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Fallen Earth: Mac Beta Version Released!

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:16:35 -0600

Icarus Studios has announced today that a Beta version of the upcoming Mac release of Fallen Earth is now available!

Posted on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:36:01 GMT at http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadN...n-Released
Author: news@mmorpg.com

EVE Online: New Details on Planetary Interaction

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:16:35 -0600

CCP Hammer has posted a new dev blog on the official EVE Online website detailing the Planetary Interaction features which will debut with the launch of EVE Online's newest expansion, Tyrannis, later this summer.

Posted on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:22:57 GMT at http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadN...nteraction
Author: news@mmorpg.com

Jumpgate Evolution: NetDevil Breaks Silence, Provides Update

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:17:25 -0600

It's been quite awhile since Jumpgate: Evolution's delay announcement last year, and until today we didn't know much more about the game than we did then.

In the interest of providing eager fans with some sort of update, NetDevil has broken the silence in a post to the official Jumpgate: Evolution forums, outlining some of the things the developers are working on or thinking about.

Posted on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:03:18 GMT at http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadN...des-Update
Author: news@mmorpg.com

Star Wars Galaxies: Producer's Note Outlines Game's Future

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:17:25 -0600

This latest Producer's Note for Star Wars Galaxies discusses the recently released Galactic Civil War update, as well as the future of Star Wars Galaxies, including the upcoming Game Update 16.

Posted on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:50:18 GMT at http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadN...mes-Future
Author: news@mmorpg.com

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning: In Dev: The Future of WAR's Economy

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:17:25 -0600

Mythic Entertainment is interested in taking some significant steps in order to sort out Warhammer Online's economy issues, and they are looking for player feedback on how to do just that in this latest In Development post on the official WAR forums.

Posted on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:39:26 GMT at http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadN...Rs-Economy
Author: news@mmorpg.com

Champions Online: Cryptic Studios Introduces "On Deck" List

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:17:25 -0600

Similar to the recently announced "Engineering Reports" for Star Trek Online, Cryptic Studios has posted an "On Deck" list on the Public Test Server forum of Champions Online, giving players an idea of what the developers are currently working on.

Posted on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:16:45 GMT at http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadN...-Deck-List
Author: news@mmorpg.com

More than just a charade?

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:15:50 -0600

The Israeli-Palestinian peace process resumes, after a fashion

IT WAS a wretched beginning to what had been hailed as the hopeful resumption of peace talks, albeit indirect ones, between the Israelis and Palestinians under the aegis of an American mediator. Barely had America’s vice-president, Joe Biden, begun a visit to Israel to herald a new era of compromise and goodwill than it was announced, as if deliberately to poison the mood, that 1,600 new houses would be built for Jewish settlers in a big Jewish suburb in the Israeli-annexed eastern part of Jerusalem that Palestinians see as their fledgling state’s future capital. Palestinian politicians were united in fury. Arabs and other peacemaking outsiders viewed the action as the illest of omens. Mr Biden sharply “condemned” the action as “precisely the kind of step that undermines the trust we need right now.”

A sheepish-looking Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, let his aides claim implausibly that he had been unaware of the building decision. The next day his minister of interior dismissed it as a “routine, technical” step, while conceding that the timing was unfortunate, and apologised. Unsurprisingly, the incident increased scepticism towards the promised new round of talks. ...

Posted on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:26:49 GMT at http://www.economist.com/world/africa/di...0&fsrc=rss

The name game

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:15:50 -0600

Art dealers are slow to catch on to the value of branding

VIPs criss-crossed Manhattan last week to attend museum shows, conference panels, champagne brunches, curator tours and the stands of nearly 500 galleries exhibiting in 11 fairs. The week was vibrant but confusing due to poor co-operation between event organisers and some amateur branding.

The first problem was an illogical association of name and place. Every March the Armory Show sets up shop in New York. This year, the Art Dealers' Association of America (ADAA) decided to hold its smaller but more prestigious fair in the same week. While the ADAA's exhibition took place in the historic Armory building on Park Avenue, the Armory Show was held in two piers on the Hudson River. “It must drive them as crazy as it drives us,” admitted Giovanni Garcia-Fenech, the Armory Show's communications director. ...

Posted on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:57:27 GMT at http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cf...0&fsrc=rss

Final Fantasy XIV: New Famitsu and Dengeki Leaked Info

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:20:49 -0600

The intrepid reporters over at FFXIVCore have dug up some early leaked details on Final Fantasy XIV from upcoming issues of Japanese magazines Famitsu and Dengeki.

Posted on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:59:28 GMT at http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadN...eaked-Info
Author: news@mmorpg.com

Champions Online: Revelation Playtest Tomorrow

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:20:49 -0600

Cryptic Studios has announced a new playtest for Champions Online's upcoming free expansion "Revelation." The short three hour test kicks off tomorrow at 4PM PST and will conclude at 7PM PST.

Posted on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:37:42 GMT at http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadN...t-Tomorrow
Author: news@mmorpg.com

World of Warcraft: Mastery System Preview

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:20:49 -0600

Blizzard Blue poster Eyonix offers up a preview of the upcoming Mastery System that is set to debut with the launch of World of Warcraft's third expansion, Cataclysm, later this year.

Posted on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:33:42 GMT at http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadN...em-Preview
Author: news@mmorpg.com

General: Land of Chaos: GDC 2010 Preview

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:16:40 -0600

MMORPG.com's Garrett Fuller explores Ala Playa's Land of Chaos Online in this latest preview coming out of GDC 2010.

Posted on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:09:10 GMT at http://www.mmorpg.com/newsroom.cfm/loadNews/16413
Author: news@mmorpg.com

Black Prophecy: GDC 2010 Preview

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:16:40 -0600

MMORPG.com Managing Editor Jon Wood sat down with Gamigo's Patrick Streppel to talk about Black Prophecy at this year's Game Developers Conference.

Posted on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:39:11 GMT at http://www.mmorpg.com/newsroom.cfm/loadNews/16412
Author: news@mmorpg.com

Mytheon: Exclusive Screenshots

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:23:58 -0600

True Games Interactive has sent over these three exclusive screenshots for their free-to-play mythology themed MMORPG Mytheon.

Posted on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:14:16 GMT at http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadN...creenshots
Author: news@mmorpg.com

Trop cher?

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:23:58 -0600

Living costs in big cities

PARIS is the most expensive city to live in according to the latest survey from Economist Intelligence Unit, a sister company to The Economist. The survey assesses the cost of living by comparing housing, food, clothing, transport and utility bills and the like in 132 cities around the world. Tokyo comes second, up from sixth place a year ago. The fall in Russia's currency against the dollar has made Moscow cheaper than it once was.

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Posted on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:54:49 GMT at http://www.economist.com/daily/chartgall...9&fsrc=rss

Desert Wildflower Video

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:23:58 -0600

I’m a little sorry to keep harping on Anza-Borrego here, but I really want to let LA hikers know about this little gem to our southeast. Also, the wildflowers are probably going to be pretty amazing this year, and it’s worth a trip to see them.

Here’s a PBS video on the current bloom and some future bloom predictions. A KPBS reporter heads out into the desert with a ranger, who does a good job of pointing out some of the more abundant flowers you’ll see and handing out some tips for visitors.

via San Diegan 100 Hikes, who’s been doing a really great job of keeping on top of the Anza-Borrego bloom news this year!

Posted on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:11:46 +0000 at http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/modernhik...YtkijzwW8/
Comments: http://www.modernhiker.com/2010/03/10/de.../#comments

Snoopy sniffs an opportunity

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:33:40 -0600

AIG reluctantly hands its crown as America’s global life insurer to MetLife

ANOTHER week, another opportunity for AIG’s rivals to expand at the American insurer’s expense. Days after sealing a $35.5 billion deal for its Asian life-insurance operations with Britain’s Prudential, the firm, which is being dismembered to recoup bail-out costs, agreed on March 8th to sell another crown jewel, Alico. The acquisition propels New York-based MetLife, which is paying $15.5 billion, into the industry’s global elite. Though it is the biggest life insurer in America, where its Snoopy logo is ubiquitous, it has been tentative abroad. Alico will give it a presence in 64 countries, up from 17 now, taking its non-American revenue from 15% of the total to 40%.

The biggest leap will be in Japan, the world’s second-largest life market, in which Alico is a top-tier competitor. But MetLife’s boss, Robert Henrikson (who took over in 2006 from Robert Benmosche, now AIG’s chief executive), also has his eye on the faster-growing markets in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Latin America that make up almost a quarter of Alico’s business. Another attraction is its distribution network: 60,000 agents, brokers and other local middlemen. ...

Posted on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:38:03 GMT at http://www.economist.com/businessfinance...1&fsrc=rss

Tales of Fantasy: Alpha Test Key Handout

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:20:11 -0600

MMORPG.com has just been given 1500 alpha test keys for Tales of Fantasy - a new MMORPG by IGG in where you capture and train wild beasts, then fight on them and race them in competition! Get your key while supplies last!

Posted on Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:11:39 GMT at http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadN...ey-Handout
Author: news@mmorpg.com

Fantasy Earth Zero: Hands On Combat Preview

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:35:34 -0600

MMORPG.com's Carolyn Koh took Square Enix's new fantasy MMORPG Fantasy Earth Zero for a test drive in this latest hands on preview focused on the game's combat gameplay.

Posted on Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:12:30 GMT at http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadN...at-Preview
Author: news@mmorpg.com

General: Portalarium Interview

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:23:49 -0600

MMORPG.com's Garrett Fuller spoke to Portalarium CEO Fred Schmidt and Chairman Dallas Snell about their partnership with gaming visionary Richard Garriott, as well as their plans for Portalarium in the social networking game space in this latest interview.

Posted on Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:45:52 GMT at http://www.mmorpg.com/newsroom.cfm/loadNews/16408
Author: news@mmorpg.com