Consequence and punishment are two words that sound interchangeable, however knowing the difference between the two is important to working with your customers and making a more enjoyable environment to play in. To put it short and simple, a consequence is a mixture of positive and negative and a punishment is just negative. Punishments exist … Continue reading “Sandboxing: Punishment Vs Consequences”
Good news, Latin American Scapers! Jagex has announced today that the UK developer has plans to expand RuneScape into Latin America by launching the upcoming RuneScape 3 in Spanish. By partnering with Axeso5, RuneScape 3 will be launched in Argentina, Peru, Mexico, Chile, Columbia, Venezuela, and a number of other countries with fully localized support … Continue reading “Jagex Expanding Into Latin America”
Defiance is one of those games that I find complicated to review, because I keep going back to it and having a good deal of fun despite the fact that certain features leave me bashing my head on the desk in frustration. On one end, you have a pretty solid shooter set in a persistent … Continue reading “Why Aren't You Playing: Defiance On PC”
Defiance is one of those games that I find complicated to review, because I keep going back to it and having a good deal of fun despite the fact that certain features leave me bashing my head on the desk in frustration. On one end, you have a pretty solid shooter set in a persistent … Continue reading “Why Aren’t You Playing: Defiance On PC”
Welcome to the Thursday Top 5, where everything is made up and the points don’t matter. Here at MMO Fallout, every Thursday I like to discuss the top five of something, and today I would like to go in a bit of a satirical direction and give aspiring developers tips on how to guarantee that … Continue reading “Top 5: How To Doom Your Kickstarter”
Cryptic Studios has revealed the next free expansion to Star Trek Online: Legacy of Romulus. Players take control of one of the last remaining Romulans following the destruction of Romulus and Remus. The Tal Shiar are cracking down on dissent and it is up to you to rally a revolt against an oppressive regime. The … Continue reading “Star Trek Online Introducing Romulan Faction”
The War Z developer Hammerpoint Interactive seems to be in a constant state of apology lately. The game was released on Steam and then pulled shortly after when players began complaining that features advertised were not actually in the game. Sergey Titov then went on Gamespy to blame the Steam community for misreading the details, … Continue reading “Hammerpoint Interactive Issues Open Letter To Community”
Welcome to your night cap, for Monday September seventeenth, star date two zero one two. Daily activities are a great way for MMOs to keep their communities interested and playing. From a design stand, it directs the more casual crowd to a list of chores that can be completed even if the person doesn’t have … Continue reading “Monday Night Cap: Daily Questing”
Is the Avatar MMO a possibility? A question best left to James Cameron himself, perhaps asked by IGN. And by the good grace of Grendaline, IGN has come through with just such an interview. In an exclusive interview with Cameron, IGN asked the all important question, “what are your thoughts on turning Avatar into an … Continue reading “James Cameron: Avatar MMO? Perhaps”
By now, you may be slightly familiar with the name Stephen Calender, ex-programmer for NetDevil. A few weeks ago, I brought up his blog post in a Week in Review, that went into detail starting at the acquisition of Lego Universe by Lego (and subsequent layoffs) to the relationship between Gazillion and NetDevil and even … Continue reading “Stephen Calender Talks:”
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