promotion posts

Win your very own Cities XL beta key through Massively! [Updated]

by Shawn Schuster Jun 18th 2009 at 7:00AM

Filed under: Betas, Contests, New titles, Massively meta

We first announced information on the upcoming Cities XL closed beta back in April, as readers were given the chance to participate in a special exclusive lottery promotion. Since then, many of you have shown interest in the game as we've continued to bring you the latest news and interviews about the game.

Today, we're happy to announce our involvement with the closed beta and your chance to win a key of your very own. To participate, all you need to do is leave a comment to this post telling us what Cities XL feature you're looking forward to the most. All participants will then be contacted with their unique key and instructions on downloading the client. We have 500 keys to give away total, so it's first come, first serve. Eligibility for this giveaway will close on Monday, June 22nd, 2009 at 7am EST. Good luck!

[Edit: Wow! All keys are now taken in the very first day. Comments will now be closed on the post, but look for more on the progression of Cities XL coming soon!]

Tags: beta-key-giveaway, breaking, breakingnews, cities-xl, closed-beta, monte-cristo, promotion

Neo Steam kicks off Golden Ticket beta promotion

by Shawn Schuster May 6th 2009 at 5:00PM

Filed under: Betas, Trailers, Video, Contests, Events, real-world, New titles, News items, Neo Steam

Atlus Online has just announced their newest promotion, giving its community the chance to get an early look at their steampunk MMO entitled Neo Steam: The Shattered Continent. You may remember our coverage of Neo Steam from GDC earlier this year which revealed quite a bit of information on Atlus Online's first MMO.

This Golden Ticket beta promotion offers prizes and exclusive in-game items (such as the goggles shown above) for all community members who register between now and May 12th. Golden Tickets will be randomly distributed each day as the deadline approaches. Since this is only the first round of beta access, additional opportunities will be announced throughout May. Be sure to check out Neo Steam's website to sign up for beta access, and continue right after the jump for the newest official Neo Steam trailer.

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Tags: atlus-online, beta, closed-beta, golden-ticket, neo-steam, promotion, the-shattered-continent

Massively and Cities XL team up for special closed beta promotion

by Shawn Schuster Apr 16th 2009 at 9:00AM

Filed under: Betas, Events, real-world, Events, in-game, New titles, News items

One of the most popular requests from Massively readers is more coverage for MMOs that break the traditional fantasy or sci-fi mold. How about an MMO based on city building and municipal management? Cities XL from Monte Cristo Multimedia is an upcoming MMO that not only breaks the mold, but it takes the MMO genre into territories not yet explored.

To help celebrate today's closed beta announcement for the game, Monte Cristo has joined forces with Massively to provide an exclusive promotional code to help our readers get a better chance at being selected for closed beta access to the game. Keep reading below for more information on what Cities XL actually is, including an exclusive Q&A with the developers. Plus, we have complete details on the promotional code event, video trailers, a screenshot gallery and more!

Gallery: Cities XL

Tags: cities-xl, closed-beta, featured, joystiqfeatures, monte-cristo, promotion, screenshots, video

Age of Conan begins 7-day free trial period

by Shawn Schuster Apr 2nd 2009 at 10:00AM

Filed under: Fantasy, Age of Conan, Contests

During last week's GDC interview with Craig Morrison, the Age of Conan game director spoke with us about the future of the game and the new direction the team is taking to get new players in and old players back. One of those methods he mentioned was a free trial "coming next week". The prophecy has come true, and the Age of Conan free trial giveaways have begun!

You can head over to the AoC main site to download your very own 7-day trial (and promotional video), or look for site-specific trials popping up on various MMO fan outlets. Such examples include MMORPG.com and Eurogamer whose limited free trials come with three exciting in-game bonuses: a Totem of Origins which lets you teleport back to your cultural city, a Bag of Holding which improves inventory space and an Enruned Kosalan Ring that increases the damage output of its wearer. Comment below to let us know about other promotions tied in with this free trial period.

Tags: age-of-conan, aoc, free-trial, funcom, in-game-item, mmorpg.com, promotion

Metaplace offers new round of beta keys

by Shawn Schuster Jan 29th 2009 at 3:30PM

Filed under: Betas, MMO industry, New titles, News items, MetaPlace, Browser

Raph Koster and the Metaplace team are offering yet another round of beta keys for their web-based open platform virtual world. This is a limited use key, according to an announcement on their brand new Facebook page (which you should totally join). Simply visit www.metaplace.com, enter the code "MPWELCOME" into the "redeem your invite key" box, fill out a bit of info about yourself and you're in!

If you're not sure what Metaplace is, you can head over to their website, our tag page, or a recent interview we did with Raph for more information. As Raph says on his own blog, "Quick, hurry!"

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Tags: beta, beta-keys, metaplace, promotion, raph-koster

Buy one Guild Wars, get one half off!

by Shawn Schuster Nov 19th 2008 at 6:00PM

Filed under: Fantasy, Guild Wars, Business models, Events, real-world

If you're in the market for a great MMO deal this holiday season, ArenaNet has just announced their 2008 holiday promotion for Guild Wars. From now until January 5, 2009, when you purchase the Guild Wars Game of the Year Edition, Factions or Nightfall from PlayNC.com or the Guild Wars in-game store, you will get a second campaign for 50% off.

This may just be the promotion you've needed to complete your Guild Wars trilogy, with the added bonus of unlocking the M.O.X. hero on your account. What more could you want? For more information and complete rules, check out the FAQ at the main site.

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Tags: arenanet, factions, guild-wars, holidaze-2008, mox, ncsoft, nightfall, promotion

The Lord of the Rings Online's Welcome Back Weekend event starts tomorrow

by Samuel Axon Nov 5th 2008 at 8:00PM

Filed under: Fantasy, Lord of the Rings Online, Events, in-game, Expansions, News items

With The Lord of the Rings Online's Mines of Moria expansion slated to hit store shelves on November 18th, Turbine is taking extra measures to entice old players to come back with another Welcome Back Weekend. This has been done a couple of times before, so you might know the drill, but in case you don't here goes!

From tomorrow through November 17th, all former subscribers in good standing can play for free, no commitment required. During that period, everyone -- former subscribers and current -- will receive 25% extra experience from monsters, which will stack with rested XP. These are pretty simple incentives, but if they're enough to bring you in, you can download either the standard or high-resolution client and get started tomorrow.

EDIT: We read wrong! While the XP gains push through the 17th, the free play period only lasts through the 10th. Thanks, Bissrok.

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Tags: bonus-XP, bonus-xp-weekend, expansion, free-play, lord-of-the-rings-online, lotro, mines-of-moria, mom, promotion, turbine, welcome-back-weekend, xp

Vanguard hopes for a second chance

by James Egan Sep 20th 2008 at 8:00PM

Filed under: Fantasy, News items, Vanguard

When Vanguard launched, hopes were high that the game would be a breath of fresh air in the MMO market. Unfortunately, the game didn't meet the expectations of many gamers, who lamented its unfinished state and subsequently left. Sony Online Entertainment hasn't given up on Vanguard though, and they're now offering an incentive for players to return.

The offer applies to subscribers whose accounts have been inactive for 60 days or more. The reactivation promotion lasts from September 18 to October 18 and entails creating a new character, which allows you to play through the new Isle of Dawn and check out the game's updated content. That is, until hitting level 10. Thereafter, that character can continue on into Telon, but only by re-subscribing to Vanguard. Players moving up to a paid account are given a pair of Gnomish Rocket Boots as a reward, which impart great bursts of speed.

[Via Allakhazam]

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Tags: allakhazam, fantasy, promotion, reactivation, soe, sony-online-entertainment, subscription, vanguard, virtual-item

CCP re-launches Power of 2 EVE promotion, supporting multi-boxing

by Samuel Axon Sep 11th 2008 at 9:00AM

Filed under: Sci-fi, EVE Online, Business models, News items

CCP is renewing its Power of 2 promotion for EVE Online. The promotion encourages multi-boxing by allowing existing subscribers to add a second account at the discounted rate of $49.95 for six months. After the six months expire, the account will switch to the normal $14.95 per month rate. Last time CCP gave players the option to sign the account up for another $49.95 deal after a while. No guarantee it'll do that this time, though.

The promotional e-mail sent out by CCP says that the account can not only be used for training skills on two pilots at once (impossible with two pilots on the same account) but also for "extra firepower on missions" or "an extra hauler for miners." So, legitimized multi-boxing it is, then. Cool. EVE just has to be different in every way it can, doesn't it? It's a compulsion.

The offer's available until October 10th, so you've got a while to mull it over.

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Tags: account, ccp, double-boxing, doubleboxing, dual-boxing, dualboxing, eve, eve-online, multi-boxing, multiboxing, power-of-2, promotion, subscription

How fast can you go from 0 to 60?

by James Egan Sep 1st 2008 at 7:00PM

Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, Video, Game mechanics, MMO industry, Leveling, Tips and tricks, News items

How fast can you go from zero to 60? The question sounds like it's right out of a Ferrari brochure, but we assure you, we're talking about World of Warcraft. The most recent promotion Blizzard's come out with, Recruit-a-Friend, allows for a steep increase in experience gains. We said there would be 'hyper-fast leveling' but this is absolutely insane -- our sister site WoW Insider has a video of one of their readers (Brian) leveling a paladin from character creation to level 60 in just 20 minutes.

Brian needed the grantable levels from a recruited account of course, so the real 'work' was done beforehand, but this is still quite a sight. Check out the video below the cut for some ding madness.

One of Azeroth's millions of citizens? Check out our ongoing coverage of the World of Warcraft, and be sure to touch base with our sister site WoW Insider for all your Lich King needs!

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Tags: blizzard, ding, fantasy, game-mechanics, leveling, mmo-industry, opinion, paladin, promotion, recruit-a-friend, tips-and-tricks, video, world-of-warcraft, wow, wow-insider

KotORO it ain't: There's a third Star Wars MMO out there

by Samuel Axon Aug 15th 2008 at 1:30PM

Filed under: Sci-fi, News items, Humor

Star Wars Galaxies and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Online (or more likely, Star Wars: The Old Republic) apparently aren't the only two Star Wars MMOs out there. We didn't originally mention this because lacking the Star Wars bit it was under the radar of our normal coverage, but McDonald's is including keys to virtual worlds for kids in its Happy Meals.

Among the worlds: a Sci-Fi environment based on the animated film Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which hits theaters across the United States and the United Kingdom today. The environment is some kind of space station, and be there Yoda will. (You see what we did there?) So if you're really, really desperate to wander around a Star Wars-based virtual world other than SWG, well ... this is your chance, right?

Yeah, okay, it's probably best to wait for KotoRO. We just thought you should know in case you're really hardcore.

[Via Raph Koster]

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Tags: children, clone-wars, happy-meal, kids, kotoro, lucasfilm, mcdonalds, promotion, star-wars, star-wars-the-clone-wars, swtor, the-clon-wars, virtual-world

EverQuest II seeks more Living Legacies until Sept. 30th

by Samuel Axon Aug 8th 2008 at 10:00AM

Filed under: Fantasy, EverQuest, EverQuest II, Events, in-game, News items

Apparently happy with results from earlier in the summer, SOE has added a new phase to the Living Legacy program. This time, all inactive EverQuest accounts may now try EverQuest II and all its expansions for free until September 30th. Yes, you read that right: inactive EverQuest accounts, not EverQuest II accounts. Looks like SOE is trying to bring old customers into the 21st century!

Participants also get $5 towards the purchase of this fall's new expansion (assuming they upgrade to a paying account) and a bunch of in-game items including a pet drake, a 12-slot bag, and a bag of XP potions. Word on the street is that the previous iteration of the Living Legacy program was a big success, so SOE is probably trying to keep the ball rolling.

Note, though, that this isn't being offered to current EverQuest subscribers, just lapsed ones. Apparently SOE doesn't want to lose current EQ players to EQ2, but if you're playing neither right now, it wants you to play the more modern one. Makes sense.

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Tags: eq, eq2, eqii, everquest, everquest-2, everquest-ii, expansion, living-legacy, promotion, soe, sony, sony-online-entertainment, subscribers

NCsoft North America promotes new VP of sales

by Shawn Schuster May 31st 2008 at 6:30PM

Filed under: Business models, Events, real-world, MMO industry

NCsoft has recently announced the promotion of Lisa Bell-Cabrera to the position of vice president of sales for the publisher's North American business. Previously serving as national sales manager at NCsoft since 2005, this promotion gives Bell-Cabrera the responsibility of overseeing strategic sales initiatives across multiple sales channels both in North and South America.

Previous to her time spent with NCsoft, she served as vice president of sales at Atari, director of sales at GT Interactive and director of market development at Go Daddy. "This is my dream job," she states. "The online gaming industry is moving at an incredible pace these days and keeping up with how our customers make their purchase decisions requires a willingness to try new things. That's what NCsoft is all about. There couldn't be a better opportunity in this business."

We certainly wish her the very best in her new position!

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Tags: ncsoft, ncsoft-north-america, promotion, sales, vp

Commodore Gaming offers EVE Online themed desktop PCs

by Samuel Axon May 28th 2008 at 9:00PM

Filed under: Sci-fi, EVE Online, Culture, News items

Commodore Gaming and CCP have teamed up to produce EVE Online themed, gaming-focused desktop computers. There's not much to them; you get a case with some EVE artwork, and you choose between a pre-built system (which features an Intel Core 2 Quad processor and an NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX video card) and a custom system with components you determine.

Official case-mod deals make up a chunk of Commodore's strategy to compete with the big boys of enthusiast gaming PC sales -- like Alienware (now owned by Dell) and VoodooPC (now owned by Hewlett-Packard). Given the prestige of the old Commodore brand, this new iteration has a long way to go.

If you're a really hardcore EVE player in the market for a new computer, going this route couldn't hurt; you can even configure the case to match your faction of choice. Then again, do you really need a 9800 GTX to play EVE Online? Not so much, but it's up to you!

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Tags: case-mod, casemod, ccp, commodore, commodore-gaming, commodore-international, custom, eve, eve-online, geforce-9800, intel, promotion

Promotion code grants 20% off ticket price for Connect '08

by William Dobson Feb 8th 2008 at 8:00PM

Filed under: Betas, Sci-fi, Jumpgate Evolution, Events, real-world, New titles

Codemasters' brand new European gaming event Connect 2008 is a little over a month away, and if you've been on the fence about whether to make it out to the Omega Sektor indoor gaming center, LotroLife.com has a deal that might just make your mind up for you. Visit their Connect '08 promotion page, click a magic button, and voila! A promotional code that grants 20% off your ticket purchase is all yours.

Certainly one of the best reasons to attend the convention will be the chance to get your hands on Jumpgate Evolution, with the game being featured on all the computers at the Omega Sektor, and NetDevil will have developers on hand to answer questions -- not to mention, all attendees walk out the door with a JGE beta key. This, on top of all the other games and developers/producers that will be there (which now includes specia guests Jeffrey Steefel of Lord of the Rings Online and Kate Paiz of Dungeons and Dragons Online), leads us to believe that Connect '08 is going to have a stellar debut.

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Tags: beta-key, codemasters, connect, connect-08, connect-2008, jge, lotrolife, netdevil, omega-sektor, promotion, promotion-code

Massively Features

Featured Games

Events Calendar

Name	Date
Fallen Earth Launch	Q2 2009
Global Agenda Closed Beta	July 2009
CrimeCraft Launch	Aug 25 2009
Champions Online Launch	Sep 1 2009
Cities XL EU Launch	Sep 3 2009
Aion Launch	Sep 22 2009
Earth Eternal Open Beta	Q3 2009