Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach

After six years and dozens of updates, Dungeons & Dragons Online should be reaching its twilight, but that's not the case. On the contrary, Turbine is pegging 2012 as the MMO's biggest year yet, and from what it's planning, that's actually not an exaggeration...

The world of free to play MMO's has exploded over the last few years, even previous subscription games have taken to the free to play business model. Two of the more popular free to play titles, Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online, are starting summer of right with extra XP event weekends. Both games are run by Turbine Studios but both games will be receiving different bonuses this weekend.

Get your craft on in Eberron! Turbine's F2P MMO is receiving a crafting overhaul in its latest patch!

At PAX Prime this weekend, Turbine will be showcasing, in response to DDOs 1-year anniversary, the latest content update release for Dungeons & Dragons Online.

Turbine has announced that DDO Unlimited has already attracted over one million new players since its September 2009 launch. DDO Unlimited's paid subscriber base has more than doubled, while at the same time players are transacting in the new DDO store at three times the industry average, growing the franchise's revenue over 500% since its launch in September.

Reincarnation is now available in DDO: Unlimited. This feature lets a level 20 respec into a level 1 with added bonuses including a higher skill point build.

The fourth annual MMO Calendar, which raises funds for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, is now on sale. Developers of a wide range of Massively Multiplayer Online games have dedicated artwork from their games to the cause. This year, the list includes a mix of old and new games, some yet to come such as Funcom's The Secret World. Anyone who purchases a calendar is also entered into a prize draw where they can win one of ten prizes for each game that features in the calendar.

A video game company claims Atari breached a licensing agreement for it to develop a new form of Dungeons & Dragons. Turbine, the plaintiff, develops and operates massively multiplayer online role-playing games, or MMOs. The complaint in New York County Court alleges that Atari granted Turbine a sublicense to Dungeons & Dragons and Advanced Dungeons & Dragons so that Turbine could develop and operate a subscription-based MMO called Dungeons and Dragons Online: Stormreach. Turbine claims Atari acted unreasonably in its efforts to promote and distribute DDO: Stormreach, and failed to devote the necessary resources to it. It claims Atari breached the agreements by accepting payments - including future royalty payments - in return for extending their relationship and paving the way for the launch of Turbine's free-to-play DDO: Unlimited service, though Atari knew it would not perform its obligations under the agreements and knew it would pretextually seek to declare Turbine in breach of the agreements.

The free-to-play relaunch of Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach now has a release date. Turbine has announced that Dungeons & Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited will go live on August 4th here in North America.

Turbine has released new information today on some of the new content coming to Dungeons and Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited. Players can expect a new class, level cap raised to 20, and more.