http://www.mmorpg-game.net Online Role Playing Games Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:55:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   Second Life's Community convention took place this weekend and attracted close to 800 attendees, several hundred more than last year. Second Life Founder Philip Rossdale made declarations about the expected growth of online worlds over the internet, positing that these worlds are likely to be a far ... http://www.mmorpg-game.net/2007/08/27/second-life-community-convention-recap/ It started on August 21, Sword of the New World expanded their FREE2PLAY experience, removing all level restrictions so that their players can enjoy Sword of New World without limitation for FREE! There's supposed to be no level caps, no trade restrictions and to time limits. As if that weren't ... http://www.mmorpg-game.net/2007/08/23/sword-of-the-new-world-granado-espada-free-to-play/ According to Nina Fefferman of Princeton University in a telephone interview, who worked on the report with her (then) student Eric Lofgren, "It really looked quite a bit like a real disease,".The virus outbreak  'Corrupted Blood' was an accidental consequence of a software challenge added to the World of Warcraft ... http://www.mmorpg-game.net/2007/08/22/real-life-researchers-study-corrupted-blood-virus-plague-in-world-of-warcraft/ Talk about asocial? Well, WoW gamers can certainly teach real life people a thing or two! WoW player "Dredd GaRayn" (Level 60 Human Paladin), diagnosed with a rare cancer, had to turn to his fellow guild members who lent a helping hand when his family letters to his congressman and ... http://www.mmorpg-game.net/2007/08/22/wow-gamers-save-guild-members-life-in-real-first-life/ So, I hit level 10 on my Warlock character, Wibbles.  Unlike the imp spell, in order to get the Voidwalker pet you need to complete a  quest. There was no clear indication of where you needed to go however, or even that you were required to complete a quest in ... http://www.mmorpg-game.net/2007/08/21/pc-games-world-of-warcraft-the-warlock-at-level-10/ BEIJING, Aug 15, 2007 Founder Electronics Co., Ltd. has confirmed on August 15th in Beijing, China, that they have filed a copyright infringement lawsuit on World of Warcraft (WOW) in the China mainland, against the game's US game developer Blizzard Entertainment. Founder Electronics is a well-known Beijing-based provider of across-media information ... http://www.mmorpg-game.net/2007/08/15/founder-electronics-files-copyright-infringement-lawsuit-on-wow/ MMORPG is the short term for "Massive(ly) multiplayer online role-playing game". It is a genre of online role-playing games (RPG or ORPG) for video and computer in which a very large number of players interact with one another in a virtual world over the internet. Some of the MMORPG games ... http://www.mmorpg-game.net/2007/08/15/what-is-an-mmorpg/ Blizzard Entertainment Inc. has recently announced on their official World of Warcraft (WoW) website that they will now be accepting subscription payments via the Paypal online payment system and the payment option would be applicable to both old and new WoW players. Players interested in taking advantage of this new arrangement ... http://www.mmorpg-game.net/2007/08/15/world-of-warcarft-wow-now-accepting-paypal/ The ArchLord client is allowing you to play their MMORPG for free! Download the full game of ArchLord now for FREE with NO monthly subscriptions! In this completely free to play MMORPG, there are Thousands of Challengers, One ArchLord, and Zero-Zilch Fees. It's time to Raise an Army and Rule the ... http://www.mmorpg-game.net/2007/08/15/archlord-free-to-play-mmorpg-game/ According to a recent study entitled "Social Interactions in Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Gamers" done by Nottingham Trent University and reported by GamesIndustry.biz, MMORPG players are not socially introverted. The report, which was published in the US journal CyberPsychology and Behavior, dispels the myth that online gamers are asocial. Nottingham Trent ... http://www.mmorpg-game.net/2007/08/15/mmorpg-players-are-not-socially-introverted/