Category: News

Lost GTA Online Characters Are Gone For Good


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Last week saw a patch roll out for Grand Theft Auto Online to fix a rather nasty bug resulting in characters not being displayed. When the bug first popped up, Rockstar acted quickly and warned users not to create new characters in the missing slots. In a followup comment posted just a few days ago, Rockstar Games has revealed that the characters lost due to the bug can not be recovered.

For those asking about their lost characters or rank, those will not be able to be restored so we sincerely hope that this cash stimulus we’re giving out this month will help you get back on your feet or to make your new life in Los Santos & Blaine extra sweet.

To compensate players for launch issues, lost characters, and lost vehicles, Rockstar is giving half a million dollars to anyone who plays GTA Online in October. The money will be doled out in two halves, with the first dropping this week and the second by the end of the month.

(Source: Rockstar Blog)

Star Citizen Raises Lods of Emone


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I don’t think anyone could have imagined just how successful Star Citizen’s funding drive would be. In the year since Cloud Imperium Games opened their doors and invited in a mass of crowdsourced investment, the fledgling space MMO has raised nearly twenty two million dollars, and stands to blow through every single one of the developer’s stretch goals. Thanks to the community, a whole host of new content has been made possible including a variety of new ships, new missions, extra detail in ships and hangers, new star systems, mod tools, simulations, HUD options, professional motion capture, a full orchestral score, territory control, first person combat on planets, salvaging, with facial capture and yet another ship on the way as additional rewards.

Rumor has it that the $25 million stretch goal is building MMO Fallout a new website. No? It was worth a shot.

(Source: Star Citizen)

Rockstar Giving Every Player $500,000 For Their Troubles


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What? You didn’t think that was in real money, did you? Grand Theft Auto Online has no doubt had an MMO’s worth of launch issues: cars going missing, characters being deleted, progress not being recorded, etc. As Rockstar Games continues to smooth out bugs and issue patches, the company has revealed that they will be compensating users with half a million bucks to be distributed in two bundles over the course of the next few weeks. All you have to do is play GTA Online at some point in October to qualify for the money, as well as updating the game to patch 1.04 or above.

Grand Theft Auto Online is currently free for all people who buy GTAV, and Rockstar plans on gradually changing the game into its own world with its own gameplay mechanics, locations, and more.

(Source: Rockstar Blog)

3000AD Announces Line of Defense Digital Comics


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Line of Defense is the upcoming MMOFPS by 3000AD, and while the game is still a long way from release, you can already get your hands on the first copy of the companion comic book. In a recent press release, DC Comics has confirmed that it will publish a twelve chapter series based on the world of Line of Defense, with the first three chapters releasing over the course of this month, and the rest coming scattered over the rest of the year and into July 2014. The series will be digital only, available on Comixology and DC Comics apps.

The full release schedule:

October 8 – “Payback” Chapter 1
October 15 – “Payback” Chapter 2
October 22 – “Payback” Chapter 3
January ‘14 – Chapters 4 to 6
April ‘14 – Chapters 7 to 9
July ‘14 – Chapters 10 to 12

Line of Defense is still on schedule for release before the coming apocalypse.

(Source: DC Comics Press Release)

Trion Neglected Rift China, Says CEO


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Rift is shutting down in China, and the CEO of Shanda Games (Xiangdong Zhang) has revealed to the Chinese press that the problem lied with a lack of response from Trion Worlds leading to a poor experience for Chinese gamers. According to Zhang, Trion Worlds did not respond to requests for localized content, and eventually the call was made to shut the servers down just six months after launch. According to MMO Culture, Shanda Games has much more faith in Final Fantasy XIV, noting a larger effort toward international release by Square Enix.

Earlier this year, Rift shut down in Korea following a poor reception.

(Source: MMO Culture)

Not That Massive: Neo Geo X Terminated


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The prospects of success for the Neo Geo X, SNK’s revival of the classic system, have always been rather questionable. After all, this was the gaming system that many of us wanted yet none of us could have. Unless you were an adult with a fair amount of expendable cash, or a kid born into a family of doctors and lawyers, SNK’s asking price of $649 with quite a few games asking for more than $200. The system became known as the Rolls Royce of gaming consoles, or in my hometown the Willy Wonka golden ticket to being the most popular kid in school. Forget the asking price, this behemoth was an arcade in your house!

Anyway, the Neo Geo X was supposed to be SNK’s revival of the classic system, a handheld system that came bundled with an arcade joystick and a docking station to connect the handheld up to your television, and twenty games pre-loaded. The “gold package” cost $199 with five bundles of three games being sold for $30 each. Apparently the system didn’t do so well, as SNK put out a notice that they have terminated the US license for the Neo Geo X, aggressively, and with threats of legal action.

In addition, SNK has demanded TOMMO immediately cease all sales of the “SNK NEOGEO X Arcade Stick” product being sold separately from the NEOGEO X GOLD Plug and Play Console, and remove the “SNK NEOGEO X Arcade Stick” product from store shelves and online retailers. In order to protect our intellectual property rights such as “NEOGEO” and “SNK”, decisive measures will be taken against all unapproved NEOGEO X products not subject to the License Agreement.

Whether or not the product will still be sold in Europe is to be seen.

(Source: Eurogamer)

State of Decay Sells 1 Million Copies


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Undead Labs is reporting that State of Decay, available for Xbox Live Arcade and Steam Early Access, has sold over one million copies. Undead Labs is planning on developing an MMO set in the same universe, tentatively titled Class4. State of Decay was formerly known as Class3.

“Your encouragement drives us to keep working and keep improving. You got us here with your energy, your feedback, and your telling your friends about us. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts and brains.”

(Source: Gamesindustry.biz)

Path of Exile Exits Beta Mode October 23rd


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Path of Exile is finally ready to shed off its skin of being in fake-beta mode (no wipes, open cash shop) with an official launch on October 23rd. Alongside its official release, Path of Exile will also be coming to everyone’s favorite digital download location: uPlay. Actually it will be launching on Steam, but uPlay is your favorite store, right? The launch of Path of Exile will also bring with it the release of the Scion, the seventh class to be made available. Unlike her fellow exiled souls, the Scion isn’t just a character you can jump in and play with. In fact, you can’t even choose her as a class until you find her out in the world. The Scion is the first in a line of prestige classes and will be more difficult to play than the others.

Players will also enjoy an addition to the game’s main story, as well as new zones and expansion on PvP and guild functionality. You can read more at Massively’s lengthy preview.

(Source: Massively.com)

City of Titans Kickstarter Hits 50% At Day One


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It is nearly 1:30am EST at the time of this writing. After just a day on Kickstarter, Missing Worlds Media’s funding drive for City of Titans has raked in over $150,000 with the money just pouring in. With success seemingly in the bag, Missing Worlds Media has 31 of its 32 days left to make up the remaining 50% of the goal. The team posted an update on the Kickstarter page noting their surprise at the reaction. So far 1,134 backers have pledged to the campaign.

We’ve been working on that teaser video pretty hard. But we’ve been working on all the individual parts in parallel. We’ve got some scenes we didn’t use, and I think you’ll like them. We’ll have another video or two for you, and maybe more and newer things to show you, in a week or two.

You can check out the City of Titans Kickstarter at the link below or follow the campaign on our sidebar all month.

(Source: Kickstarter)

Turbine's Billing Server Explodes, Issuing Refunds


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Turbine is in the process of issuing refunds after a major glitch caused a number of players to be charged multiple times for their subscriptions. The number of charges varies widely from player to player and bank to bank, with some reporting as little as a couple of extra charges and others reporting into the hundreds. The unfortunate collateral damage is that the multiple charges also seem to be setting off fraud alerts, resulting in the banks automatically freezing said accounts, while many customers whose banks did allow the charges were forced to watch their funds drop to zero or below. To make matters worse, this issue occurred on a Friday, meaning anyone whose bank account was drained/frozen will not have access to their money over the weekend and into midway through next week.

Turbine has posted a notice with a phone number, asking anyone who is hit by penalties or fees due to the charges to call them. The developer is in the middle of processing refunds for the erroneous charges.

If you do not see the refund on your statement after a few days, if you incurred any penalties due to the charges, or if you need further assistance with your account or billing, our Customer Service Agents will be happy to take care of you. You can get in touch with Account Support by going to support.turbine.com, then clicking on “Support Center” and “Submit a Ticket.” Players can also contact Account Support toll-free at 1-855-WBGAMES (Account Support Hours: 10am – 7pm Eastern Time 7 days a week (GMT -5).)

MMO Fallout recommends that any players who were affected immediately contact their banks, as well as any companies who will be expecting a payment from you over the next week to explain the situation and hopefully come to an agreement. Be proactive, it isn’t a guarantee but you’ll come out a lot better than if you just wait for them to contact you. Customers who feel that they have been severely damaged (and I emphasize severely) by this billing error, whether it be damage to your credit score, heavy late fees or interest rate hikes due to late payments, etc, should take a look at the following guides on filing a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Reserve, the IC3, and check the following list on how to contact your state’s Attorney General.

(Source: Turbine)