Did you know that Riot Games maintains a very small blacklist of players deemed so toxic that they are banned from having an account for life? They do, and while it takes a lot to be added to the list, the end result is that any account that can be verified as owned by said … Continue reading “[Community] Should Developers Start Blacklisting Customers?”
Trion Worlds has spent the better part of the past six or so months attempting to slowly detoxify the very virulent community whose actions they have actively coddled and defended as ‘in the spirit of the game,’ and that shift in management has come to a head once again with Trion reversing a trade scam against … Continue reading “Trion Worlds Punishes Impersonation Scam, Community Explodes”
(Editor’s Note: Trion World’s PR reps got in touch to clarify a few points to the story which have been noted below. A total of 983 accounts have been banned right away. In addition, they have stated that while money spent is taken into account to discern real players from throwaway/bot accounts, that it is … Continue reading “Trion Worlds Promises Bans For Cheaters, Even Tenured Players”
Blade & Soul is one of those games that we’ve been impatiently waiting to come westward for a few years now, and like any game that we are regularly told we can’t have, the hype train has gotten out of hand at one point or another. I think that the majority of gamers saw NCSoft’s … Continue reading “MMOments: Blade & Soul”
Thanksgiving is upon us and while this is traditionally an American holiday, there is no reason that everyone can’t get something out of it. (Editor’s note: Prices shown in USD. Sales/Games may not be available in all regions.) ARK: Survival Evolved – $17.99 (was $29.99) The Crew – $14.99 (was $29.99) The Elder Scrolls Online … Continue reading “Get Games Cheap: Thanksgiving Digital Sales”
Trion Worlds has announced a major info dump at Gamescom, with details regarding all of their first party titles. More information on individual updates will be coming in the next few weeks, but for today the company has pushed a small blurb on each title: Rift: Patch 3.4 introduces a new calling, the Primalist, along … Continue reading “Trion Worlds At Gamescom: Infodump”
To say that ArcheAge has had some controversies would be a gross misstatement somewhere on the level of placing a “watch your step” sign on an active minefield, but it looks like Trion Worlds may be willing to amend their ways to get back the good faith and credit of their community. In a post … Continue reading “Trion Worlds Declares Light On RNG, Tough on Crime”
Glyph’s days as a platform for third party titles are over, as Trion Worlds has purged the store of all non-home-brewed games. Those who purchased third party single player games through Glyph will be able to access their content from here on forward, however the items will be removed from the store barring any further … Continue reading “Glyph Sees Third Party Game Purge”
This week marks a special occasion here at MMO Fallout, in that once again I am branching out. Check out the first episode of my weekly movie review podcast, Direct 2 Netflix. If you enjoy it, please subscribe and keep listening. We’ll have new episodes out hopefully every Monday. As usual, the weekend wrapper looks … Continue reading “Weekend Wrapper: Still Not E3 Edition”
Originally I intended this week’s Community column to be speculation about how Trion Worlds would handle ArcheAge’s upcoming server merge, given that the plans are still in the conceptual stage and any real action that will be taken is still months down the line. To fuel speculation, I looked at how server mergers were handled … Continue reading “[Community] Let’s Call A Merger A Merger”
MMO Fallout 