Splitscreen Studios has announced the release of its "fully featured 3D MMO" for Facebook called Pirate Galaxy. The game is played via Facebook in browser with an optional cash shop. Pirate Galaxy currently supports five languages and is in beta on Facebook.
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Earthrise devs have sent over another batch of three exclusive screenshots for your viewing pleasure today. This time, the screens feature a player standing in a huge canyon, an upward look at a structure on a peak and a guy checking out a contraption of sorts. Check them out!
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Perfect World International is celebrating its second anniversary and players have the opportunity to score some special gear. The new anniversary wear and more will be given to players free of charge. Two year players will receive an extra set of clothing and one year players will receive an anniversary mount.
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RiftNexus.com has scored a new preview of the Rift: Planes of Telara zone called Stonefield. Stonefield is one of the first areas for the Defiant faction where players are challenged to fight the servants of the Titans, protecting helpless townsfolk and descending into the Deepstrike Mine.
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Cloud gaming service OnLive will roll out a wireless internet support beta later this month.
The platform, which launched in the US in June, currently requires a wired ethernet connection to play titles.
The company will also be offering a 50 per cent discount on all games over Labor Day weekend (September 4–6), and said that it is to extend sign ups to its Founding Members Program – which includes a free one year membership to the OnLive, with an optional second year at $4.95/mo - through December 31, 2010.
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Frogster has announced that it has launched the European website for Mythos and that beta registrations are now being taken for the hack and slash MMO in development at Hanbitsoft. Frogster also indicated that it is working on a new video to show the transformation of the game since Hanbitsoft took over development duties from Flagship Studios.
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Some games require only a very minimalistic UI while others, like MMOs, require a more complicated UI to provide players with the large amount of information vital to their gameplay. The Lord of the Rings Online™ has quite a bit going on behind the scenes.
Read more in the latest Developer Diary from Narrel!
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KingsIsle is preparing to celebrate its second birthday with the launch of the new zone called Celestia. Celestia is set to launch a bit later this fall and a new quest will show up this month to get players prepared. Celestia will raise the level cap and introduce new spells and head under the sea for adventure.
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Opening the Lord of the Rings Online game client reveals a pair of announcements for Turbine. Consignment quests will not be available after September 7th and players are urged to complete them before that time. Secondly, developers have announced the names of four new servers being brought online in anticipation of hordes of new players for the F2P version set to go live on September 10th.
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Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter believes Microsoft’s likely to introduce a new $100 premium Xbox Live membership option.
Pachter made the prediction shortly after Microsoft announced plans to increase subscription fees for the online service for the first time since it launched in 2002.
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