This week marks a special occasion here at MMO Fallout, in that once again I am branching out. Check out the first episode of my weekly movie review podcast, Direct 2 Netflix. If you enjoy it, please subscribe and keep listening. We’ll have new episodes out hopefully every Monday. As usual, the weekend wrapper looks … Continue reading “Weekend Wrapper: Still Not E3 Edition”
This week Turbine Entertainment announced that Infinite Crisis is shutting down, news that shouldn’t have really been a big surprise given the game’s extended development period, stretched out beta, lack of promotion, and how Turbine was throwing $50 cash packs in with Nvidia graphics cards. Infinite Crisis isn’t the only game I’m going to talk about … Continue reading “Top 5: Lessons We Should Learn From Infinite Crisis”
Zynga’s stock has recovered most of its value following the announcement that CEO Don Mattrick would step down with Mark Pincus taking his place. Zynga’s stock fell heavily with Pincus’ return, down to a low of $2.38 from its $2.90. Investors are responding well to Zynga’s latest quarterly results, in which the company announced severe … Continue reading “Zynga Recovering With Higher Than Expected Earnings”
Google has been ordered by the Federal Trade Commission to pay $19 million in refunds for apps and in-app purchases made by children since 2011 when in-app purchases were first introduced to the service. The Federal Trade Commission most notably took issue with the premise that Google didn’t do enough to protect customers from unauthorized … Continue reading “Less Massive: Google Pays $19 Million Over Apps”
This is my recollection of playing Monkey King Online by R2 Games. After logging into the game and creating my character, I got up and walked out of the room. I nuked a frozen breakfast burrito: a mixture of jalapeno, egg, and cheese. My microwave has this annoying bug where it will occasionally register the … Continue reading “[Rant] Monkey King Online Isn't A Game”
This is my recollection of playing Monkey King Online by R2 Games. After logging into the game and creating my character, I got up and walked out of the room. I nuked a frozen breakfast burrito: a mixture of jalapeno, egg, and cheese. My microwave has this annoying bug where it will occasionally register the … Continue reading “[Rant] Monkey King Online Isn’t A Game”
Today’s MMOrning Shot comes from DC Universe Online’s tenth DLC package. Amazon Fury part 1 involves stories revolving around everyone’s favorite female characters of the DC Universe, including Wonder Woman and the Amazons. Two day shipping not included. Check out MMOrning Shots every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Yesterday the details for the Elder Scrolls Online collector’s edition leaked on the Amazon page for Dishonored, and today the details have been confirmed with Zenimax opening the game up for preorder. There are two bundles to choose from, standard and collector’s edition, and both have already sparked some controversy among fans. Preordering either edition … Continue reading “Elder Scrolls Online Pre-Order Bonuses”
If I had a nickel for every time some individual or group launched a denial of service attack against a website or service that they didn’t like, I would put those nickels in a sock and use it to beat them unconscious. I’m old enough to remember a time when DDoS attacks were much … Continue reading “[Community] The Despicable DDoS”
If I learned one thing from writing here at MMO Fallout, it is that publishers love consolidated launchers and stores. Steam, Origin, Uplay, iTunes, Google Play, Amazon Store, and even that evil decaying behemoth once known as Games for Windows Live. Perfect World Entertainment has joined the list of publishers with the introduction of … Continue reading “PSA: Use Your Perfect World Codes Now”
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