As surprising as it may be, Trion Worlds was once very much against the idea of Rift going free to play. Yes, that Trion Worlds, the one with the $100 weapon pack in Defiance, the one that has more than once had to apologize for stepping over the line with its monetization strategy for Rift. … Continue reading “Trion Worlds Announces Rift Prime: Subscription Server for Spring”
Always read your fine print, folks, it’ll help you out of a lot of problems. Crytek has officially launched a lawsuit against Cloud Imperium Games and Roberts Space Industries, alleging copyright infringement and breach of contract. The lawsuit alleges that CIG violated its contract with Crytek back in 2016 when they announced that the first … Continue reading “Crytek Suing Star Citizen For Copyright Infringement/Breach of Contract”
It’s that time of year, folks, where MMO Fallout looks back on our predictions for this year in order to hand ammunition to the very people who regularly remind me that I have no idea what I’m talking about. This year I did pretty well, out of 30 mostly serious predictions I would say that … Continue reading “2017’s Predictions Revisited: How Did We Do?”
Since I’ve managed to once again push the new year predictions until it’s actually the new year, it’s time to throw everything I have in the old portfolio onto the table and get it all out of the way at once. The World of Warcraft Nostalrius successor will become a huge item among its community, … Continue reading “2017 Predictions for 2017: 2017 Edition, Part 2: Let’s Throw Everything at the Wall”
Game & Game is an online game portal dedicated to supporting Korean game enterprises, but all you need to know is that they have acquired the rights to publish ELOA, which was shut down by Webzen just recently. Developer nPic Soft decided to make the switch to Game & Game in order to provide players … Continue reading “ELOA Is Coming Back Under GamenGame”
One thing I’ve been trying to do every year is to go back to the stories that MMO Fallout never followed up on, and to try and bring you all up to speed on whatever happened to the guy or the game or the thing. With that in mind, here are the five stories that … Continue reading “2016 Wrapped Up: Finishing Stories”
Players in Neverwinter on PS4 are finding that logging out in certain areas causes the game to break, freezing upon re-entry with no fix in sight (including reinstalling the game from scratch). The problem, it appears, is not on the client’s end but on the server’s side. The issue hasn’t been fixed yet, but there … Continue reading “PSA: How To Fix Your Frozen Neverwinter PS4 Character”
The GO series turned out to be a real surprise hit when Square Enix announced Hitman GO for iOS and Android way back in the far flung past of 2014. You could cut the skepticism for Hitman GO with a knife, a rather cynical look toward what was perceived as the first steps of a company … Continue reading “[NM] Lara Croft GO”
Wild Terra has released version 0.8.7, allowing players to search for recipes by name in crafting/construction lists. (Source: Wild Terra) Improvements and fixes 0.8.7 Now you can search by recipe name in the craft and construction lists. Ferrets are now live in the woods. Implemented the possibility to set icons of recipes on the belt. … Continue reading “Wild Terra Introduces Searchable Recipes, Ferrets in Woods”
NCSoft has officially released their first quarter financial documents, and there is plenty to be happy about (providing you are not a developer on or player of Wildstar). Sales hit a boom with a 28% increase over the same time last year while profits over the same period jumped 70%. Pre-tax income flew up 67% … Continue reading “NCSoft Sales Boom, Wildstar Flounders In Q1”
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