Sony Online Entertainment has an excellent track record on fighting cheaters, to the point where in Planetside 2 many developers have thrown in the towel and given up. H1Z1, currently in early access, is looking to be no different. SOE senior game designer Jimmy Whisenhunt has posted to his Twitter account regarding a recent wave of … Continue reading “H1Z1 To Cheaters: Thanks For The Donations”
Let’s look at the year with rose tinted glasses, or perhaps a glass of hard liquor. As with any year, we had a lot of bad and a lot of good, so let’s take a minute to focus on the good stuff. 1. Goodbye Mythic Entertainment This one is a bit cruel, but perhaps the … Continue reading “2014 In Review: Best Moments Of The Year”
Let’s look at the year with rose tinted glasses, or perhaps a rose-tinted glass of hard liquor. As with any year, we had a lot of bad and a lot of good, but whether good or bad some of these just had to happen for the good of us all. 1. Goodbye Mythic Entertainment This … Continue reading “2014 In Review: “Needed To Happen” Moments”
This console generation is a good time to play your favorite MMOs on the couch, or at least it will be over the next year or so. Already host to the likes of DC Universe Online and Final Fantasy XIV, we still have Planetside 2, Everquest Next, Warframe, Neverwinter, and SMITE coming to one or … Continue reading “All Points Bulletin Coming To Consoles”
Given that the internet is well known as a place of social interaction, it stands to reason that only the sociable of us would make use of its services. Sony Online Entertainment has celebrated this by posting a video where developers read calm, intelligent, well thought out tweets by players with a firm grasp of … Continue reading “SOE Devs Read Calm, Intelligent Tweets”
I’ve discovered a newfound love for Ultima Forever. Once you carve out the ridiculous cash shop mechanics, get rid of gear degradation, and drop gold keys like they’re candy, the game is a lot of fun to play. It’s almost disappointing that Electronic Arts will be shutting down Ultima Forever on August 29th, but it’s … Continue reading “Week In Review: Sony Offline Entertainment”
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 … Continue reading “Sony Online Entertainment and ProSiebenSat Parting Ways”
3000AD recently revealed that Line of Defense is set to launch under Steam’s early access program at the rather hefty sum of $99 for the package. Derek Smart took to Twitter to explain the pricing as an insurance policy that only those interested in bug testing join, and that “freeloaders” are weeded out. We’re a … Continue reading “Derek Smart Explains Line of Defense EA Fees”
As far as the massively multiplayer FPS goes, Planetside pretty much has the market both cornered and monopolized. Happily, that is about to change as 3000AD has announced the first beta phase of Line of Defense will go live next month on PC. Line of Defense will make its debut on Steam early access with … Continue reading “Line of Defense Early Access Coming July”
Superdata Research has once again come around with new insight into the industry. This time, the marketing group has come up with a list showcasing the average revenue per user of the top free to play shooters on the market. The list notes that games like League of Legends have nine players for every person … Continue reading “Super Data Research: ARPU In Shooters”
MMO Fallout 