When I’m not fielding calls from the president of MMO Land asking me how to save the world from the evils of free to play scams, I’m generally fielding calls from frantic fanboys foaming at the mouth over the latest MMO to come out based on their favorite IP, and how it will revolutionize the … Continue reading “Warhammer 40k: No Time For Your Stale-Ass Quests”
Small change in the LBMF structure. Now that November is done, companies are going to have to ramp up work if they’re going to get their game out and hit that 2010 release date. According to the MMORPG.com game list, there are more MMOs apparently slated for release this month than I can care to … Continue reading “Looking Back, Moving Forward: November 2010”
John Smedley acknowledges that Everquest II players are not World of Warcraft players, as reflected in moves by Sony Online Entertainment to not jump on the bandwagon by introducing a $25 mount to…To be fair, I’m sure that the Everquest II Prowlers were being developed years before World of Warcraft did it, more likely around … Continue reading “Everquest II: Cataclysm May Be On Its Way”
Rumors suck, no question about it, especially when you’re in a system where verifiability is absolutely naught. IRC logs can be forged, pictures can be photoshopped, and ex-employees always have a bone to pick with their employers. For this reason, I decided a long time ago that I wouldn’t even humor unsubstantiated claims. If I … Continue reading “Mortal Online: Even If The “Leak” Is True…”
Rumors suck, no question about it, especially when you’re in a system where verifiability is absolutely naught. IRC logs can be forged, pictures can be photoshopped, and ex-employees always have a bone to pick with their employers. For this reason, I decided a long time ago that I wouldn’t even humor unsubstantiated claims. If I … Continue reading “Mortal Online: Even If The "Leak" Is True…”
Bank it! Here at MMO Fallout, we follow the intuitive systems that various companies use to keep your account secure. So far, the safest systems we’ve seen also happen to be the most cumbersome, such as the authenticator system used by Final Fantasy XIV and World of Warcraft, while others are intuitive and useful, … Continue reading “Runescape: Security and Username Purging”
Given that we are nearing the end of November, and Aion is still running to the best of our knowledge, the jingling of pipe bombs at my doorstep is a good indicator that the Aion producer Chris Hager has put out a new address to the community. Earlier this year, Aion introduced the free slightly … Continue reading “Aion: Server Transfers, Security, and More…”
I started playing World of Warcraft again several months ago (and quit again after playing for a month and a half), and unfortunately I had to contact support over the phone to get some assistance. I found that, even at off-peak hours, the support queue was full enough that it required me to call back … Continue reading “My Battle.net Account Is Locked A Lot”
A great man once told me, “mark my words, Everquest II will have a big server merge less than six months after it goes free to play.” I can’t recall who said this, and thanks to the wonders of corrupt hard drives and lack of backup copies I no longer have his name … Continue reading “By The Way: Everquest II Server Mergers Abound”
It’s time to change the MMO Calendar, which can only mean it’s time for another Looking Back, Moving Forward. September brought upon us life, as well as death, and a whole lot of free to play. It’s been over a month since Earth Eternal shut down, following Sparkplay’s demise. Even though the game was sold … Continue reading “Looking Back, Moving Forward: September 2010”
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