Today’s PSA is brought to you by the letter B and the number 7. Here at MMO Fallout, I regularly receive emails from people asking me to unban their accounts, in complete ignorance to the fact that I am neither officially associated with nor work for any of the games that I report on. But … Continue reading “PSA: FFXIV, Account Theft, And Ban Investigations”
For the sake of moving forward, I will dedicate this one paragraph to Final Fantasy XIV 1.0, the version launched in 2010, to say that compared to its predecessor, A Realm Reborn is normal. Those of you who played the earlier version will have an idea as to what I’m talking about, but for those who … Continue reading “Final Fantasy XIV Review: It's A Little More Normal”
For the sake of moving forward, I will dedicate this one paragraph to Final Fantasy XIV 1.0, the version launched in 2010, to say that compared to its predecessor, A Realm Reborn is normal. Those of you who played the earlier version will have an idea as to what I’m talking about, but for those who … Continue reading “Final Fantasy XIV Review: It’s A Little More Normal”
Almost a billion years ago, NCSoft announced that they would be migrating accounts for Lineage II and Aion players under a single new log in system. The new system, creatively titled an “NC Account,” consolidates usernames for both services, allowing users added security in the form of a changing user handle, as well as the … Continue reading “NCSoft: Upgrade and Get Paid”
Greed Monger is the upcoming sandbox MMO being created by Electric Crow Games and the subject of a very successful Kickstarter project just a few months ago. Originally set on the UNITY engine, at some point the folks at Electric Crow Games decided to switch over to the HERO engine, which many of you will … Continue reading “Greed Monger Is Back On UNITY”
Consider this a serendipitous moment. Jagex’s latest bonus experience weekend has come and gone, and it was certainly an eye opening event for the developer. While previous weekends ran as members only events with the experience bonus degrading over time, this weekend the event was open to everyone, at a flat rate all weekend. In … Continue reading “RuneScape's Infrastructure Needs Work, Jagex Admits”
Consider this a serendipitous moment. Jagex’s latest bonus experience weekend has come and gone, and it was certainly an eye opening event for the developer. While previous weekends ran as members only events with the experience bonus degrading over time, this weekend the event was open to everyone, at a flat rate all weekend. In … Continue reading “RuneScape’s Infrastructure Needs Work, Jagex Admits”
As if all of us didn’t have enough problems in our lives, 2011 was the year that we all kept dutiful watch on our bank accounts, and why not? One by one, companies appear to be falling to malicious hackers breaking in and making off with databases of passwords, user names, addresses, and encrypted credit … Continue reading “Most Controversial of 2011: Everyone Is Getting Hacked!”
When Final Fantasy XIV launched in September 2010, it drew a backlash from its userbase the likes of which haven’t been seen since Sony Online Entertainment implemented the Combat Upgrade and New Game Enhancements in Star Wars Galaxies back in 2005. For an MMO, it was one of the most disappointing releases of 2010. The … Continue reading “Most Aggressive Developer of 2011: Square Enix”
A journalist in gaming will express a distrust in mainstream media. After all, whenever someone in Korea dies from dehydration after a week long Starcraft binge, or a sadist in Vermont murders his child because her crying interrupted his Call of Duty kill streak, the rest of us are painted equally as unsociable psychopaths just … Continue reading “Sorry, The Old Republic Means Repetition In Media”
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