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MMORPG payment: Item shops, the future?

2006-11-18 10:37:00 by Gameloading in Gameloading's MMORPG blog
 
...Item shop" payment system. The game is free to download and free to play. Players can buy special ingame items to enhance the gameplay, such as better equipment or potions. in some games, only "fancy" things can be bought in the item shop, which have no influence on the game All of those MMORPG's come from Korea, where this payment system is...
 
Tags: mmorpg, item shop mmorpg, item shop, play titles, play, generation aol mmorpg, play mmorpg, item shops, item shop market
 
 
 
 
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Player Consequences: Item Binding

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2008-06-03 10:00:00 by Gabriel Runfeldt in Massively
...Item binding has become a fact of virtual life for most of us nowadays. We get an item, pick it up, and it somehow magically attaches itself to us like some kind of lamprey. We usually don't mind that much when we first get the item, but eventually we find something better. Then it becomes time to peel it off and sell. This is when we usually...
 
Tags: player, item, player consequences, player concerns, favorite item, mmos, generation mmos, level, lower level characters
 
 
 
 
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Massively: Player Consequences: Item Binding

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2008-06-03 18:29:36 by Editor in VirginWorlds MMO News
...Item binding has become a fact of virtual life for most of us nowadays. We get an item, pick it up, and it somehow magically attaches itself to us like some kind of lamprey. We usually don't mind that much when we first get the item, but eventually we find something better. Then it becomes time to peel it off and sell. This is when we usually...
 
Tags: player, item, player consequences, player concerns, favorite item, mmos, generation mmos, level, lower level characters
 
 
 
 
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Love It Or Leave It? Player-To-Player Virtual Item Sales Go Legit (GDC 2008)

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2008-02-21 13:30:51 by Tracey John in MTV Multiplayer
...item selling is going to be increasingly legit whether many MMO players like it or not The session was called Learning to Love Virtual Item Sales . The half-hour presentation was led by Andy Schneider , president and co-founder of Live Gamer , a legitimate market for virtual trading, and Steve Goldstein , co-founder and president of Ping0 , a...
 
Tags: game publishers, publishers, black market sales, black market, service, independent service, game, games customer service, virtual item sales
 
 
 
 
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WoW forums: new badge item designs don't fit the blood elf theme

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2008-04-16 14:33:48 by Charles D. in World of Warcraft
...items for Blizzard 's World of Warcraft were supposed to reflect the theme for the blood elves . However, several players on the WoW forums noted that the overall design of the items don't follow in the actual gold and red color design that the race favors In contrast to the supposed theme advertised by Blizzard, most of the new gear still...
 
Tags: quality items, items, aman badge items, item, badge items, blizzard, blizzard poster drysc, color shifts, mere color shifts
 
 
 
 
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Wii most popular item on eBay UK since Christmas

2007-12-30 11:40:07 by abid in Wii News | Wii games reviews | Wii Gaming Blog
 
...item on UK's eBay. The info doesn't come as all that surprising, as earlier this month, comScore found the console as the most popular gadget on online searches in Europe.According to the data from eBay, the Wii's been the most searched for item since Christmas. This data comes from 4.4 million shoppers who logged on to eBay to do their...
 
Tags: popular, item, christmas, popular item, ebay, wii, popular gadget, christmas day sales, million
 
 
 
 
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Player Consequences: Item Decay, No Way

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2008-07-10 13:00:00 by Gabriel Runfeldt in Massively
...item durability system in the two games is almost exactly the same. Just like in World of Warcraft I quickly figured out that only the blacksmith in town could repair my broken items. Thinking I had the basics figured out I headed off into the dungeon and start my personal re-enactment of Army of Darkness sans chainsaw. As I took damage, it...
 
Tags: durability, item decay, player consequences, durability system slightly, diablo series, games, diablo, mainstream games, mmo
 
 
 
 
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Massively: Player Consequences: Item Decay, No Way

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2008-07-10 13:33:01 by Editor in VirginWorlds MMO News
...item durability system in the two games is almost exactly the same. Just like in World of Warcraft I quickly figured out that only the blacksmith in town could repair my broken items. Thinking I had the basics figured out I headed off into the dungeon and start my personal re-enactment of Army of Darkness sans chainsaw. As I took damage, it...
 
Tags: durability, item decay, player consequences, durability system slightly, diablo series, games, diablo, mainstream games, mmo
 
 
 
 
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Contest: Win an exclusive City of Heroes in-game item from Comic-Con

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2008-07-28 12:00:00 by Barb Dybwad in Massively
...item from the VIP Pass. We thought it would be fun to give players not in attendance a chance to pick one up, so we're happy to present Massively readers with 10 chances to win a unique in-game CoH Comic-Con item. This contest is open to all ages and locations -- you'll just need an active City of Heroes account to claim it. To enter, just...
 
Tags: city, heroes, comic-con, active city, con, 5pm est wednesday, exclusive in-game item, heroes account, unique in-game item
 
 
 
 
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Exclusive WAR in-game item to be released with C&C: Red Alert 3

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