How much of an MMO is button smashing and how much involves actual skill? This installment is an investigation of how armor choices and shield employment can yield more combat decisions.

NetDevil and Codemasters have released fourteen new pieces of screenshot glory from their upcoming space-themed MMO, Jumpgate Evolution. Check them out by clicking 'read more'.

I like stats as much as the next person (probably more), but when warfare is boiled down to raw probabilities, battlefield skill disappears. The building of the best stat base becomes much more important than any sort of tactical competency. Instead of seeking a skill based work-around, games come up with new statistical probabilities.

In this installment, Jonathan Steinhauer looks at the last MMO class archetypes, the Healer, and why this role at least is solidly developed.

Jumpgate Evolution has revealed several player spacecraft. Included in the press release is a description of the ships as well as screenshots and concept art. Check it all out after the jump.

The archetypal concept of the tank assumes that PvE opponents have the mental capacity of cattle. Instead of a monster intelligently attacking what would make his enemy most vulnerable (the Healer) or what is the greatest actual threat (the DPS), it attacks the one opponent that isthe smallest real threat and the hardest to kill: the Rodeo Clown... er Tank.

Codemasters and NetDevil, the developers of space-combat MMO Jumpgate Evolution, are gearing up towards the upcoming release with a new series of developer diaries, starring Lead Producer Hermann Peterscheck. The first sneak peek video provides a behind-the-scenes look at the game's production and you can watch it after the jump!

In this week's RoleCraft, Jim Moreno looks at the issue of player housing in MMOGs and how it can shape one's roleplay experience.

The system specifications for Jumpgate Evolution have been announced. The cool "P.S." to the announcement is that Jumpgate has been designed to meed a wide variety of players' needs, all the way down, for instance to a P4! Check out the other details by clicking below.