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Mabinogi expansion "Pioneers of Iria" set for February 26th

by Seraphina Brennan Feb 20th 2009 at 6:00PM

Filed under: Fantasy, Events, in-game, Expansions, Launches, Patches, News items, Free-to-play, Mabinogi

The massive content addition Pioneers of Iria is set to go live for Mabinogi users on February 26th, introducing two new races and a brand new continent for the low, low cost of free.

Information about Iria has been slowly released over time on the Erinn Walker website, which has revealed even more interesting things about the new expansion. Iria will be featuring more field bosses to take on in large groups, like giant wooly mammoths, yetis, sandworms, dragons and even Ifrit himself. The new races, elves and giants, will also be able to take advantage of transformation techniques and enter "beast mode" to deal more damage to enemies around them.

Nexon has also released a new trailer for Iria, which we've embedded for your viewing pleasure after the break. For more information on what Iria has in store for players, check out the Iria website and stay tuned to Massively.com.

Tags: beast-mode, elves, erinn-walker, expansion, field-bosses, free-content, giants, iria, launch-date, mabinogi, nexon, pioneers-of-iria

Massively's tour of Dungeons and Dragons Online Module 8

by Michael Zenke Oct 21st 2008 at 9:00AM

Filed under: Fantasy, Dungeons and Dragons Online, Patches

We here at Massively love MMOs big and small. We have a special fondness for games that do things just a touch differently, though, so it should be no surprise that we're big fans of Dungeons and Dragons Online. Turbine's action/adventure MMO is a very different animal from your average fantasy game. It's fantastically beautiful, innovate, and coming soon it'll have a whole new passle of content for players new and old. If you've been reading along with the site you've probably already seen Massively's guide to the new player experience coming in DDO Module 8. We also had the chance to go on an extensive walkthrough of the new high end content, and that's what we're bringing to you today!

Join us as we explore the depths of the Reaver's Refuge, crawl through the Monastery of the Scorpion, and attempt to rescue a dragon from a band of fearsome Frost Giants! We'll run through all the new features in the module, from rune armor to hirelings! We also highly recommend checking out DDOcast's guide to the hirelings and the entire module patch notes from the Dungeons and Dragons Online test realm.

But first, take the tour of all-new module 8 content, courtesy of Massively.com.

Set out on the Tour >>

Gallery: DDO Module 8 Tour

Gallery: DDO Module 8 New Player Gallery

Tags: ddo, ddo-module-8, dungeons-and-dragons-online, featured, frost-giants, giants, joystiq-features, kobolds, turbine

The Shadow Odyssey's Befallen dungeon featured at EQ2 website

by Samuel Axon Sep 18th 2008 at 3:00PM

Filed under: Fantasy, Screenshots, EverQuest II, Expansions, Lore

SOE posted a preview of Befallen, one of the classic EverQuest dungeons that will be reborn in EverQuest II's upcoming The Shadow Odyssey expansion. Included are several screenshots of the dungeon along with its background in the game's lore. The aesthetic of the old Befallen seems to be preserved -- and amplified -- in EQ2's newer graphics engine.

The story goes something like this: a bunch of Knights of Marr built the keep in the Commonlands as a headquarters in their quest to chase off the giants and orcs that terrorized the people in the countryside. Their fortress became their tomb, though, as orcs laid siege to the keep. A warrior named Gynok Moltor came to them to help, but it turned out that he had been cursed. He betrayed the Knights and turned Befallen into the dangerous mass grave that it is today.

It's standard fantasy fare. Cool enough, but we're sure most of you just care about the loot.

Well met, fellow Norrathian! Make sure to check out all of our coverage of the next EverQuest II expansion, The Shadow Odyssey as well as Seeds of Destruction, the next expansion to EverQuest!

Tags: befallen, commonlands, curse, dungeon, eq, eq2, eqii, everquest, everquest-2, everquest-ii, expansion, giants, gynok-moltor, lore, marr, orcs, order-of-marr, screenshots, soe, the-shadow-odyssey, tso, undead

First Impressions: SAGA

by Akela Talamasca Jul 22nd 2008 at 9:00AM

Filed under: Fantasy, Galleries, Screenshots, Game mechanics, Reviews, Opinion, Hands-on, Saga, MMORTS, First Impressions

SAGA (not to be confused with Saga, who gave us the immortal "On the Loose") is an MMORTS -- massively multiplayer online real-time strategy game. While there are few enough of these on the market -- making its very existence worthy of approbation -- we thought it would be worth taking a closer look, to offer up an opinion of our first couple of hours into gameplay. Thus, this First Impressions post.

Remember: this is not a guide, nor was this in any way influenced by the development studio. This is an entirely subjective look at SAGA, from an average gamer's point of view. And now, on with the show! Game. Thing. Whatever. Onward!

Gallery: First Impressions: SAGA

Stronghold, Pigeon Roost, Temple, Market

Tags: auction-house, behemoth, bungie, civilization, command-points, dark-elves, dwarves, elves, featured, firearm, first-impressions, giants, joystiqfeatures, mmorts, myth, orcs, quests, saga, stupid-peasants, world-of-warcraft

Visit LotRO's dangerous High Pass

by William Dobson Mar 14th 2008 at 10:30AM

Filed under: Fantasy, Lord of the Rings Online, Lore

The Lord of the Rings Online site is featuring the High Pass in its "Exploring Middle-earth" series. Located in the Misty Mountains, near the Vale of Imladris, it used to be the most commonly traveled route through the area. Lately however, it has become overrun by goblins and giants. In fact, the LotRO site reminds us that it was in this area that Thorin and company had to get away from some boulder-hurling giants -- and anyone that has been around giants in-game will know that they still maintain this annoying habit.

There is a small encampment (pictured) at High Pass that offers some quests, and is a good area to visit in the mid to upper 40's. It's also not a bad place to do your selling before or after a trip to Goblin-town, which isn't too far away. Visit the official site to find out more about the history of the area.

Tags: exploring-middle-earth, giants, goblin-town, goblins, high-pass, lotro, misty-mountains, points-of-interest, turbine