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MMO
News Lair
The Latest
Games added to the Review Directory
include Space
Siege, Star
Pirates, and SocioTown.
Space Siege is the latest action RPG from the
makers of Dungeon Siege 1 and 2. This game has not
been released yet, but could end up being a
futuristic version of Dungeon Siege. Star Pirates
is a free browser game where players can battle it
out against each other, research weapons and
technology, mine asteroids, and raid ships.
SocioTown is a 3D Social MMOG that can be played
in a browser. In site-related news, GameOgre.com
is going to have a new look in the coming week.
Our MMORPG
Forum is the first area of GameOgre to
receive a taste of the new look.
Featured
Online Game of the Week
Free 3D MMORPG with a
Steam Punk theme and an interesting transportation
system, Neo Steam.
Review
of the Week
Each week GameOgre.com
chooses a notable review by a Review Directory
member. To be chosen, a review must be at least
one of the following: informative, well-written,
and/or entertaining. This week's review is on
Dungeon Runners by TheGam3r. Here is an excerpt
from the review, "As for PVP, there is
actual balance within the system. In the
team-based matches, it has a system that
"buffs" the team with less players, so
if something like a 3 vs 5 occurs, the 3-player
team will be tougher to take down individually
than normal."
Top
10 MMORPG List
See which
pay-to-play and free MMORPGs are ranked the best by
GameOgre.com. Age of Conan moves further up the
pay-to-play list.
Top
10 Online Games
Review members rate
the
top 10 online games. Eve Online makes it back on
the list while Perfect World starts to climb
higher up the ranks.
Online
Game Battle Tournament
Summer
long tournament to determine the best game online.
Seven major categories are covered including both
free and pay MMOs. The overall winner will be
named GameOgre.com's
Reader's Choice for Online Game of the Year and
will be on GameOgre's 2008 Award article.
GameOgre.com's
New Forums
Full
featured forum where members can discuss
individual games, the MMO industry, and nearly any
other topic concerning online games. Contests for
various games will be held here and there is an
arcade with high scores as well.
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MMO
Graveyard
Listing of MMORPGs and
other online games that are no longer operating.
Gods and Heroes has been canceled by Perpetual
Entertainment to focus more on Star Trek Online.
MMORPG
Free Trials
A
single-player demo for Hellgate: London has been
added along with a free trial for Lord of the
Rings Online.
Top
10 Online RPG List
See which
Online RPGs are ranked the best by GameOgre.com. Rubies of Eventide
claims the top spot and a former Featured Online
Game of the Week debuts at #8.
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Videos
and Movies
New
section to GameOgre.com where trailers and videos
are listed for MMORPGs along with gameplay movies
by players.
GameOgre.com's
2007 Online Game Awards
Did Guild Wars win both the Best MMORPG and
Online Game of the Year awards again this year?
Did free-to-play games do better than pay-to-play
games? What new games enjoyed the most success in
2007? Not only are these questions answered
but two new categories were added this year.
Puzzle
Pirates Interview
Q&A
session with Daniel James where the game's
economy, PvP, and combat system are all
discussed.
Guild Wars Versus Lord of the
Rings Online
The match
that determines GameOgre.com's MMORPG of the year
for 2007. The undefeated champion from last year against the
game that eliminated World of Warcraft from the
tournament.
Featured
Forum: RuneScape
Already
reviewed RuneScape but still want to discuss it or
respond to another reviewer's review? This is the
place to do it.
Online
Game Review Directory
Where gamers get to
express their opinions on MMOs and other online
games. The screenshot of the
highest rated game in each category is displayed on the Review Directory's index page.
You can not only keep track of the Latest
Games and Latest
Reviews here but you can also see which
games are ranked the best by fellow
gamers.
Old
Game Forums
The
place where Review Directory
members can ask questions, share tips, try to
find other gamers to adventure with, and just
discuss the games. Every game in the Review
Directory has its own forum, so this is where you
would discuss your favorite game after you already
reviewed it.
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What is a Free
MMORPG?
A free MMORPG is a massive online game that allows you to
play on an ongoing basis without having to pay a
monthly subscription. However, a game needs
to make money in some way in order to survive. To
make money without monthly fees, different MMOs have come up with
various strategies.
Anarchy Online
uses in-game advertising, while Guild Wars uses
retail purchases and RuneScape offers a premium
version along with its extremely popular free one.
A growing trend by several of Korean MMORPGs is to
offer no download or subscription fee but to
charge for in-game items instead. Yet another
strategy is to charge for access to special areas
of the game.
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The good news for
players is that these different strategies are
allowing nice 3D MMORPGs like Knight Online,
Rappelz, and
Thang Online to be offered without monthly fees
instead of having to rely solely on text-based
online RPGs for free online role-playing.
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