Back when I previewed City of Steam’s open beta, I noted that while the game was still fun in multiple aspects, that the game had been taken a rather notable hit in quality since its closed beta and before R2 Games was announced as the publisher. Certain game mechanics were severely simplified, the FAQ for … Continue reading “Mechanist Games Revokes City of Steam From R2 Games”
Today’s Taco Tuesday discussion comes to us from the Darkfall: Unholy Wars forum where a rather interesting event has taken place. In a recent stream, Aventurine’s own Creative Director Claus Grovdal revealed some of his own hopes for future content. Grovdal wants to see a new class introduced, one that would deploy turrets and function … Continue reading “Darkfall: Unholy Wars Short On Subscribers”
ROBLOX’s virtual convention has already come and gone, but the images will remain with us forever. Virtual BLOXcon took place on Saturday the 21st, a four hour block which involved everything from Q&A sessions to streaming game content, hall of fame awards for the best creations, and more. If you managed to catch the event, … Continue reading “MMOrning Shots: Virtual Convention”
If my childhood is anything to go off of, Sony’s consistent public contradiction of Microsoft is going to net them a belt buckle to the head, you know once the two are out of the public view. Take Two and Rockstar Games have been going insane with shutting down any outlet for pre-release Grand Theft … Continue reading “Not Massive: Sony Won't Ban You For Early Playing”
If my childhood is anything to go off of, Sony’s consistent public contradiction of Microsoft is going to net them a belt buckle to the head, you know once the two are out of the public view. Take Two and Rockstar Games have been going insane with shutting down any outlet for pre-release Grand Theft … Continue reading “Not Massive: Sony Won’t Ban You For Early Playing”
Divergence Online is the next up and coming hardcore indie sandbox, and you can go ahead and stop reading there if you are as tired of that sentence as I am. Maybe it is the four years of writing MMO Fallout that has made me jaded, but when I hear about an indie hardcore sandbox … Continue reading “I Don't Think Divergence Is A Serious Game”
Divergence Online is the next up and coming hardcore indie sandbox, and you can go ahead and stop reading there if you are as tired of that sentence as I am. Maybe it is the four years of writing MMO Fallout that has made me jaded, but when I hear about an indie hardcore sandbox … Continue reading “I Don’t Think Divergence Is A Serious Game”
Sony Online Entertainment has confirmed that the developer has laid off an unknown number of staff from an unknown variety of divisions. SOE’s Linda Carlson posted on several of the official game boards that the reduction aims to reduce costs and focus efforts on the current slate of games. As a company, our goal is … Continue reading “Sony Online Entertainment Layoffs”
The Minecraft fans among you may recall that Notch had been working on a sandbox space game titled Ox10c (pronounced “Ten to the C”). The idea was that players could create a ship piece by piece and that each section (life support, oxygen, missiles) would take away from a limited amount of power. The ship … Continue reading “0x10c Cancelled By Mojang”
Those nerds, am I right folks? Those of you browsing Netflix for your fix of Search For Spock have likely noticed that the film has gone missing from the website’s instant streaming database. Netflix has confirmed that the film was removed, however not for the reason you might expect. It wasn’t due to contract expiration … Continue reading “Not So Massive: Netflix Removes Star Trek 3”
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