Two months ago, I changed the “Month in Review” category to a monthly review called “Looking Back, Moving Forward,” and at the time I promised all of you that I would explain my reasons at a later date. As at least one person has pointed out, the legacy “Month in review” articles have been completely … Continue reading “I Can't Do This Alone: I'm Sick Of The MMO Stigma”
File this under “pretty damn cool.” For years, MMOs have been looking for new and inventive ways to kill gold farmers and bots, and quite a few spectacles have come out of it. Aion instated the G-Unit, a team dedicated to bot busting, as well as public executions, Eve Online had Operation Unholy Rage, Runes … Continue reading “Martial Empires Monster-Police Will Murder You”
Exteel was something of an experimental move by NCsoft into the free to play cash shop market, and launched back in December 2007 to the fanfare of…something. As far as fanfare goes, Exteel was one of the games I never actually bothered looking up, considering it was developed and published by NCsoft. Not unlike Dungeon … Continue reading “NCsoft: Exteel is Shutting Down This September”
Updates: The sale is over. Go home. ↓♣ Aion Standard Edition 33% off ($26.79) Includes 30 days of game time Champions Online 66% off ($6.79) Includes 30 days of game time. City of Heroes: Architect Edition 33% off ($13.39) Includes 30 days + City of Villains Global Agenda 33% off ($26.79) No subscription fee. Guild Wars Game … Continue reading “Thar Be Sales On Steam, Landlubbers!”
Back in pre-MMO Fallout 2008, I pondered whether or not Square Enix hired sadists to create the biggest bosses for Final Fantasy XI, and if I remember correctly my verdict was yes. Of course, the barrel of that day’s gun was pointed at Beyond The Limitation, a Final Fantasy guild that gave a detailed description … Continue reading “New Runescape Armor Costs 1-3 Months of Gametime”
Back in my day, our games didn’t have save features. Sure, there were a select few that had the ability to save, but otherwise if you wanted to finish the game, you were going to sit down and play through, or leave your console on and risk overheating. Once save functions became more prevalent and … Continue reading “Permanent Death Is Meaningless Death”
NPD did a survey recently on the question we all ask: What MMOs do World of Warcraft players play when they no longer player World of Warcraft? Based on a survey of nearly 19,000, the reason I note this survey in particular is because NPD has a pretty good past of their surveys giving an … Continue reading “What Are Former WoW Players Doing? NPD Says:”
Earlier this week it was announced that David Allen, President and co-founder of Alganon LLC, has departed for unknown reasons. Granted, it didn’t take long for the new President (Derek Smart) to step and in and clarify the situation: “Dave Allen didn’t ‘depart’. I fired him back in February for insubordination and for acting against the … Continue reading “Derek Smart: David Allen Fired, Alganon Should Not Have Launched…”
Xsyon may not be the best looking game, but where the title faults in the super hi-def bloom that burns cornea and frightens small nocturnal creatures, it makes up in offering freedom to players. Throughout the short history of the MMO genre, there have been quite a few attempts at allowing the player to build … Continue reading “Xsyon: An MMO By The People, For The People”
Our game servers, account databases, and support sites are under constant attack and being probed for any vulnerability. It’s a war that by no means is over. -Scott Jennings, NCsoft on Aion. There may not be a fight between gold farmers and developers as intense what is going on between Aion and the gold farmers. … Continue reading “G-Unit Reports: No Critical Security Issues”
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