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MMObility: A handful of games for your portables

Beau Hindman — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:00:00 EST

Filed under: Betas, Trailers, Video, Previews, Opinion, Free-to-Play, Browser, Mobile, Casual, MMObility

To be honest, there are not nearly as many true MMOs available for your iPhone or Android device as I would like. It's a new market, of course, and the number of offerings is growing, but typically a lot of the MMO gaming you will be doing on your phone will be through your browser. This isn't a bad thing when you consider the quality of many of the browser games out there, but more MMOs cannot come quickly enough. So when I find one that I like, I would like to tell as many people as I can.

And when I find more than that, I have to say something about all of them. Normally I would do a report on each game individually, but in this case, I have not had as much time with each game to give a full and decent report. It will be up to you, fair reader, to investigate these games with me. Don't worry -- they won't cost you much at all.

Click past the cut and let's take a look!

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Rise and Shiny recap: Pocket Legends

Beau Hindman — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 12:00:00 EST

Filed under: Fantasy, Events (In-Game), Reviews, PvE, Opinion, Free-to-Play, Mobile, Hands-On, Casual, Hands-On (Massively's), Rise and Shiny

Over the last two weeks, I have been taking a look at Pocket Legends, a fully functioning MMO made for the mobile player. I did not publish a Rise and Shiny last week (I was busy writing up my GDCO coverage) but that is a good thing -- I had no real time to play the game anyway. I've jumped in and out, played through a few dungeons and scoured the cash shop. After hearing Cinco Barnes from Spacetime Studios -- the developer of Pocket Legends -- I really saw how well the company's design choices were working in practice.

What I found is a game that works and is stable. While that isn't the most glamorous description, you would be hard-pressed to find a game that has succeeded without either of those traits. The key here is that it runs while in the palm of your hand (or lap, in the case of the iPad). But let me take you through a bit more of the game before I pass judgment.

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GDCO 2010: UTV True Games wows with three new titles

Beau Hindman — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:30:00 EST

Filed under: Historical, Interviews, MMO Industry, New Titles, Previews, PvP, PvE, Free-to-Play, Browser, Interviews (Massively's), Hands-On (Massively's), Events (Massively's Coverage)

One of the most thrilling aspects of this job is visiting game studios. It's essentially like stepping into a toy factory, complete with strange noises and funny personalities. Nerf guns are a staple, and each desk or station is decorated with all types of toys, posters, and other trophies from Nerd-dom. UTV True Games is no different, so when we were asked to sit down with three (count 'em, three) different teams to preview some new titles, we knew we were in for a good time.

Of course, our professionalism prevented us from actually clapping and going "sqqquuueeeee!" every time a new product was shown, but it's very possible that the teams would not have cared anyway. So what did we see? What do we have to look forward to from the same people that brought us Mytheon? Well, click past the cut and let's take a look!

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GDCO 2010: Spacetime Studios' Cinco Barnes talks mobile design

Beau Hindman — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 10:00:00 EST

Filed under: Fantasy, Business Models, Interviews, MMO Industry, PvE, Free-to-Play, Mobile, Casual, Interviews (Massively's), Events (Massively's Coverage)

Spacetime Studios, the developer of the popular mobile MMO Pocket Legends, was started back in 2005 to create large-scale MMOs. Its founders decided to make a mobile platform MMO upon seeing the obvious marketing opportunity that the iPhone provided. After all, the players would already be connected and would be accustomed to microtransactions through exposure to iTunes and the app store.

Of course, development could prove disastrous if the wrong game plan were followed, so Spacetime decided to keep it simple. How simple? Cinco Barnes of Spacetime was on hand at GDC Online to explain how his team members did it. What they found was a chance to do more than they'd initially planned on -- and an audience ready to gobble up everything the studio could create.

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TurpsterVision : Bricking It

Mark Turpin — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:00:00 EST

Filed under: Video, Opinion, Free-to-Play, Hands-On, Consoles, Mac, Humor, TurpsterVision

First up, great to be back! I wont bore you all with words and phrases strung together to create some form of coherence, instead I will jump right back in! I am extremely proud to invite you once more to join in with the fun right here at Massively that is TurpsterVision!

Howdy Folks! I have returned! When we last left our hero I was battling off legions of lowbies on my quest to become a raid boss of Epic proportions. I have so much to tell you all, as I recently discovered the existence of 'T-chlorians' in all living things (They continually speak to us, telling us the will of the T. When you learn to quiet your mind, you'll hear them speaking to you). I have also proven once and for all that 'Jaffa Cakes' are indeed cakes - so everyone's a winner!

To mark my return I have chosen a controversial game; Aurora Feint The Beginning. An MMO in the making? Or just the reason that I now have RSI and haven't showered in four weeks? There is only one way to find out ... click through below the cut.

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