Today’s MMOrning Shot comes to us from Destiny, the latest title to be released on both Playstation and Xbox consoles. MMO Fallout is currently working on an MMOments article, which is being worked on as we speak and should be out in a day or so. Until then, enjoy this screenshot a guy at a place.
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This console generation is a good time to play your favorite MMOs on the couch, or at least it will be over the next year or so. Already host to the likes of DC Universe Online and Final Fantasy XIV, we still have Planetside 2, Everquest Next, Warframe, Neverwinter, and SMITE coming to one or both consoles at some point in the future. Reloaded Productions is the latest title to jump on board the console wagon with the announcement that APB: Reloaded will be hitting Xbox One and Playstation 4 next year.
Reloaded Productions would like to allow players to transfer characters, but is meeting heavy resistance on the idea by Sony and Microsoft.
(Source: VG247)
Xsyon players will be happy to know that no longer will they need to eat their fish raw. Notorious Games has announced the release of two of Xsyon’s most anticipated features: Cooking and farming. With farming, players will be able to plant their own farms and grow crops, crops that will need to be tended to in order to avoid pests, dehydration, and weeds. The produce from farming, as well as other areas of the game, can be used towards the newly released cooking skill. With cooking, players are able to combine ingredients of various properties to create dishes that provide buffs.
As part of the cooking skill, players will need to take care of where they let their food sit. Dishes and ingredients that are not properly stored will rot, and must be stored in special baskets or in tribe commissaries. You can read more about the update on the official patch notes.
(Source: Notorious Games Press Release)
While much of the world waits in anticipation for Destiny, Activision is already showing off their trophies. In a statement released today, Activision has declared Destiny as the most pre-ordered new IP in history. Exact numbers have not been detailed, but we know that the game has had a massive response with 4.6 million users taking part in the beta period over the console platforms.
We will surely know post-launch how many copies Destiny has sold.
(Source: Gamesindustry.biz)
Google has been ordered by the Federal Trade Commission to pay $19 million in refunds for apps and in-app purchases made by children since 2011 when in-app purchases were first introduced to the service. The Federal Trade Commission most notably took issue with the premise that Google didn’t do enough to protect customers from unauthorized purchases on their device, including lack of proper authentication.
The FTC and European Commission have been taking Google, Apple, and Amazon to task over deceptive practices involving in-app purchases on their respective devices, with fines and (for Google) orders to remove the deceptive “free” tag on games. Earlier this month, Facebook games were banned in South Korea under anti-gambling laws until a government agency could individually review the titles.
(Source: Eurogamer)
Is Phantasy Star Online 2 coming to the west? Some say yes, some say no, and I’m just referring to Sega on different days of the week. We learned from sources last October that Sega didn’t think that the game would be profitable enough to launch in North America and Europe. As it stands, however, Sega recently replied to a tweet for information with a note that they are still working on bringing the game westward.
PSO2 is still delayed. SEGA is currently working on bringing PSO2 to the West and will update as soon as we know more.
More news as it appears.
(Source: VG247)
Zenimax Online Studios has confirmed that a number of employees have been laid off from the Elder Scrolls Online development team. The layoffs are an unfortunate but standard part of the process once major development has ended and the surplus of employees brought on to see the game to completion are no longer necessary.
“Now that we are nearly 6 months post launch, we have a thriving online community in a game that runs smoothly.”
The studio continues to invest heavily in Elder Scrolls Online with console release and expansions on their way.
(Source: Joystiq)
Today’s MMOrning Shot comes to us from ArcheAge, where as you can see mushrooms are the hottest crop on the market. ArcheAge’s open beta runs from September 4th through 8th, with head start beginning on the 12th for early founders pack buyers.
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Today’s MMOrning Shot comes to us from Trove, from assets Trion Worlds released for this year’s Penny Arcade Expo. Trove is set to go into closed beta on September 25th, after which early supporter packs will be going away.
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Mega servers are the future, at least in the sense that they allow developers to merge servers without using the term and acting like there is nothing to worry about with the population. Wildstar developer Carbine Studios has revealed that the fledgling MMO will soon see its servers merged similar to DC Universe Online, with one PvE and one PvP server per cluster.
Going the Megaserver route means that we vastly increase server capacity allowing for greater critical mass of our player base, resulting in more people, more groups, more activity and more raids… more of everything that makes WildStar so fun. The Megaservers and their increased player capacity will give fans more options to group up and enjoy WildStar with friends and other players for a long time to come.
To avoid name conflicts, all players will be given a last name.
(Source: Wildstar)
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