Jim Moreno delves into the dim forest of Mirkwood for a hands-on look at the upcoming Lord of the Rings Online expansion.
Previews
We travel the world and the betas to bring you the goods and each MMO before it hits shelves so you don't have to.
John Funk tours the upcoming Lord of the Rings Online Book 8 and the celebrations of the Summer Festival.
Lord of the Rings Online Live Producer Aaron Campbell shows WarCry's John Funk around the Golden Wood of Lothlorien for Volume 2, Book 7: Leaves of Lorien.
WarCry Editor John "Can't Fake the" Funk gets a chat to sit down with a group from the Dungeons & Dragons Online developer team for a walkthrough of some of the new content in the upcoming Module 8, Prisoners of Prophecy.
WarCry Editor John "Can't Fake the" Funk heads into the Mines of Moria with LotRO Live Producer Aaron Campbell for this look at the game's upcoming expansion pack. Watch out for Balrogs!
WarCry's Suzie "Kalia" Ford talks about her experience with KingIsle's free-to-play "tween" MMOG, Wizard101.
Suzie "Kalia" Ford sits down with the closed beta of NDoors' new turn-based-strategy MMORPG, Atlantica Online and gives us her two cents' worth.
WarCry's John "Can't Fake the" Funk gets shown around the upcoming Book 14 for The Lord of the Rings Online. Read what's in store for players below the cut as Turbine talks about session play, fishing trophies, and Moria.
WarCry's Suzie "Kalia" Ford spent some time at Cryptic Studios for their Press Day and brought back some goodies - including some tasty tidbits of information about Cryptic's upcoming superhero-themed MMOG, Champions Online. Read more below!
Continuing her coverage of Blizzard's Worldwide Invitational 2008, WarCry's Whitney Butts reports on the art and story for Blizzard's just-announced Diablo 3
WarCry's own Whitney Butts sits down with World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King at the Worldwide Invitational 2008 and shares her thoughts!
Currently scheduled for free release on June 3, Module 7 offers a new playable class, improvements to existing areas to ease leveling, new Fog of War functionality not to mention a buyback feature at vendors. Other features include new quests in Three Barrel Cove and the 12-man raid zone under the Marketplace Tent site, and quiver bags for archers.
Funcom lifted their embargo late last week with the FilePlanet Open Beta going live, and so the WarCry Network has been given free-reign to spill the beans on all things 'Age of Conan'.
"For Funcom, creating Age of Conan has been a labour of love, and that is devastatingly obvious in the fruits they have beared in this Crom-tastic game."
This week, we're very proud to bring to our official preview of Age of Conan.
Recently, our own Jordan Deam had a chance to explore Book 13 with some people from Turbine. He filed this extensive preview based on his talks with them and hands-on time in Middle-earth.
We traveled along the coastline until we reached a small fishing outpost controlled by a group of Gauredain. These lanky fellows weren't particularly keen on sharing their real estate with us, but after a few minutes of steel persuasion (aided by our crazy admin powers) we triumphantly reclaimed the hastily constructed hide canopies and bonfires for ourselves. But it was no use: before we could set up our hammocks and crack open a few brews, a group of nomadic Lossoth moved in and put us to work. The Lossoth are a hardy tribe of humans scattered across Forochel that aren't particularly friendly toward you when you first enter the zone. As you liberate their camps from hostile forces and complete quests for them, they gradually begin to realize that you're not there to kill them and entrust you with rare crafting recipes. My character, a Dwarf Guardian, was decked out in crafted Lossoth gear, a stylish Inuit-chic ensemble that grants some extra resistance to the cold.
Read more after the leap.
