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Elder Scrolls Online Delayed Six Months

With one month left until the launch of Elder Scrolls Online on the Xbox One and Playstation 4, Zenimax is in the unfortunate position of bearer of bad news. Due to “a number of unique problems specific to those platforms,” the release of both console versions has been delayed from its initial date. The announcement doesn’t reveal a specific date, but says that the delay is expected to be “about six months.” As a result of the unexpected delay, Zenimax is offering players the option to start playing now on the PC and transfer their characters to either the Xbox One or PS4 when the console edition is released.

Additionally, players who purchase the PC version of Elder Scrolls Online will have an opportunity to shift their copies over to either console for $20 alongside an additional 30 days of game time.

(Source: ESO)

Wildstar Beta Opens May 8th

If you haven’t had a chance to check out Wildstar, your time is coming soon. NCSoft has announced that Wildstar will enter open beta on Thursday May 8th. The beta is scheduled to run until May 18th and allows players to access content up to level 30. For more information on Wildstar, check out the website at the following link. Wildstar is set to go live on June 3rd.

(Source: NCSoft Press Release)

Pantheon Development Resumes With Volunteers

Brad McQuaid has posted an announcement on the Pantheon website detailing the future of the MMO and Visionary Realms. The good news is that development will be resuming on Pantheon under a new remote team of volunteers. Visionary Realms is looking for people with experience in UNITY, as well as designers, moderators, and lore writers.

“When we do bring in funding and restart that campaign to reach out to Angel Investors, Publishers, and the like, and when we can have an office and paid employees, we will then look at the volunteer force and, on a case by case basis, determine if that person wants to and should become a contractor or, if they can re-locate, possibly a full employee.”

You can check out the entire announcement at the link below. Brad McQuaid has promised regular blogs detailing the company’s progress.

(Source: Visionary Realms)

Xsyon Improves New Player Experience

Notorious Games has released the latest patch for Xsyon, pushing forward with a number of quality of life improvements to the game experience. Foremost, a tutorial has been implemented with more than two hundred panels of instructions for new players and those that might have missed a thing or two along the way. There are also a few changes to the interface, as well as to the energy and health system increasing gain rates of both while decreasing the energy used by actions.

You can check out the entire list of patch notes at the link below.

(Source: Xsyon)

Defiance Switching To Free To Play

Trion Worlds has announced that Defiance is shedding its box price and going completely free to play later this year. The PC version is set to make the switch on June 4th, with the PS3 version following on July 15th, and the Xbox360 changeover to come at a later date. New players will have access to the Bay area, including original endgame content and future missions for free. Players who pick up a copy of the game will receive a number of perks, including inventory space, ark keycodes, character slots, and more. Existing owners will also have these same perks.

More on this announcement in the coming weeks.

(Source: Trion press release)

ArcheAge Criminal Sentenced To 13 Hours Prison

Criminals beware, you’re in for a fair…trial. ArcheAge has one of the most interesting crime systems that I have ever seen. It is far too complicated to explain in this article, but the gist of the system is that crimes leave behind evidence that can be found by other players, and if you die as a criminal you are sent to a court and sentenced by a jury of five players. As one gamer found out in the alpha test, that sentence can be rather harsh. Especially if you’ve racked up over one hundred charges. As you can see from the screenshot above, the player was sentenced to 770 minutes in prison, or just under thirteen hours.

Prisoners in ArcheAge can either wait through their sentence or try to break out.

(Thanks to DSWBeef for uncovering this, and credit to Reizla in the same thread for the picture)

Zenimax Lays Down Roadmap For ESO

The launch of Elder Scrolls Online has doubtlessly been, well, turbulent to say the least. In a newly released post on the official website, Matt Firor has laid out the roadmap for coming updates. In it, he assures players that customer support is actively banning gold farmers and chat spammers, as well as many of the game’s bugs that seem to dot the landscape. The first content update for the game available “soon,” Craglorn, includes a new adventure zone as well as twelve player raids, death recaps, tweaks for Cyrodiil, and a number of bug fixes and modifications for classes, abilities, animations, etc.

The article even goes into recent press reviews of ESO, not all of which have been very positive.

As those who follow ESO closely know, a wide range of reviews have been posted for the game, with scores ranging from 90s to 50s. ESO generates strong emotions in gamers—both positive and negative. While I obviously don’t agree with the more negative articles, the reviews are out there, and we read them to determine if there are legitimate complaints that we should address.

You can read the entire piece at the link below. Firor includes a list of updates planned for the future, as well as a note that players will receive an extra five days added to their accounts as an apology for the downtime over the past month.

(Source: Official Website)

Transformers Rolls Out Founders Packs

Transformers Universe has finally unveiled its founders packs for gamers who want to hop on pre-launch, and the prices are rather expensive. All bundles include a title and inclusion in the “founders honor roll,” likely another term for credits on the website. The cheapest bundle starts at $45 and includes $30 worth of cash shop money and 60 days of the season pass which includes a new warrior and consumable each month, 25% increased experience, and 10% discount on the store.

The most expensive package includes 18 launch warriors, $250 in cash shop currency, one year of season pass content, a number of in-game items, and a limited run figurine, and will run you $450.

(Source: Transformers Universe)

Darkfall Unholy Wars Free May 1st

Darkfall is about to become one year older, and Aventurine hopes that everyone will come to the party. From May 1st to May 5th, gamers are invited to give Darkfall a try whether they are returning customers or new players entirely. In addition, players will enjoy double prowess for the duration of the event, as well as a series of dynamic events including a treasure hunt.

Check out more Darkfall Unholy Wars at the link below.

(Source: Darkfall)

Pirates of the Caribbean Online Revived by Fans

It’s hard to speak negatively about private server operators sometimes. After all, for every guy who runs a World of Warcraft server because he think it’ll be a good way to make some money, there’s another guy who simply wants to play his favorite MMO again. It’s rather depressing when a company chooses not only to shut down their servers, but actively shuts down operators willing to pick up the slack. No one wins in those cases, not the players who want to continue playing a game that the publisher deemed no longer viable, nor the company that puts its ex-customers in an adversarial position.

As I’ve mentioned in the past, advertising private servers is not allowed here at MMO Fallout, unless the servers come with the express permission of the publisher. In this case, Pirates of the Caribbean Online fans have apparently been given the blessing of Disney to recreate the MMO. The game is strictly non-profit, 100% free to play, otherwise Disney will sue.

(Source: Alpha Beta Gamer)

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