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Space Truckers Caught Stealing Sprites From Numerous Games


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Space Truckers is a relatively new game to Steam, having just launched on November 23. If the community has anything to say about it, its life span on the service will be short and possibly end in legal action. Available for the low, low price of $19.99, currently on sale at 10% off, you can enjoy everything that Space Truckers has to offer, like stolen assets from commercial games and community projects.

Users on the ZDoom forum have posted an alarming number of comparisons showing sprites ripped directly from other games. Not content with merely taking assets from William Shatner’s Tekwars, Space Truckers also allegedly steals from Duke Nukem 3D, Blood, Strife, Left 4 Dead 2, and more. You can head on over to the forums and see a pretty long list of direct sprite rips, sound files, and even Windows assets that made their way into the game.

As usual, this controversy is drawing more attention thanks to accusations that the developer is actively deleting threads on the game’s Steam forums pointing out these stolen assets. MMO Fallout will follow up with any further information.

Perfect World Entertainment Black Friday Sale Continues


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Zen Charge Bonus

  • Starts Friday, November 25 at 6:00 am (PST)
  • Ends Monday, November 28 at 11:59 pm (PST)

Earn an extra 15-25% bonus on Zen purchased through select payment processors (PayPal, direct credit card, Steam, Skrill, PaySafeCard, BoaCompra and Xsolla).

  • 1,000 Zen – 15% Bonus
  • 2,000 Zen – 20% Bonus
  • 5,300 Zen – 20% Bonus
  • 11,000 Zen – 25% Bonus
  • 23,000 Zen – 25% Bonus

Neverwinter: Save 40% on all items across Arc, Steam, Xbox One and PlayStation®4 from Nov 25 at 10:00am (PT) through Nov 28 at 10:00 am (PT)

  • Arc and Steam Players: Save 15-25% on Zen from Nov 25 – Nov 28
  • Xbox Live Gold Members: Save 15-25% on Zen from Nov 25 – 28
  • PlayStation® Plus Members and PS4 Players: Save 15-25% on Zen from Nov 23 – 28
  • PlayStation® Plus Members and PS4 Players: Save 20-40% on select item packs from Nov 23 – 28
  • Arc Players: Save 50% on select item packs from Nov 23 – 28, plus adventurers who purchase Zen through Arc will unlock free items, including mounts like the Gilded White Steed, Ice Panther, Owlbear and more!

For additional details, please visit https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/neverwinter

Star Trek Online: Save 25% all items/packs on Arc, Steam, Xbox One and PlayStation®4 on the following dates:

  • Black Friday – Nov 25 at 9:00 am (PT) through Nov 26 at 9:00 am (PT)
  • Cyber Monday – Nov 28 at 9:00 am (PT) through Nov 29 at 9:00 am (PT)
  • Arc and Steam Players: Save 15-25% on Zen from Nov 25 – Nov 28
  • Xbox Live Gold Members: Save 15-25% on Zen from Nov 25 – 28
  • PlayStation® Plus Members and PS4 Players: Save 15-25% on Zen from Nov 23 – 28
  • PlayStation® Plus Members and PS4 Players: Save 20-40% on select item packs from Nov 23 – 28
  • Arc Players: Save 50% on select item packs from Nov 23 – 28, plus captains who purchase Zen through Arc will unlock free items, including R&D Packs, a T5 Sovereign, a T6 Prometheus and more!

For additional details, please visit https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online

Swordsman

  • Save 20% of all Lv. 3 Gems and 30% off all Boost items from Nov 25 – 30.

For additional details, please visit http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/swordsman

PWI

From Nov 23 – 26

  • Save 20% off Special All Class Pets.
  • Save 45% off the War Front Supply Crate.
  • Save 52% off Medals of Glory (5).

From Nov 23 – Dec 7

  • Save 25-75% off select Mounts, Utilities, Shop and Fashion Items.

For additional details, please visit http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/pwi

Forsaken World

From Nov 23 – 29

  • Save 34 – 53% off select Orbs.
  • Save 20 – 25% off select Upgrade, Utility and Refining Items.
  • Save 25% off a huge selection of Handhelds and Fashion Items.

Join a special event from Nov 25-30 to win a Kluer statue.

For additional details, please visit http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/forsaken-world

Neverwinter Bonuses Begin Tomorrow, November 24th


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Perfect World Entertainment has announced a new set of bonuses for Neverwinter set to go live November 24th and continue until the 29th. Players will enjoy double the rate of gain for experience, RP, Astral Diamonds, Guild Marks, Enchants, and Runes. The bonus launches at 7:30am on PC and 10am on consoles. Times are Pacific.

(Source: Neverwinter)

[Video] Conan Exiles Trailer


The latest trailer for Conan Exiles has released, showcasing environmental destruction, combat, slavery, dismemberment, and a giant colossus punching a giant snake in the face. Developed by Funcom, Conan Exiles is set for launch on Steam Early Access in January 2017 and on Xbox Preview in Spring 2017, Conan Exiles is a survival sandbox game.

Check out MMO Fallout’s coverage as the game goes live in January.

Perfect World Entertainment: Black Friday Sales Start Now


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Black Friday doesn’t start for another few days, but let’s call it even and start the sales today anyway. Beginning today and running through November 28th, players will be able to get their hands on Livelock, a top-down shooter published by Perfect World, for 20-30% off on your system of choice, based on your subscriber status. The list of rates is below for Xbox and Playstation users.

  • Xbox Live Silver: 20% off through November 28.
  • Xbox Live Gold: 30% off through November 28.
  • Playstation Players: 20% off through November 28.
  • Playstation Plus: 30% off through November 28.

There are more deals coming as the week goes on. Stay tuned for more updates.

(Source: Perfect World Entertainment press release)

Path of Exile’s Next Content Update Hits December 2nd


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Grinding Gear Games has announced the next major content update for Path of Exile, dubbed Breach, will land on digital shelves in just under two weeks. The update challenges players to “enter the breach” and slay the monsters inside to keep the breaches open. Open a portal to the Breachlord’s domain and take down brand new bosses and reap their rewards. Breachlords not only drop new items but trinkets that can be used to upgrade said goodies.

Breach not only includes new monsters to fight, it also improves the game’s engine and marks the launch of the 64-bit client. GGG promises a faster, smoother experience with technical improvements like a new fog and cloth system, as well as graphical improvements to earlier areas of the game.

Supporters who wish to show their love by opening their wallets can get their hands on two new packs with exclusive cosmetics and titles.

(Source: Path of Exile)

[Community] The Nontroversial Fizzle Of One Guild’s Emblem


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It wouldn’t be Monday on the internet, or any other day for that matter, if we weren’t discussing someone getting offended over a non-controversial issue. Those of you who read Massively OP, as I myself do, found an article late last week complaining about an “offensive” guild symbol in Black Desert Online that a reader tipped the staff to. The symbol is of a female stick figure (clearly female because of the skirt) with a down arrow next to it. Take a few seconds to guess the context, this coffee isn’t going to refill itself.

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Finished? Stumped? Well, it’s an in-joke. The guild that created the logo is a rival of another guild on the same server. Said rival guild’s emblem is a “man up” statement, a man figure with an up arrow next to him. Get it now? Man up, woman down, Geodude’s Pokemon type is ground? The point is that the guild emblem is a joke, an in-joke, but probably one that the majority of you just kinda thought about and were stumped.

What it didn’t stop was the internet’s roving gang of perpetually offended, constantly seeking out new things to project their hateful view of the world on. A reader complained to Kakao Games that the emblem was sexist, presuming that the message was along the lines of “down with women,” or something else derogatory toward women. Kakao, being of sound mind and body, recognized the emblem and actually took the time to gain context before damning the creator, and refused to take action. The reader complained to Massively, who were also told by Kakao that the emblem was a parody and not in fact a poster for the BDO chapter of the He Man Woman Hater’s Club.

The guild has since changed their emblem to a dog with a circle and line through it. Unsurprisingly, the aforementioned group of perpetually offended have once again found something to be offended by. Take a look in the comments section and you’ll find users conflating the new emblem as using a dog to call women bitches, calling the creators sexist (again) and claiming that the emblem is an affront to women.

You can’t win.

ELOA Is Coming Back Under GamenGame


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Game & Game is an online game portal dedicated to supporting Korean game enterprises, but all you need to know is that they have acquired the rights to publish ELOA, which was shut down by Webzen just recently. Developer nPic Soft decided to make the switch to Game & Game in order to provide players a more stable and reliable service, as CEO Dennis Choi stated:

“Newly started ELOA will not only open the content from the beginning to Level 50 of EPIC 2 course but also offer different and great experience with newly improved and upgraded system. Especially, update of “Town Domination War” will enable the users of guild collect taxes from each town after they win PvP battle between guilds. This update is adopted to solve the lack of End content which has been pointed out as vulnerable part. It will be started initially on the global version from December, right after ELOA’s official launch on “GamenGame.com”.

To celebrate the relaunch, Game & Game is rewarding players based on how many likes the game’s Facebook page receives.

(Source: GamenGame)

Check Out Gigantic’s Latest Video


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Developed by Motiga and published by Perfect World Entertainment, Gigantic is an upcoming MOBA, currently in beta, and looking for new players. The guys at Motiga have put together a teaser video about the game’s rough development cycle, which you can watch below after reading up about the game. For more information about the game, including its current beta, head on over to the official website.

Gigantic is a free-to-play competitive action MOBA developed by Motiga. Even though it’s gorgeously rendered, light-hearted and charming, Gigantic is for enthusiast gamers and pits teams of five heroes and their massive Guardians against each other in epic battles across a variety of maps. The game combines explosive combat with fast-paced teamwork, strategy, and skill, as players are required to work together and fight relentlessly to defeat opposing Guardians with spells, guns and swords.