End of Nations Devs Laid Off By Petroglyph Games

Posted on Dec 05, 2012

*sigh* Last week, publisher Trion Worlds announced that End of Nations has had its Open Beta phase delayed “until further notice.” An MMORTS from developer Petroglyph Games that we at Lore Hound have been following for a few years, we hoped the news wasn’t a death sentence. Today’s follow-up ushers in the presence of a sickle-wielding darkness.

Trion Worlds: End of Nations Not Heading to Open Beta ‘Until Further Notice’

Posted on Nov 27, 2012

Delivering bad news the day before Thanksgiving was an age-old tradition well ahead of doing so during an Apple press conference. (Seriously, why does that work?) Unfortunately for fans of the real-time strategy genre, the news that Trion Worlds buried last Wednesday, and has made more public now, is not good. End of Nations, the MMORTS

Turbine Entertainment Hit By Unspecified Number of Layoffs

Posted on Oct 25, 2012

Turbine Entertainment, creator of Asheron’s Call, Dungeon & Dragons Online and Lord of the Rings Online, has been hit by an unspecified number of layoffs according to the Boston Globe. Close to the developer’s hometown of Needham, MA, the Boston Globe confirmed the layoffs with a spokeswomen for Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Turbine’s parent. “As part

End of Nations Teases Ahead of Closed Beta

Posted on Jul 16, 2012

Trion Worlds and Petroglyph Games will be launching the free-to-play MMORTS End of Nations to a select few in just three days. While there are no guarantees in life, everyone should be vying for a spot in the title’s Closed Beta phase. After all, it’s an RTS from the minds that essentially created the genre in the

Lore Cast Season 1 Episode 5: “Stereotypes”

Posted on Jan 02, 2012

Today’s episode of Lore Cast is a mild spoiler kind. Mordil and Beararms are accompanied today by none other than Mrs. Mordil herself, as Sephalon. The majority of the conversation is of Star Wars: The Old Republic and what we’ve been doing, so it counts for today and Wednesday’s episode. Note: Mordil was getting ahead

End of Nations May End Your Employment

Posted on Sep 16, 2011

Chris Lena and iTZKooPA catch up on the latest for End of Nations. Considering the pair originaly discussed the now free-to-play MMORTS over a-freaking-year ago there have been a few developments. Not only has Trion Worlds declared that the game is entirely F2P at launch, but it’ll contain standard RTS modes like 2v2 and 4v4,

PAX 2011: MMORTS End of Nations Joining Free-to-Play Crowd

Posted on Aug 25, 2011

Trion Worlds, maker of Rift, has announced that its MMORTS End of Nations will be free-to-play at launch. Under development at Petroglyph, which is staffed by numerous Westwood (Command and Conquer) luminaries, the game will deliver large-scale battles of up to 50 players, customizable units – all of them – and a massive, persistent world

PAX Prime 2010: Photos (Day 1)

Posted on Sep 04, 2010

For those who cannot survive without PAX Prime content: Never fear. Mordil has saved the day by living near PAX, and having nothing better to do but upload photos after a day at the convention. Some of you may not follow iTZKooPA on twitter, but apparently there were some difficulties with getting the videos posted

E3 2010: End of Nations Developer Interview & Gameplay

Posted on Jun 25, 2010

iTZKooPA took two steps left, fixed his hair and adjusted his larynx before jumping into a discussion with Chris Lena, a Senior Producer for Trion Worlds, about End of Nations.  The two discussed the finer points of End of Nations, the upcoming MMORTS from Petroglyph Games. The Senior E3 Correspondent admits to having a soft