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Star Wars: The Old Republic: New Planet Revealed: Alderaan

November 30th, 2009
The latest update to the Star Wars: The Old Republic website has revealed the newest planet to be added to the official roster of planets in TOR: Alderaan!

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Fallen Earth: State of Game Interview with Colin Dwan

November 30th, 2009
An interview with Fallen Earth Project Manager Colin Dwan brings us up to date on the progress of the Icarus MMO since launch.

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General: Aihoshi: Why Aren’t MMOGs More Fun?

November 30th, 2009
A simple yet important question is explored in the latest edition of Richard Aihoshi's weekly MMORPG.com column.

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Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood Screens, Part Five

November 30th, 2009
Three more exclusive images from the Lord of the Rings Online expansion coming your way.

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Developer Diary: SoM Crafting

November 30th, 2009

With more recipes and materials to create superior equipment, special crafted relics for customizing legendary items, new uses for guild reputation items, and an entirely new type of recipe that lets you choose the item being produced, there's never been a better time to be a crafter!

Read more about the SoM crafting update!

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We have a very important announcement!

November 30th, 2009

DOFUS 1.29 + DOFUS 2.0

First things first, welcome to the new DOFUS community site!

As the title of this news might suggest, we have a very important announcement to make!

On December 2, DOFUS 2.0 was supposed to replace the current version of DOFUS.

However, we feel that version 2.0 is not yet ready and that it is too early to completely migrate the community over to it.

As such, we have decided to leave 1.29 playable and open to everyone, and to launch 2.0 in parallel.

How will that work?
We will officially launch DOFUS 2.0 the morning of 2 December, as planned, but only on new servers that will have doubled XP and drops for 2 weeks.

You will be able to play DOFUS 1.29 and DOFUS 2.0 with the same account.

Then what?

Don’t worry! DOFUS 2.0 is progressing rapidly, and performance is improving every day. The entire team is working extremely hard make this first version a success that will appeal to everyone. We are doing everything we can to achieve that goal!

From December 2 you'll be able to move in to DOFUS 2.0 on new servers with new characters, when you want, without any obligation.

Then, when everything is in order, we will encourage you to join DOFUS 2.0, with new features and new content - of which Frigost forms a part - currently being created.

These last minute changes have, of course, led to other changes. Services related to Ogrines have been pushed back because they mainly concerned characters migrating from DOFUS to DOFUS 2.0. Ogrines have been pushed back a little, and we’ll talk more about them soon. The Premium House will only be present on DOFUS 2.0.

 

Mea culpa


Now, on behalf of Ankama, I would like to apologize for these last minute changes and the stress that our initial decision must have caused many of you as the release date approaches.

Today, the proposed solution should - we hope - keep everyone happy. Those of you who want to continue playing 1.29 and move smoothly on to DOFUS 2.0 later, those of you who love DOFUS 2.0 and want to have the opportunity to discover all-new, unexplored servers where former DOFUS players can meet up with current players and newcomers. This solution should also fully satisfy Ankama’s DOFUS team who will have the opportunity to evolve and improve DOFUS 2.0 week after week and calmly prepare long-awaited new content!

The dates and key stages to come:

December 2: Launch of a new server: Zatoïshwan

Zatoïshwan

December 15: 4 new subscription pets on DOFUS 1 and DOFUS 2.0

See you soon and thanks in advance for your understanding!

Manu

Emmanuel DARRAS, Co-Founder of Ankama
 

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Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures: Recruiting New Soldiers

November 30th, 2009
MMORPG.com Age of Conan Correspondent John Humphrey writes this look at the fan base of the Conan IP that Funcom has to draw from and the new steps that the MMO company is taking to bring them and others into their game.

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End Of The Decade

November 30th, 2009
End Of The Decade

The end of the decade is nearly here. To mark the occasion, in the decade’s last issue of Edge we will be recognising the games, the people and the events that have defined the past ten years, and this is your opportunity to be part of it.

Specifically, we'd like you to propose the following:

1. Your game of the decade
2. Your person of the decade
3. Your moment of the decade

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The Great Dungeon Race Begins!

November 30th, 2009

Event Donjons

Here we go! You can start burning through the dungeon of your choice (out of the 17 chosen for this event) on the DOFUS 2.0 beta test server!

Give it your best and perhaps you can be one of the 136 competition champions and win a cuddly Sting pet, three very rare hats, and candies that give a serious bonus!

All subscribed accounts can connect to the DOFUS 2.0 Test Server and enter the contest.

Seventeen dungeons have been selected. For each of these dungeons, the 8 characters who complete the dungeon the most times will win.

Winning, however, won't be quite so simple! You must choose which dungeon to attempt to increase your chances.

Two main possibilities, among others:

  • Choose a simple dungeon, relying on pure power and speed to get through as many times as possible.
  • Choose a more complicated dungeon (requiring a more organized group), hoping that fewer players (or less-organized teams) also choose the same dungeon.

 

List of dungeons you can attempt:

  • Blop Dungeon (including the Royal Rainbow Blop)
  • Canidae Dungeon
  • Field Dungeon
  • Sand Dungeon
  • Koolich Cavern
  • Otomai's Ark
  • Pandikaze Dungeon
  • Bherb's Gully
  • Dreggon Dungeon
  • Grotto Hesque
  • Tynril Lab
  • Bworker Dungeon
  • Tofu Dungeon
  • Royal Tofu House
  • Lord Crow’s Library
  • Crackler Dungeon
  • Kitsou Dungeon

Important Note: Killing the bosses of these dungeons in an arena is also counted in your final score. So make sure to capture them!

There will be 136 winners overall, each of whom will be awarded:

  • The Sting pet!
  • An assortment of exclusive hats for you to show off in DOFUS 2.0 (Pepitoo's Sombrero, Goultard's Headgear, Galgarion's Helmet).
  • A candy giving +100 Wisdom.
  • A candy giving +100 Prospecting.

 

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LittleBigPlanet Scoops Children’s BAFTA

November 30th, 2009
LittleBigPlanet Scoops Children's BAFTA
Sackboy beats out competition from Boom Blox Bash Party, Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise and de Blob for best videogame.

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