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Anarchy Online : The Game Archaeologist and the Girdle of Anarchy: The history

On Sep 07, 2010 11:00:00 AM News Item: 12704

Filed under: Sci-fi, Anarchy Online, Free-to-play, The Game Archaeologist

"The future in your hands," Funcom promised gamers in the early days of the new decade. As the MMORPGRPG genre slowly took shape and grew in popularity, game studios were still babes in the woods, feeling out this brave and complex new world without a standard handbook to guide them to success. EverQuest spotlighted on large group substence and raids, Dark Age o.... Read More

Anarchy Online : Anarchy Online beats the heat with nano spreadsheets

On Jul 26, 2010 01:00:00 PM News Item: 12221

Filed under: Sci-fi, Anarchy Online, Classes, Previews, Free-to-play

We may be in the dog days of summer, but that doesn't mean that MMORPG factories close up shop. On the contrary, the team at Anarchy Online is faithfully hacking away at upcoming changes and additions to the game. Senior Designer Brad L. McAtee (no, he doesn't do virus checking) in recent times made the rounds to see what the team was working on, and report back .... Read More

Anarchy Online : Age of Conan goes F2P in Korea, Morrison talks NA conversion

On Jul 20, 2010 11:30:00 AM News Item: 12202

Filed under: Fantasy, Age of Conan, Business models, MMORPG industry, News items

Funcom's Age of Conan has adopted a free-to-play business model for its entrance into the Korean market, according to a report by MMORPG Culture. While this isn't exactly news (since basically every game in Korea is F2P), it was fascinating to note executive producer and game director Craig "Silirrion" Morrison's response. Morrison quickly douse.... Read More

Anarchy Online : Free for All: Remembering my first F2P experiences

On Jul 14, 2010 04:00:00 PM News Item: 12220

Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, Sci-fi, Anarchy Online, Flyff, Business models, belief, Free-to-play, Casual, Free for All

I sit here, racking my brain, trying to think of the very first free-to-play game that I experienced. It's been quite a long time, at least seven years. As a quick history, I started in MMORPGRPGs in '99, by bringing home a box of Ultima Online for my wife to look at. She laughed at me at first.... Read More

Anarchy Online : One Shots: A pleasure doing business

On Jul 13, 2010 02:00:00 PM News Item: 12219

Filed under: Sci-fi, Screenshots, Anarchy Online, One Shots

After a long hard day of adventuring -- or bargaining -- gamers in Anarchy Online can settle in for a frosty adult beverage and look into some entertainment. While the full-size of today's One Shots image does have rather a lot more UI than we'd normally pass through, we couldn't resist taking a (duck-free) look into the game in honor of its recent 9th birthday! Today.... Read More

Anarchy Online : The Game Archaeologist and the Star of the Galaxies: My expedition

On Jun 22, 2010 12:00:00 PM News Item: 12126

Filed under: Sci-fi, Star Wars Galaxies, Hands-on, The Game Archaeologist

After cracking open the history textbooks on one of the most famous (and infamous) MMORPGs of the past decade and talking to two groups of crack veterans, it was finally time for the Game Archaeologist to strap on his lightwhip, kick over the nearest Astromech droid, and dive headfirst into Star Wars Galaxies.

Although I've been interested in Star .... Read More

Anarchy Online : Anarchy Online celebrates its 9th birthday with a giant duck

On Jun 21, 2010 11:30:00 AM News Item: 11963

Filed under: Sci-fi, Anarchy Online, Events, in-game, Free-to-play

Quick -- make a wish, Anarchy Online, and blow out those birthday candles so we can have some of that early-2000s cake! Might be a little old-fashioned with sharp polygons, but ample citizens are still lining up for a slice of its moist gameplay.

Tortured metaphor aside, a MMORPG once renowned for the worst commence of all time is now a year shy of its deca.... Read More

Anarchy Online : Funcom's Morrison talks story in MMORPGs

On Jun 07, 2010 09:00:00 AM News Item: 11935

Filed under: Fantasy, Age of Conan, News items, belief

Funcom game director Craig "Silirrion" Morrison has delivered an epic-length post over on his personal blog examining the different aspects of story in MMORPGRPGs. Given the fact that BioWare has in recent times raised a few eyebrows with their story, story, and more story mantra (not to point out some old-fashioned genre heckling), it seems only natural that indus.... Read More

Anarchy Online : Funcom offers prizes for friends and followers

On Dec 19, 2009 08:00:00 PM News Item: 10673

Filed under: Fantasy, Sci-fi, Age of Conan, Anarchy Online, Contests, The Secret World

Tis the season for getting cool things -- and for making new friends. Funcom obviously agrees, as they've got a contest going where they'll be giving away some pretty nice prizes for citizens who become friends, fans, or followers on their different Facebook and Twitter accounts. The idea is pretty simple: for every one of the Funcom accounts you link up with, yo.... Read More

Anarchy Online : Video of Anarchy Online's new engine uncovered

On Dec 12, 2009 06:00:00 PM News Item: 10566

Filed under: Sci-fi, Anarchy Online, MMORPG industry, News items

It's a rough cut and it's short, but this YouTube video shows something many citizens have been eagerly anticipating -- the updated graphics engine for Anarchy Online.

Anarchy Online, Funcom's first foray into the MMORPG genre, is still running after 8 years of history and evolving storyline. While the game has been running on a free to pl.... Read More

Anarchy Online : One Shots: A deadly flower

On Dec 07, 2009 02:00:00 PM News Item: 10561

Filed under: Fantasy, Screenshots, Age of Conan, One Shots

In the southernmost areas of Stygia lies a dangerous, marshy area that contains a rare, beautiful, and dangerous flower that can be found nowhere else. No - we're not talking about the lovely lady standing in the middle of today's Age of Conan screenshot, although one could certainly argue that she's also beautiful and dangerous. We're talking about the purple lotus, favore.... Read More

Anarchy Online : ReSubbed Episode 3: Anarchy Online

On Dec 01, 2009 06:00:00 PM News Item: 10494

Filed under: Sci-fi, Anarchy Online, belief, Humor, ReSubbed

Tuesday's in the house and you know what that means -- it's ReSubbed time! This week on the show we're visiting the land of Rubi-Ka in Funcom's first MMORPG endeavor, Anarchy Online.

Joining Sera on the adventure this week is Shawn Schuster (podcaster extraordinaire) and the usual flavoring of Kyle Horner (columnist superhero.) What will this intrepid tri.... Read More

Anarchy Online : Free to play an option for Age of Conan

On Jul 14, 2009 04:00:00 PM News Item: 9147

Filed under: Age of Conan, Interviews, News items

It would appear that for Funcom, going the way of free-to-play with Age of Conan isn't entirely off the table. At least so says Erling Ellingson in a recent conversation with IncGamers. There's certainly a precedent with Anarchy Online having gone that route long ago and its director -- at that time -- was also Craig Morrison. So actually, all bets are off on this one.

St.... Read More

Anarchy Online : Funcom's Q1 2009 report shows solid revenue

On May 16, 2009 11:00:00 AM News Item: 8524

Filed under: Fantasy, Age of Conan, Anarchy Online, Business models, Economy, MMORPG industry, News items, Free-to-play, Browser, The Secret World, Casual

Funcom has released a report detailing their financials for the first quarter of 2009. They brought in over US$7 million in revenue for the period, and although this figure is slightly less than the previous quarter (but without the disastrous US$23 million depreciation loss), they are .... Read More

Anarchy Online : More IPs than you can shake a lightsaber at: Five sci-fi intellectual properties that just scream "MMORPGG"

On Apr 03, 2009 04:00:00 PM News Item: 8150

Filed under: Sci-fi, MMORPG industry, belief, Crime

Science fiction isn't exactly new to the MMORPGG scene. In addition to the obvious - Star Wars Galaxies, EVE Online and the defunct Tabula Rasa - there's Neocron, Anarchy Online, Earth & Beyond and Planetside. But with the exception of SWG and the upcoming Star Trek Online, some of sci-fi's best intellectual properties haven't yet .... Read More

Anarchy Online : Funcom goes bi-coastal this year at conventions

On Feb 25, 2009 12:00:00 PM News Item: 7661

Filed under: Fantasy, Age of Conan, Anarchy Online, Events, real-world, News items

If you're an ardent follower of Age of Conan, or perhaps one of the folks still spending time in Anarchy Online, then it looks like you've got a choice of conventions to attend this Labor Day weekend! Funcom has announced that not only will they be returning to their regular East coast convention haunt, Dragon*Con, as part of the MMORPG track .... Read More

Anarchy Online : Anarchy Online expansion conversation explains Legacy of the Xan

On Feb 16, 2009 11:00:00 AM News Item: 7574

Filed under: Sci-fi, Anarchy Online, Expansions, Game mechanics, Interviews, MMORPG industry

We point outed earlier that Anarchy Online's newest expansion, Legacy of the Xan will roll out this week on February 19th. The expansion is more of a booster, actually, which is what Anarchy Online game director Colin Cragg point outs in an conversation with MMORPGRPG.com's Jon Wood.

Cragg lays out what differentiates Legacy of th.... Read More

Anarchy Online : Behind the Curtain: The guilt of an MMORPG gamer

On Feb 14, 2009 04:00:00 PM News Item: 7573

Filed under: World of Warcraft, Fantasy, Sci-fi, Anarchy Online, EVE Online, EverQuest II, Lord of the Rings Online, Culture, belief, Star Wars Galaxies, Behind the Curtain

I haven't been playing World of Warcraft as much as I should have this week, and I feel bad about it. Last week, my Warrior hit the Defence cap, I got my first 25 Emblems of Heroism, and I tanked Archavon on 10-man. This week though, I've hardly even logged on.

I hav.... Read More

Anarchy Online : Anarchy Online announces new expansion: Legacy of the Xan

On Feb 13, 2009 03:00:00 PM News Item: 7540

Filed under: Sci-fi, Anarchy Online, Expansions, MMORPG industry, Raiding, Quests, News items

These days, most discussion of sci-fi themed massively multigamer online games tends to spotlight on Jumpgate Evolution, EVE Online, or the hotly anticipated post-apocalyptic titles that are on the way. But Anarchy Online is still going strong, and Funcom has just announced a new expansion for the title: Legacy of the Xan.

The.... Read More

Anarchy Online : Anarchy Online update adds raid interface, turns zones into instances

On Sep 29, 2008 09:00:00 AM News Item: 5459

Filed under: Sci-fi, Anarchy Online, Patches, News items

Anarchy Online's version 17.1 update went live last week. It added a complete raid interface to the game, allowing gamers to combine up to six teams into a raid group with its own chat channel andbootyrules. The interface will allow raid headers to move gamers between teams, and every gamer in the raid group will be able to monitor the vitals of other raid group members..... Read More

Anarchy Online : Funcom's product manager speaks out on Gaute Godager's departure

On Sep 19, 2008 07:30:00 PM News Item: 5253

Filed under: Fantasy, Age of Conan, Interviews, MMORPG industry

With the recent news of Age of Conan's Gaute Godager departing Funcom so suddenly, many gamers want to know what happened exactly. As an original founder of the company and through 16 years of employment at Funcom, one can onlyspeculatewhat this says about the company. So MTV Multigamer was able to sit down to a short conversation with Funcom's product manager Jorgen Tharal.... Read More

Anarchy Online : Producer & game director for Age of Conan resigns from FunCom

On Sep 17, 2008 07:55:00 AM News Item: 5180

Filed under: Fantasy, Age of Conan, News items

Some big shake-ups seem to be happening over at FunCom today as Gaute Godager resigns from his position at the company as producer and game director for Age of Conan. His replacement is Craig Morrison, who's held the same position with Anarchy Online for several years prior to this change. While most (or more than half) will agree that Age of Conan is in a very diss.... Read More

Anarchy Online : Mythic's Mark Jacobs Talks Age of Conan

On Sep 02, 2008 01:03:42 PM News Item: 4903

Let the Flames Begin...

Mythic Vice president and "Warhammer Online" Lead; Mark Jacobs in recent times spoke to Tracey John about games such as Age of Conan Hyborian Adventures and Hellgate London which was posted at Mtv.com. Jacobs discusses Hellgate London and why he wants to see Age of Conan Hyborian Adventures succeed, but stating he feels the game should have been delayed.

With Jacobs having played the game and having read fan postings on both the “Warhammer” and “Age of Conan” forums, he thought that Funcom should .... Read More

Anarchy Online : Funcom Security Exploits Patched

On Sep 02, 2008 12:45:40 PM News Item: 4902

Dan Caselden and Gabriel Landau of Independent Security Evaluators in recent times checked into Funcom games Anarchy Online and Age of Conan Hyborian Adventures. The evaluators discovered some rather disturbing exploits within the games. One of which could even allow a hacker to take control of the targets computer. Fortunately, ndependent Security Evaluators contacted Funcom and the problems have since been patched to prevent any future issues.

8/28/08 - Funcom released patches for both games today. Both vulnerabilities were fixed in Anarchy Online. In Age of .... Read More