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During its short life on earth, Earthrise followed a well known and much feared trajectory of MMOs: Releasing far too early and never gaining a following. Of course it doesn’t help that the game comprised of little more than grinding combat and crafting, coupled with performance issues that drove away much of the user base. [...]
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Some MMO Kickstarter Projects You Should Fund
May 1st, 2012 
Omali Kickstarter and independent developers are starting to become great friends, so it is no surprise that indie MMO teams have come forward to get some startup cash without as much reliance on investors or publishers. I have two currently running funds for MMOs to advertise to you, and will let them speak for themselves, but [...]
May Marks The Newbie Blogger Initiative
May 1st, 2012 Omali It is May, and you know what that means! Or perhaps you don’t, in which case continue reading. May marks the one-month Newbie Blogger Initiative, and MMO Fallout is proud to be sponsoring the event. NBI is a month where established bloggers like myself and others come together to encourage new writers to start up [...]
TERA/The Old Republic Discuss Server Transfers
April 30th, 2012 Omali Since I know how much you all love hearing about server transfers, I’ve lumped both games in the same article. You may be aware of TERA’s pre-launch woes, particularly a lacking in space on player vs player servers. Alongside the release of a new PvP server, En Masses is opening temporary free server transferal for all players. [...]
Roblox Part 1: Opening The Toy Chest
April 27th, 2012 Omali Check out Part 2: A Parent’s Guide Check out Part 3: Gallery You often hear about MMOs being referred as “another world,” or “another life,” or even a “second life.” We’ve referred to games as virtual themeparks, virtual sandboxes, and any hybrid of the two. It isn’t often, however, that we hear a game referred [...]
S.T.A.L.K.E.R Developer Announces Survarium
April 26th, 2012 Omali Back in 2007, Ukrainian developer GSC Game World stunned us all with S.T.A.L.K.E.R Shadows of Chernobyl, an alternate reality where the Chernobyl power plant explodes once again causing all kinds of oddities to emerge in the zone. Over the next few years, GSC would release two followup titles: Clear Sky and Call of Pripyat. The games were [...]
Rumor: Nexon Making Offers To Purchase Electronic Arts
April 26th, 2012 Omali File this one under pipe dream, Yahoo News is reporting that Nexon has contacted Electronic Arts with an offer to buy the company. Japanese online game company Nexon reportedly contacted Electronic Arts (EA) about making an offer, according to Bloomberg, citing a South Korean newspaper. The contact is still a rumor, and even if it holds true does [...]
Cryptic Studios Was Hacked…In 2010…
April 25th, 2012 Omali In case there is any confusion, you are indeed reading an article posted on April 25th, 2012, for an announcement that was posted on April 25th of the same year. Cryptic Studios has announced via their corporate website that an unknown user gained unauthorized access to their servers in December 2010, analysis of which has [...]
Hundreds of Thousands To Lose Internet Access In July
April 23rd, 2012 Omali MMO Fallout is all about the internet, and in order to maintain our world we must keep it secure. Last November, the American Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted a raid alongside other agencies to take down a massive internet ad-fraud scheme. The hackers involved were exploiting vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows to redirect users to false [...]
