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MMORPG Merger Announced |
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I received this press release last night. I figured I would just post it here in it's entirety and let you digest it.
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SONY ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT, SQUARE-ENIX AND BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCE CROSS-OVER GAMING DEAL
- In an unprecedented merger of gaming assets, online gamers will be able to take their existing characters into new and exciting adventures in other gaming worlds.
SAN DIEGO, CA - March 31, 2005 - Sony Online Entertainment (SOE), Square-Enix (S-E) and Blizzard Entertainment (Blizzard), the worldwide leaders in Massive Online gaming, have announced a joint venture where players of any of their games, including the enormously successful World of Warcraft, the granddaddy of online gaming Everquest, S-E's hugely successful online version of the Final Fantasy franchise, and the popular titles Everquest 2 and Star Wars Galaxies, can take their existing characters and move seamlessly into new gaming worlds. Through new technology developed jointly by all three companies, your character will be converted over to the rule set and graphical look of each new game as you transfer back and forth, opening up literally tens of thousands of new gaming possibilities for every player. Players of all these games will suddenly be confronted with not just new zones to play in, but entire new universes.
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Posted by: Allakhazam @ Fri Apr 1 10:34:40 2005 EDT
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Compatible Graphics Card Driver Updates |
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From S-E:
Our development staff has been working closely with graphics
card manufacturers and has confirmed that the following
drivers are compatible with FINAL FANTASY XI for Windows.
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Posted by: Haggan @ Fri Apr 1 10:09:16 2005 EDT
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Vana'diel Tribune II No.05 Edition released (Mar. 31) |
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The contents of the No.05 edition are as follows:
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Posted by: Haggan @ Thu Mar 31 10:05:15 2005 EDT
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Return Home to Vana'diel |
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Now you can possibly get your charactarus back!! /JOY!
Part I of "Return Home to Vana'diel" is a special campaign just for players who have already unsubscribed from PlayOnline. For a limited time, we're issuing these players registration codes free of charge to allow them to come back to PlayOnline, play FINAL FANTASY XI, and even recover and play their old characters from before!
Who is eligible?
“Return Home to Vana’diel Part I” applies to players who have already unsubscribed from PlayOnline and can’t return because their registered information has been deleted. For players who have deleted FINAL FANTASY XI characters but have not unsubscribed from PlayOnline, we’re planning “Return Home to Vana’diel Part II” in early June. More details and information on how to participate will be announced at a later date, so please wait until then.
*The following players are not eligible to participate:
-Players who have unsubscribed from PlayOnline but have never purchased a FINAL FANTASY XI Content ID.
-Players who have been banned from PlayOnline due to violations of the PlayOnline Member Agreement, FINAL FANTASY XI User Agreement, or FINAL FANTASY XI Software License Agreement.
-Players whose characters can be recovered by the PlayOnline Information Center. (Please see the related news item for details.)
-Players who have not unsubscribed from PlayOnline.
For more information go to the PlayOnline website
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Posted by: Pikko @ Mon Mar 28 15:51:11 2005 EDT
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Registration Server Maintenance (April 1) |
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The PlayOnline registration server will be unavailable due to maintenance at the following time. During this time, users will be unable to register or unsubscribe PlayOnline accounts, review or update their member information, or review, purchase, cancel, or reactivate Content IDs. We apologize for any inconvenience.
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Posted by: Haggan @ Fri Mar 25 12:33:26 2005 EDT
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iGames Expo April 30,2005 |
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It seems that the power's that be at Square-Enix are holding another iGames Expo, this time in Aiea, Hawaii at PC Gamerz. What we need from the community is some questions to ask the communtiy members and developers attending this shindig. Go here and post some questions you would like to see be answered.
Oh yea, and both Haggan and Pikko will be there at this one :) |
Posted by: Haggan @ Tue Mar 22 16:20:51 2005 EDT
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PlayOnline Viewer Update (Mar. 22) |
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At the following time, we performed a PlayOnline Viewer version update.
*The client update will start automatically after connecting to PlayOnline. Please follow the instructions that appear on your screen.
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Posted by: Haggan @ Tue Mar 22 10:51:18 2005 EDT
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Registration Server Maintenance (Mar. 24) |
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The PlayOnline registration server will be unavailable due to
maintenance at the following time. During this time, users
will be unable to register or unsubscribe PlayOnline accounts,
review or update their member information, or review,
purchase, cancel, or reactivate Content IDs. We apologize for
any inconvenience.
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Posted by: Haggan @ Sun Mar 20 10:05:22 2005 EDT
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PlayOnline Viewer Update (Mar. 22) |
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At the following time, we will be performing a version update of the PlayOnline Viewer.
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Posted by: Haggan @ Fri Mar 18 10:32:49 2005 EDT
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