Hello Folks and welcome to a short and sweet show today we round up the last couple of weeks in MMO/Gaming news and as always reports of the going on in Azeroth, and indeed; Pandaria!
We also have an important announcement to make:
Due to June being stupidly hectic and full of IRL things we’re going AFK, but fear not! We’ll BRB with more Obscure goings on in July!
Random topics
- SWToR moving to mega servers? http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/367/feature/6437/Will-TOR-Adopt-Mega-Servers.html/page/1
- and laying off staff http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/05/29/bioware-responds-to-swtor-layoffs/ MMO toughest sector of gaming (SWToR) http://uk.gamespot.com/news/mmos-the-toughest-sector-of-games-old-republic-dev-6378948
- But SWToR 1.3 details revealed http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/05/30/star-wars-the-old-republic-developers-detail-1-3-free-trials/
- secret world delayed http://m.mmosite.com/mobile/index.php?action=article&nk=4&newsurl=http://news.mmosite.com/content/c/2012-05-27/the_secret_world_delayed_to_july_3rd_and_beta_weekend_roadmap_unveiled.shtml
- D3 players getting hacked even with authenticators? http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-05-24-diablo-3-number-of-players-who-have-reported-an-account-hack-extremely-small-insists-blizzard
- D3 shifts 6m copies, 3m in 24hrs http://www.vg247.com/2012/05/23/diablo-iii-sells-6-3-million-in-first-week-3-5-million-in-first-24-hours/
- and Blizz korean offices get raided! http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/05/30/korean-government-raids-blizzard-over-alleged-diablo-iii-wrongdo/
- Firefall moves away from level based progression http://www.firefallthegame.com/blog/2012/5/25/firefall-development-update-_-part-3
- Queen’s Jubilee celebrations in runescape http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/05/31/runescape-throwing-the-queen-a-royal-celebration-on-june-2nd/
WoW News
- Panda mounts, hundreds of dailies, teir 14 pics http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/05/25/mists-of-pandarias-pandaren-mount-daily-quest-cap-limit-and-tier-14-armor-sets-revealed/
- head and shoulders enchants gone http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/05/30/mists-of-pandaria-head-enchants-gone-shoudler-enchants/
We also want to know, for our first show back in July:
“What features would be on your list of ‘must haves’ for a new MMO, with SWToR adding in the Dungeon Finder WoW innovation, What can the modern MMO not do without for you?”
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