Category: News

If You’re Banned From Overwatch, Don’t Bother Buying It Again


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Cheaters, griefers, and trolls banned from Overwatch for the use of aimbots and other hacks might want to stay away from buying a new copy lest they waste even more of their own money. According to posts popping up on various cheat forums, Blizzard is showing no mercy (unlike the screenshot above) when it comes to people using cheats. Take these accounts with a grain of salt, but players are also reporting bans being handed out to players who didn’t cheat in the live game but used various injection programs in beta, while those who do cheat in the live game are reporting pretty fast bans.

But it goes further: Again, you can take this report with a grain of salt, but we’re taking comments from places where people don’t exactly have a reason to lie about cheating. According to numerous posts, people are continuing to get banned on their second or third accounts after re-buying the game and uninstalling whatever program they were using. Apparently Blizzard is fingerprinting computers and simply banning subsequent accounts after a couple of days once they show up with the same ID as a previously banned account.

Blizzard has already commented that their ban policy is one of zero tolerance and is immediately closing support tickets for banned accounts.

Trion Worlds Names Its AbleGamers Winner


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The Ablegamers Fellowship provides scholarship money and internship opportunities to help up and coming game developers with disabilities to make an impact on the industry. With dozens of entries in the bag, Trion Worlds has announced the winner of the first Ablegamers Fellowship: Alex James Ryan.

AJ, as he is known in disability and gaming communities, is an extraordinary individual with the kind of drive and passion AbleGamers and all of the sponsors of the Fellowship were looking for. He uses a combination of assistive technology and superior feet-skills to destroy the competition in Mortal Kombat and one day the game development field. With dozens of independently released titles already under his belt, we know AJ will go on to do amazing things for the game accessibility movement.

While Ryan originally intended on becoming a games journalist, he changed sights over to development after a meeting Jay Moon (Turok: Dinosaur Hunter) in high school. AJ has several projects under his belt, including “Chill Editions” for many of the games on the SEGA Mega Drive Collection on Steam. He hopes to bring more accessibility into the games industry for gamers with disabilities.

“Anyone who cannot use their arms and plays Mortal Kombat with their feet, and is setting up his own game studio is a winner,” said Russ Brown, COO of Trion Worlds. “The world needs more Alex James Ryans.”

(Source: Trion Press Release, Ablegamers)

Riders of Icarus Beta Giveaway Redux


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It is once again giveaway day here at MMO Fallout. We’ve been given 100 keys to give away for the next Riders of Icarus closed beta event. The doors open on June 2nd.

Players who previously participated in the closed beta will automatically be in for this round. There is no need to grab another key. Since we only have 100 keys to give away, the codes have been locked to one per IP.

Riders of Icarus tasks players with taming hundreds of different mounts, from ferocious bears to fire-breathing dragons. Players in North America, Mexico, Europe, Australia/New Zealand, and parts of South America are invited to be among the first to experience mounted aerial combat with dragons and bears! Well maybe not flying bears.

New players can grab a key below and follow the instructions to redeem. For the full list of supported regions, check out this page.

For NEW Closed Beta participants:

  •  Download and Install Nexon Launcher – http://download2.nexon.net/Game/NexonLauncher/NexonLauncherSetup.exe
  • Create Nexon America Account
  • In the upper right hand corner click the down arrow next to your profile name
  • Click “ACTIVATE PRODUCT” to enter your key and click “NEXT”
  • Select Riders of Icarus from the games list
  • Click “PLAY NOW” to start pre-downloading the game

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Kings and Heroes Goes On Early Access Today


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Kings and Heroes feels like a game out of Dungeons and Dragons, and those interested in plundering its depths can do so starting today. Billed as an ARPG, Kings and Heroes presents players with randomly generated dungeons, persistent content, and a seamless open world.

With hundreds of players in each world you’ll have plenty of company to explore by foot or on horseback. Discover towns, villages, ruins, ghost towns, high mountains, lakes, and valleys across varied environments. You’ll travel in realistic day and night cycles with true weather effects. Be warned, many dangerous creatures inhabit the world so an adventurer must always be prepared for a fight.

The game will go live in about three hours from this posting, after which it will be available for $29.95. Those who create a character within the first week will receive a small handful of exclusive items.

(Source: Steam)

Surprise! APB Reloaded Soft Launches On Xbox One


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It’s been a while since Reloaded Productions first announced that APB Reloaded would be hitting consoles, so it came as a bit of a surprise when the announcement dropped last night that the game was now live. European Xbox One users can access a soft launch of the MMO while players in the US will have to wait a while longer.

The soft launch is being treated as more of a beta test than a live product, with users reporting major issues on the game’s forums. Cash shop purchases have also been disabled for the time being.

(Source: APB Reloaded)

Darkfall Goes Offline


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Darkfall has gone offline, and Aventurine doesn’t know when, or if, it will be returning. Unholy Wars, the official version, went offline with a post on the official forums explaining to players that economic conditions in Greece have made the game unsustainable. While they hope that the disruption is only temporary, for now it should be considered indefinite.

We have been involved with Darkfall for over 13 years now and it is our hope that we will be able to continue well into the future with your support. Unfortunately, and against our best efforts, the conditions in Greece have caught up with us and do not allow us to continue operating the game as we have been so far. We hope that the disruption of Darkfall Unholy Wars service is temporary and that we will be back soon in a more sustainable format. We apologize for the inconvenience to all that are affected.

Rumors of Aventurine being in a bad situation have been rampant ever since the developer decided to license the original Darkfall out to two separate developers at the same time.

(Source: Darkfall)

Funcom Funding Fun: $6.3 Million Investment


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Funcom’s staff may not be popping the (reasonably priced) champagne, but the developer can breath a sigh of relief over its financial situation. In a press release sent out today, Funcom CEO Rui Casais has revealed a $6.3 million private investment in the Norwegian game developer.

In addition, Funcom has announced that it has reduced its debt by $7.7 million thanks to a debt conversion process.

“This investment is a major turning point for the company,” said Funcom CEO Rui Casais. “Funcom has been making great games for more than twenty-three years, but it is no secret that the company has had a strained financial situation in recent years that made it challenging to fully realize our new strategy and get back on the right track. This investment allows us to finally do that.”

Funcom has shifted strategy in recent months to developing multiple small to medium sized experimental projects. The Park, a horror game set in The Secret World, launched last year on PC and this year on PS4 and Xbox One. Funcom’s second experimental title, Conan Exiles, hits early access later this summer.

With offices in Oslo and North Carolina, Funcom holds one of the longest running portfolio of MMOs in the industry. The investment should come as good news to their player base and investors alike.

(Source: Funcom)

Chronicle: RuneScape Legends Hits Steam


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Free to play card game Chronicle: RuneScape Legends is now available on Steam. From the makers of RuneScape, Chronicle is a card game in which players build decks to create adventures for their characters to embark on, powering up their heroes over several chapters before finally taking on their enemy in one on one combat.

Initial reviews seem positive, with about an 87% approval rating.

Having spent the last six months in beta, Chronicle’s full launch on Steam brings with it new ranked sessions (the first of which is now live until 31st June) more than 400 cards, support for seven languages, over 40 Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, and dozens of additional enhancements and improvements for the game’s full launch.

Interested gamers can check out Chronicle on Steam free.

(Source: Jagex Press Release)

[NM] Stellaris, Racism, And The Mod Community


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The latest internet controversy, as numerous as those are, surrounds Paradox and the recent removal and reinstatement of a mod to the Steam Workshop called “European Phenotypes and Names Only.” The mod is pretty simple, it allows the user to play as a race of only European (white) characters. There are additional mods on the Steam Workshop that split the phenotypes into separate races that were not removed.

So why was the mod removed? Paradox has issued a statement that the mod was not removed for the content itself, but due to a combination of the description, the mod creator, and the community being fostered in the comments section. The mod creator has been accused of being a white nationalist and using the mod to push a political agenda.

Originally, the mod was tagged with the line “no multiculturalism here,” cited as being part of why the mod was removed.

The mod creator, who goes by the name Lord Xel, hosts a Youtube channel called Progeny of Europe. The page hosts a number of videos on topics including “an argument for the continued existence of Europeans,” complains numerous times about “blacks and leftists,” with the creator making comments like:

“you have this unholy union of dissatisfied black people who are angry and rampaging and rioting, and you have these weak, pathetic lefitsts who come out and support them and they sit there with their gay little signs saying ‘oh Trump is Hitler, Trump is racist. Well right next to them is a black person who wants to shut someone down because they’re white.”

The mod page, upon its return, has seen a number of racist posts attacking Paradox, “blacks,” and Swedes, with all of them being deleted so as to not incur the same punishment that befell the mod the last time around. Despite the creator’s determination, one or two have fallen through the cracks.

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As of this publishing, the mod has returned under the agreement that the creator does not link to his Youtube channel. There are other mods that perform a similar function that were not punished by Paradox.

Wild Terra Beta Key Giveaway


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MMO Fallout has partnered with Wild Terra to hand out beta keys to 30 lucky (or fast acting) gamers. Wild Terra bills itself as an MMO life simulator in a fully developed player-driven medieval world. The game is currently on Steam Greenlight seeking approval and Juvty Worlds would like to get you in as soon as possible.

Check out the trailer and grab a key for yourself. Players will also receive a Steam key once the game goes live on said platform. Don’t forget to vote for Wild Terra on Steam Greenlight (link above).

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That player gets after the activation key:
– Early access to the game
– 5 premium days
 
Instructions on how to activate the key:
1. go to the website http://www.playwildterra.com/
2. Download and install the game client http://www.playwildterra.com/files/
3. Launch the game, sign up and enter the key.