It’s Templar Week over at The Secret World website and today we have a new trailer featuring the Templar faction.

The trailer gives us a little more in-site into how the Templar faction works and shows off some new in-game scenes as well as some previously released cinematic scenes. The video ends with a bit of humor, listing a “dating” bio of sorts for the young girl with white hair from previous trailers. Seems she a big fan of “spilling the blood of evil” and “long walks in the dark”, hmm, not sure that will get her many dates, but to each his own.

Check out the new TSW Templar trailer below.

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Today MMOCrunch is teaming up with GPotato to bring you an Aika Online Supply Kit giveaway with 500 keys available.

The finest warriors have been called upon to defend the land against in Aika Online’s latest chapter – Epic II: Karena! If you happen to be such a hero, then Aika and MMOCrunch have got just the right items to help you on your way to ultimate victory.

The following items are included in the Supply Kit, limit one per Aika account. To get your key, please head to our Aika giveaway page.

Giveaway Items:

1. Potion of Defense (3 Hours)
2. Potion of Destruction (3 Hours)
3. Double XP Scroll (1 Hour)

The official launch trailer for the upcoming RIFT 1.6 patch Ember Isle was released moments ago. Th trailer is all in-game footage, no cinematics, and gives players a look at Ember Isle as well as some of the evil found there.

Update 1.6 will introduce the games first new zone since launching, a new massive dungeon, new Sliver, World Events, the second tier of Planar Attunement will be unlocked and must more. You can read the full patch notes at Riftjunkies.

Check out the full Ember Isle trailer below.

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There must be something to the sandbox design as it was recently announced that Skyrim has sold over 3.4 million copies in just 48hrs, not including digital sales. This outpaces every game this year with the only exception being Modern Warfare 3.

While Skyrim is obviously a single-player game, the Elder Scroll series has always utilized a sandbox design allowing players to truly have the freedom to do whatever they want and go anywhere. This includes, but is not limited to, murdering, stealing and looting, something that most MMORPGs are too afraid to do these days.

The Elder Scroll series takes a realistic approach to crime, where if the player gets caught they must face the consequences of it, either by going to jail or being killed. In the case where the player can escape, they become essentially bared from that town or city, which in itself is pretty cool.

Skyrim also doesn’t pigeon hole players into a specific class, allowing them to user any gear and weapons they find. Players also have the option of completely reworking their perks or skills if they decide they don’t enjoy the character they’ve created without having to start over.

These sort of features have always been used against sandbox MMORPGs, with the argument being they’re just too “hardcore” for mainstream players. I call BS on that. I think the reason the Elder Scroll series has grown into the RPG juggernaut it is, is because players love the freedom to do anything they want. Stealing from or killing friendly NPCs are one of the great hallmarks in Elder Scrolls. How fun it is to go back later on it the game, kill your NPC trainer and loot their awesome gear.

One thing to keep in mind is that Skyrim is a single-player game, so all of these sandbox features are one sided. Meaning no one is going to steal or attempt to kill you unless you attacked first, so there’s really no sense of constant danger for the player as there would be in a MMORPG.

Even so, I think MMO players are getting tired of the same old theme-park system nearly all MMO games today follow, at least I know I am.