Kill Ten Rats » The Secret World http://www.killtenrats.com a group of adventurers on an epic quest Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:14:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= 2012 Predictions http://www.killtenrats.com/2011/12/19/2012-predictions/ http://www.killtenrats.com/2011/12/19/2012-predictions/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:12:14 +0000 Zubon http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=9421 2012 Predictions is a post from: Kill Ten Rats

]]> I will now get the highest score of any MMO pundit making predictions. Ready? “It will not go live in 2012.” Whatever we’re talking about, I’m predicting that it will slip into 2013, or later, or just never ship. The game, the expansion, whatever: not in 2012. I’m going to lose a few points, since something will ship in 2012, but I don’t see how anyone can beat my accuracy rate here.

: Zubon

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]]> http://www.killtenrats.com/2011/12/19/2012-predictions/feed/ 10 Ragnar Tørnquist http://www.killtenrats.com/2010/08/13/ragnar-t%c3%b8rnquist/ http://www.killtenrats.com/2010/08/13/ragnar-t%c3%b8rnquist/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:02:30 +0000 Zubon http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=6913 Ragnar Tørnquist is a post from: Kill Ten Rats

]]> Ardua gushes about The Secret World, but I think a great asset to the game in the North American market is having a guy named Ragnar Tørnquist at the helm. Put that on the box cover. Not that most Americans know game developers or their reputations, just that the very name strikes a chord of awesomeness in Anglo America. “Dude, can you really name someone Ragnar over there? Do they still have vikings? Oh my god, they totally do!”

We may be shallow, condescending, culturally imperialist cowboys, but we have poor judgment, worse impulse control, and lots of disposable income.

: Zubon

Update: by commenter request, we shall not celebrate developers in particular, but we shall continue to highlight names that Americans will find awesome and astounding. Magnus and Thor are other good names to put on your cover, as is anything with crossed out letters. Umlauts are also likely to be received positively.

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]]> http://www.killtenrats.com/2010/08/13/ragnar-t%c3%b8rnquist/feed/ 4 Come Back to Age of Conan, Get Beta For The Secret World http://www.killtenrats.com/2009/11/11/come-back-to-age-of-conan-get-beta-for-the-secret-world/ http://www.killtenrats.com/2009/11/11/come-back-to-age-of-conan-get-beta-for-the-secret-world/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:58:24 +0000 Ethic http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=5234 Come Back to Age of Conan, Get Beta For The Secret World is a post from: Kill Ten Rats

]]> I just got an email from Funcom making me a reasonably tempting offer:

Special subscription offers and double XP throughout November!

Today we launched a new campaign with some massive rewards on purchases of longer period subscriptions.

If you extend your subscription to Age of Conan in November, you will receive some amazing rewards:

  • Extend by 3 months and get a guaranteed access to the beta test for The Secret World *
  • Extend by 6 months and get an epic helmet for Age of Conan with a 10% XP boost + the reward above
  • Extend by 12 months and get the Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer expansion for free plus both rewards mentioned above **
  • If you just recently extended your subscription, don’t worry. Those who have committed to the 6 month or 12 month subscription after the 6th of October 2009 will automatically receive the corresponding reward too. Gametime purchased now will immediately give Veteran Points.

    • This offer is available until December 1st 2009, so don’t miss it!

    To properly celebrate this campaign we also activate double XP in Age of Conan for everyone all through the month of November! Use the /claim command to receive potions of double XP!

    * Access to later stages of the closed beta, date of access to be announced
    ** When launched in first half of 2010
    Each bonus item can only be received once per account. The helmet is made available to all characters on your account.

    This will require some quick contemplation. Most likely I’m going to pass.

    - Ethic

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    ]]>     http://www.killtenrats.com/2009/11/11/come-back-to-age-of-conan-get-beta-for-the-secret-world/feed/ 8     Funcom’s World of Darkness http://www.killtenrats.com/2009/04/07/funcoms-world-of-darkness/ http://www.killtenrats.com/2009/04/07/funcoms-world-of-darkness/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:53:20 +0000 Ravious http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=3659 Funcom’s World of Darkness is a post from: Kill Ten Rats

    ]]>     I can’t help but feel a little disappointed in CCP/White Wolf if Funcom comes out with an onion-layered dark world MMO before the makers of EVE do.  Massively gives a peek at Funcom’s upcoming game The Secret World, which honestly seems pretty cool.  It is a story-driven, time traveling, action-oriented, classless MMO in the vein of Call of Cthulhu or The King in Yellow, from what I surmise.  And, the producer is Ragnar Tørnquist who brought us the excellent The Longest Journey games.  It sounds very intriguing, but still I have that little pang of fanboism hurting.

    CCP/White Wolf announced the World of Darkness MMO sometime in 2007, shortly after the two companies’ ”merger” (read:acquisition).  Since then we have heard nothing.  According to Massively, on the other hand, The Secret World started concepting in 2002.  I have not seen when official production began, but I do not think we will get The Secret World until 2011.  On the other hand, World of Darkness has been running like a submarine, and one can only guess if and when that game will come about.

    I guess I should be a little thankful that this game genre is finally coming to an MMO.  I think that The Secret World is going to take a lot more from Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem (one of my top ten games of all time) rather than having vampire and werewolves, especially as protagonists.  Still, the two games would be like brothers, each in their own dark world.  If anything, maybe this will push CCP out of the deep to counteract any of Funcom’s marketing “firsts” and “onlys.”

    –Ravious
    lost carcosa

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    ]]>     http://www.killtenrats.com/2009/04/07/funcoms-world-of-darkness/feed/ 8     The Secret World http://www.killtenrats.com/2008/08/18/the-secret-world/ http://www.killtenrats.com/2008/08/18/the-secret-world/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:40:01 +0000 Ethic http://www.killtenrats.com/?p=1756 The Secret World is a post from: Kill Ten Rats

    ]]>     Some screen shots have recently appeared regarding Funcom’s next MMO, The Secret World. Zombies, Demons or Mutants?

    - Ethic

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