My encyclopedic, borderline obsessive compulsive brain allows me to notice trends and related material, even if I can’t exactly remember when it happened or what that related material is (if my brain was encyclopedic, no one bothers to put the books back in alphabetical order, and someone keeps drawing on the pages). So when I … Continue reading “Wait, Wasn't Funcom Downsizing? Another MMO?”
It always pains me to see an MMO fail before it is even launched. As is the case with Mechscape, Jagex’s upcoming Science Fiction MMO, a spiritual successor to Runescape, as CEO Mark Gerhard confirmed to Eurogamer today that the title is indeed canned. In an interview with Mechscapeworld.com, Mark Gerhard had this to say: … Continue reading “Mechscape Cancelled, Stellar Dawn Coming 2010”
When the website for Stargate Worlds went down Friday for maintenance, we assumed it would take the regular day or so for the DNS change to be complete and the website to come back up. After the 12th, when the website still hadn’t come back up, viewers looked towards the SGW twitter and Facebook pages … Continue reading “Stargate Back: Outlook Still Bad”
Good morning/day folks, A couple of threads on this topic appeared during the night and rather than replying to each one of them I thought I’d create a new one. We have, as you know, recently banned a large number of users for violating our User Agreement. If you found yourself unable to log in … Continue reading “False Positives Happen: The Response Is What Counts”
Earlier this week I did an article on Funcom laying off 20% of their workforce. While the layoffs have officially delayed Funcom’s upcoming MMO, The Secret World, by at least 3 months, I questioned how this would affect Age of Conan, namely its upcoming expansion: Rise of the Godslayer. I can happily say that, in … Continue reading “Funcom: Age of Conan Unaffected”
Impatience is not a virtue in a recently launched MMO. In fact, hindrance is not a strong enough word to explain just how disappointed a player will be if they dive into a recently launched MMO with hopes of 100% stability, a lack of bugs and glitches, and a some residual issues that even the … Continue reading “Fallen Earth: Stumbling Launch and Today’s Stroke”
Impatience is not a virtue in a recently launched MMO. In fact, hindrance is not a strong enough word to explain just how disappointed a player will be if they dive into a recently launched MMO with hopes of 100% stability, a lack of bugs and glitches, and a some residual issues that even the … Continue reading “Fallen Earth: Stumbling Launch and Today's Stroke”
An MMO is unique in its own world in the sense that, despite what some people think, you truly do live in the world. Think back to titles you’ve played for years, and you’re bound to have nostalgic moments of times that are long past. Many of us longtime players expect the company to recognize … Continue reading “Remembering the Classic: Everquest “Ancient Heroes””
An MMO is unique in its own world in the sense that, despite what some people think, you truly do live in the world. Think back to titles you’ve played for years, and you’re bound to have nostalgic moments of times that are long past. Many of us longtime players expect the company to recognize … Continue reading “Remembering the Classic: Everquest "Ancient Heroes"”
Aion launches in four days, and the title, much like Champions Online did earlier this month and in August, is stealing much of the spotlight here at MMO Fallout. So much so that I’m putting together a new section for MMO Fallout: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (Not that that particular mechanic has … Continue reading “Aion: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly”
MMO Fallout 