have some serious time to devout to hobbies other than playing WoW 24/7. Pumpkin carving at this level is a very serious skill! Awesome work guys.

We're frightened....