Although inevitably someone will come and tell me otherwise, investors have historically had major impacts on MMO development and direction on a fundamental level. For instance, I would never make the direct claim that Insight Venture Partners told Jagex to reverse course and start including exclusive in-game items packaged in with certain vendor cards, but … Continue reading “Darkfall’s New Investors: InternetQ”
Whenever the topic turns to a free for all PvP MMO, I often bring up the subject of what I refer to as “Trammeling.” It is also known as “pulling an NGE,” and occurs when a developer makes dramatic changes to underlying fundamentals of a game in order to achieve what they believe will appeal … Continue reading “Darkfall: Down The Path of Trammel”
Although Dark Millennium Online was not cancelled, as per the false report circulated late last year, at the time we were given some rather uncertain news that the game was on uneven ground and that there was nothing set in stone. When THQ published its earnings report for the third quarter of 2011, they mentioned … Continue reading “Who Should Publish Dark Millennium Online?”
Whenever I see flyby videos of Darkfall 2.0, I always feel as though I’m watching a version of Morrowind with improved graphics. Darkfall 2.0 launches at some point in the future.
Whenever the topic turns to Darkfall 2.0, I can’t help but think back to how Jagex moved Runescape to Runescape 2 (now just referred to as Runescape) and the huge amount of changes the game went under just during that initial transition. So seeing this quote from Aventurine, I can’t help but hold high hopes … Continue reading “Darkfall 2.0 News: Aventurine Stalls On Wipe Announcement”
Rejoice, fans of free for all sandbox MMOs, because Aventurine has a proposition for you. If you’ve departed Darkfall for any reason in the past, you are cordially invited to come back and experience the changes that have occurred in your absence. The instructions are relatively simple: Anyone who does not have a currently running … Continue reading “Darkfall Free Weekend: This Weekend”
Noted Darkfall eccentric Tasos Flambouras updated the Epic Blog today with a rather short post: In two weeks, every Darkfall account will be reactivated to participate in a free weekend with accelerated skilling and great loot. Turn your speculate-o-meters to ten, folks. Is there going to be more news on the elusive Darkfall 2.0? Is … Continue reading “Darkfall Free Weekend Coming”
A rather humorous poster once said “My rule on wiping in-game is the same as in real life. If someone else does it for me, I feel violated.” The month of August starts in 16 days, and in that month we are expected to receive more information regarding Darkfall 2.0, aka Darkfall 2010. To those … Continue reading “Darkfall: Projecting Dave Georgeson On Wipes”
One week ago, I put my money on the table that Darkfall 2.0, a relaunch of the game, would bring free to play to the game. There is still no information as to whether or not the game will indeed go free to play, so let’s focus on another avenue of the Darkfall 2.0 launch: … Continue reading “Darkfall Suicidal: Character Wipes Not Off The Table”
When was the last time you heard the phrase “this patch is like a completely new game?” In my line of work (work? Blogging), a whole lot. Such is the case with Darkfall, where on the Epic Blog head boss man of Aventurine Tasos Flambouras talks about a complete relaunch of the game. How much of a … Continue reading “$20 Says Darkfall “Relaunch” Is Free To Play”
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