Some Upcoming Events in 2024

 

Some residents never seem to find anything to do in Second Life. But the virtual world is full of events, some bigger than others. Here's a few of the larger ones you can expect this year. 

 

RFL Registration Opens: Jan 15

 

Valentine Shop and Hop: Feb 1- 19

 

Hug A Linden : February 14

One Billion Rising: February 14

Relay for Life Kickoff: February 17

Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education: March 14-16

 

Burn2 Burnal Equinox: March 22-24

 

Bellisseria Anniversary: Mid April

Fantasy Faire: April 18 to May 5

Bay City Anniversary Parade and Party: Mid-May

 

Relay Weekend: June 8 to June 9

 

Second Life Birthday celebrations: later June 

 

RFL Renaissance Festival: Around late September or early October

 

Making Strides: Around October (and possibly late September and early November)

Halloween Shop and Hop: October

Burn2 "Octoburn": October 18 - 27

US Presidential Election (something resident run always happens): Nov 5

 

Christmas Shop and Hop: December 

RFL Christmas Expo: Early December 2024

New Linden Homes Continent Update

For those wanting to scout the new continent

Besides landing planes there, one can also rezz them. But the spot can be identified only by the lack of the "no-rezz" symbol on one's viewer. It's at Coral Waters (109/139/22)

For those whom have been trying to get one of the new Linden Homes, a forum post by Patch Linden stated they were all gone within 48 hours. The good news, he promises additional homes "in the very near future." Presumably, this means the rest of the continent, or at least more of it, will soon be moved into positioned, and the homes placed on it.

Hat Tip: Daniel Voyager, Inara Pey

Bixyl Shuftan

Gaming News in Brief

Antilia Releases Character Creator Demo: Antilia, the Fantasy game that's been in development for about a decade, recently released a game character creation demo. Besides species, and appearances, players can chose what kind of background the character had, such as location, occupations of the parents, education, etc. (youtube) But don't expect the game to be available to play anytime soon. The game "is still in early to mid development," and no beta release has been set yet.

Wildstar Closure Announced: Carbine Studios, the makers of the Wildstar MMO which was recently slated for shutdown due to Carbine's owners, NCSoft, announcing the closing of the studio, announced the date of the game's shutdown: November 28. Some seasonal in-game events have been placed on an accelerated schedule, and Carbine invited all players on the last day to "Join us in-game for the final few hours as we have some fun. More details to come!"

PC Magazine, MassivelyOp , 

Maple Story 2 : There's an upcoming MMO that will be launched later this week that's gotten a little talk among people I know: Maple Story 2. A prequel to the original game, there's much more content here than the previous game, such as player housing. One review I listened to cautioned that the game comes from a company, Nexon, "that loves to monetize their games" and that it had the potential to go "very pay to win very fast."

MMOByte, MassivelyOp  

 Image credit: Nydia Tungsten, MMOByte