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When Dungeons and Dragons Online went free to play last year, it sparked quite a few questions as to the game itself. How was it doing, subscriber-wise? Was this a desperate attempt at new players, or just a smart business move? Of course, now we know that it was just a smart business move. Shortly [...]
Archive for February, 2010
Xsyon: An MMO By The People, For The People
February 25th, 2010 
Omali Xsyon may not be the best looking game, but where the title faults in the super hi-def bloom that burns cornea and frightens small nocturnal creatures, it makes up in offering freedom to players. Throughout the short history of the MMO genre, there have been quite a few attempts at allowing the player to build [...]
Hello Kitty Online: This Is How You Charity…Adorably.
February 25th, 2010 Omali In January, Haiti was struck by a massive earthquake that resulted in countless damage, over two hundred thousand dead, and millions left without a home. In the following months, we witnessed an enormous surge of companies looking to get their players involved in donating to the cause: Participants including Blizzard, CCP Games, Frogster Entertainment, Sony [...]
Gary Whiting: You Can’t Kill Me That Easy…
February 24th, 2010 Omali The more this Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment fiasco continues, the more I get the feeling Gary Whiting is going to come back as a Freddy Kreuger-style character who attacks CME employees in their sleep. This month, Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment, developers of the comatose Stargate Worlds, joined the lawsuit against Gary Whiting, former chairman and big time [...]
Darkfall Trial: Seven Days, One Dollar
February 24th, 2010 Omali When Darkfall launched last year, it was met with some heavy issues. Not only was the game virtually un-buy-able for months post-release, but there were many game-breaking bugs. That being said, following endless patches, and two expansion packs, the Darkfall of today is very different from the Darkfall that launched in 2009. With the game’s first [...]
Buy Sentinel’s Fate on Steam: Free Stuff!
February 23rd, 2010 Omali I say, the tone of MMO Fallout has been quite negative this past week. You know what we need? Free stuff. If you wanted to get into the early head start for Everquest II’s latest expansion, Sentinel’s Fate, you’re a little late: The expansion has already launched. If you have not purchased the expansion yet, [...]
Gala-Net Responds: Prices Coming Down, Point Is Moot
February 23rd, 2010 Omali When Cryptic Studios announced that the upcoming expansion to Champions Online, Vibora Bay, would be a paid expansion, the reaction from the community was nothing short of explosive. Players saw an expansion adding in what should have been added in (a fill-in for the late game leveling gap), and overall were quite offended at having [...]
Someone At Square Enix is Getting Fired…
February 23rd, 2010 Omali In my current line of customer service work, saying the wrong thing to the wrong customer can be devastating. Odds are, if you tell a customer exactly where they can stick their refund, you’re going to get fired on the spot. Now, business can do all they can to stop employees from saying stupid things, [...]
Blizzard: Put Your Loose Change Away, THIS Is How You Charity…
February 22nd, 2010 Omali Make a wish, kids, because Blizzard just donated one million dollars to make your wish come true. Last year, Blizzard ran a two month long charity drive with a simple premise: Purchase a Pandaren Monk pet for $10 USD, and 50% of that purchase will go towards the Make-a-Wish foundation. Despite the usual complaints on [...]
Gods & Heroes: Class, Say Thank You to Heatwave Interactive
February 22nd, 2010 Omali Back when Cryptic Studios was more like “Cryptic plans for a company,” Perpetual Entertainment was taking care of Star Trek Online and another title, Gods & Heroes, an Ancient Rome MMO set in a realm of Cyclops, Gladiators, and more. Thanks to several rounds of layoffs by Perpetual Entertainment in 2007, Gods & Heroes was [...]
