MMOrning Shots: Winter Festival


Today’s MMOrning Shot comes to us from me, more specifically the very dangerous act of walking out onto a frozen lake in heavy metal armor. One of Neverwinter’s claims to holiday events has been to include a temporary skill that lasts for the duration of the event, and give players another thing to grind for. … Continue reading “MMOrning Shots: Winter Festival”

Perfect World Opens Console Division


Those of you who own a Playstation 4 or follow MMOs are likely already aware of the free to play MMOs that are either already available or are coming soon on the system. Perfect World Entertainment currently offers Blacklight Retribution on the console, and recently announced that it is opening a division of the company … Continue reading “Perfect World Opens Console Division”

Lessons From 2013 #10: Something About Hyperbole


I love my audience, each and every one of you, but let’s be honest: We have a habit of taking jokes out of context when they come from people or organizations that we don’t like. I’m not trying to shame anyone, I fall into that same trap myself from time to time. It’s easy to … Continue reading “Lessons From 2013 #10: Something About Hyperbole”

The Big Perfect World Finance Chart


Perfect World Entertainment becomes the latest company to enter MMO Fallout’s portfolio of charts and graphs. As you can see from the chart above, the Chinese developer/publisher has come a long way just since the earliest financial statements available on their website (Q3 2007). This quarter, Perfect World made out with $136.2 million in total … Continue reading “The Big Perfect World Finance Chart”

MMOments: League of Incredibly Awkward Gentlemen


Today’s MMOments comes from Champions Online and may be the creepiest interactive moment I have ever experienced in an MMO since I stumbled on a GM cybering in Age of Conan. I recently started playing Champions Online again, creating a new character since I’m using the Perfect World account that managed to get a beta … Continue reading “MMOments: League of Incredibly Awkward Gentlemen”

Rift Tops Raptr's Charts For June


Let me put my hard hat on real quick. Alright. Raptr is a desktop app similar to Xfire that we’ve featured here on MMO Fallout because it not only tracks your game time and achievements across your consoles, it also regularly gives free stuff at the cost of absolutely nothing. Thanks to a strong promotional … Continue reading “Rift Tops Raptr's Charts For June”

Rift Tops Raptr’s Charts For June


Let me put my hard hat on real quick. Alright. Raptr is a desktop app similar to Xfire that we’ve featured here on MMO Fallout because it not only tracks your game time and achievements across your consoles, it also regularly gives free stuff at the cost of absolutely nothing. Thanks to a strong promotional … Continue reading “Rift Tops Raptr’s Charts For June”

Thank You For Not Competing


Perfect World Entertainment made news this week when they said that their plan with Neverwinter is not to compete with World of Warcraft. In an interview with Red Bull UK, Craig Zinkievich said that the goal was to “operate a fun game people like to play and want to come back to.” The developer believes … Continue reading “Thank You For Not Competing”