MMO Week in Review: The era of the MMOFPS

by Brianna Royce on Nov 25th 2012 8:00PM

Massively Meta, Week in Review, Miscellaneous

At the end of every week, we round up the best and most popular news stories, exclusive features, and insightful columns published on Massively and then present them all in one convenient place. If you missed a big MMO or WoW Insider story last week, you've come to the right post.

Some games boost their level-grinds for launch, but PlanetSide 2 did the opposite this week. Massively celebrated SOE's MMOFPS sequel with a launch roundup and a quirky impressions piece, while the studio itself released the requisite explosion-packed launch trailer.

More of Massively's top MMO stories from this past week are tucked behind the break.

	Massively's Guild Wars 2's Lost Shores recap
	Guild Wars 2 wants your feedback on the Lost Shores event
	What I learned from the Guild Wars 2 free weekend
	ArenaNet on future content updates and learning from Lost Shores

	Advantages and disadvantages of SWTOR's free-to-play
	SWTOR releases trailer for free-to-play launch
	A second opinion on Star Wars: The Old Republic F2P
	SWTOR begins testing Update 1.6

	Parting the mists: World of Warcraft turns eight
	Star Citizen finishes gaming's biggest crowd-funding drive ever
	Rise and Shiny: Salem
	Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn video tours revamped Gridania
	Why the closing of Glitch matters
	The cost of closing City of Heroes
	ArcheAge trailer offers a look at locales, mounts, and more
	Final Fantasy XIV shuns F2P to 'regain the trust of our players'
	The Perfect Ten: Holiday shopping for the MMO gamer
	Square to consider player feedback on same-sex marriage for Final Fantasy XIV
	RaiderZ launch day roundup
	Learn about the races and cultures of Defiance
	World of Warcraft invites you to celebrate its 8th birthday in style