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If Faxion left us any wiser, the MMO has parted us with yet another harsh reminder that the free to play market is not the safe haven that it was once thought to be. For every triple-A game that loses its subscription tag, from Lord of the Rings Online to DC Universe, City of Heroes [...]
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Would You Look At That: Mytheon Shutting Down
September 21st, 2011 
Omali If you haven’t heard of Mytheon, it was developed by Petroglyph, the company behind the upcoming End of Nations and Rise of Immortals MMOs. Alright, you haven’t heard of Mytheon. Turns out neither has the rest of the press (including myself) because Mytheon announced it would be shutting down way back in July and none [...]
Taking My Franchise Ball And Going Home…
July 28th, 2011 Omali I want you to think back to when you were a kid. If you grew up in a neighborhood like mine, you will be plenty familiar with that one kid who owned “the ball.” The ball was great for any activity; dodgeball, kickball, etc, but instead of being content with the games everyone wanted to [...]
The Agency Canned Amidst Sony Layoffs
April 1st, 2011 Omali SOE is discontinuing production of The Agency so it can focus development resources on delivering two new MMOs based on its renowned PlanetSide and EverQuest properties, while also maintaining its current portfolio of online games. All possible steps are being taken to ensure team members affected by the transition are treated with appropriate concern. With [...]
Fantasy Earth Zero Shutting Down In West
February 4th, 2011 Omali Fantasy Earth Zero is what you might call Square Enix’s first failed MMO, seeing as they shut the game down in Japan only months after launch, before the game even had a chance to launch worldwide. The game was boring, confusing, and didn’t have much to go on in terms of content or long term [...]
THQ Aborts Company of Heroes Online
February 2nd, 2011 Omali Company of Heroes Online went into beta last September, so when THQ announced that the beta would end in March, with the following: “We are excited to reveal the next evolution of the series in the near future.” I think we can forgive anyone who didn’t expect the entire development to be shut down. Today, [...]
Planetside Next, The Agency, Everquest Next Oh My!
January 17th, 2011 Omali Sony Online Entertainment remains the juggernaut in the MMO industry, with more than ten titles currently on the market, with more on the way this coming year. Already released is DC Universe Online, based on the popular comic books characters and worlds. Aside from DCU, SOE has three titles that are on their way, two [...]
APB Closed Beta Incoming, Still No Earth Eternal
January 3rd, 2011 Omali Adorable. All Points Bulletin and Earth Eternal shut down around the same time last year, give or take about a month, and since then only one of the two has been getting much of any news coverage, and that tile is not Earth Eternal. Over on the APB front, K2 Networks has been putting [...]
The Agency: I’m Just As Confused…Late 2011 Release?
December 7th, 2010 Omali Given that it is December 7th, you’re probably wondering why the trumpets of fanfare haven’t been going off at the headquarters of Sony Online Entertainment. Unless many of us were in a hallucinogenic daze earlier this year, I do believe that The Agency, Sony’s instanced espionage MMO, was slated for release this month. Granted, we haven’t heard [...]
Stargate Resistance To Shut Down This January
November 24th, 2010 Omali When Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment was still filing bankruptcy while claiming that they never had the resources to complete Stargate Worlds, we were treated to Stargate Resistance, a lobby based shooter more akin to a four-classed Team Fortress than the MMO we were all anticipating. Stargate Resistance was supposed to be the cash cow to bring [...]
