I know a lot of you out there are creaming your pants waiting until late November when Wrath of the Lich King gets released. Al is stuffing his face with Red Bull and Cheetos trying to get to level 70 with his Hunter, I’m sitting pretty around level 12 with my Blood Elf (haven’t had a ton of time to play lately). If some of you are out there are making your own 80’s montage and getting fat and pimply like the kids in South Park trying to level up quickly, you’ll be happy to know you don’t need an insane PC to run the upcoming expansion pack.
PC:
Windows XP SP3 or Vista SP1 (Windows 2000 no longer supported)
Pentium 4 1.3 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 1.5 GHz (up from 800 MHz Intel/AMD). Dual-core recommended.
RAM: 512 MB/1 GB for Vista, same as before. 1 GB/2 GB recommended.
Video: GPU with hardware transform and lighting and 32 MB VRAM, same as before. Recommended 128 MB VRAM.
Mac:
Mac OS X 10.4.11 (10.3 no longer supported)
PowerPC G5 1.6 GHz or Intel Core Duo. G4s are no longer supported. Intel 1.8 GHz recommended.
This is stating the obvious, yes there will be more Guitar Hero games coming, but three times as many by the year 2010 seems ridiculous. That means over the course of a couple of years we can expect to see at least 1-2 Guitar Hero games per year, which means World Tour will be old hat in about 6 months time. So let me get this right, I pay $190 for a game and all the instruments just to find out that it is and old piece of crap in a few months? Great! Just great! Read More »
We just received word from the EA public relations group that the upcoming title Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning will launch this September 18th, but before the launch it will get its own novel for gamers to learn more of the backstory that leads up to this epic battle. WAR looks to compete directly with World of Warcraft which means that it will need a vast plot and characters as well as great gameplay to even play in the same league. I like the release of the novel because that means that it will have plenty of material to draw upon to develop a great game. Go grab the novel now and start your homework before the launch.
The legions of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (WAR) fans eagerly
awaiting the game’s launch on September 18th can now immerse themselves
in WAR’s rich lore with the release of EMPIRE IN CHAOS, the first novel
based on the upcoming fantasy MMORPG.
EMPIRE IN CHAOS, written by noted Games Workshop scribe Anthony
Reynolds, is now available in bookstores in North America. The epic
novel follows the journey of Annaliese Jager as she escapes her
destroyed village only to be swept up in an epic battle to save the
Empire from the marauding forces of Chaos. Joined by an injured High
Elf, a grizzled Witch Hunter, and a Dwarf Ironbreaker, she will battle
along side the armies of the Empire and Dwarfs against greenskin tribes
and the dreaded Chaos Raven Host. Together, this unlikely band of heroes
must fight like never before to turn back the tides of darkness, or the
future of the Empire is doomed.
Warhammer Online is looking to upstage the two giants in the MMO world right now (WoW and Age of Conan). Do you think it can match their power? Me, I think it could be AoC but I doubt it’ll come close to WoW. Check out some character creation gameplay and get ready for a new MMO to suck up your time.
If you think people have forgotten about the LOTR universe, you are mistaken. As the MMORPG LOTR Online continues to bring in new gamers everyday, they are continuing adding new areas to explore thus creating more quests. We can now explore the Mines of Moria, the once great halls of the Dwarves. Who knows what lurks inside the deep and dark crevasses but one thing is for sure. Now we can find out.
Yet another patch for World of Warcarft, Fury of the Sunwell looks to revolve around the Blood Elves and the source of their magic in Outworld. Patch 2.4 looks to add more content than you can shake a stick at and keep players raiding until all hours of the night. WoW ruining lives now for years and creating expansions and patches to keep everyone hooked, I hope your proud Blizzard.
In case you were worried that Lord of the Rings Online would lose it’s license with Tolkien Enterprises, Turbine announced today they’ve extended their license for online games until 2014. This means that LoTRO and future expansion packs and sequels will all be available for the next six years.
“We’re thrilled with the global success of The Lord of the Rings Online since its launch in 2007,” said Jim Crowley, president and CEO of Turbine, Inc. “With the recent announcement of what are sure to be two blockbuster films based on The Hobbit and a sequel, we expect the success of the license and our relationship with Tolkien Enterprises to grow for years to come.”
Turbine is doing one hell of a job already, so I can only imagine how it’ll be once The Hobbit is released. If you haven’t checked out Lord of the Rings Online, there’s a free 7 day trial, so get on it.
Fans of Turbine’s Lord of the Rings Online can sit back and enjoy the newly released content update for the game today, as Book 12 has been officially released. Here’s what you can expect from this new free update.
More Customization – Book 12 introduces the Outfit system which features new gear and options to let players truly customize their hero’s appearance without impacting the stats of their armor. Players can also visit one of the many new barbershops in Middle-earth where they can choose from one of more than 50 new hairstyles.
The Delving of Frór — Monster Play evolves in Book 12 with an innovative new dungeon that implements 12-player raid mechanics into a dynamic player-vs-player (PvP) environment. The Delving of Frór is controlled by the faction currently winning the battle in the Ettenmoors. Players who gain access to this vast new public dungeon will participate in a challenging raid that pits them against fearsome foes while they face the constant threat of an opposing faction gaining control of the Ettenmoors above and quickly transforming the Delving of Frór into an all-out PvP battle.
Housing Enhancements — The player housing system, which was introduced in Book 11, has been significantly enhanced to provide players with even more control over the items they place in their home. A host of new trophies and other bind-on-acquire items have been added to help players make their home reflect their unique tastes and accomplishments in Middle-earth.
The Epic Continues! — Elrond sends players to rescue Laerdan from Amarthiel deep within Carn Dûm. Through their investigations, players will discover the location of Narchuil, the ancient Ring Amarthiel lost at the Battle of Fornost. Players will battle an Angmarim sorcerer, but only manage to recover half of the ring before returning to Rivendell to inform Gandalf.
Over 100 New Quests — The story continues for players as they aid the Fellowship and encounter new adventures in Middle-eart
Did I mention this update is free? Gotta love Turbine pumping a ton of content regularly into the game. This is probably the most played MMO over at Loot Ninja headquarters, easily surpassing WoW.
Turbine sent out a press release today to let us know that Lord of the Rings Online, their flagship MMORPG, will be the first of it’s genre to support DirectX 10 and NVIDIA GeForce Graphics Processors.
Players can now experience Middle-earth™ like never before with major improvements to The Lord of the Rings Online’s graphics, including upgraded shaders for water, particle effects and lighting for distant terrain. Players will also be treated to new levels of immersion with the new DirectX 10 exclusive dynamic shadowing features which render realistic real-time shadows in the vast outdoor environments of The Lord of the Rings Online.
This is one of the best MMORPG’s on the market, and our personal favorite here at Loot Ninja. Sadly, none of us have DX10 hardware to take advantage of us. If you’re a LotRO player and have DX10 with Vista, let us know how much better the game looks.
Not content with drinking tons of beer in the real world, MapleStory is recreating the German festival in their online realm.
To take part in the event – which is open to everyone and can be participated in once a day for the duration of the promotion – players must deliver a hidden sample of ‘malt’ to MapleStory Europe’s ever present event-NPC Charles. Doing so rewards them with entry to an exciting new beer tent map, where they can enjoy a traditional, hearty German atmosphere of ale, sausages and lederhosen. By completing special objectives within the beer tent, such as fighting off a horde of red-faced, staggering monsters, players can win themselves special Oktoberfest themed items such a German sausage-shaped hat and power boosting mugs of (non-alcoholic!) beer. Players are also encouraged to collect empty beer glasses dropped by monsters, which in turn can be exchanged for special stat-enhancing food items.
Sounds like fun to me. MapleStory has added new features frequently over it’s life span, which definitely adds to the gameplay.
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