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MMORPGs getting Sued

Worlds.com filed suit against NCSoft for copyright infringement on Christmas Eve. Two patents filed in 2000 by Worlds.com involving scalable chat and enabling users to interact with each other in virtual space are all infringed upon by NCSoft's games(Including City of Heroes, Aion, Tabula Rasa, Guild Wars, etc).

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cmdrlegion6330d ago

For untalented and desperate companies!!g'bye worlds.com and i hope you guys have a blast when Blizz tears you to shreds.

LoVeRSaMa6330d ago

Why Blizzard?

If anything NCSoft are actully bigger then Blizzard.

MMOCHART

Blizzard - 1
NCSOFT - 10+

Lumbo6330d ago

patent trolls are the scum of this century

ChampIDC6330d ago

Yeah, people like to look for every little tiny infringement to make more money. Sometimes it makes sense, but other times, you just have to sit there in awe to the miniscule details people find.

BrianC62346330d ago

I'd throw in the morons who give them these patents too. What kind of knuckleheads do we have in the Patents and Trademarks office anyway? Can't they use their heads? Should someone really be given a patent for any old idea? I say no. No more stupid patents. I think I'll get a patent on the idea of getting stupid patents. Then if anyone files for a stupid patent I'll sue them.

JeepGamer6330d ago

What ever happened to making money by making and then patenting a product? Is the new way to do things to patent something that is already in wide use then sit on it and spring the lawsuit?

That's a rhetorical question.

thisguywithhair6330d ago

Did you know that as much as 30% of the genes in your DNA are owned through patents? Makes you think, eh?

lord_of_balrogs6330d ago

Ya bull, they really have to reform this sort of policy. They should make it so you actually have to make the product before one can patent the product.

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Guild Wars Publisher CEO Warns AI Can't Replace What Makes Games 'Instinctively Fun'

TNS - NCSoft CEO admitted that AI is rapidly becoming a core part of game development, but he added that it cannot replace what makes games fun.

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Lionsguard4d ago

To be fair, there are also human made games that release and lack any fun at all either.

jznrpg4d ago

But all of the great games have been made by humans

jwillj2k43d ago

One is by choice, the other is a feature.

PRIMORDUS4d ago

Guild Wars 2 been playing for 14yrs, 1st beta. This is just one company I support, Arenanet and NCSoft, even though I torrent, there are a few PC companies I will buy from. "PlayStation’s Horizon MMO spin-off, Horizon Steel Frontiers." I feel this will be good, NCSoft is a good developer/publisher.

CrimsonWing693d ago

It’s a tool. Use it elevate things and get it done faster. I’m sorry but not every game made by humans is good. If this can help things, then I fully embrace it.

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‘Guild Wars Reforged’ is coming to PC via Steam on December 3rd, 2025

"The widely beloved and critically acclaimed MMORPG Guild Wars®, played for over 1 billion hours by over nine million players, is receiving a huge update to its player experience and user interface as developer ArenaNet® and co-dev partner studio 2weeks bring controller support and updated visual fidelity to the game while simultaneously consolidating all of its expansions for the new price of $19.99.

Beginning December 3, Guild Wars Reforged will launch on Steam and Windows PC." - ArenaNet.

PRIMORDUS163d ago

I played the first beta of GW1 way back in May 2004, still playing it sometimes today, now I'm mostly in GW2. I will definitely go back in GW on Dec. 3 to see the improvements 😎

TGG_overlord163d ago

Sweet =) I hope that you (and others) will have a great time with this one.

jznrpg163d ago

Put it on console and I’ll play it again. I’d didn’t do much of the endgame stuff it any at all (it’s been so long I don’t remember what I did besides level up) Since it has controller support it would be perfect for console

TGG_overlord162d ago

That sounds like a good idea imo, but I don't know if the devs have such plans. Maybe if this one turns out really well for PC, they might go down that road.

Michiel1989163d ago

no fucking way. I really hope that they give "new" servers, so not every new player starts playing when the veterans literally have endless piles of gold (platinum in this case) and honestly as a veteran I want a reset as well. I can't believe this is actually happening. Pleaseeeeeeeeeee be good. Christmas comes early this year

TGG_overlord162d ago

I don't recall that the devs have said anything about the matter as of yet, but we shall soon find out since the drop shall be done this December 3rd.

Michiel1989162d ago

Yeah looked around a bit and there is no reset or alternative sadly. I'm still super excited though also because they said that they will continue with some kind of updates (it's probably not content updates). Was planning to play some again in february but that will become december

mkis007162d ago

Here's hoping gw2 gets some enhancements soon. I want better draw distances.

TGG_overlord162d ago

I bet that's coming as well ;)

Travesty162d ago

I loved GuildWars.. back in the the day I would play this countless hours.. I was young and didn’t want to pay for a subscription like WoW.. My friends were stuck playing RuneScape and I thought this was next level content.

I play most my games on console now.. so I kind of wished they could bring GW2 to it. I haven’t played that game in years either.

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20 Years Ago, Guild Wars Made a Promise That it Still Hasn't Broken Today

After 20 years of ongoing service, the original Guild Wars still makes good on a promise it made that no other MMORPG has been able to truly mimic.

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PRIMORDUS367d ago

Been there since day 1, and the first beta, same with GW2. 20 years and they never said oh now we need to charge a monthly fee, and they only made Guild Wars no other games. I'm going to assume GW3 will have the same business model.

jznrpg367d ago

I got to 50 I believe but never got into it very much.It was fun but all of my friends were still playing EQ. Good to see it’s still going though.