1st week of June recap
We're now eight days into June and the weather have been great. Well, at least in this part of the world. Great weather usually does not cope too well with watching videos, however, we still have a couple of interesting videos in this recap. By the way, if you have an idea of a video you'd like to see us to post in our Cursinema's, please do not hesitate to contact us! Send me a PM and we can take it from there.
So what videos do we have today? Well... there's been another World of Warcraft video release from Baron Soosdon called Chilled Escapism. He probably have it just as warm over in his country and wanted to provide us with something more... chill. Jokes aside, it's a more relaxing pace in this video then in most of his previous releases -- definitely worth checking out:
We all know there's a dozen different Free to Play MMO's out there, which brings us to the second video, it's a gameplay trailer of Florensia. A Free to Play Fantasy MMO currently in Closed Beta testing. We're giving away beta keys for the third beta test which begins early next week. The giveaway close today, so be quick.
The thing that makes Florensia stand out a bit from every other Free to Play MMO is the ability to own ships and travel between islands where you do the standard "kill monsters and gain experience" type of deal.
Soon every EVE Online player will be able to download the summer expansion called Empyrean Age. It's been in the works for awhile now and there's many different tidbits of information out there. We've posted news about it several times and if you're curious, simply check out our EVE Online portal. Very recently two trailers from the Empyrean Age expansion was released by CCP Games and it show us that WAR is certainly coming.
These two news broadcasts will most likely make sure every EVE Online player is on their guard, anything but peace is coming. It's utter chaos.
The breaking news in the first broadcast will make you wonder what's about to unfold...
Then there's the second broadcast, revealing certain events that occured in New Eden, hmm...
One of the first MMO's for many is EverQuest. Many developers have shaped their games with inspiration from the world of Norrath, Luclin, Planes of Power and beyond. I was one of them, I played EverQuest religously for years and enjoyed the vast world and everything that came with it. It was the best at it's time and noone could every imagine another MMO to dethrone it. But as we all know, nothing lasts forever and so many other MMO's exist these days. EverQuest might only be a memory to some, but it still lives on,. which is quite the feat, considering it's been around for many many years by now.
Sony Online Entertainment attempted to recreate the magic of EverQuest with EverQuest 2, with mixed reactions from players and critics. EQ and EQ2 retain a fairly decent playerbase and SOE recently announced Living Legacy.
Living Legacy aims to celebrate the EverQuest franchise and offers in-game events, promotions, game updates and more. As part of the promotion, both EQ and EQII subscribers with inactive accounts who left in good standing will be able to log back in to the games and play for free until the end of July.
SOE released a promotional video along with their press release not too long ago, check it out:
Finally we have a video from the Hellgate: London universe. Where monsters exist around every corner in a hellish London. This is a MMO that was very hyped, mainly due to the creators having worked at Blizzard on Diablo in the past. When released, there were a very mixed reaction -- did you like it? Do you like it now after numerous patches and content released? Personally I will hold my opinion, since I haven't had enough experience with the game.
The Hellgate: London video below show you the difference between a... uh... Zombie and Human:
