When Electronic Arts announced that Star Wars: The Old Republic is their largest development project ever, I immediately became worried for the title. In all likelihood, The Old Republic has an enormous budget, more than most other MMOs can shake a stick at, and as a result will have the eyes of EA glaring down … Continue reading “Dangerous Expectations: One Million For The Old Republic”
In January, Haiti was struck by a massive earthquake that resulted in countless damage, over two hundred thousand dead, and millions left without a home. In the following months, we witnessed an enormous surge of companies looking to get their players involved in donating to the cause: Participants including Blizzard, CCP Games, Frogster Entertainment, Sony … Continue reading “Hello Kitty Online: This Is How You Charity…Adorably.”
Back in December, I referenced to three outcomes of the release of Stargate Resistance, the “replacement” for Stargate Worlds, with the former being released to fund the latter. Those three outcomes were: This is the “everything went perfectly” outcome: Stargate Resistance launches, does well, and is used to fund Stargate Worlds and pay the employees. … Continue reading “Cheyenne ME: Bankrupt, Whiting Sued”
Eurogamer! To many gamers, Eurogamer is a great source for gaming news, reviews, and other editorials. To Darkfall fans, on the other hand, Eurogamer is just another shady “unbiased” review website that backs up writers with questionable journalistic integrity. It feels like only a year ago that Eurogamer was launched into a controversy regarding the … Continue reading “Gamespot Vs Hi-Rez: What Journalistic Integrity?”
There isn’t much more of a vestigial appendage on the server list for your favorite MMO than seeing “RP” as the label. Back when I first started playing World of Warcraft, the role playing servers were populated with a number of hardcore guilds, granted guilds that would quickly try to get you booted off of … Continue reading “Not So Much RP In The MMORPG”
Myst Online makes me pine for the better days of MMOs, particularly one that has a developer equivalent of the Child Protective Services act, as I would have called it to take Myst Online to a better place ages ago. Myst Online has seen more cancellations and revivals than any title on the list, despite … Continue reading “Night Of The Living Dead: Myst Online Edition”
Inspiring rivalry between companies is one thing, but if given the opportunity, I would probably spur on a competition of who can think of the best way to get players giving to charity. To say that such a competition exists is probably morally reprehensible, but one can dream, in the form of “This is How … Continue reading “CCP: No, THIS Is How You Charity”
“On January 12th, 2010, a massive earthquake devastated the island nation of Haiti. In an effort to show support and lend aid, SOE will be offering items priced at 500SC on the Station Marketplace through EverQuest, EverQuest II, and Free Realms. From January 15th to January 18th at 11:59pm PST, redeem 500 station cash towards … Continue reading “Everquest to nDoors: This is How You Charity”
By this time in, oh I’ll go for a long shot, 2011 we should be seeing the outcome of the battle of the titans: Four major contenders looking to bring their best and brightest to the field and answer one question: Who will dominate the MMOFPS market? Granted, two of the contenders are not actually … Continue reading “King of the MMOFPS Hill: Sony Vs CCP Vs Blizzard Vs Infinity Ward”
[Update] The Steam Sale is over as of January 3rd. Better luck next time!
MMO Fallout 