E308: MMOs for your PS3
Filed under: The Agency, Consoles, Free Realms, Massively Event Coverage, DC Universe Online

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Check out our E3 Age of Conan interview! We've also got a look at active vs. auto attack, why Tortage works so well, and a report on the latest patch. Plus, don't miss our Age of Conan features collection!
Patch 2.4.3 is live, and Blizzard was victorious in the Wow Glider case. Could WoW ever have an offline version? Check out a look at item durability and decay, and did you miss our WWI roundup?
Massively is reporting live from E3! Check out new screenshots and concept art and a fresh trailer from DC Universe Online, our Age of Conan interview, and new screenshots from Warhammer Online!
We've got guides to mining, freeform professions, and the tackler in fleet combat. Plus, don't miss "How I learned to stop worrying and enjoy EVE Online" and all the latest Empyrean Age news.
What's your take on the announced content cuts -- worried it'll be Diet WAR? EA Mythic has clarifications and a FAQ, plus new screenshots to ease the pain. Brush up on our extensive WAR preview while you wait!
Filed under: The Agency, Consoles, Free Realms, Massively Event Coverage, DC Universe Online

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Filed under: Interviews, MMO industry, Crafting, The Agency, Spy
Sometimes we like to sit back and dream of what it might be like to design an MMO. We'd put together some fiendishly difficult boss battles, or plot some intensely engaging storylines ... or maybe just throw in a ton of Fury jokes. And then we snap out of it and get back to work.Filed under: Game mechanics, New titles, Previews, The Agency, Spy
Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, Real life, Sci-fi, Age of Conan, Guild Wars, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO industry, The Agency, Opinion, Hellgate: London, Maps, The Daily Grind, The Secret World, Virtual worlds, The Day
Filed under: Interviews, The Agency, News items, Consoles, Casual, Spy, MMOFPS, Free Realms, Kids
John Smedley and the rest of Sony Online Entertainment want you to focus on reinventing the MMO. With games on their list like The Agency and Free Realms, what else would they want you to think?Filed under: Game mechanics, Interviews, New titles, PvP, Raiding, Endgame, The Agency, Spy
The second part of Ten Ton Hammer's interview with Kevin O'Hara, Senior World Designer for The Agency, focuses on the game's mission design and eventual end-game. We find out that there will be a main story to the game that will be continued through a major line of missions, but you can expect plenty of side missions similar to pretty much any other MMO as well. Following what was said in the first interview, these missions will take place in a variety of settings, both large open areas and smaller enclosed spaces.Filed under: Game mechanics, Interviews, MMO industry, New titles, The Agency, Education, Spy
Every bit of news from The Agency gets us increasingly more excited about the possibilities that this spy MMO will bring to the table. In part one of a recent interview with Kevin O'Hara, Senior World Designer for The Agency, we learn even more about the environments, levels and combat mechanics of SOE's upcoming game.Filed under: Video, Lore, New titles, The Agency, Casual, Spy
Not everyone is cut out to be a spy. There's the code name -- are you more of a Falcon or a Wolf? Are those too urbane? Maybe DA FIXER is more your style? And then there's the outfit. Tuxedos -- rent or buy? Evening gowns -- daring or coy? Cars -- black sports cars or camo-painted APCs? You just can't walk into the business unprepared.Continue reading The Agency: UNITE vs PARAGON
Filed under: Real life, Game mechanics, Interviews, New titles, The Agency, News items, Casual, Spy, Free Realms
Who'd win in a cage match between SOE's upcoming MMOs, spy-themed The Agency and family-friendly Free Realms? On one side, you have all the guns, explosives, and "M"-ratings. On the other side, you have cartoon-inspired graphics, Real Money Trading, and loads of fun from-7-to-70 minigames. And right in the middle of them both, there'd be John "Smed" Smedley keeping score. These are the kinds of things that come to mind while reading the latest interview with Smed. He talks, again, about the new MMOs and the innovations they bring to the genre, in a pleasantly relaxed tone. Absent are mad, loud proclamations to Funcom, EA Mythic and Blizzard describing how, in great detail SOE MMOs will KICK THEIR MMO'S BUTT.Filed under: Video, Game mechanics, New titles, Previews, The Agency, Spy
Continue reading Two new videos of The Agency show more action
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Continue reading ION 08: The Agency update and RMT confusion
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Filed under: EverQuest, EverQuest II, PlanetSide, Events, real-world, New titles, The Agency, Star Wars Galaxies, Free Realms, Massively Event Coverage
Continue reading ION 08: John Smedley keynote shows off Free Realms and The Agency
Filed under: Fantasy, Business models, The Agency, MMOFPS, Free Realms, Massively Interviews
Earlier today Sony Online Entertainment and Live Gamer released a joint statement announcing their intentions to collaborate on player-to-player RMT auction services for future titles. Both Free Realms and The Agency, in development at the moment, will offer this moderated transactional element at launch. In past SOE titles, such as EverQuest II, RMT services have been non-existant or highly limited. With these new games, all players will have the opportunity to engage in in-game item trading for real money.Continue reading Sony Online Entertainment's John Smedley clarifies Free Realms/Agency RMT
Filed under: Fantasy, Business models, New titles, The Agency, Free-to-play, MMOFPS, Free Realms

Continue reading SOE's The Agency and Free Realms will offer RMT services


| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Massively goes to E3 | July 15-17 |
| LotRO Book 14 | July |
| Massively goes to ComicCon | July 23-27 |
| EQ2 GU47 | July/August |
| Warhammer Online Launch | Q3 2008 |
| SOE Fan Faire | August 14-17 |
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