On this week’s MMO Reporter, Chris, Harry and Layanor talk about the Dust 514 beta players getting to play with real people, Neverwinter revealing a few new classes and the TV portion of Defiance.

What we’ve done in game:

Layanor:

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• Ran the new scaled Barad Guldur instance
  
• Stopped in on the moors for awhile and got a full set of gear..
  
• I made rank 6 on my creep and brought the audacity up to 9.
  
• And here is the big news. Around 6PM on 1/3/2013. Layanor turned 1 year old in game time. You have been playing for: 12 months 0 hours 37 minutes 9 seconds
  
• Played tons of infectonator 2 – http://armorgames.com/play/13150/infectonator-2
  
• Bought DUNGEONS for steam but didnt play it yet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOATkOaZMdk
  

Harry:

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• Final Fantasy IV
  
• Front Mission 3
  
• Lunar: Silver Star Harmony
  
• Xenoblade Chronicles
  
• Monster Hunter Tri
  
• FTL
  

Chris:

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• Rift
  
• LOTRO
  
• Guardians of Middle Earth
  
• Assassin’s Creed Revelations
  
• Guild Wars 2
  

News:

Dust 514 interacting with EVE live servers Jan 10th

http://community.eveonline.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&nbid=74180

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• On Thursday the 10th of January, following a slightly longer than usual scheduled downtime, we will be migrating over players currently participating in the DUST 514 closed beta from Singularity to Tranquility.
  
• Pc Gamers get to hire counsel players to battle and claim planets.
  
• Introducing orbital Bombardments.
  
• Migration comes with a reset of character skills and corporations for the DUST players.
  

Neverwinter Class Reveals

The Great Weapon Fighter

http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/01/08/massively-exclusive-neverwinters-great-weapon-fighter-class-re/#continued

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• Role: Damage dealer and secondary defender
  
• Taking on multiple enemies at once and has plenty of AoE skills. “Even the Link charge attack from Zelda!â€
  
• Daring Shout marks nearby enemies – the stronger the enemies, the more defenses he gains to fend them off while his party recovers.
  
• Avalanche of Steel – can be used to clear crowds with area-of-effect damage
  

The Trickster Rogue

http://nw.perfectworld.com/news/?p=790551

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• Role: Stealth damage dealer
  
• Takes on enemies by avoiding hits and doing fast damage in critical areas.
  
• Bloodbath – This powerful ability makes the Trickster Rogue an untargetable death machine, leaping from enemy to enemy in a blur of motion.
  
• Deft Strike – Bait them into attacking, wait until the last possible moment – then teleport behind them as they commit to the swing.
  
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxKBOo062mw&list=PLE2E6B481C54A0FA9&index=22
  

Elite: Dangerous reaches Kickstarter goal

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous

Free MMO Releases over the holidays

Hawken

http://www.playhawken.com/

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• Release: Open Beta – December 12, 2012
  
• Hawken is a free-to-play online mech shooter developed by Adhesive Games.
  
• The game centers around the experience of piloting a mech and features fast-paced and tactical combat as well as a huge array of mechs to choose from and customize.
  

Ragnarok Online 2

http://ro2.playpark.net/

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• There are five classes in the game
  
• You can take on a non-combat job and become a Chef, Alchemist, Artisan or Blacksmith.
  
• Challenge various instance dungeons in teams of five. You can choose between Normal or Hard mode.
  

Wizardry Online

http://www.wizardrythegame.com/

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• Unique Character Development.
  
• Four different classes, each with its unique skill set: Fighter, Priest, Mage, and Thief.
  
• Large scale gameplay.
  
• Wizardry Online has 10 dungeons with 40 floors and 99 levels.
  

Elder Scrolls Online – Ask Us Anything

http://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en/news/post/2013/01/07/ask-us-anything-daggerfall-covenant-part-1

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• Continuing the bi-weekly “Ask Us Anything†question-and-answer series with a new installment all about the Daggerfall Covenant
  
• Holy elder scrolls lore questions batman! I just wanna know where the hot catwoman are!
  

Hardware -

http://pc.gamespy.com/articles/122/1227113p1.html

http://pc.gamespy.com/articles/122/1227109p1.html

http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/145054-steam-box-prototype-shown-off-by-valve-at-ces

Defiance TV show gets a 2 hour premiere April 15th

https://twitter.com/SyfyPR/status/288347065275273217

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• In 2010, Trion and SyFy channel announced a deal in which a video game and related television series would be produced.
  
• MMO shooter gameplay
  
• The first interconnect video game and television series
  
• Things that happen in game with the players somehow affect the TV series.
  

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