Category: News

Shadowrun Servers Will Stay Up Despite Bankruptcy, Says Dev


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Cliffhanger Productions has declared bankruptcy and is in the process of liquidation, and players are understandably concerned about the future of their MMO Shadowrun Chronicles. Luckily for customers and Kickstarter backers, we’ve been assured that the game isn’t going anywhere and will continue to receive updates.

The details are a little fuzzy, but we’ve learned that while Cliffhanger Productions Software GmbH has declared bankruptcy, the studio that handles Shadowrun Chronicles (formerly Shadowrun Online) is not. Shadowrun Chronicles is supported by Cliffhanger Productions Games GmbH, an affiliate of the similarly named company and a completely separate legal entity to the former. Furthermore, CPS declaring bankruptcy doesn’t mean that that studio will shut down, just that they are in the process of restructuring and will likely return in one form or another.

(Source: Twinstiq)

Wildstar Confirms Free To Play This Autumn


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Carbine Studios has officially announced that Wildstar will be heading free to play this Autumn. Details are sparse at the moment, however players will be able to play through “everything the game has to offer without spending any money, so yes, we do mean free.”There are social and other limitations to free accounts however, mostly related to guilds, the auction house, etc. You can find the FAQ here, however Carbine promises that players will not be content locked behind a paywall.

Every zone, every dungeon, every raid, every battleground… they’re all available. All players will be able to create characters of every race, class, and path while choosing any tradeskills they like. Characters can achieve level 50 and path level 30, just as they can under the current system. There are some restrictions on services and social functions, however, as noted in the table below.

Wildstar transitioning to free to play has been a long time coming, with the game reporting a major loss in players and revenue over the past few quarters. With release in the fall, Carbine Studios will have to weather a few more quarters of poor performance before the game sees its influx of free players.

(Source: Massively)

Greed Monger Cancelled, Taking $90 Grand In Pledges With It


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Greed Monger the game is officially dead, taking with it the over $90 thousand in funding with it. In an announcement posted on the game’s official board, James Proctor revealed that a necessary investor had bailed out on the project, leaving his company without the funds to continue development. The good news is that assets and pledges are being saved, should Proctor ever fulfill his campaign to create an MMO.

ALL of GM’s Custom Assets will be saved until the time comes that we have the funds to make things right with you guys. When the time comes that we are ready to attempt another MMO ALL KickStarter backers will be notified of our plans before the general public and ALL Land pledges, Crafting Station Purchases, ect. WILL be honored.

The last we heard from the crowd funded MMO, Electric Crow Games suffered a falling out among its staff, beginning with revelations that CEO Jason Appleton had using the threat of legal action to keep Proctor on board. Appleton later announced his own departure, and that development of Greed Monger would be handed over to Proctor and his team. Not even two months later and Proctor is already throwing in the towel.

Greed Monger has been rife with controversy since its Kickstarter easily hit and tripled its target goal. Should Appleton or Proctor return to Kickstarter to fund a future project, Greed Monger will no doubt be a relevant issue.

(Source: Greed Monger)

Alganon: Mostly Negative Reviews And QOL Backlash


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Alganon on Steam currently holds a “mostly negative” rating, with 31% of 108 reviews painting the game in a positive light. Many of the negative reviews appear to focus around the game’s one-time purchase to remove certain account limitations, along with players who had been banned from the forums writing a review about the company’s banning policies.

Quest Online’s Derek Smart posted a warning that Valve is already on the case to curb toxic behavior including forum trolling and review bombing.

Valve is aware that they have a serious problem with this, and have started taking steps to curb this behavior (and the “review bombing”). Once serious actions (I’m all for Steam account bans. It’s the only way to be sure) start being taken here on Steam, hopefully that will send a clear message that we simply cannot allow a select group of anti-social people to ruin our gaming communities. Especially this, being one of the largest eclectic gaming communities.

(Source: Steam)

TERA Opens Up Inactive Usernames


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TERA’s launch on Steam means a lot of new players, and that means a lot of people looking for free names. On June 25th, characters who haven’t logged in over the past year will have their usernames changed in order to free up choices for these new incoming players:

Any characters that have not logged into the game since June 25, 2014 will have their names appended with “_1”, freeing up their old names to anyone creating a new character or using the paid Character Name Change service.

You will need to log in before June 25th to keep your name saved.

(Source: TERA)

RuneScape Summer Updates Include Raids, World Event


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RuneScape is no stranger to objects falling from the sky, in fact it seems to precede a lot of major events in the world. While running around Gielinor, you may notice a mysterious meteorite crash from the sky. Investigate the meteorite for a small amount of experience as well as a relic that presently has no use.

The first update of June is RuneScape’s third world event, tasking players with cooperating to defeat Tuska and save the world from certain* destruction. Later on, players will be able to join in on RuneScape’s first raids, bringing down tough bosses designed for teams of ten players. Raids will send players to the new world of Mazcab, however players will have a chance to gain reputation before the content is released.

This summer also sees the re-launch of RuneScape’s summer membership special. Available as a three month purchase or automatically to those who bought into the annual premiere club, the summer special bestows players with the enlightenment aura (2x exp for one hour, once a week, during the summer months of June, July, and August), and cosmic foresight, allowing players to passively obtain reputation for the upcoming raid content.

You can find more information on the upcoming content below.

(Source: RuneScape)

Weekend Wrapper: We Aren’t Merging Articles


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It’s Sunday, and you know what that means: You’re playing Triad Wars, thanks to the giveaway here at MMO Fallout. Well you should be, anyhow. As we descend into the barren wasteland that is the summer of gaming, I see the Weekend Wrapup getting smaller and smaller.

Anyway, get a Triad Wars beta key. If you already have one, get one for your parents.

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[ArcheAge] Trion Worlds Unveils Non-Traditional Server Mergers


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Ask Trion Worlds if they are merging servers and the answer is absolutely not, in the traditional sense at least. According to Trion’s community manager Scapes, server transfers are inhibited by the fact that the process currently needs to be done manually. An automated version is currently in development and will hopefully be available later this year, allowing characters and even entire servers to be transferred.

More details will become available at some point, just don’t call it a merger.

We do not currently have plans to merge servers in the traditional sense. Instead, we plan something altogether different and look forward to revealing the plan as soon as we work out the details.

Linda “Brasse” Carlson has also been making the rounds on ArcheAge’s forums to remind players that the merger will be “non-traditional.”

Those are the other obvious questions. I also realize that it’s hard to pose questions before we put up at least a bare-bones FAQ on our plans. Bear with us. We’ll be talking about this with all our fellow players for MONTHS before it comes to pass, and your input is important.

(Source: ArcheAge)

Zenimax Disabling Accounts With Fraudulent Keys


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If you purchased The Elder Scrolls Online through grey market resellers like G2A or similar websites, you may be the unlucky recipient of a notice that your account has been disabled until you purchase a legitimate copy of the game. Zenimax Studios has been identifying fraudulent cards and disabling the accounts using them, with users receiving an email with the subject ”
Your ESOTU Account Needs Action.”

The good news is that Zenimax isn’t banning any accounts, simply revoking their access as though the game was never purchased. Players are being notified in advance of their accounts being locked, with a note that none of their progress is being deleted should they opt to buy the game from a reputable source in the future.

We want to remind gamers to shop wisely and only purchase online keys from a reputable source. Fraudulently obtained keys obtained via Steam and then re-sold via third-party websites is a violation of both our and Steam’s Terms of Service. We will be deactivating all game accounts created with such stolen keys starting on Tuesday, May 26th. Affected users will receive an email with instructions on how to regain access to their game account via a valid game purchase.

Grey market resellers have become a growing pain in the side of publishers, not only because many engage in credit card fraud to buy and quickly resell keys, but that the only way of recouping their losses is to take the unpopular action of removing the accounts from customers who may have been unaware that their purchase wasn’t legitimate.

(Source: Elder Scrolls Online)

Lord of the Rings Online Server Mergers Coming


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As part of Turbine’s list of updates going live this summer, Lord of the Rings Online will see a number of worlds shuttered with players given the opportunity to transfer their characters and guilds. Updates to the data centers will allow character transfers from inside the game client rather than on the website, as well as supporting Kins disbanding on one server and reforming on another with their status and achievements intact.

You will have 3 months past the date of the launch of the new service in which to continue playing on the smaller worlds while planning and or making your move to a larger server. After that point your characters will always be available to be transferred to one of the remaining worlds, however you will only be able to log in to the remaining servers. More details on all of this as well as detailed instructions on how to move will be provided in email, in-game mail as well as website and forums in the months to come.

More information is set to come in the following months.

(Source: LOTRO)