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Rumors of Trion’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. IGN found this out the hard way when their reports that Trion had laid off 80% of its work force, escorting staff from the premises as well as denying severance to several senior leaders due to undelivered services, turned out to be a complete farce. The actual [...]
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Rift Is Heading Free To Play On June 12th
May 14th, 2013 
Omali It must be Christmas. Rift, the MMO that served as one of the few remaining bastions of an age of subscription-only MMOs, has announced that it will be making the transition this June. June 12th to be exact. What can players expect to get for free? As far as core content goes, everything: All of [...]
MMOrning Shots: Defying Cancellation
May 13th, 2013 Omali Good news for the Defiance television show is good news for the Defiance MMO, and the news is good. Syfy has announced that Defiance will be renewed for a second season, so those of you afraid that Defiance might have been looking toward an early end can breath a sigh of relief. MMOrning Shots is [...]
Why Aren’t You Playing: Defiance On PC
April 22nd, 2013 Omali Defiance is one of those games that I find complicated to review, because I keep going back to it and having a good deal of fun despite the fact that certain features leave me bashing my head on the desk in frustration. On one end, you have a pretty solid shooter set in a persistent [...]
Trion Hands Out Compensation For Defiance
April 12th, 2013 Omali It’s been a rough week for Defiance players, from server downtime to a treasure trove of patches being churned out on the consoles to fix stability problems. People were missing keys, others didn’t receive pre-order items, and or had to wait a very long time for their patcher to download the game. Trion is aware [...]
MMOrning Shots: ArcheAge Doesn’t Go For Booze And Dope
April 11th, 2013 Omali No, sorry, flip that. ArcheAge does go for booze and dope. And hookers. In fact, there’s an entire red light district. MMOrning Shots is a (somewhat) daily line of screenshots from various MMOs. Most are taken in-house or come to us in press releases, but if you would like your screenshot featured, send it over to [...]
Defiance Initial Impressions
April 11th, 2013 Omali Defiance is simultaneously one of the greatest and one of the worst MMO shooters I have ever played. On one hand, it brings back thoughts of what Tabula Rasa might have looked like if it had been created for a 2013 audience, an open world, seamless shooter with RPG elements and guns. On the other [...]
Total Sum Of My EGO Rewards
April 2nd, 2013 Omali Defiance has launched, and if you are considering buying the game you might be interested in the game’s My EGO rewards. By entering in 120 easily obtained codes, you have access to all of the following perks, including boosts to your weapon skills and an increase in inventory slots. These perks work on all versions [...]
MMOrning Shots: Taking A Shot
March 31st, 2013 Omali In hindsight, perhaps we didn’t need all of these people to investigate a couple of pods. Better safe than sorry, though. Eagerly awaiting Defiance’s launch on Monday. MMOrning Shots is a (somewhat) daily line of screenshots from various MMOs. Most are taken in-house , but if you would like your screenshot featured, send it over to [...]
Omali Was Wrong: Defiance On Steam
March 30th, 2013 Omali Hey folks. Get out your cricket bats, set your clocks one hour behind, and make sure your household knows you won’t be home for dinner, because it’s time for another episode of Omali Was Wrong. Not too long ago, I wrote a column about how Defiance on Steam was only at 33% toward the first [...]
