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Chance Thomas announces official end to his LOTRO score

Justin Olivetti — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 15:00:00 EST

Filed under: Fantasy, Lord of the Rings Online, MMO Industry, Free-to-Play, Music

While the Lord of the Rings Online score will go on, Chance Thomas' contributions to it will not be a part of the future of the game. The composer announced that despite personal and fan efforts to bring him back, Turbine has declined to use him for future releases, citing tight resources.

"Looks like we've come to the end of an era," Thomas wrote on a Facebook post. "I need to thank you for your remarkable support over the years. I'm not sure a composer could have a better playground than Middle-earth, or a more gracious community to share it with."

Thomas composed the music for the base game as well as the Mines of Moria and Riders of Rohan expansions. He recently contributed to the score of Dota 2.

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Perfect World Entertainment continues to rake in money

Justin Olivetti — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 17:00:00 EST

Filed under: Fantasy, Economy, MMO Industry, Free-to-Play, Neverwinter, Swordsman

Perfect World Entertainment continues its hot streak of revenue generation, posting gains both quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year. The company released its Q2 2014 financials this past week, and reported revenues of $149.6 million, of which $138.8 million come from PWE's online games. Gross profit was $109.4 million during the same quarter.

PWE CEO Robert Xiao attributed the company's financial success to Swordsman's release, Dota2's launch in China, and several new mobile titles. Xiao said that the company was looking forward to releasing Legend of the Condor Heroes, as well as pushing Neverwinter into the Chinese market.

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Perfect World Entertainment posts strong Q1 2014 earnings

Justin Olivetti — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 15:00:00 EST

Filed under: Fantasy, MMO Industry, Free-to-Play, Miscellaneous, Neverwinter

Perfect World Entertainment posted its earnings report for Q1 2014, showing strong financials that include an increase from the same period in 2013. In Q1 2014, the publisher made $143.3M in revenue, $105.5M in gross profit, and had an operating profit of $28.5M.

Perfect World CEO Robert Xiao said he was pleased with the results, commenting that, "Our total revenues came in line with the high end of our expectations, which was slightly softer than the strong fourth quarter of 2013. In the first quarter of 2014, we decelerated promotional activities for our client-based MMORPGs and remained focused on content development of our portfolio and pipeline."

Xiao focused on the expansion of the company's mobile lineup as a cause for hope for the future as well as the Chinese Dota 2 beta test and Neverwinter launch later this year.

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Not So Massively: Minecraft's Realms service, LoL's latest character, and Hearthstone's world championships

Brianna Royce — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 20:00:00 EST

Filed under: Betas, Video, Business Models, Events (Real-World), Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, Patches, PvP, News Items, Free-to-Play, Consoles, MMOFPS, MMORTS, Miscellaneous, Not So Massively, World of Warplanes, MOBA, Diablo III, Crowdfunding, Destiny, Buy-to-Play, HEX, Hearthstone

Welcome back to No So Massively, where every Monday we round up the highlights from the past week in the world of MOBAs, roguelikes, MMOTCGs, and other games that aren't quite MMOs.

Minecraft's Realms subscription service is now officially live and ready to take your money.
League of Legends introduced new character Braum, the Heart of the Freljord.
Blizzard announced the Hearthstone World Championship for this year's BlizzCon.
HEX officially launched its closed beta.
Diablo III's Reaper of Souls soundtrack was released on iTunes for 10 bucks.
Nosgoth posted new screenshots and a dev blog about its new vampire class.
SMITE unveiled a new catsuit for playabler character Bastet.
Infestation: Survivor Stories claimed 2.5 million players to date and 100k daily logins.
DayZ's Dean Hall praised Steam for helping studios bypass publishers.
Destiny got a brand-new website and a bunch of new videos -- they're after the break along with more NSM updates!

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The Stream Team: Peace on Earth edition, December 24 - 30, 2012

MJ Guthrie — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 10:00:00 EST

Filed under: Polls, Massively Meta, Livestream, Miscellaneous, The Stream Team

I don't know about you, but I am pretty glad the world didn't end, either by a butterfly flapping its wings or by World of Warcraft shutting down (your top two votes!). Despite all the troubles in it, I'm still pretty fond of this place. After all, this is where the MMOs are! And Massively TV. Of course, there are many other reasons, not the least of which is this very special time of year.

On that note, The Stream Team wishes you all a wonderful holiday season. May your homes and lives be filled with peace, happiness, and lightning-fast internet! Oh, and also the sound of this week's streams...

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Not So Massively: Diabetic champions edition

Brendan Drain — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:00:00 EST

Filed under: Fantasy, Trailers, Video, Culture, Game Mechanics, New Titles, PvP, News Items, War, Free-to-Play, Not So Massively

Welcome to Not So Massively, our weekly roundup of the top news from popular multiplayer online battle arenas (MOBAs) and other multiplayer online games that aren't quite MMOs. Published every Monday, the column covers games such as League of Legends, Heroes of Newerth, Rise of Immortals, Bloodline Champions and more.

Last week we brought you the exciting news that Valve's eagerly awaited MOBA Dota 2 would be demonstrated at August's Gamescom convention. League of Legends finally released its first female tank champion, Leona the Radiant Dawn, last week, leaving only Skarner to be released from the trio of champions revealed at E3. Aida Arenas had its closed beta unexpectedly postponed indefinitely, with no reason given or timeline for when the beta schedule might resume. Finally, we got some hands-on time in the Rise of Immortals open beta and delivered our first impressions of this promising new MOBA.

In this week's Not So Massively, we get a first look at League of Legends' mysterious upcoming champion Wukong the Monkey King and check out two more awesome LoL parody songs. S2 Games dropped the price of Heroes of Newerth to $10 this week, but inexplicably failed to state when the deal will end or if the price drop is permanent. We take a look at HoN's latest hero Revenant, revisit Realm of the Titans' unique Titan's Eye map, and check out some new Bloodline Champions tournament changes coming in the game's next competitive season. This week we also briefly introduce World of Battles: Morningstar, an innovative new take on MOBA gameplay using traditional RTS style unit control and huge armies.

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