Funcom have announced they are running a competition where Musicians can win the chance to have their music in The Secret World. the Contest runs from 29th January until the 19th February and the winning tracks will be put into the game as soon as possible.
Funcom have announced a big change to The Secret Worlds subscription model. the game originally was a pay monthly MMO, but now Funcom have moved the game to the Guild Wars model where you pay for the game once and are able to play the game for as long as it's supported. Funcom will continue to support the game with free updates that are called issues and paid expansion/content packs. a membership option will continue for The Secret World which enables those to spend around $10 and get access to double XP bonuses, 10% discount at the in-game store and more.
Funcom have announced the first update to The Secret World is out now. these updates are called Issues and the first Issue brings new investigation missions (questing) to the game. the marketplace now lets you trade with players in other dimensions.
Funcom have also announced that The Secret World will be free to play this weekend. from 4PM GMT on 3rd August until 7AM 6th August, anyone can sign up and play The Secret World for free. if you had an account with the game that has now expired, including Early Access and Beta Accounts, you can log back in with your information.
There is an in-game promotion also live during the weekend. every character will get fireworks, and there is a in-game challenge. complete 30 in-game missions and help those in need and recieve a special in-game t-shirt and 1200 bonus points.
Funcom and EA have released a new trailer for The Secret World. this trailer shows some of the pre-order bonuses for the game. The Secret World is set to come out on 19th June, but there will be Beta weekends for the game starting 11th May, which will be open to those who pre-ordre the game. Gamers who
pre-order The Secret World will receive:
Guaranteed
access to all Beta Weekends starting May 11, with the ability to
carry over their characters to every subsequent event
Guaranteed Early Access to the game, up to four days prior to the
game’s official launch
An exclusive in-game item providing an
experience boost to progression
An exclusive in-game t-shirt
featuring a unique monster design
A powerful pet (Ferocious
Wolf, Egyptian Cat or Loyal Hound) to support the player in combat
A head start on character naming before the game launches
Funcom have released a new video for The Secret World. this is a developer video where they focus on explaining the games' character progression. the devs explain that there is more to the characters than a class. you are able to dress your characters as you like, you can develop over 500 abilities and use them anyway you like. the key is equipping the right abilities to the right weapons and skills. the video uses in-game action to this.
EA and Funcom have released new screenshots and a trailer for The Secret World. the trailer is a cinematic trailer, very similar to an earlier trailer that focuses on a specific person, and the screenshots focus on in-game action and environments.
Funcom have released the first developer video for The Secret World. this video focuses on the games story and missions. some of the developers explain the different factions in the game and what their goals are. the different types of missions are talked about and so is some of the technology used to make the characters more life like. the video shows new in-game footage.
Funcom have released a new trailer for their upcoming MMO The Secret World. this trailer is titled Everything Is True. the trailer is light on gameplay and spends some time listing several prophecies and conspiracy theories, saying each and everyone of them is true.
Funcom have released a new trailer and screenshots for The Secret World. the trailer features some of the games devs briefly talking about their game and some of its features, whilst the trailer shows what they are talking about. the screenshots show each of the 3 factions, them fighting, and several locations.
Funcom have released new screenshots, concept art and a video for their upcoming MMO, The Secret World. Funcom have released these to provide a glimpse at the start of The Secret World, focusing on London and the Templars. The video shows what happens after you've created your character, it shows how your character is given powers and the consequences of that. The video features many members of the team behind the game and they explain what's happening to you character and what the next step will be. In the video, the character they created joins the Templars, and the video shows their hideout and some parts of London.
The Screenshots and Concept art are also from this stage of the game, and choosing the Templars. some of them are shown in the video, whilst some of the screens and concept art show more depth of the Tube battle that the video ends with.
Press Release
Durham, USA – August 27th, 2010 – Funcom is thrilled to be able to give gamers a unique glimpse into the starter experience for new players in ‘The Secret World’, the company’s upcoming modern-day massively multiplayer online game. Through exclusive new footage and developer interviews, viewers get an idea of what locations they will visit, what characters they will meet and what gameplay mechanics they will get to play around with if they start out as a Templars character in London. In ‘The Secret World’ players can choose to begin as a Templars, Illuminati or Dragon character.
Depending on what secret society you choose, you either begin in New York, Seoul or London. This newly released video focuses on the starter experience for a Templars character in London.
“It feels great being able to show the world some of the exciting stuff that we are working on,” says Senior Producer and Game Director Ragnar Tørnquist. “It might only be scratching the surface of the vast universe of ‘The Secret World’, but this video gives a unique glimpse into what Templars players will experience when they first enter the game. We look forward to revealing even more soon, not only about the Illuminati and Dragon secret societies, but the game and the world as a whole.”
Funcom attended this year’s GamesCom in Cologne, Germany, where Mr. Tørnquist and Mr. Bruusgaard presented all new content and gameplay to the media. The embargo for this presentation is lifted today, and those interested in ‘The Secret World’ can look forward to new information and visuals hitting the web during the next few days. Press can download new screenshots, artworks and video material from the official press FTP atftp.funcom.com/press.
‘The Secret World’ is Funcom’s third massively multiplayer game, having previously developed the award-winning ‘Anarchy Online’ and the best selling new MMO of 2008 ‘Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures’. The game features a modern-day, real world setting where every myth, conspiracy theory and urban legend is true, and where thousands of players from all over the world must join one of three secret societies in the fight against darkness – and each other. For more information visit the official website. ‘The Secret World’ is currently in development and no release date has been announced.
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Funcom have released the debut trailer for The Secret World. this trailer is made from both in-game action and cutscenes and shows locations, characters from in the game, and some monster battles.
Funcom have released new screenshots and artwork for The Secret World. The Artwork focus on a few characters, Monsters, and locations, whilst the screenshots appear to be in-game and focus on characters fighting Monsters in a couple of different locations. Funcom have also announced that a new trailer for The Secret World is coming out today on Gametrailers.
Funcom have released new screenshots for their newly annoucned The Secret World MMO. they show some of the monsters, characters, and characters battling.
Funcom have released new screenshots for their new upcoming MMO, The Secret World. The screenshots consist of concept art from the game showing many different locations and people, they also have character art for the three newly revealed societies in the game, as well as Logos and base art for those societies.
Funcom Have Released New Screenshots, Concept Art, And A Video For The Secret World