NetDevil - News and Updates

PCZone Previews Jumpgate Evolution

Fri, 02 May 2008 10:35:00 -0600

PCZone (or ComputerandVideogames.com) previewed Jumpgate Evolution at Connect 08 and this is what they had to say -

To my great surprise, on letting my stubby fingers manoeuvre my spritely little fighter-jet into the infinite blackness of space, I was afforded the greatest of control. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that controlling Jumpgate: Evolution felt not just good, it felt right.

Best quote ever! You can read the entire article at PCZone.

LEGO Universe: A LEGO's latest brick trick on Yahoo! News

Thu, 01 May 2008 15:10:00 -0600

Millions of children pick up LEGO bricks each year to spend hours -- 5 billion, in fact -- creating their own imaginary worlds. NetDevil is extremely proud to be LEGO's partner in enhancing the play experience with LEGO Universe.

Click here to read more about what to expect from the game.

Gaming Radio Network Interviews Hermann Peterscheck on Video from Connect 08

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:40:00 -0600

Gaming Radio Network caught up to Hermann Peterscheck, Jumpgate Evolution's producer during Connect 08 and captured him on video.

Find out about the interesting tidbits that escaped during this live interview.

Kotaku's First Fifteen Minutes of Jumpgate Evolution

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:45:00 -0600

Kotaku has posted their first impressions on the first fifteen minutes of Jumpgate Evolution. Find out what this Colorado based media outlet thinks of the Jumpgate experience.

Read it here!

GamingRadio.Net Previews Jumpgate Evolution!

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:10:00 -0600

GamingRadio.net has a Connect preview ready for your purveying pleasure!

Find out what they have to say about our upcoming Space Combat MMO!

Thanks to GRN for the great preview!

NetDevil Announces New Billing System for Jumpgate Classic

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:10:00 -0600

NetDevil is pleased to announce the launch of a new billing system for Jumpgate Classic. Our new system dramatically streamlines and modernizes all billing operations and is expected to improve our customer service response by internalizing the Jumpgate billing process to NetDevil.

Better Features

For the Jumpgate Classic community specifically, the NetDevil billing system also enables the following long-requested features:

- Simplified account reactivations
- Choices for billing period length
- Easy password changing and lost password retrieval
- No credit card requirement for Free Trial
- Free Trial period lengthened to 14 days

Support Changes

PayByCash services remain a payment option within the new system. However, Internet Payment Solutions will cease to provide direct billing and credit card services for Jumpgate on 7 April 2008. The support email will now be pilot_support@netdevil.com for all billing concerns, as well as for all game and technical support matters.

As a result of the system cutover, all billing for Jumpgate Classic through Internet Payment Solutions (including both PayByCash and SaberCharge) is being terminated as of 7 April 2008. All game accounts will remain active until the end of their current billing period through Internet Payment Solutions, at which point they will automatically be cancelled.

New account creation will likewise use the new system from 7 April 2008.

Account Transfers

All customers who wish to maintain an active Jumpgate Classic game account are asked to please visit the NetDevil Account Management website at the following URL to transfer your game account(s) to our new billing system.

https://accounts.netdevil.com/

Simply create a NetDevil ID for yourself, choose "Sign up for Jumpgate Classic", and select the option "Transfer an Existing Account" in order to set up billing for your account. Please note that if you happen to own more than one Jumpgate Classic game account, you will only need to create one NetDevil ID from which to manage them. Billing via the new system will only commence after the former IPS billing period for the account has elapsed.

Reminder emails regarding the account transfer process are being sent to all customers who had a current email address in the IPS billing system, but we recognize that coverage via that system is likely to be incomplete. We do apologize for the inconvenience of the need to conduct the account transfer. The drastically improved features and service deriving from the new system should make the brief transfer process well worth it.

Recreation of Art Piece with LEGO by Duane Hess

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:15:00 -0600

NetDevil's LEGO Modeler, Duane Hess was invited to speak at the Discovery Library in the Denver Art Museum on March 29th, 2008 where he puts this philosophy into action by interactively recreating the painting "The Bright Breakfast of Minnie" as a LEGO mosaic.

Take a look at his creations here!

Exclusive Battlestation Screens at Ten Ton Hammer!

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:10:00 -0600

Ten Ton Hammer has two new exclusive screenshots that are action-packed with Battlestation ferocity!

Please visit tentonhammer.com to check them out!

G4's "The MMO Report" reports Jumpgate Evolution and LEGO Universe

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:20:00 -0600

In recent G4's feature "The MMO Report", both Jumpgate Evolution and LEGO Universe were mentioned.

Jumpgate Evolution : The MMO Report: Friday, March 28th

LEGO Universe : The MMO Report: Friday, March 7th

Missile Combat Dev Diary on MMOGamer

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:10:00 -0600

Istvan's latest developer diary is up on MMOGamer.com. This time around deals with missile combat.

Check it out!

New Exclusive Jumpgate Evolution Screenshot at MMORPG

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:00:00 -0600

MMORPG.com has a new exclusive screenshot featuring Octavian ships flying off toward battle.

Check it out here.

Jumpgate Evolution Preview at Online Welten

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:15:00 -0600

Online Welten the German Fansite Network has posted their preview on Jumpgate Evolution from their time at Connect!

Jumpgate Evolution Preview

Connect 08 Event Diary

Both stories are in German.

Ten Ton Hammer Video Interview and Crafting / Resource QNA

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:10:00 -0600

It's a day of abundant JGE content over at TenTonHammer.com where they have a new video interview with Hermann as well as a crafting and resource QNA.

Video Interview

QNA

Warcry Connect! Preview and QNA for Jumpgate Evolution

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:15:00 -0600

Warcry's Razorwire attended Connect! 08. Find out what he has to say about Jumpgate Evolution.

Read the story here

Ten Ton Hammer Features Two New Jumpgate Evolution Screenshots

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:15:00 -0600

Ten Ton Hammer has two new exclusive screenshots for your viewing pleasure. You can see a small Octavian fleet leaving the mysterious Hyperial Station.

Check them out here.

MMORPG Features a New Exclusive Jumpgate Evolution Screenshot

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:10:00 -0600

MMORPG.com has a new exclusive screenshot that details two Octavian light fighters flying near an asteroid belt.

Check it out here.

MMOSite Interview with Hermann Peterscheck

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:10:00 -0600

MMOSite.com has a new interview with Hermann Peterscheck, Jumpgate Evolution's Producer.

Check it out here.

Go Behind-The-Scenes with LEGO Universe's Art Director

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:10:00 -0600

For those who have seen LEGO Universe's concept art and wants to know more about the visual style in this highly anticipated MMO, here's your chance to read what goes on behind-the-scenes. The LEGO Universe News Network recently got together with NetDevil's Art Director, Phillip Atencio in this interview and he shared his view on everything visible in LEGO Universe. See what Phillip has to say about the design process and his hopes for the first massive multiplayer online game for LEGO fans.

MMO Gamer Interview with Hermann Peterscheck

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:40:00 -0600

MMO Gamer recently interviewed Hermann Peterscheck, Jumpgate Evolution's Producer. The hour long interview has quite a few interesting tidbits.

Read it here!

Vault Network Jumpgate Evolution GDC Preview

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:20:00 -0600

Staci "Rosethorn" Krause has posted her first impressions of her time seeing the game during GDC 08.

Ten Ton Hammer Connect QNA with Hermann Peterscheck

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:00:00 -0600

Ten Ton Hammer put up their QNA with Hermann Peterscheck, Jumpgate Evolution's producer. The interview took place at this year's Connect.

It's really a great interview so click here to read more!

MMORPG Connect! 08 Coverage on Jumpgate Evolution

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:10:00 -0600

MMORPG.com just posted their story on what they saw at Connect! 08 this year.

I was only able to play one demo mission, but if what they have on show now is anything to go by, this game is going to be a beauty, graphics-wise. It is supposed to look beautiful even if you only have a good machine and even more amazing if you have a top end machine. The computers at the Omega Sektor (the event location) are of course top end machines so it was a treat to see JGE in all of its wonderful glory. It is good to know though that they are very specifically looking at making the game able to run on both lower and higher specification machines.

Read the rest here at MMORPG.com

Jumpgate Evolution Feature by Play.tm

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:10:00 -0600

At the recent Codemasters' event - Connect 08, Luke Guttridge from Play.tm interviewed Hermann Peterscheck to find out more about what Jumpgate Evolution offers in comparison to other MMOs.

Ten Ton Hammer Connect! 08 Coverage on Jumpgate Evolution

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:25:00 -0600

Our friends over at Ten Ton Hammer posted a fantastic video of Hermann's Connect! 08 presentation.

You can view it on Ten Ton Hammer.com

More impressions on Jumpgate Evolution - Zam Network

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:45:00 -0600

"Ever since I was given a peek at Jumpgate Evolution at GDC in San Francisco, I have been mulling it over in the back of my head the best way to describe what I saw.
Vivid. Vibrant. Beautiful." Check out what Maggie "AutumnKiss" Olsen from Zam Network has to say about Jumpgate Evolution.

Jumpgate Evolution Mining Developer Diary at MMO Gamer.com

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:20:00 -0600

Istvan has been hard at work again, writing this time about mining in Jumpgate. Find out how a major past-time has evolved in this new iteration

Read all about it at MMO Gamer

Jumpgate Evolution Dev Diary Part 2 on MMO Gamer - The Ship Development Process

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:15:00 -0600

In this dev diary piece, Steve Hartmeyer talks about what goes on behind-the-scenes for ship development. We went from conceptualising the ships to placing the ship model in the game.

Game Developers Conference 2008 Insights - Part 2

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:10:00 -0600

In the second part of RPG Vault's GDC Insight series, here's what we thought about the show this year.
Click read more to view the article.

Ten Ton Hammer Interview on Combat and Controls

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:05:00 -0600

The space combat genre is all about action. If you’ve ever had an opportunity to boot up one of these games, you’ll be familiar with the “strap yourself in” sort of mentality that the developers used to run with when creating these games. When I asked NetDevil’s Hermann Peterscheck about the combat in Jumpgate Evolution and how that game was being designed, his answers were so thorough and lengthy that the Ten Ton Hammer staff had to split the interview into two parts to encompass the entire span. With Part One of the "Combat and Controls Interview", the Ten Ton Hammer staff asked Hermann about control options, joystick vs. keyboard, and how a player advances throughout the game. We hope you enjoy his responses

Take a read at Ten Ton Hammer

Wired: LEGO Universe: 'LEGO Star Wars Multiplied By A Million'

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:55:00 -0700

LEGO Universe, the upcoming LEGO-branded MMO, can best be described as "LEGO Star Wars multiplied by a million," according to Mark Hansen, the Director of Business Development for the LEGO Group.
Read more from here.

Maybe it's time to heed Penny Arcade's advice to "beef up our stock of community managers"?
Read more from here.
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