When Bill Roper left Cryptic Studios, I couldn’t help but feel that great change was to come to the world of Cryptic’s two MMOs: Champions Online and Star Trek Online. It isn’t that Roper is necessarily a bad person, just that he loved cash shops with the kind of passion that can only be found … Continue reading “Champions Online Heading Free To Play”
I’ve been speculating for a while now that there is more to this delay of Lord of the Rings Online in Europe than Codemasters has been explaining. On my earlier articles, I noted my thoughts that Turbine had something to do with the delays, although my assumption that Turbine was attempting to take back LOTRO … Continue reading “The Technical Issues Are A Lie: Codemasters Reveals”
MMO players are subjectively patient. As any player can tell you, delays happen for many reasons. An update that wasn’t tested properly, a wayward system that was unable to handle the server load, maintenance that had to be extended longer than expected. As players, however, we have our temporary ways around this system. Our server … Continue reading “LotRO America Seals Deal Sucking In EU Players…”
October here on MMO Fallout is all about free to play (a topic I intend to touch upon this month) vs pay to play, but I wanted to start this month off by giving an analogy between the two systems. By this point, I don’t think anyone takes free to play verbatim, as in not … Continue reading “F2P Vs P2P: Making The Food Comparison”
It’s time to change the MMO Calendar, which can only mean it’s time for another Looking Back, Moving Forward. September brought upon us life, as well as death, and a whole lot of free to play. It’s been over a month since Earth Eternal shut down, following Sparkplay’s demise. Even though the game was sold … Continue reading “Looking Back, Moving Forward: September 2010”
Earlier this month, Lord of the Rings Online went hybrid-cash-shop in North America, with Codemasters’ European venture trailing behind due to perceived issues regarding preparation for this enormous event that would undoubtedly bring a major influx in population to the lands of Middle Earth. Earlier this month, Codemasters issued a release stating that they were … Continue reading “Sorry Europe, Still No LOTRO F2P For Now…”
Technically the Eastern Free to Play grinders were the first to make the statement, but when Turbine brought Dungeons and Dragons Online back from the brink of disaster by turning it into a hybrid cash-shop-VIP system, and turned it into an out of control money machine, that moment was where the industry started taking notice. … Continue reading “Pirates Of The Burning Sea Heading Towards Eff Too Pea”
If you are a newcomer to Lord of the Rings Online, and live in Europe, chances are high that you are currently playing on one of Turbine’s US servers. When Turbine launched the US-based servers last week, they did so with foresight, preparation, and server queues. Lots and lots of server queues. Codemasters, on the … Continue reading “Codemasters Wants Some Well Deserved Hate”
I wanted to bump this up to the top again so people can once again see the ongoing sale on Direct2Drive regarding MMOs. For the sake of space, I’ve moved previous month’s updates to the bottom of the page. [9/2]: Removed Alganon, as the game no longer has a client to purchase. [9/2]: Removed Fallen … Continue reading “Direct2Drive Sales Continue!”
“Hi folks, Following our announcement on Wednesday regarding the delay of Free-to-Play in Europe, we can now provide you with a further update as to its status. It’s not good news I’m afraid. We are currently anticipating a delay of more than a week, potentially launching around the end of the month, and are still … Continue reading “More On LOTRO Europe”
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