MMO Reporter Episode 91 – Levelling Dysfunction

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In this episode Chris, Harry and I discuss Vanguards early launch to free-to-play, SOEmote’s launch, the Oculus Rift and more!

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What we did this week

Bill
LOTRO
Nadirim (new F2P browser game – http://nadirim.aeriagames.com/)
Tribes: Ascend
Orcs Must Die

Harry
Actual LOTRO session! Foundry on T2!
Batman Arkham Asylum
Songpop
http://www.omroepwnl.nl/video/fragment/half-8-live-smartphone_42703

Chris
LOTRO – Finally got to Limlight Gorge
TOR – More instances through the LFG tool
Guild Wars 2 Stress Test
Rift – I think my Rogue may become my new main. Loving it!
Age of Empires Online

News

Vanguard goes F2P a week early
http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/08/07/vanguard-soft-launches-free-to-play-a-week-early/
F2P Matrix – http://www.vanguardthegame.com/free.vm

Mechwarrior Online mechanics walkthrough
http://mmoreporter.com/2012/08/07/mechwarrio-online-mech-control-dev-diary/

EQII SOEmote live today
http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/08/07/soemote-facial-recognition-tech-live-in-everquest-ii-today/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmeb1ntW8Dg

Reddit AMA with player who’s made $10,000 on the Real Money Auction house in Diablo III
http://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/xqv2r/ive_made_10000_legitimately_from_the_d3_market/
via – http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/08/07/player-banks-10-000-with-diablo-iii/

Shadowrun gameplay videos
http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/08/07/shadowrun-online-reveals-world-view-and-legwork-videos/
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1964352341/shadowrun-online/posts

World of Warcraft down to 9.1 subscribers
http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/08/03/world-of-warcraft-loses-1-1m-players-in-3-months/

Oculus Rift buzz – exciting, or just another headache helmet?
http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/08/01/oculus-rift-the-vr-headset-carmack-showed-at-e3-kickstarted-into-dev-kit-production/

Fox puts the kibosh on Firefly Universe Online (shocker)
http://darkcryo.com/
http://whedonesque.com/comments/29386

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