So I can halt any fears: This is not a shut-down announcement or news that I’m getting bought out. With MMO Fallout’s seventh (good lord) anniversary coming up, I wanted to discuss the realistic future of this website and how I see things changing in the coming months. If you’re a regular viewer of this … Continue reading “The Realistic Future of MMO Fallout”
Dead Island Definitive Edition is a perfect example of how bribery can turn a disinterested customer into a willing participant. Given my massive backlog of games to play and write about, I would normally have no interest in buying Dead Island again. On the other hand, owning both games on Steam meant bringing the price … Continue reading “Review: Dead Island Definitive Edition”
Webzen has marked the end of open beta for ASTA and official commercial release of the MMO. ASTA is built on CRYENGINE 3 and boasts a broad crafting system, dungeons that change their difficulty based on player skill, a player-driven economy, and more. Set to launch on May 31st is ASTA’s first expansion, Myth I: Wrath … Continue reading “ASTA Marks End of Open Beta”
Fallout developer Interplay has gotten itself into more legal trouble. Those of you who have been keeping score will remember that our saga began in 2009 when Bethesda sued Interplay over the company’s not-so-honest claims that Fallout Online was in full production, meaning 30 million in funding minimum. Interplay, in its multiple attempts to fight … Continue reading “[Less Massive] Interplay’s Latest Legal Trouble”
Star Vault is assuring players that payment data has not been stolen in what appears to be a breach of Mortal Online’s servers. Servers for the MMO were shut down after players noticed alterations to in-game menus, text changes, and strange dialogue shouted by town crier NPCs. The website is down as of this writing, … Continue reading “Mortal Online Hit By Another Hack”
Square Enix has announced that hopeful gamers can now try out Final Fantasy XIV through Steam. Head on over to the Steam website, or through your Steam client, go to the Final Fantasy XIV store page, and click on the “try demo” button located on the side-bar. The trial is good for 14 days and … Continue reading “Final Fantasy XIV Steam Trial And Free Weekend”
Amazon’s Digital Games Mayhem has begun. Running from May 22nd to May 31st, save up to 80% on select titles and bundles. Path of Exile packages ($20, $40, $60) Final Fantasy XIV ($14.99) Final Fantasy XI ($11.99) Warframe Packages Defiance Digital Deluxe ($14.99) Defiance 4-pack ($14.99)
Perfect World Entertainment has announced that Dungeons & Dragons is coming to Neverwinter. To be more specific, April 1st will see the adventurers answering the call of Respen Durothil, transformed into a miniature figurine and used in a rousing tabletop game of Dungeons & Dragons. Those who complete this adventure will have an opportunity for … Continue reading “Neverwinter Plays Dungeons and Dragons”
Bioware has revealed that housing is coming to The Old Republic. Not much has been revealed so far in terms of details, but the trailer below shows an apartment with a house droid, mailbox, and other effects laying around. Whether or not this has to do with Bioware’s announcement earlier this year of massive updates … Continue reading “Player Housing Comes To The Old Republic”
World of Warcraft has had low population servers for years, all the way back to the first expansion. This is hardly unexpected, as the game boasts 241 realms in North America and 263 in Europe. Instead of dealing with the technological and logistical nightmare of merging servers, Blizzard introduced cross-server technology to allow players to … Continue reading “World of Warcraft's Connected Realms Does Mergers Right”
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