Massively Week in Review: March 11-17, 2008

This week not only did we get to welcome back an old-school blogger to the fold (the awesome Jennie Lees) but we immediately set her to work covering all the great news at Connect08. While there, she landed one hot piece of news right after the other, starting with the big announcement that Turbine will be publishing their first paid expansion for Lord of the Rings Online, and continuing on to land excellent news on Jumpgate Evolution and a preview on some of the new things coming to Dungeons & Dragons Online. Of course, the rest of the team has also been tearing up the coverage on the home-front with lots of great news from PMOGs to Blizzard's Invitational. Check it out!

News

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• Connect 08: LotRO expansion announced: "Mines of Moria"
• Connect 08: Kate Paiz discusses DDO's Module 7; Monk demo at Connect 08
• Connect 08: First LotRO: Mines of Moria images unveiled
• Connect 08: More on Moria: Massively interviews Turbine's Jeffrey Steefel
• Connect 08: Jumpgate revelations: Massively interviews NetDevil's Scott Brown
• Connect08: LotRO Q&A with Jeffrey Steefel
• PMOG beta opens up for passively multiplayer fun
• Philip Rosedale stepping down as Linden Lab CEO
• Blizzard Invitational tickets on sale this week!
• Gaia Online costs $25 million a year to run

Discussion

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• Connect 08: First Impressions: Jumpgate Evolution
• TurpsterVision: Don't tell Adam but I've been fooling around with EVE
• How many times do you have to prove it?
• The top ten features of MMOs
• Under The Hood: The Depths of Space
• MMOG Podcast Roundup: Feb. 15th - Mar. 14th
• MMOGology: A touch of class
• Should MMO developers try not to get us hooked?