Whether you pay a monthly fee, buy cash shop items, or simply just play without paying, you are making some kind of investment in your MMO of choice, a combination of time and usually money. As I have pointed out before on many occasions, the major difference between MMOs and many other games is that … Continue reading “No, You Are Not Owed A Refund”
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”
We all have those MMOs that we’ve quit for various reasons: Lack of depth, that one annoying feature, lag, abundance of bugs. I, to set an example, recently started playing Fallen Earth again, which I had quit shortly before picking up Aion in late October. What I found was a much improved game, not to … Continue reading “Have You Revisited Your Old MMO Today?”
Now I know what you other MMO’ers are thinking right now: World of Warcraft got a mount that generated like a billion dollars for them. Why is it that WoW can pay $25 for a mount, and I can’t? Well those of you who do not play Everquest 2, you’re out of luck (at least … Continue reading “World of Evercraft 2: Now With A $25 Mount!”
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:”
I’ve been covering Alganon for quite a while, and I always get the same response: Omali! Alganon is a clone of World of Warcraft! Why not just cover the more popular one? Well, Alganon may be a WoW Clone in terms of its old UI, and far too many other features that Quest Online is … Continue reading “Alganon’s Press Releases Are TOR Clones”
I’ve been covering Alganon for quite a while, and I always get the same response: Omali! Alganon is a clone of World of Warcraft! Why not just cover the more popular one? Well, Alganon may be a WoW Clone in terms of its old UI, and far too many other features that Quest Online is … Continue reading “Alganon's Press Releases Are TOR Clones”
“We don’t need the kind of subscriber levels that people throw around, like a million subscribers, to make a lot of money on this title. If we get anywhere near that level, we’ll be making a lot of money.” Why thank you, THQ CEO Brian Farrel. MMO success is, as I have said before, relative. Technically … Continue reading “THQ: We Don’t Need No Stinkin Million Subscribers!”
“We don’t need the kind of subscriber levels that people throw around, like a million subscribers, to make a lot of money on this title. If we get anywhere near that level, we’ll be making a lot of money.” Why thank you, THQ CEO Brian Farrel. MMO success is, as I have said before, relative. Technically … Continue reading “THQ: We Don't Need No Stinkin Million Subscribers!”
Television advertisement is a barrier that few MMOs break if their names are not World of Warcraft, so it’s good to see Turbine’s Dungeons and Dragons on the semi-big screen.
MMO Fallout 