MMORPG Editorials

When Marvel Heroes was first announced, the earth didn’t quake, but many gamers sat up and paid attention. Crossing action RPG gameplay with an MMO – all set in an officially sanctioned Marvel Universe – was something new, and what many have been waiting for. Currently in closed beta, Marvel Heroes’ development team is working hard to bring a polished free-to-play experience to the masses. MMOHut sat down with David Brevik, head of Gazillion Entertainment (and creator of Diablo I and II),...

Warframe: Open Beta Weekend – &*$# is getting real!?!!Starting on Friday, February 15th, Digital Extremes’ Warframe drops the gates for 3 days, letting anyone who registers into the game’s Open Beta with no key required to stress test the servers. Anyone who has yet to experience the satisfaction of sliding and slashing through enemy mobs now has the chance to join their Tenno brethren. The Details: Warframe Open Beta Weekend  Friday, February 15th at 12:00pm EST thru Tuesday,...

  Online shooters are almost always focused on competitive, team-based play.  Developers and consumers alike have come to expect the player versus player style that a shooter provides.  Warframe, however, strives to break that mold.  Warframe is a third-person, cooperative shooter produced by Digital Extremes, Ltd., that focuses on squad-based PvE, rather than competitive PvP.  We had an opportunity to get an early look at the game, and see how well the game holds up against other shooters.      Warframe’s...

MMO Predictions for 2013 – A Rise in More Interactive MMO’s By Harry Ka-yan Cheung, MMOHut JournalistBy my own research, I’ve come to a personal conclusion. This year is going to be one of the years MMOs will take more of a turn compared to the other years. My predictions point towards some of the more interactive games to be announced and released this year. Path of Exile (PoE) This game, according to an announcement, was suppose to officially release around November last year, but...

Last week, Just A Game – known best for War2 Glory in North America – opened beta testing for the public for its newest browser-based game, Kings and Legends. A card-based title, Kings and Legends promises players a melding of TCG and MMO. MMOHut took an early look at the title to see just what cards it had up its sleeve.    Kings and Legends is, at its heart, a combination of a trading card game and a turn-based strategy simulation. There are three key components to success: your...

The Sheath Knight Rises – Elsword Transformation Today Kill3rCombo, publisher of the hit game Elsword, unleashed a new class on its wildly popular free-to-play MMORPG. The Sheath Knight class forms the first part of Elsword Transformation, a multi-month campaign that will see numerous changes to the game, including a new job class for each character. By the end of Elsword Transformation, each character will be armed with a new class and a wide range of additional abilities.Sheath Knight...

C9 Reveals Second Major Expansion, The AwakeningWEBZEN Inc. announced the second expansion of Continent of the Ninth Seal ‘The Awakening’. On December 27th, the new continent ‘Sarad – The Blooming Desert’ will be unveiled. Players will face the challenge in the blooming desert against ‘Molleck – the King of Necros’ to break the seal of ‘Bradiel – the Fire God’. Also, the character’s level cap will be increased from 57 to 63. Furthermore, new contents of ‘Skill...

SOE Hosts Webcast for Wizardry Online Yesterday, December 13, 2012, Sony Online Entertainment hosted a webcast discussing feedback from the closed beta of Wizardry Online as well as the announcement of the open beta which starts now through the full launch on January 16th. You can checkout the full webcast here: http://www.twitch.tv/soe/b/347817091 but we’ve also broken down the details for you here. Based on feedback the developers decided to allow players to skip cut scenes and tutorials...