Category: News

Rainbow Six Siege: Ubisoft Now Bans On First Offense


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Ubisoft is following in the line of Blizzard and taking a hard line stance against cheating in Rainbow Six Siege. In a code of conduct update, players have been warned that cheating is now a permanent ban on the first offense. In addition, the team is considering use of third party anti-cheat options like Fairfight that will be implemented at some point in the near future.

“The presence of cheating in the game is something we take very seriously, and is a priority on the development team. This update is one step among many that we are working on to better engage with the community on this issue.”

Not all instances of cheating will result in permanent bans, although the FAQ does not specify exactly where the two divide. The move follows recent revelations that Blizzard is banning cheaters in Overwatch across multiple accounts, and after The Division launched to heavy criticism over cheaters running rampant.

(Source: Ubisoft)

Neverwinter: Guild Alliances Launches On PC


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Guilds in Neverwinter will finally be able to form alliances this week, as Perfect World Entertainment has launched The Maze Engine: Guild Alliances on PC. With this update, guilds of all sizes will be able to form up into alliances, allowing smaller guilds to level up faster and providing rewards for everyone involved. Members from different guilds are able to travel to each other’s strongholds, make purchases from their stores, and even make deposits in their coffers.

The Guild Alliance update comes alongside the Sword Coast Chronicle, an attempt to make the leveling process more straightforward, with campaigns and missions arranged by difficulty. Players who have already seen much of what Neverwinter has to offer should check their Chronicle, as they likely have many rewards to claim.

New content awaits players of all stripes in the Guild Alliance update. You can check out all of the details on the official website below. Guild Alliance is live on PC with Xbox and Playstation coming later this year.

(Source: Neverwinter)

Fandango Drops Two Behind The Scenes Warcraft Videos


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The Warcraft movie opens this Friday, June 10th with many movie-goers picking up their tickets (or ordering them online) for Thursday night. Those who opt to see Warcraft in theaters will be able to pick up a copy of World of Warcraft with their movie ticket absolutely free, and Box Office Mojo reports that the film has brought in $70 million internationally ahead of the American release.

If you’re a fan of the behind the scenes fun, Fandango has created a couple of short videos along with a few of the film’s stars. Watch Rob Kazinsky (Orgrim) show Krisitan Harloff how to walk like an Orc. Alternative, Travis Fimmel (Anduin Lothar), Paula Patton (Garona), Toby Kebbell (Durotan), and Rob Kazinsky team up to see who can answer the most Warcraft trivia.

Are you planning on seeing the Warcraft movie this week? For our viewers outside of America, have you seen it yet? Drop a comment in the box below and let us know.

(Source: Fandango #1, Fandango #2)

PSA: Battlefield Beta Phishing


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Battlefield 1 is making big headlines and with E3 just days away, it only makes sense that some unscrupulous individuals are piggybacking on the hype to defraud users. According to reports popping up, the URL http://www.battlefieldbeta.com has popped up, among others, with fake signup links that steal your EA username and password.

MMO Fallout traced the domain back to Whoisguard, a service in Panama that allows for anonymous domain registration and, unsurprisingly, is used to hide the identity of people engaged in fraudulent and criminal activity. As always, users should remain vigilant when browsing the net and pay attention to the domain when deciding where to enter your credentials.

Twitch Troll Loses Fifty Grand


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You’ve got to pay the troll toll.

Twitch has opened up new lifelines for online personalities over the past couple of years, with many making a fair amount of their income with those at the top living pretty lavishly off of subscriptions and donations. In fact, the service has become such a platform that one rich individual decided to pull off a hilarious prank only to watch it backfire spectacularly.

The goal of the prank was simple, to donate money to various Twitch streamers in the sum of thousands of dollars only to go back a month later and reverse those charges. You can watch the video below to see the reaction of the people who received donations. Unfortunately when the wealthy individual went to recuperate his donations, Paypal denied all of his claims.

It’s a tough lesson, to be sure.

[Not Massive] Valve Just Struck Down Digital Homicide


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In the world of Steam and shady developers, no name has drawn quite as much hatred from the gaming public like Digital Homicide. Not unlike similar personalities including Uwe Boll, Digital Homicide’s notoriety is only superseded by the fact that the perception of its following is much higher than the real numbers. What it does have, however, is the ability to flip Unity engine assets and turn those into cookie cutter games that are quickly becoming parodies of themselves.

downloadFast forward to Steam Greenlight, a service that Digital Homicide has flooded with dozens of titles. As of this publishing, the company has more than forty titles in its Greenlight section. You read that correctly, more than forty. In their rush to clutter the service with as many titles as possible, Digital Homicide has resorted to putting out entire series of games that appear to be quite literally the exact same game but with different stock images.

To the left is Daisy’s Sweet Time: Cupcake Mania 3. It is identical to the other two iterations of the game plastered on Greenlight, and functionally it is also identical to Merle Wizard Extraordinaire #1, 2, and 3, all posted on the exact same day. Those games, in turn, are identical down to the placement of enemies, to Sarah to the Rescue, and its four sequels. Eleven games, all posted to Steam on the same day, all completely identical except for the art. As of this posting, there are more than a dozen Space Inavders clones up on Greenlight through Digital Homicide.

download (1)And the list goes on. Games that are reskins of other Digital Homicide games, sequels upon sequels that are the exact same title coming out at the same time as the original, functionally identical except for slight changes in art.

Because I am a veritable soothsayer of the gaming industry, I started this piece yesterday to convey the message that Valve should do its job and strike these games down. As so happens in the magical box that is the WordPress draft folder, my wish was granted and Valve has struck down many of Digital Homicide’s current Greenlight games.

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If you head over to their workshop, you’ll notice that a good two dozen of Digital Homicide’s games have been blackmarked by Valve as “incompatible with Greenlight.” Whether or not this fully disqualifies titles for release is up for debate, however Valve has clearly shown their disapproval for Digital Homicide’s release tactics.

Overall, 22 of Digital Homicide’s games have been slapped with an incompatible tag. Despite being labeled as incompatible, Wyatt Derp 2 is still available for purchase. Granted, the game was made available before Valve tagged the title, so the future of Digital Homicide’s presence on Steam is certainly in question.

MMO Fallout will update with more information as it becomes available.

Atlas Reactor: 11 Tips To Do Well


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Atlas Reactor is the latest game from Trion Worlds, a turn-based competitive MOBA with heavy focus on twitch-based gameplay. With the free weekend starting, Trion Worlds has passed along a list of eleven tips to help players outsmart and outgun the competition.

After reading the list below, feel free to check out Atlas Reactor at no cost until June 5th.

1.  Dashes are incredibly useful. Use them to dodge Dash phase and Blast phase attacks, or even save allies by dashing into the path of a shot meant for them!
2. Sometimes the best move is standing still. Traps laid down during the Prep phase can punish players that Dash or Move.
3. Knockbacks and Pulls are very powerful when used in conjunction with Traps. These displacement effects always happen at the end of the Blast phase.
4. Being next to a wall will reduce damage taken from that direction by 50%, unless the attacker is also adjacent to you.
5. You can “chase” a player by right-clicking on an opponent (or Ally!). When you chase an opponent you will try to move where they move to. Chasers will move at the end of the Move phase.
6. If you think an enemy is going to chase you, make sure to run through some ally traps; you won’t take damage, but your enemy will!
7. Free Action abilities do not count towards the usual limit of 1 ability per turn; if you don’t use an ability, you can sprint (double movement), which can help get you back to the fight or out of a bad situation.
8. When choosing where to move, you can right-click more than once to set waypoints, which are great for moving around traps or through powerups on the way to your destination.
9. There are light indicators at the base of powerups that will tell you when they will spawn. Landing on one when all 3 light indicators are lit up means you will automatically get that powerup next round.
10. You can see powerups even in the fog of war. If you see one disappear you know an enemy is around that area.
11. During Decision Mode, mousing over an enemy will display the cooldowns of his abilities, letting you know if s/he can dash or not. Mousing over allies shows the abilities they are targeting this turn. Holding Alt will display all of this information at once. If you Alt + Click, you will ping the map.

Marvel Heroes Celebrates Third Anniversary


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Saturday June 4th marks the third anniversary of titular MMO Marvel Heroes. Beginning Friday at 11:00am PDT, Gazillion staff will be hosting a livestream throughout the day with various developers fielding questions and discussing their role in development.

The in-game celebration begins tomorrow as well, with the return of some of our most popular gameplay events (Midtown Madness and Mystic Mayhem), a server-side boost to experience points, and a few other surprises. Stay tuned to Gazillion’s social media channels for more details on what’s in store for the weeks to come:

Previous anniversary events for Marvel Heroes have heralded tons of free stuff, from heroes to costumes and bonus experience. Those interested should follow Marvel Heroes on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

(Source: Gazillion Press Release)

Neverwinter Announces Tenth Expansion


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Perfect World Entertainment has announced that the tenth expansion to Neverwinter, Storm King’s Thunder, will be hitting PC in August with Xbox and Playstation releases coming at a later date.

Adventurers will travel north to Bryn Shander – capital of Icewind Dale – to investigate the sudden presence of frost giants in the region. No visit to Icewind Dale would be complete without the help of Catti-brie and Wulfgar – characters from R.A. Salvatore’s novels – who will aid adventurers in their quest to stop the invading giants.

The new campaign will take adventurers across three zones with story content and, of course, a new dragon to battle. Information at this stage is sparse, so keep tuned for more details in the coming future.

(Source: Neverwinter)

Neverwinter Hitting PS4 This Summer


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Perfect World Entertainment has announced the impending launch of Neverwinter on the Playstation 4, following up the title’s launch on Xbox One last year. When the game hits, players will be able to enjoy the base experience plus nine expansions, all for free.

Neverwinter on PlayStation®4 features controls optimized to incorporate the DualShock 4’s touchpad, Party Chat integration and will be free-to-play for all console owners. PlayStation®4 adventurers will not need PlayStation Plus to experience Neverwinter.

As with the launch on Xbox, PS4 players will presumably be segregated to their own servers.

(Source: Neverwinter)