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ZAM's E3 Roundup and Best of Show Award [General News]
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E3 has come and gone, and we learned a lot during our time at the Los Angeles Convention Center. While we invite you to browse through all of our E3 coverage , we wanted to point out some of the highlights from the convention. You'll find all of our original features and a list of other noteworthy announcements after the jump! We'd also like to take this opportunity to present En Masse Entertainment and TERA with our Best of Show Award ! As we explored TERA's political system , the demo shined as the most polished one we saw at the convention. Expanding the role of politics in-game will create a whole new dynamic for players, and we believe TERA holds a lot of potential for its North American audience. We'll definitely be keeping our eye on this game as we wait for details on the testing and launch schedule. Keep reading below for our E3 roundup! ZAM Features TERA's Political System in Action : During our time at Masse Entertainment's impressive TERA booth, we ...
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Qho's Misadventures! [EverQuest II]
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Qho Augren has made a permanent impression upon many of being the brattiest child that Norrath has ever seen. Hailing from the Village of Shin, he nagged us time and time again to bring him back a multitude of harvests whenever we returned to him. The most recent Gathering Obsession quest had a unique twist however: Qho became a pet that follows us around! I'm sure many people had fun jumping off of cliffs or battled the nastiest of beasts with him in tow, but I saw the opportunity to teach Qho more about harvesting... and the world beyond. Qho has now visited a wide variety of places with me, posed for many pictures and even provided a point of amusement as unsuspecting players on my server have hailed my Qho pet over and over, likely wondering why he didn't give them a quest. I've had Qho as a pet since before I related the first story of his Brewday Adventures . A good deal of time and two world events have passed since then and Qho has stood steadfastly by my side throughou ...
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Hotfix - June 14, 2011 [EverQuest II]
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All U.S. servers will come down for a hotfix at 7am PDT on Tuesday, June 14, 2011. The expected downtime is one hour. The Splitpaw server will have its hotfix at 5am London Time on Wednesday, June15 , 2011. Estimated downtime is 2 hours. A two hour SOE maintenance will also begin at 7am PDT on June 14. This may cause forums and other account services to be temporarily unavailable. View the full patch notes after the hop. GENERAL Fixed an issue preventing players from climbing certain climbable walls. Fixed an issue with elevators taking incorrect paths. POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION Fixed a bug where merchants and bankers would show as broken or overmatched encounters. Great Divide Cliff striders and living glaciers in Storm Gorge are no longer quite so difficult to kill. Halldor Brewbeard, Thurgadin Harbor's Bartender, now recognizes the"Stein of the Alesmith"and“Stein of Recollection” allowing owners to now bind thems ...
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SOE Fan Faire Guide! [General News]
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Have you registered for Fan Faire yet? It's less than a month away, and that means it's time for my annual Fan Faire Tips! This is stuff I and other Fan Faire veterans have learned attending past Fan Faires and other conventions. All this may mean nothing if you're the type who can toss a change of undies in a bag and be good for a week, but me, I've always been an over-planner. Getting there: If you're flying, be sure to check the current FAA regulations on what you can and cannot carry. There are, for example, some odd rules about extra laptop batteries. Check your departing airport's website for how early you need to be there: if you miss the window you might arrive without your luggage. Once in Vegas, plan on a couple of hours to get from the plane to your hotel. I recommend you catch a shuttle to the hotel. It doesn't matter which one - they all cost about the same, $15 or so. Buy a round trip-ticket, because it's cheaper that way and all you' ...
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Fan Faire Tournament Practice [EverQuest II]
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This year's EverQuest II Fan Faire tournament will be a one-shot run at a new Aether Race course in the Great Divide. Through 11pm PDT on Thursday, June 9, players can login to either Test or Test Copy and practice the course! As announced on the EQ2 forums: If you're attending Fan Faire 2011 and plan to participate in the EQII Tournament, then you'll want to log in to Test or Test Copy server and practice on the tournament course...available for a limited time only! This week we'll be showing off the Great Divide Aether Race at E3 in Los Angeles, and this is your shot to do a few laps ahead of time and learn the ins and outs! The course was activated on Monday morning, June 6th, and will be available until around 11:00 PM PDT on Thursday, June 9th. Don't miss out! Once we deactivate the track on Thursday, you won't have another chance to see it until Fan Faire, where you'll get just one shot at making a top score. Good luck, and break a gear nozzle...or somethin ...
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Leaper and Glider Mounts Coming Soon! [EverQuest II]
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Two new mount types will be introduced to the game later in June:"Leapers"and"Gliders". Leapers will be available to players who are level 30+ while Gliders will be available to players who are level 60+. These mounts will be obtainable through either the Marketplace or from adventuring or tradeskill quests. The flying mounts, introduced in the Destiny of Velious expansion, will remain restricted to adventurers and crafters level 85 or higher. Leaper mounts can jump up and forward in tremendous bounds before falling, moving at speeds similar to flying mounts. You can control how high you jump, and you can steer while jumping using the movement keys. Obviously, you don't take falling damage when landing. Gliders are similar to Leapers, but at any point in your jump, you can snap out your mount's wings and begin gliding, using the movement keys to control direction, even being able to tip up and climb for a while before descending again. You can also fold your wings in to st ...
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SOE's First Ever Live Cast from the E3 Floor! [General News]
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Want to get up close and personal with the Sony Online Entertainment booth at E3? Well, here's your chance! SOE is hosting their first ever Live Cast straight from the E3 floor! Hosts Linda"Brasse"Carlson and Aimee"Ashlanne"Rekoske will bring you live to the 2011 SOE E3 booth. Meet the folks giving game demos and hear all about the SOE titles being shown. Tune in today, June 8 at 2:00pm PDT as the team streams the webcast live on the SOE Stickam channel . You can also watch via the Stickam tab on the official SOE Facebook page.
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SOE Station Access Will Soon Drop to $19.99 [General News]
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Sony Online Entertainment just confirmed during their live E3 stream that Station Access will soon be dropping to $19.99 per month from the current price of $29.99 per month. That means you can get access to all of SOE's games for a little more than the price of one game subscription! We expect SOE to release more details on the price cut in the near future. Will you be taking advantage of this lower Station Access price once it's implemented?
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ZAM at E3: Roundup of SOE Coverage [General News]
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Sony Online Entertainment's E3 live stream just ended, and we have compiled a wrap-up to give you an overview of what the company is showcasing at the convention. One of the most interesting announcements is that Station Access will soon by dropping to $19.99 per month from the current price of $29.99 per month! They also emphasized that you can still register for Fan Faire , which will be held from July 7-9 in Las Vegas. Sadly, SOE is not talking about PlanetSide Next or EverQuest Next at E3. However, they are discussing DC Universe Online's Update 4; EverQuest II in 3D; Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures'squads and tower defense game; Free Realms'upcoming ranching feature; their new PAYDAY: The Heist shooter; and Magic: The Gathering's first expansion. Keep reading below for all the details, and be sure to check out the rest of our E3 coverage ! DC Universe Online Many players are wondering when Update 3 will launch, and new Game Director Mark Anderson confirmed that i ...
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Police Detain 3 Suspects in Sony Hacker Attack [General News]
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According to multiple news sources such as the New York Times and CNN , police said today they have arrested three men suspected of being leaders of Anonymous, the group accused of attacking Sony's PlayStation network and subsequently forcing SOE to shut down its services from May 2-14 . The first suspect, a 31-year-old Spaniard, was detained in the Spanish city of Almería sometime after May 18. According to the New York Times,"He had a computer server in his apartment in the northern Spanish port city of Gijón, where the group is believed to have attacked the Web sites of the Sony PlayStation online gaming store." The two other suspects, both in their early 30s, were arrested in Barcelona and Alicante following attacks against the websites of the Spanish Parliament, the UGT trade union and the Catalan regional police. According to CNN,"The police did not immediately provide further details about the suspects, nor did they specify to what extent the Spanish branch ...
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