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Archived News for January 19, 2001



Previews | Planetside January 19, 2001
By: Mystery  
The new title from Verant billed as a cross between Quake and Everquest, has been recently previewed by PC Gamer. You can check it out here.


Horizons | New Concept Art January 19, 2001
By: Mystery  
There's some new concept art up over at The Horizons homepage. Here's a sneak peek:


Caeron 3000 | More testers needed January 19, 2001
By: Mystery  
Magique productions has re-opened the alpha test for Caeron 3000 for another 25 warm bodies. Alpha testing will begin 1/22/01. You can Download this form and then email it to tomjscot@magiqueproductions.com to apply for the test.


Dark Ages | Groundbreaking Attitude January 19, 2001
By: Mystery  
Nexon's taken a step forward (IMHO) in the management of MMORPGs. To quote their latest news item:

Dark Ages has a very special situation, where the players are t



WWII Online | VDE Exclusive Screenshots January 19, 2001
By: Mystery  
Voodoo Extreme has just posted some exlusive screen shots from WWII Online. Take a look at what they've got to offer:


Dransik | Sign up for the Closed Beta January 19, 2001
By: Mystery  
Dransik, a 2D MM title that strongly resembles early versions of the single-player Ultima game series, is now accepting applications for their closed beta. If you'd like to join, fill out the agreement here.


Reviews | Most Promising MMORPGs of 2001, Part 2 January 19, 2001
By: Mystery  
RPG Planet (not Gamespy, as earlier credited) continued their rundown of the most promising MMORPGs for the upcoming year. In this last installment, you can vote for the most likely to succeed title.


EverQuest | EQ Reviewed January 19, 2001
By: Mystery  
EQ's new expansion The Scars of Velious has just been reviewed over at Gaming Unlimited. Here's a sample from the review:

If you currently play EverQuest, then you should pick up Scars of Velious without hesitation (provided you have a high level character).



Asheron's Call | Exploiters and a bigtime Bug January 19, 2001
By: Mystery  
Well, it was bound to happen: AC took it in the pants, bigtime. Last night, a major bug was found that allowed players to weasel platinum scarabs off of vendors that sold them, without paying anything. The overburdened characters then did what they could to share the wealth, and the economy pretty much collapsed.

A good review of the situation is over at Lum the Mad.

The Zone pages look pretty quiet now, and there are 6000 people online. According to insiders playing the game, there have been warnings of a potential rollback of the servers to their state on 1/17.



Asheron's Call | Developer Chat Transcript Up January 19, 2001
By: Mystery  
While (apparently) the virtual world was collapsing around them, the Turbine developers played their fiddles and chatted with the general public on the zone. Here's the transcript.


EverQuest | Gordon Wrinn Interview January 19, 2001
By: Mystery  
Gordon Wrinn (aka Abashi), associate producer for EverQuest, has given an interview to the venerable Gamespot. Here's a sample:

The question here is one of degree, and yes, we exp



NeverWinter Nights | Verbosity abounds January 19, 2001
By: Mystery  
Trent Oster, producer of Neverwinter Nights, has supplied another interview, this time with Gaming United. Here's a sample:

We are very interested in supporting Neverwinter subsequent to its release. We don’t have any formal plans underway at this point yet, but we identified a number of features that might find their way into a potential expansion pack. These include new art content, a new campaign, enhancements to the engine, and extensions to the capabilities of the toolset, among countless other things. For now, however, we’re keeping our focus on making sure that the initial release is a whole lot of fun and a strong foundation on which we can build for the future.

You can catch the rest of the article here.