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Dragon’s Prophet First Look Video

spunkify — Wed, 22 May 2013 22:10:55 +0000

Dragon’s Prophet is an Action MMORPG developed by Runewaker, the same company behind Runes of Magic. Dragon’s Prophet focuses on giving players the opportunity to capture and train over 300 unique dragons each of which has its own abilities...

Aeria Games’ Soldier Front 2 FPS Announces MOBA-Style Mode

spunkify — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:56:04 +0000

Free-to-play shooters are nothing new. Neither are MOBAs. But a combination of the two? That’s crazy talk! Hero Mode in Aeria Games’ upcoming Soldier Front 2 will pit two teams of five players against each other in classic MOBA fashion, sent...

And Then There Were Two: What can we learn from Rift’s recent announcement?

spunkify — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:55:54 +0000

Normally, I like to walk slowly into my articles and let people ease into my points. Not this time, though. In the wake of last week’s news regarding Rift, it seems there are two notions that are on most people’s minds. WoW and EVE will go...

F2P Cast: Adding Rift to The Free-to-Play Roster (EP 69)

spunkify — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:05:42 +0000

On this week’s episode we discuss the announcement of Trion World’s soon to be F2P MMO Rift, the recent misfortunes of Minimum developers Timegate (why didn’t they pay their pizza bill!), and Neverwinter’s never ending woes. All...

EA’s MOBA Dawngate gets first early details, Beta Starts Friday

spunkify — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:35:50 +0000

EA joined the bandwagon last week with the announcement of their upcoming MOBA Dawngate and one could instantly feel the collective groan of a thousand gamers. Obviously, the question was never “if” EA would make a MOBA, but...

Dragon’s Prophet Open Beta Announced, Dragon Filled Trailer Released

spunkify — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:48:31 +0000

Queue up the Pokemon theme, because in just a little over a week players will be able to fight, capture and train over 300 unique dragons during the Dragon’s Prophet open beta. Both SOE (NA) and Infernum (EU) the regional publishers of...

Obsidian working on new Free-to-Play MMORPG with Allods Online Devs

spunkify — Mon, 20 May 2013 22:51:35 +0000

Not content with their recent $3.986,929 Kickstarter success Project Eternity, Obsidian Entertainment has been announced as the co-developers of an upcoming free-to-play MMO Skyforge. What's more, the developers will be working in conjunction with Allods...

Neverwinter Economy Disrupted by Currency Exploit

spunkify — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:11:21 +0000

Anyone who’s played Neverwinter can tell you just how confusing the MMO’s currency system really is. The game utilizes at least 3 separate currencies (not including tokens earned to purchase gear sets) with the most important currency being...

Valve Announces Entirely Community Created TF2 Update: Robotic Boogaloo

spunkify — Sat, 18 May 2013 00:13:35 +0000

Valve’s long running F2P shooter Team Fortress 2 received yet another update today. What makes this one different is that the material, in this case 57 new cosmetic items, was completely created by the Valve community. This is the first ever...

Foreign Fridays: Hounds Online Ep. 6

spunkify — Fri, 17 May 2013 23:29:44 +0000

On this episode of Foreign Fridays, Spunkify tries to survive the alien zombie infested world of the third person shooter Hounds Online! Hounds Online pits up to 6 players in predominantly PvE scenarios where they must complete objectives against hordes...

The Force Is Sorta OK In This One: SWTOR Bucks The Recent Trend Of F2P Failure

spunkify — Fri, 17 May 2013 00:36:28 +0000

Star Wars: The Old Republic seems to be doing well since its switch to a free-to-play model – very well, according to BioWare. But do we have anything besides the company’s word to go by? As we alluded to in last week’s F2P Cast,...

Late to the Party: EA announces MOBA Dawngate

spunkify — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:13:27 +0000

EA has had a less than stellar track record when it comes to Free-to-Play games and their recent business decisions in general. The company has been slowly expanding their F2P offerings with mixed reception in each notable genre. They have some F2P...

Grab Your Guns: Loadout Early Access On Steam

spunkify — Wed, 15 May 2013 22:19:54 +0000

Steam has added the shooter Loadout to its list of early access games. The cartoon styled third-person shooter is chock full of character and weapon customization (over 50,000,000,000 total combinations). You can change every imaginable part of the...

GUNNAR Optiks Gaming Eyewear Giveaway

mmobomb — Wed, 15 May 2013 20:06:06 +0000

MMOBomb.com and GUNNAR Optiks have teamed up to bring you a diferent giveaway. 10 Lucky fans will win a pair of GUNNARS (US & Canada residents only). GUNNAR Optiks engineers Advanced Gaming Eyewear for gamers who spend long hours in front of the...

Anno How to Build Stuff: Anno Online’s Open Beta Now Live

spunkify — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:23:59 +0000

Publisher Ubisoft and Developer Blue Byte have announced that their city building game Anno Online is now in Open Beta. Fear not, for those of you worried about the browser game inevitably being Pay to Win, the self described “strategy” game...

Our Preview of DC Universe Online: Origin Crisis

spunkify — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:54:51 +0000

On Monday, Sony Online Entertainment invited members of the press to a special sneak peek of the new DLC for DC Universe Online. Any good superhero saga needs alternate realities and general time-and-space-mucking, and that’s at the heart of this...

Free To Play Weekly (Ep.88)

spunkify — Tue, 14 May 2013 20:56:41 +0000

Worlds collide as Infinite Crisis begins its closed beta, Timegate Studios is forced to layoff staff, Star Wars the Old Republic sees F2P financial success, City of Steam beta brings a host of improvements, and much more! Free-To-Play Weekly with Hannah...

Dragons Prophet EU Closed Beta Key Giveaway

mmobomb — Tue, 14 May 2013 19:14:12 +0000

MMOBomb.com and Infernum Productions are pleased to present our users with an invite to Dragon’s Prophet (Europe) closed Beta test. To get your beta code key you just need to click on the button below. Dragon’s Prophet is a new free to play MMORPG set in...

RIFT is going Completely Free-to-Play

spunkify — Tue, 14 May 2013 17:54:51 +0000

Wow, I can honestly say I wasn’t expecting this. Trion Worlds, just announced their MMORPG RIFT will be transitioning over to a free-to-play model starting on June 12, 2013. What’s more, the game will be entirely F2P; with every dungeon,...

War Thunder Playstation 4 Port Announced, Accompanied by Ground Forces Teaser Trailer

spunkify — Tue, 14 May 2013 17:17:41 +0000

War Thunder is headed to the Playstation 4 it seems. Gaijin Entertainment announced today its plans to debut War Thunder on the console in time for this year’s holiday season. It seems as though console players will be getting the same version of...