Bad Press: No, NDTV, Civilization VI Isn’t Milking Its Users For Data


Civilization VI has become the latest Steam title to play victim to review bombing, and players are incredibly unhappy about recent changes to the game’s End User Licence Agreement. But are they correct in their conclusions? It doesn’t seem so. The gist of the controversy seems to be coming from this particular extension of the … Continue reading “Bad Press: No, NDTV, Civilization VI Isn’t Milking Its Users For Data”

MMO Fallout’s Tips For 2019: Consumer/Industry Edition


I am a neglectful person. First I barely acknowledge MMO Fallout hitting nine years old last year, and now I look back at the archives and find out that I never published a predictions piece for 2018? You really get your money’s worth with this website, let me tell you. So in that vein, let’s … Continue reading “MMO Fallout’s Tips For 2019: Consumer/Industry Edition”

What Happened: Global Adventures Abandoned And Left To Die


Global Adventures is a game that MMO Fallout gave away beta keys for back in December 2017, and the fact that so many keys were left to grab is probably an early warning that the game was going to go down like a wet fart. Actually, the fact that the game shut down rather quickly in … Continue reading “What Happened: Global Adventures Abandoned And Left To Die”

[Review] Fallout 76 Is A Roaring Dumpster Fire


For all intent and purpose, Fallout 76 could have billed itself as Fallout 4 With Multiplayer, and people would be knocking down the walls to get in. Set in Appalachia, West Virginia, Fallout 76 is a Frankenstein’s Monster of various systems coming together in the hopes of providing an interesting, engaging experience. In reality, Bethesda … Continue reading “[Review] Fallout 76 Is A Roaring Dumpster Fire”

Impressions: Hellgate London Is Lazy And Incompetent


What else can I say? A whole lot. Incompetence is a word that has dogged Hellgate: London from the day when Electronic Arts and Flagship thought that a subscription on a Diablo clone would be a guaranteed money maker. Following the completely timely demise of Flagship Studios and the departure of Bill Roper, Hellgate traded … Continue reading “Impressions: Hellgate London Is Lazy And Incompetent”

Fraudster Update: Will Adkins and the Open Letter to MMO Bomb


It’s been nearly two weeks since MMO Fallout published our piece regarding the Marvel Heroes Rebirth Indiegogo project, Marvel Heroes and the Diploma Mill of Nostalgia, and the article has garnered quite a bit of controversy by which I mean accusations of plagiarism and a demand that we link to a blog you might formally … Continue reading “Fraudster Update: Will Adkins and the Open Letter to MMO Bomb”

[Community] Mob Mentality, Jason Vorhees, and Website Policy


For this week’s Community article, I’d like to bring up as subject that has been discussed to death over the past few years yet still remains a pervasive issue in not just the gaming community, but virtually every aspect of human life especially when the internet is concerned: Mob mentality and the internet’s ever populous … Continue reading “[Community] Mob Mentality, Jason Vorhees, and Website Policy”

Gearbox Issues List of Demands To G2A


Gearbox Software has issued an ultimatum to G2A.com, an online key reseller and distributor with whom the game developer had partnered with for the upcoming launch of Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition. G2A, where people can sell keys, has come under fire in recent years for its inability to police its market for users selling game … Continue reading “Gearbox Issues List of Demands To G2A”

Crowdfunding Fraudsters: The Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega+


Fraudster: 2a:  a person who is not what he or she pretends to be :impostor; Meet the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega+, a handheld device designed with the backing of Sir Clive Sinclair himself, and a modern representation of everyone’s favorite 80’s computer system designed by Sir Clive Sinclair. The Vega+ was crowdfunded on Indiegogo back … Continue reading “Crowdfunding Fraudsters: The Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega+”