+Sir GDC and the MMORPG (dot com)!
Posted by DDOcast at 25 Feb 2008, 10:10 PM and is filed under game developers conference,mod 7,2nd year anniversary 
Hi everyone! Well, the week is here: Update 6.1, DDO's 2nd Anniversary stuff, is set to be released on Wednesday, February 27th!
Here's a post about it from +Sir Lawrence on the ddo.com forums:
Greetings Citizens of Stormreach!
I am pleased to announce there will be a festive gathering, held to honor the anniversary of our fair city of Stormreach!
The Coin Lords wish to join with all citizens to celebrate and give thanks to the Dragonmarked Houses and Kingdom of Galifar. For through their gifts, in the year 802 of the Galifar Calendar, the rebirth of Stormreach from a mere outpost in the wilderness to a thriving city was made possible. Stormreach has seen many changes, and faced many dangers, but our city still stands, and our citizens enjoy a life of prosperity! We invite all citizens to attend a gathering to honor our beloved city on Sul, the second day of Therendor (Sunday, March 2nd) in the Marketplace.
Additionally, thanks to the generosity of the Coin Lords, and the hard work of the city's bakers, all heroes and citizens of Stormreach will receive a special celebratory cake on Wir, the 27th of Olarune (Wednesday, February 27th) to mark the grand occasion on the 28th. Citizens will receive these cakes prior to the festival, provided they are already a citizen of Stormreach prior to the 27th of Olarune (prior to the patch on February 27th). Enjoy the cake, and what surprises may spring up from them until the day of the party!
More details will be made available as the day of the party draws closer. We hope that you will join us in celebrating this most joyous occasion!
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But that's not all! Turbine was at the Game Developers Conference over the weekend and got some more press. Here's LINK 1 and LINK 2 to articles written about Turbine and DDO by the web site MMORPG.com. All the following stuff comes from DDO Senior Producer Kate Paiz in the report:
- More events planned for DDO thanks to the "live event" technology ported to the game from Lord of the Rings Online.
- Part of the anniversary event will feature an item giveaway that's related to the D&D 'Wish' spell. Can't wait to see how that's implemented!
- Mod 7:
will not feature stuff related to 4th Edition of Dungeons and Dragons.
will feature new content for low level characters, thanks in part to the rollout of Monks. Also, DDO's tutorial is being completely revamped.
new raid and wilderness area, a continuation of the Shavarath invasion! The wilderness area is described as, "...a vast underground space with lots of little spots of beauty."
will feature a rollout of crafting outside of the current 'prototype' seen in the Mod 6 raid!
- Turbine has more than 250 employees!
- DDO is, "generating a significant amount of revenue."
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Stay tuned for the latest on Update 6.1 and more! Uh huh, good times...
Jerry
Here's a post about it from +Sir Lawrence on the ddo.com forums:
Greetings Citizens of Stormreach!
I am pleased to announce there will be a festive gathering, held to honor the anniversary of our fair city of Stormreach!
The Coin Lords wish to join with all citizens to celebrate and give thanks to the Dragonmarked Houses and Kingdom of Galifar. For through their gifts, in the year 802 of the Galifar Calendar, the rebirth of Stormreach from a mere outpost in the wilderness to a thriving city was made possible. Stormreach has seen many changes, and faced many dangers, but our city still stands, and our citizens enjoy a life of prosperity! We invite all citizens to attend a gathering to honor our beloved city on Sul, the second day of Therendor (Sunday, March 2nd) in the Marketplace.
Additionally, thanks to the generosity of the Coin Lords, and the hard work of the city's bakers, all heroes and citizens of Stormreach will receive a special celebratory cake on Wir, the 27th of Olarune (Wednesday, February 27th) to mark the grand occasion on the 28th. Citizens will receive these cakes prior to the festival, provided they are already a citizen of Stormreach prior to the 27th of Olarune (prior to the patch on February 27th). Enjoy the cake, and what surprises may spring up from them until the day of the party!
More details will be made available as the day of the party draws closer. We hope that you will join us in celebrating this most joyous occasion!
###
But that's not all! Turbine was at the Game Developers Conference over the weekend and got some more press. Here's LINK 1 and LINK 2 to articles written about Turbine and DDO by the web site MMORPG.com. All the following stuff comes from DDO Senior Producer Kate Paiz in the report:
- More events planned for DDO thanks to the "live event" technology ported to the game from Lord of the Rings Online.
- Part of the anniversary event will feature an item giveaway that's related to the D&D 'Wish' spell. Can't wait to see how that's implemented!
- Mod 7:
will not feature stuff related to 4th Edition of Dungeons and Dragons.
will feature new content for low level characters, thanks in part to the rollout of Monks. Also, DDO's tutorial is being completely revamped.
new raid and wilderness area, a continuation of the Shavarath invasion! The wilderness area is described as, "...a vast underground space with lots of little spots of beauty."
will feature a rollout of crafting outside of the current 'prototype' seen in the Mod 6 raid!
- Turbine has more than 250 employees!
- DDO is, "generating a significant amount of revenue."
###
Stay tuned for the latest on Update 6.1 and more! Uh huh, good times...
Jerry
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