Category: News

Carbine Staff Knocks Down Cheater On Forums


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Wildstar staff Cougar took to the forums to publicly respond to a player asking why his account ban hadn’t been dealt with ten days later.

I’m assuming that with your posting here that you don’t mind us talking about your account status in public. I have a spare moment before my next meeting and am doing this on a lark. I understand this opens me up to “oh oh oh my ticket” which I don’t intend to keep up with. I am a fickle beast. You, and your alts, were reported a number of time by players for AFK Botting. We found you afk botting in a PvP Match (which as you know, was a really big issue for us – which is now better thanks to AddOns no longer being able to join matches automatically, among other things). We did our secret stuff … okay afk bot confirmation doesn’t take much clandestine stuff once we are on top of you. We sent you tells over time and you never reacted and continued doing the same thing over and over.

We closed your account. You opened up a ticket in question, asking for us to give you your account back. In that opening salvo of asking us for getting your account back, you admited that you were afk botting while doing homework. You then added 5 replies in two days to the ticket with various stages of pleading/begging. Including internet meme pictures. (http://i2.kym-cdn.co…392/289/116.gif). A few agents have investigated it internally and found your account to be worthy of permanent closure. You are exactly the problem case players have been pleading for us to remove from our game. We agree with them.

Now, why we’ve taken some time to tell you that your ban will not be overturned I’m not sure. So thank you for bringing that to my attention, however you’ll forgive me if we don’t prioritize deserved-to-be-banned-customers over paying ones right now.

(Source: Wildstar)

Why Does ArcheAge Have Sixteen Thousand Spammers?


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ArcheAge is currently in alpha stage getting ready for its launch under Trion Worlds. Players are in-game thanks to a $150 package, where they are bug testing, balance testing, and apparently gold farming and spamming in massive quantities. How massive? Trion Worlds banned sixteen thousand accounts for spamming chat and botting gold. In an alpha.

We’re pleased to report that over 16,000 nasty, evil, foul, and most importantly misbehaving accounts have been reactively and proactively removed from Alpha. These accounts were purchased using ill-gotten funds and have been used to farm gold with bots and to spam chat channels, neither of which is allowed in ArcheAge.

Patch 1.2 arrives next week and gives Trion more power to rid the game of evil spammers and farmers.

(Source: ArcheAge)

Xsyon Terrain Update


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Xsyon has released a massive update to the game’s terrain system. The goal of the update is to provide plenty of room to settle for new players, while facilitating travel for current players and allow them room to expand.

The Xsyon landscape is shaped and molded by players. Over the years many unsightly mounds and ruins of abandoned sites have built up across the land. The terrain reversion update gradually restores this neglected land to its original state. Felled tree stumps and logs that have littered the landscape also decay over time.

You can check out Xsyon for free at the official website.

(Source: Notorious Games Press Release)

Less Massive: GFWL Not Shutting Down


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So, it turns out Games For Windows Live isn’t shutting down next week. According to a statement by Microsoft, you will still be able to download titles from the Games for Windows Live client as usual, however customers will not be able to purchase games or receive title updates.

“As previously announced, as part of the retirement of Microsoft Points the Xbox.com PC marketplace was closed. Although customers are unable to purchase new games from the marketplace or receive title updates, they can continue to enjoy previously purchased content by downloading them through the Games for Windows Live client as usual. We remain committed to investing in PC gaming in the years ahead, and look forward to sharing more in the future.”

Presumably features like achievements will continue to function as well, online play may be dependent on the game.

(Source: Eurogamer)

Ridge Racer Driftopia Cancelled Mid-Beta


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Bandai Namco has announced that Ridge Racer Driftopia will shut down its servers on August 15th. The free to play racing game launched September 9th on the Steam Early Access with the hopes of launching on the Playstation 3 down the line. Players are able to purchase vehicles, experience, and other items via the in-game cash shop, and the game is still available on Steam for the time being.

“The leading developer and publisher wanted to take this opportunity to thank all its players for their permanent support and dedication! All the feedbacks will be taken into account for the upcoming projects.”

Bugbear Entertainment’s next car game, appropriately titled Next Car Game, is also on Steam Early Access albeit at a price of $30 for admission.

(Source: Gamespot)

Steam Sale MMO Discounts


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The time has come again. Hide your wallets, folks, because this battle is going to get brutal. The Steam Summer Sale is already underway, and only the intervention of some deity from above can save us now from the avalanche of cheap games. In order to facilitate your buying experience, MMO Fallout has compiled a list of sales in the MMO department. As usual, sales are listed as they are shown for US customers, your milage may vary, and definitely do not browse the Steam Summer Sale while intoxicated. The Steam Summer Sale runs until June 30th, MMO Fallout does not guarantee that games will be on sale for the whole duration.

Legion of Heroes Seeks Android Beta Testers


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Nexon M, Nexon’s mobile publishing arm, has announced that it is seeking beta testers for their upcoming mobile MMO, Legion of Heroes. Beta testing begins on June 26th, but eager players can sign up starting today with testers being accepted on a first come, first serve basis. Legion of Heroes hopes to recreate a pc-quality MMO experience for tablets and phones.

Interested gamers can sign up at the following link. The beta client requires an Android device running 4.0 or later.  Legion of Heroes launches later this year on iOS and Android.

(Source: Nexon Press Release)

Defiance Season 2 Premieres Tomorrow


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Defiance season 2 premieres tomorrow on Syfy, but you can get into the action now with new crossover missions in the Defiance game.

Nolan has returned to Paradise in new crossover content leading into the Season 2 TV debut! Log in today and learn more about Nolan’s search for Irisa as you help him track clues and investigate a Votan trafficking ring in the New Frontier.

Check out Defiance season 2 tomorrow night at 9pm est in the United States, 10pm EST in Canada.

Sony Online Entertainment and ProSiebenSat Parting Ways


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Sony Online Entertainment’s deal to turn European customers over to publisher ProSiebenSat has been, how do you put this lightly, a complete disaster. The move left SOE’s European customers feeling like second class citizens, managed by a company with no experience in gaming other than running cheap browser titles. The end result, a whole lot of missteps and mismanagement. After two years of negative feedback, Sony Online Entertainment has finally announced that they are divorcing ProSiebenSat.1, and that players will be migrated back to SOE accounts in the near future.

We constantly review community feedback via all channels and want to thank you for your ongoing dialog. We wanted to let you know that Sony Online Entertainment and ProSiebenSat1. Games have jointly decided to migrate all PSG accounts for PlanetSide 2, DC Universe Online and EverQuest II back to SOE in the near future. Please take a moment to read the FAQ, and watch for updates as we iron out the details of the process!

The region locks are already lifted as of this publishing, with account migrations coming next month.

(Source: SOE)

Lego Minifigures Now In Beta


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Lego Minifigures has gone into open beta. The game is currently available in English on the PC with further localizations and platforms (tablet) coming further down the line. In order to play, you’ll need a Lego account as the game does not go through Funcom’s account system. The open beta aims to tweak game mechanics and the in-game store to the community’s preferences, so get in and have your voice heard.

(Source: Lego Minifigures)