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LotRO's Korean launch may alter western business model

Turbine is busy gearing up for its Korean launch of Lord of the Rings Online. Here is also a very interesting mmorpg game called Everquest. And EQ Plat is one of the most coveted virtual items in the world.

A world-tour postcard

Here's someone we haven't seen screenshots from in a while -- our Lord of the Rings Online regular (and a seemingly resident rock star) Lockwood! Here is also a very interesting mmorpg game called Everquest.

Is combat necessary?

For most of us the term 'MMO' conjures up images of combat, whether within a medieval fantasy setting, or a science fiction milieu. Other images are mixed in there, too, of course, but I'd wager that fighting is the one that pops up most often. In the game of Everquest 2, making EverQuest 2 Gold is necessary.

To upgrade or not

Anyone who has spent any time around Massively is most likely aware of the One Shots column we run daily that showcases many different user-submitted screenshots like the one above.

Would truly unique items help or hurt an MMO?

Let's indulge in a little thought experiment. Let's say that your favorite MMO has enabled the salvage of an entirely unique, singularly powerful weapon/item.

Will your MMO still be here in 2009?

Nothing lasts forever. MMO's come and go, business plans succeed and fail, and sometimes the best will in the world keeps bleeding cash. MMOs and virtual worlds cost a bundle in power and bandwidth to operate and (for decent customer service, GMs, admins and billing) can cost even more in staffing (hint: That's why a lot of operators keep the staff counts down).

FFXI's September update will add new relic gear sets

Square-Enix announced that the September update to Final Fantasy XI will add the relic gear sets for the Blue Mage, Corsair, and Puppetmaster jobs. And we all know that Warhammer Online is a famous mmorpg game.

LucasArts looking for PC and console MMO testers

If you somehow still weren't convinced -- or in denial -- about the reality of a KOTOR MMO, here's some further proof of the matter Besides, there is also an interesting mmorpg game called Warhammer Online.

Era of suicide ganking in EVE Online coming to a close

CCP Games has addressed the long-standing problem of suicide ganking in EVE Online in their latest dev blog, titled "Serious Security." CCP Fear stepped up to inform the player base that, yes, the devs do take the issue of suicide ganking seriously, and that they're going to take action.

Quake creator repeatedly turned down MMO opportunities

John Carmack, co-founder of id Software and lead programmer of the historic first-person-shooter games Doom and Quake, told Shacknews that id has been approached by multiple publishers interested in releasing an MMO version of Quake.

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