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Artix Blog: Unveiling the Arachnomancer Armor - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:13:59 -0500

Arachnomancer armor, in-game events, and more!

Artix returns this week with another AdventureQuest Worlds blog to unveil the new Arachnomancer Armor and the continuing Friday the 13th in-game event for the web-based MMOG. Players can join in...

Behind the Scenes with Funcom - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:14:16 -0500

Find out what goes on behind the scenes.

Ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes with an MMORPG developer? Now is your chance to find out. This week MMORPG got the chance to go behind the scenes with Age of Conan: Hyborian...

Champions Online Developer Diary - Systems Balancing, Pt 1. - Ten Ton Hammer

B. de la Durantaye — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:44:13 -0500

The equations behind the systems of Champions Online

Ever wonder how the numbers in Champions Online work? Or have you figured it out, and wondered why they are set the way they are? This week, Champions Online Systems Designer, Brian Urbanek...

Sins of a Solar Spymaster #31 - Lessons from a Failed Invasion - Ten Ton Hammer

B. de la Durantaye — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:16:43 -0500

Know when to fold 'em

Love 'em or hate 'em, invasions abound in nullsec in EVE Online. Most invasions are failed invasions, but that can be avoided with some careful planning and good judgment calls. Most folk, though,...

SOE President John Smedley Discusses Planetside Next - Ten Ton Hammer

Medawky — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:22:28 -0400

Smed shares his love of the gameFresh from the pages of Smed's Blog comes an interesting post about the future of Planetside. The President of SOE waxes about what he really liked about the first incarnation of the game as...

EVE FanFest 2009 - Live Blogs For Dominion and Keynote Address - Ten Ton Hammer

Medawky — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:43:45 -0400

Live and up to the moment news from these two exciting eventsTen Ton Hammer presents it's first ever live blog(s) straight from EVE Online FanFest 2009! That's right folks, not one but two live blogs directly from the events as they happen. The first...

Star Wars: The Old Republic Writer Neil Pollner Explains the Sith Warrior - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:22:12 -0400

Find out what it takes to create the Sith Warrior.

What does it take to create a being of pure evil capable of manipulating the powers of the dark side of the force? This week Star Wars: The Old Republic Writer Neil Pollner is letting us know. In...

Brad McQuaid Returns with Vanguard Post-mortem Part 4 - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:35:22 -0400

Brad McQuaid talks about mistakes with Vanguard's world size.

Brad McQuaid has returned with the fouth part of his Vanguard: Post-mortem series. The latest post covers Vanguard's world size and some of the great ideas and mistakes that were made in creating...

Making EVE Online (Almost) Free-to-Play - Ten Ton Hammer

Savanja — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:16:22 -0400

Use your in game ISK to pay for your subscription!

During trying economic times, many players need to be as frugal as they can with their gaming cash. EVE Online developed a unique system that actually allows players to game for their subscription...

Brad McQuaid Returns with Vanguard: Post-mortem Part 3 - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:53:43 -0400

Brad McQuaid talks about the hardware decisions of Vanguard.

After nearly a month since his last blog entry about Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, Brad McQuaid has finally broken his silence with the third blog entry of his Vanguard post mortem analysis. In his...

SWTOR Developer Blog Talks About Creating the Smuggler - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:27:50 -0400

Find out what it takes to make a smuggler.

Star Wars: The Old Republic's latest developer blog talks about what it takes to create a smuggler and many of the things players can expect to experience if they choose the life of a smuggler....

EVE Online Dev Blog Details COSMOS - Ten Ton Hammer

Savanja — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:59:22 -0400

Social networking comes to EVE!

EVE Online is looking to address the often problematic process of social networking with the development of a new system called COSMOS. Whether it be EVE Online or any other MMOG, feeling...

Brad McQuaid Talks About the Pros and Cons of an All-Star MMO Team - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:18:03 -0400

With an All-Star team sometimes comes All-Star egos.

Brad McQuaid is talking about the pros and cons of building an All-Star MMO team in his newest blog, "Vanguard: Post-mortem Part 2", Brad talks about his time with Sigil and how sometimes when you...

LOTRO Developer Allan "Orion" Maki Talks About Exploits and Emergent Gameplay - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:14:24 -0400

Orion talks about exploits and emergent gameplay.

The discussion of exploiting has been a hot topic with the Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO) community as of late. Today Turbine developer Allan "Orion" Maki posted his view on the topic on his...

The Agency: Fan Faire 2009 Report - Ten Ton Hammer

Dalmarus — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:10:22 -0400

The Agency Fan Faire 2009 discussion panel.

The Agency is Sony Online Entertainment's upcoming action spy game and Dalmarus was on hand for the recent discussion panel held at Fan Faire 2009. See why this game nabbed his interest out of...

China Bans RMT! Not Quite... - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:16:01 -0400

China's virtual crackdown may not affect gold farmers after all.

China may not have banned gold farming after all. The news circulated earlier this week that China had put in place new laws that would deal a major blow to gold farming in the region. However,...

Brad McQuaid Talks About His Mistakes with Vanguard - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:16:52 -0400

Brad McQuaid looks back at his past mistakes with Vanguard.

Brad McQuaid admittedly made his share of mistakes during the development of Vanguard: Saga of Heroes and on his newest blog post today titled "Vanguard: Post-mortem Part 1," Brad talks about...

SOE FanFaire 2009 Blog: In the Beginning - Ten Ton Hammer

Dalmarus — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:22:03 -0400

A quick blog report from SOE's FanFaire 2009.FanFaire 2009 is finally upon us and I for one can’t wait to get things started. After the initial (though necessary) pain and suffering known to all of us as airport security was done and over...

Mark Jacobs Speaks About His Departure from EA Mythic - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:25:51 -0400

Mark Jacobs talks about his departure from EA Mythic.

Mark Jacobs is speaking out for the first time about his departure from EA Mythic. In a post on his personal blog titled, "All Things Must Come to an End", Jacobs talks about the reasons for...

Brad McQuaid Speaks on the Vanguard Fumble - Ten Ton Hammer

Savanja — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:07:36 -0400

After a long silence, Brad finally tells what went wrong.

After recently finding that Brad McQuaid was back on the net and putting himself out there professionally, he finally speaks to his fans. Find out what he has been up to, what he thinks went...