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 | |  | | | Age of Conan Advocates Wanted
Print News | Category: General News
Funcom has announced a new volunteer program to improve player feedback communication on classes and game systems in Age of Conan. If you'd like to take on a role in the new Advocate Program then you're in luck, because they are currently looking for volunteers. Click through for more information on the program. Read More...
-- Jube @ 9:30 PST
Champions Online Meet The Team
Print News | Category: General News
Brad Stokan of Cryptic is in the spotlight in the latest issue of Champions Online Meet The Team. Brad Stokan is the Lead Character Artist for the game. Lots of good tidbits in there. Here's a taste.
Q: What are you most looking forward to in Champions Online?
A: I am stoked for the Nemesis system. I think it’s going to be one of the coolest features in a superhero game to date. As every hero worth their salt knows, a protagonist deserves a fitting arch enemy to drag their good name through the dirt and expose their true character through conflict. And who better to create that dastardly devil than you, the player?
-- Jube @ 8:31 PST
Anarchy Online Booster Video and Interview
Print News | Category: General News
With the Legacy Of The Xan booster going live next Thursday it has been a very busy (and exciting) week for Funcom. This week Anarchy Online Game Director, Colin "Means" Cragg, points us to new video footage from the booster, along with an interview over at MMORPG.com.
-- Jube @ 8:25 PST
A Boost For Anarchy Online
Print News | Category: Press Release
Durham, USA – February 13th, 2009 – Funcom is proud to unveil `Legacy of the Xan' – the new booster pack for the massively multiplayer online game `Anarchy Online'. The new booster pack features end-game content tailored specifically for seasoned `Anarchy Online' veterans, opening up new areas of the world, introducing new items and bringing hundreds of new missions to challenge players. This content upgrade is the latest in a series of expansions and booster packs that have been released for the classic sci-fi MMO that launched 7 years ago.
"The `Legacy of the Xan' booster pack introduces new content for those who have reached the `Anarchy Online' end-game, by introducing areas, items, enemies and missions relating to the mysterious civilization of the Xan and their history on planet Rubi-ka," says game director Colin Cragg. "We are thrilled by the fact that `Anarchy Online' continues to capture the imagination of gamers even after seven years of operation, and we greatly look forward to be bringing players even more challenges, content and improvements to the game in the time ahead!"
The booster pack will be available on February 19th, but pre-order has already started. The booster is available for 19.99 US dollars or for a combined purchase using paid points and currency. Included in the purchase is an in-game virtual item known as The Phasefront Hoverchair – a unique, time-limited launch offering that allows you to cruise around on Rubi-ka in style! For those new to `Anarchy Online' it is also possible to purchase a complete package that contains the core game as well as all expansions and boosters previously released. `Legacy of the Xan' pre-order and the Phasefront Hoverchair is included in this complete package.
For more information on the booster and how to get it, visit www.anarchy-online.com/Xan
Launching back in 2001, `Anarchy Online' has enjoyed over seven years of operation and two million explorers have set foot on Rubi-ka in that time. Over six million avatars have been created, and over 200 million hours of entertainment has been served, or more than eight million days of playtime. `Anarchy Online' features a unique science fiction setting on the planet Rubi-ka almost thirty thousand years into the future, where players must complete dangerous missions and explore a strange, mysterious world as they master an arsenal of futuristic weaponry. Players can partake in the dramatic story-line that unfolds as they reach deeper into the mysteries of Rubi-Ka. Anarchy Online is also available in a fully free to play version.
-- Jube @ 8:15 PST
Exploring Hutta With New SW: ToR Images
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-- Jube @ 8:07 PST
More F2P Media Goodness!
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-- Jube @ 6:14 PST
Get Your Significant Other Gaming on V-Day
Print News | Category: General News
First things first... Happy Valentine's Day from the IGN Vault Network! For the low, low price of $9.99 we will be your date for the day! Now on to other things of a more uhm... romantic (?) nature. IGN lends some tips for getting your significant other onboard for combining Valentine's Day with gaming. If you're dating a gamer then no problema, but if you're not then you'd best take some advice from the experts.
-- Jube @ 6:09 PST
NCsoft 2008 Earnings Reported
Print News | Category: General News
I'm so not down with the whole numbers game, so I'm going to let IGN do the yadda yadda on this one.
NCSoft Corporation reported their 2008 earnings today, listing $348.6 million in sales but only $19.5 million in net profits. That's a 5% growth in sales for the entire year, but a 40% decrease in overall sales. The disparity is attributed to the "limited market exposure for Aion, which launched later than expected in Korea" and to the increased marketing costs of Aion and Lineage which have not been recouped yet due to Aion's launch late in the year. The good news is that overall performance for Q4 reflected increases across the board with a 26% increase in sales and a 60% increase in net profits.
It is hoped for 2009 that the launch of Aion will drive an 33-44% increase in overall sales and a whopping 137% increase in profits.
Along with the profit and loss statements, NCsoft also included a breakdown of how their titles are selling across the world. Sales in NCsoft's home country of Korea accounted for 56% of sales, with Japan and North America coming in at 19% and 12% respectively. Taiwan and Europe accounted for the majority of the remaining sales.
The company's catalog is still dominated by Lineage and Lineage 2, which together accounted for 71% of all sales. Aion, even though it launched late in the year accounted for 10% of all sales in 2008. City of Heroes and Guild Wars contributed to the profits as well, with Guild Wars enjoying an impressive 33% increase in sales over the previous quarter.
-- Jube @ 6:04 PST
The Funnies: Cubetoons Level 96
Print News | Category: General News
A comic of general interest, In-House Dispute, the latest issue of Cubetoons at IGN, is large and in charge and ready to provide you with your morning chuckle!
-- Jube @ 6:01 PST
Runes of Magic Ride 'Em Cowboy!
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-- Jube @ 5:56 PST
Vanguard Brings In A Hair Dresser!
Print News | Category: General News
Over the next four weeks the Vanguard devs will be taking some time to showcase the fantastic haristyles that will be made available to players in an update coming soon. The first four of sixteen races that will recieve new hairstyles are currently on display. Goblin, Mordebi, Orc, and Varanthari all looking slick with their new wigs! Go take a look!
  
-- Jube @ 5:50 PST
The Agency Q&As;
Print News | Category: General News
Over at The Agency HQ, JonnyG recently had the pleasure to sit down with a group of developers from Sony Online Entertainment’s Seattle studio who are working on of The Agency. During the two part chat they talk about weapons, abilities, missions, locational damage, HUD customisation, pings and more.
-- Jube @ 5:37 PST
| |  | |  | | Friday, 13 February, 2009 - The Vault Network News | |
| | | | | | Your Guide To A Virtual Valentine's Day
Print News
 Whether you're looking for love this Valentine's Day or just some added adventure, then be sure to take a look at some of the many Valentine events happening in our favourite virtual worlds! In Your Guide To A Virtual Valentine's Day you will find a rather extensive list of events going on in some of the top subscription games, as well as a great number of free-to-play titles. Find out what sort of virtual loot you can score for kidnapping cupid in Your Guide To A Virtual Valentine's Day.
-- Jube @ 18:53 PST
NYCC09: DC Universe Online: Big "Surprise" Print News | Category: General NewsMarissa Monera aka Trinity Divine covered this year's New York Comic Con for IGN Vault and came home with a number of would-be articles swarming about in her head! You can view the full coverage from start to finish here, or check out her latest article on DC Universe Online and their big "Surprise". Nextweek continues to newbie his way through Final Fantasy XI in the latest issue of Nextweek: Lastweek! I think his original intention was to write on a different game pretty much every week, but it seems that Final Fantasy XI has taken hold of our boy and I'm not quite sure how to lure him away! Would you like some candy, little boy? Check out ALL of Nextweek's Lastweeks here as our would-be hero makes his way through FFXI with a little Tabula Rasa tossed in for good measure!
 There's a new column in town over at GameSpy, and in his first issue of "The Serious Business Report", Gerald Villoria talks about World of Warcraft. The editor wonders (out loud), if World of Warcraft was already easy, why does it continue to get easier over time? He also goes in to add-ons, the heirloom system and loads more. Hrm, maybe WoW is getting easier because gamers are getting stupider! Hrm part 2, is stupider even a word? /Shrug. Dress your desk for heroic success? Alright, it's too early to rhyme, just visit Champions Online for their latest wallpaper offering. Free to a good home in a multitude of sizes for your desktop decorating pleasure! What a great way to start a Friday, with a little Cryptic fun in the form of a Champions Online Competition which challenged folks here and abroad to strike their most heroic poses. Six winners were chosen. Not bad, Canada Man could have used some makeup though. !Official SOE Minicast #7 is live! Guest newscaster Robyn "Naylie" Vallee gives us all of the latest and greatest from many of the SOE titles. In this minicast we learn how Hubert and Emily met and SOE wishes us a Happy Valentine's Day. SYou can get your Podcast goodness two different ways: head over to the Podcast's official site and click on your preferred bandwidth, or if you have iTunes installed, select iTunes store, type SOE into the search box and click Subscribe! Your feedback is always welcome either on the Station forums or via email. Don't forget you can find them on Twitter and Facebook as well | | | | | | |
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