Guild Wars 2 lore to be told in book series

At the Penny Arcade Expo yesterday afternoon, ArenaNet played host to a jam-packed Raven Theater within the Washington Convention Center for their panel entitled "Three Years of Guild Wars" where attendees were treated to the history of the game and an open Q&A session regarding the current and future state of the game.

Yet possibly even more exciting was a small tidbit of news we got from Chris Lye, ArenaNet's Director of Marketing, regarding Guild Wars 2. The team is working with Pocket Books (a division of Simon & Schuster) for a three-book series that will fill in the lore gaps within the 250-year period between Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2. Stay tuned to Massively for more on this series and any other Guild Wars 2 news we may uncover.

Source: Massively

Flagship Studios team becomes Runic Games

Seattle, Washington - August 8th, 2008 - The former Flagship Studios Seattle team is proud to announce their reformation as Runic Games (www.runicgames.com). As the team responsible for the highly-anticipated Mythos at Flagship Studios, Runic Games intends to continue to use their expertise in the Action-RPG MMO genre to create the best games in this market.

The studio is headed by Travis Baldree and Max Schaefer. Travis served as Project Director for Mythos at Flagship Seattle, and previously created the bestselling Action-RPG FATE. Max was the Executive Producer for Mythos, and one of the original founders of Blizzard North, the creators of the bestselling Diablo franchise. He was also one of the founding members of Flagship Studios.

Announcements about Runic Games' forthcoming projects will be made in the coming days.

For more information about Runic Games, or for inquiries about potential partnerships, please contact us at press@runicgames.com.
Official Website: http://www.runicgames.com/

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First ever LUG Prepaid card

been cleaning my stuff last night and i found one of the very first prepaid cards that level up was selling way back when pRO was still in its infancy here in the country and "Chaos" was still the only server back then. so enjoy the pic and let us reminisce ^_^

"The Wow Clone or Look Alike" 4Story Online

4story Online
Official Site: 4Story Online
Publisher:GamenGame
Developer: ZEMi interactive inc
Subscription Model: F2P
Client: Download
Currently:
1st Pre-Open Beta Phase: From 01:00 am (PST: Pacific Standard Time) 10th of July 2008 To 8:00 pm (PST) 20th of July 2008
2nd POBT: From 10:00 pm (PST) 6th of August 2008
To 10:00 pm (PST) 12th of August 2008

for comparison here is a screen of 4story besides a WoW screenshot

[IMG]http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c231/endlesone/4story_05.jpg[/IMG]
image courtesy of CheapAssGamer


first i thought it was PW was "the" Wow clone but this game takes the cake of being "The WoW clone or look alike" but ill definitely be trying this game out after i download the client

DC Universe Online

DC Universe Online 'nuff said
Though im still praying for a Marvel MMO ^_^;
Coming to the PS3 and also on the PC

DC Universe Online Site

Lineage 2: the 2nd Throne Gracia

Barely a year since the introduction and patch of the last expansion to one of the most successful mmorpg's ever gets another expansion this time called: The 2nd Throne: Gracia and is now available in the PBT (Public Test Server) though not yet available for the Lineage 2 SEA Server (but i know that they are actually testing the expansion right now at Asian Media)

here is the official website for the expansion: Official Website

Mythos Beta Going on Hiatus

Mythos Beta Going on Hiatus

"From the team:

We regretfully announce that on Friday, July 18, 2008 at 11:59 CST the world of Uld known as Mythos will be going on hiatus. On behalf of all of the Devs and Community team we want to say thank you to everyone for their support and assistance with Mythos Alpha and Beta testing and we will see you soon.

The Mythos Team"

After the announcement that Flagship Studios is closing down. It was just announced that the Mythos beta will shutdown on the 18th of this month at exactly 11:59 CST as well as the forums will be closed at the same time.

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