by John Hoskin on Apr 07, 2008
Welcome to the 802nd Edition of Loading...
If you aren't reading this in your e-mail, you could be. Sign up. Are you looking for gaming news? Look no further for all of the headlines. General industry news, right down to game specific and forum thread feeds are all yours as part of Ten Ton Hammer's news syndication program. Enjoy!
Daily Column
Loading... it's like the play-offs, for MMOGs.
First, the Ten Ton Pulse, your finger on the beating heart of the MMOG industry.
If the Top 10 isn't enough, we now show the Top 20 and Top 50 lists as well, available to everyone on our homepage. (What is Pulse?)
Age of Conan - 200 BPM World of Warcraft - 80 BPM Lord of the Rings Online - 30 BPM EverQuest 2 - 25 BPM Warhammer Online - 23 BPM EVE Online - 21 BPM Lineage 2 - 19 BPM Vanguard - 15 BPM Guild Wars - 15 BPM Tabula Rasa - 13 BPMNew York Comic Con is almost upon us and guess who is looking after all of the MMOG panels? Garrett, Jeff, myself and perhaps even Phil will be in New York to attend Comic Con. Together with the Comic Con team we organized and will moderate the following Ten Ton Hammer Comic Con New York 2008 panels.
1E16Held at the Javits Center, the Ten Ton Hammer presentation room, IE16 (though I haven't seen it yet) will seat up to 500 people for each panel and presentation. Ten Ton Hammer Premium Members that let us know in advance that they will be attending will receive VIP service and seating at each of the panels that we are hosting. We expect these panels to fill up quickly, so non-members should arrive early to ensure that there are seats available.
"New York Comic Con is proud to welcome exhibitors including Konami, Namco Bandai, Square-Enix, and Ubisoft; some of the biggest names in the interactive entertainment industry. These exhibitors will present their current hits and preview the summer's biggest titles from the show floor. While these demos and videos will be enough to satisfy any gamer, they are just the tip of the iceberg. New York Comic Con will present a special gamer summit on Sunday, April 20, with 12 panel discussions led by video game industry leaders. NYCC's gamer summit was created with the guidance of TenTonHammer.com and Themis Media. The summit will showcase games including Age of Conan, EvE Online, Iron Man, Warhammer Online, and studios including CCP, FunCom, Turbine, and 38 Studios. The summit will also feature round table discussions and topics ranging from video game journalism and writing for video games, to starting a career in the video game industry."
Special thanks to CCP, EA/Mythic, Turbine, Funcom and 38 Studios for accepting our invitation to speak at the show. I believe that this is the first time that this many AAA MMOG developers have converged on one room in one afternoon to talk about the MMOG industry.
If you plan to attend Comic Con and would like to take advantage of the Premium Member seating or just want to say "Hello" to the Ten Ton staff then drop either Jeff Woleslagle or myself a line and we'll get you on the list of VIPs (Very Important Players).
If you can't be in New York over the April 18-20 time period, but you would still like to hang out with us, we will be running an Age of Conan guild where Ten Ton Hammer readers can hang out, play and enjoy the company of like-minded individuals. Assuming that we have enough interest, and it appears that we will, the vision of the guild will be to allow players to experience the incredible content of Age of Conan at their own pace with others who also progress at a similar speed. We will need to build a large (and by large I mean enormous) guild in order to see our vision come to fruition, but I know that our members can do it. Members of any of our current Ten Ton Hammer guilds are welcome to join us in our adventures. I'm looking for a few good men or women to help with the organizational work that goes into making a good guild a great one. If you think you are up to the task, please send me an e-mail.
Ten Ton Hammer Wants You! The The Loading... forums await you.
Do you feel the need to contact me personally with naughty pictures or derogatory comments? Here's my E-mail.
--
11 new MMOG hand-crafted articles today! 45 in April! 797 in 2008!
New MMOG Articles At Ten Ton Hammer Today
Images/Video
Interviews
Previews
Beta
Guides
World of Warcraft: Guide to the Isle of Quel'Danas, Phase 2 World of Warcraft: Paladin Guide Update World of Warcraft: Guide to Shattered Sun Offensive Outland Lord of the Rings Online: Weekly Troll Report Lord of the Rings Online: Scholar Products Guide Tabula Rasa: Guide to Rangers Update Warhammer Online: FAQ UpdateForums
Age of Conan: The Border Kingdom Cryer Age of Conan: "Ask the Devs"Ten Ton Wiki Updates
Blackstar 38 Studios' MMOG, Code-named 'Copernicus' Magic World Online Wonderland OnlineHot Content - Or, what I took a fancy to
38 Studios' Joe Mirabello on 'The Dominance War' 38 Studios' VP of Business Development, Jennifer MacLean Richard Bartle at IMGDC 2.0 Bryan "Psychochild" Green at IMGDC 2.0 Warhammer Online: Career Preview Video of The Shadow Warrior EverQuest 2: Shard of Hate Preview Video Wonderland: Closed Beta Key Giveaway Warhammer Online: Inevitable City Walkthrough Video - Premium Members Version Contest: Warhammer Online Post-a-Thon ContestReal World News (Compliments of Phil Comeau)
Wife accused of stabbing husband over hot dogsThanks as always for visiting TenTonHammer.com
- John "Boomjack" Hoskin and the Ten Ton Hammer Team