If planets are children, Ilum is the son who plays by his own rules and inevitably is shot and killed at the end of the movie due to his own recklessness. Since The Old Republic launched last December, the high level planet Ilum has been the subject of major bug and resource exploits, controversial bans, … Continue reading “Ilum To Be Deprecated In 1.2, PvP In Warzones”
In the land of MMOs, few have ginned up more controversy than Sony Online Entertainment. Sony announced that they would be partnering with Alaplaya, gaming division of ProSiebenSat.1 to publish most of Sony’s MMOs in Europe, transitioning European players off of Sony’s account system and on to PSS. The deal has an astounding laundry list … Continue reading “Cleanup In Aisle 5! SOE Community Explodes In Response To Europe Deal”
The Playstation Network has been a brand name for Sony’s online service since 2006 and has been the subject of controversy, license agreement changes, and free online gaming. Starting February 8th, Sony will be dropping the PSN title and adopting a new name: Sony Entertainment Network. The new name essentially is to allow Sony to … Continue reading “PSN Becomes SEN On Feb. 8th”
Runescape: Betrayal at Falador is the first novel by T.S Church set in the world of Gielinor, envisioned by Jagex, more specifically the city of Falador and the White approximate king place approximately five years before the events of the game (the quest storyline), we find the world entering into chaos. As the White Knights … Continue reading “Review: Runescape: Betrayal at Falador”
It’s been eight years since Star Wars Galaxies first came on to the scene and amazed us with an endless amount of content, a sprawling world to explore and allow our characters to live out their lives. Since then Galaxies has become one of the most controversial MMOs in history, and I don’t think I … Continue reading “It All Ends Today: Star Wars Galaxies To Shut Down”
No, Games Developers Conference Online, the piggy nibbler award is for me. GDCO has come and gone, and although the Golden Joystick Awards won’t be released for a little while longer, I wanted to share the results. Because what makes for more controversy and argument than the opinion of someone who molded a piece of … Continue reading “GDC Online Awards: MMO Awards”
Today’s week in review is a bit more interesting than previous works, if I do say so myself as an unbiased outside source. As far as MMOs go, I’ve been spending a lot of time in Lord of the Rings Online with my pitiful leveling speed in an already slow to level game. Currently I … Continue reading “Week In Review: Keep Your Origin Account Safe Edition”
Pay to win is a highly controversial label in the MMO business, and I should know. I haven’t even finished the second sentence for this article, yet there is already a mob forming inside of my house ready to beat me to death if I show even a hint of unwavering and militant opposition to … Continue reading “Has Aion Embraced Pay To Win?”
MMO Fallout wouldn’t be what it is today (and that isn’t say much as it is) without the inspiration I receive from reading forum posts, so this week’s Week In Review is dedicated to all of the completely non-biased people out there who registered at MMORPG.com to explain to me why x-company is a scam … Continue reading “What Happened This Week: Love Your Thread Title Edition”
Stellar Dawn isn’t just an MMO that got me listed in Wikipedia, it is also the subject of a bit of controversy. Back in 2008-2009, then CEO Geoff Iddison stated that then-named MechScape was virtually complete and that we would see a public closed beta sometime in late 2009 with a release in 2010, following … Continue reading “Does Jagex Have Any Enthusiasm For Stellar Dawn?”
MMO Fallout 