Were you excited when Age of Conan went free to play, and then dismayed when you found out the restrictions on classes and dungeons? Boy do I have good news for you. Apparently Funcom has rehired into the “give everything for free” department, as following the announcement of The Secret World becoming buy to play, … Continue reading “Age of Conan: Double The Free, Double The Play”
As it is, layoffs in the MMO industry are common. Jobs are often based on contracts and temporary in nature, and developers tend to over-hire when developing the game itself or a large piece of content, and then follow the launch with a round of layoffs. In that regard, I’ve always said here at MMO … Continue reading “Turbine Lays Off Unspecified Number Of People”
Good news everyone! As the DUST 514 beta continues trucking along its path towards release, CCP has added regular updates to bring the Playstation 3 shooter closer together with its older PC sci-fi MMO brother. With the release of Codex, the latest major update to the MMOFPS, players in both games will now find their … Continue reading “DUST514 Sutures Itself To Eve Online Slightly More”
As many players of Guild Wars 2 will tell you, a recent explosion in botting has blown into a serious problem for Arenanet and its community. In a post on the official forums, Security Coordinator Mike Lewis went on to discuss recent bans and action taken by Arenanet to curb the legion of bots currently … Continue reading “Guild Wars 2 Talks Bots, Gold Farmers, And Bans”
In a news post on the City of Heroes website today, Andy Belford has announced that Paragon Studios will be shutting down, and City of Heroes will be closing by the end of the year. The reason given in the article is “realignment of company focus” at NCSoft. Effective immediately, all subscription services and paragon … Continue reading “City Of Heroes Sunsetting Later This Year”
[Update] It appears I was right. There is a countdown on the RuneScape forums that is leading toward the 28th. If metrics from Google searches here at the MMO Fallout office/Dunkin Donuts are anything to go by, last year’s bot nuke in RuneScape did its job: Destroy injection/reflection bots at the time. As Jagex stated then, this … Continue reading “Jagex Announces May Madness, Madness In May”
Jacmob is the creator of RSBuddy, one of the major bots back in the day. Why is he important? Following the bot nuke, and the shuttering of RSBuddy, Jacmob was hired by Jagex to work on anti-bot solutions. In a post on the RSBuddy forums, Jacmob talks about an upcoming March 2012 bot nuke: It’s … Continue reading “Incoming Bot Nuke: March 2012”
Tribes: Ascend has released a new video parodying Dead Rising’s serious trailer. Shazbot! Hi-Rez has announced an April 12 launch date for the free to play shooter Tribes: Ascend, although anyone can get into the open beta now by heading to the official website.
That is correct. Below you will see four beta keys, each with numbers replaced by question marks. By using the clues provided, simply replace the missing numbers and activate your key here (you will need to register a Hi-Rez account if you don’t already have one). The first Myst game released this year. The Gameboy launches … Continue reading “Falling Out #14: Tribes Ascend Beta Key Giveaway”
Nothing says loving like a hot conspiracy bun in the oven, I always say. If you use the Lord of the Rings or Dungeons and Dragons forums, you’ve likely noticed that Turbine has taken them down due to an unspecified issue: We have identified a potential issue in the forum system. As a precautionary measure … Continue reading “I Love A Good Conspiracy Theory: LOTRO Forums Hacked?”
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