Today’s video comes to us from Daybreak Game Company showing off the three classes in Planetside Arena. Planetside Arena is a battle royale spinoff taking place years after the war in Planetside 2 ends, when factions dissolve and the only people left are mercenaries.
Check it out this January on Steam.
In the first half of 2019, gamers will have the opportunity to buy shares in digital property within the game Entropia Universe. The Crystal Palace, which was sold in 2009 to its current private owner, is selling 500,000 shares for the low cost of $1 each. Shareholders receive a proportional cut of the loot collected across all four domes in the form of PED, which can then be converted and cashed out into real world money.
Talk about a game that plays itself.
“The upcoming Crystal Palace shares are one of the many ways that investment-minded players can earn real-world profits from Entropia Universe. With more than a billion microtransactions taking place in Entropia Universe every month, Entropia Universe boasts a yearly Gross Domestic Product of more than $400 million – equivalent to the nation of Tonga. Entropia Universe property sales in the past have broken world records, including the very first virtual property worth more than $1,000,000.”
The Crystal Palace earned an approximate return on investment of 17% this past year.
Source: Entropia Universe
1047 Games, development studio behind Splitgate: Arena Warfare, has announced a partnership with Overwolf, gaming application developer, to deliver in-game apps for its upcoming shooter Splitgate: Arena Warfare. The in-game apps will assist in tracking in-game stats, communication, and more. The platform itself encourages third-party developers to create applications aimed at providing players with stat trackers, communication enhancements, game capture, and more.
“We’re always looking for opportunities to join forces with game developers that share our passion for community content, apps and services. 1047 is excited about giving gamers more creative ways to amp up the fun, and partnering with them on Splitgate is a perfect fit,” said Uri Marchand, CEO & Co-founder, Overwolf. “We love Splitgate. It’s fast-paced, super fun, competitive gameplay, and has a ton of potential. We’re excited to see what kind of creativity and innovation will come from the community.”
A closed alpha playtest will go live on December 22. More information can be found on the official website.
Technically we’re still in 2018, but this product doesn’t come out until 2019 so I’m going to use that tag anyway. 2019, the year I can use whatever tag I want.
In case you thought it was bad enough that Ubisoft was partnering with Totinos to promote their games, well they’ve gone further down the rabbit hole. Ubisoft has teamed up with Mountain Dew and Walmart, because of course they have, and they have put out a deal that no reasonable consumer could think to refuse. All you have to do is be one of the first thousand people to pre-order a 12 count case of Mountain Dew Game Fuel from Walmart and you’ll receive not just the energy drink (all twelve of them) but you also get beta access to The Division 2 as well as a bonus prize pack.
Codes for PRIVATE BETA access and instructions on how to register will be sent out by Ubisoft via email to the e-mail address provided when you preordered the MTN DEW® AMP® GAME FUEL® 12 pack. Timing of distribution of code and instructions is at Ubisofts sole discretion. PRIVATE BETA access is limited to one per customer email address. Ubisoft will communicate game launch information at a later date. Receiving a PRIVATE BETA access code upon purchasing MTN DEW® AMP® GAME FUEL® is only open to legal residents of the United States, its territories or possessions where offer is available and who are the age of majority in their state of resident at time of entry. PRIVATE BETA access offer subject to additional terms and conditions available at http://www.thedivisiongame.com/gamefuel. Void where prohibited.
The bonus prize pack contains a dog tag, whistle, light, compass keychain, baseball hat, and an eight in one aluminum tool kit. Photograph below. Mountain Dew’s Game Fuel cans are equipped with resealable tech, are scientifically loaded with sugar and caffeine for accuracy and alertness, and tactile grip. They also come in cherry, berry, tropical, and original. Beta access is only open to US residents, but anyone can enjoy the crisp taste of a fresh Mountain Dew no matter where they live.
LVL UP THE GAME.
Playstation VR’s first MOBA Dark Eclipse has launched a massive content update featuring three new characters and four winter skins. In addition to these updates, Dark Eclipse has also received additional tutorials to get players better acquainted with the controls and strategic elements.
Players who log in to Dark Eclipse will be able to receive daily rewards including eclipse points, player icons, and a leader and hand skin. Today’s update introduces holiday yeti hand skins as well as winter skins for Veronika, Wuntasto, and Jysook.
Dark Eclipse is free to play on Playstation 4 for PSVR and can be found at the official Playstation store.
Pearl Abyss today announced that Black Desert Online will be available for pre-order on the Microsoft Store starting January 7, 2019. Following the success of the game on PC with more than ten million registered users, Black Desert on Xbox will feature a new story, remastered graphics and audio, as well as 4k HDR, and an optimized user interface for consoles and controllers.
While you wait, check out the Black Desert E3 2018 trailer below. Black Desert Online is currently available on Steam for $10.
Back in October, Google offered a pretty sweet deal to get people beta testing its service Project Stream: Test the service, and we’ll let you play the very new Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey until the test ends in January. We’ll even give you 1000 helix credits (cash shop currency) to get you going. Unfortunately your save won’t transfer and you’re going to lose access to the game, but you’ll have the option to play it to your heart’s content for the next three months.
Well the deal just got better. For those who put at least an hour into Project Stream, you’ll be able to keep your copy of Odyssey after January 15 when the test ends, as a permanent addition to your Ubisoft account. The test is still by invitation only, to the best of our understanding, so you might be in for a wait if you’re not already in the test. For those who can have access or gain access, you’ll have until January 15 to clock in your hour.
Instructions for how to redeem the game will be sent after January 15. This offer is only valid in the United States as Project Stream is unavailable elsewhere.
Source: Eurogamer
Here at MMO Fallout, we strive to constantly bring you the most exciting content we can find on the internet. In lieu of that, today we have for you nearly an hour and forty five minutes of exclusive gameplay footage from Magnificent 5, the award winning battle royale spinoff title from the award winning Wild West Online.
Strap into your seats and have your secretary hold all calls, because you’re going to want to leave.
Wild West Online, the latest racket supported by the industry’s lead fraudster Sergey Titov, has landed itself in a shallow grave along with all of Titov’s other half-baked products. Given Titov’s modus operandi when it comes to releasing games, Wild West Online has been abandoned not even half-finished and plans are already underway to launch a spin off! Yes, everyone’s favorite Wild West shooter will be made free to play and fired back onto the internet in the form of Frontiers, the base game, and Magnificent 5, the battle royale title.
As of this writing, Wild West Online has one player online on Steam. As for WWO Partners Ltd, or whatever new shell company Titov has set up to continue this game’s existence, they’ve stopped keeping up a facade of caring. The forums have descended into a mess of spam and scam links, and of the six staff members listed on the forums, nobody has bothered posting in nearly two months while most haven’t even logged in since May or earlier.
Which is all par for the course for Wild West Online and its predecessors.
Otherwise I have no opinion on the matter.
I can’t imagine that Battlestate Games thinks there is any possibility of them coming out of this on top.
It must be the end of the year, because everyone’s favorite “Worst Developer of 2018” awards are coming up on your choice Youtube channels and Battlestate Games has decided to make a last minute entry. The Russian developer behind Escape from Tarkov, a tactical first person shooter, recently issued at least 47 DMCA takedown notices against a Youtuber named Eroktic for spreading false information regarding a data leak and due to his criticisms of the game itself.
As part of an effort to dig its grave deeper, Battlestate Games has made several posts confirming that it had in fact filed the spurious DMCA takedowns against Eroktic to silence what they call “negative hype” and because Eroktic had supported people who took a “hostile” position toward BSG, with hostile translating to “critical.”
“Lately Eroktic decided to settle on the concept of negative hype and started ardently supporting people who obviously designate their position as hostile to us. Eroctic released a video in which he, in a tendentious manner, accused us of incompetence that allegedly led to a leak of two million profile credentials. The video was based on someone else’s document which described the process of obtaining basic information about profile through rating tables (a nickname, ID, statistics from the rating). Nevertheless, after our check we were convinced that no leaks have ever happened. Eroktic began to spread rumor that cheaters can steal your account and get you banned for cheating. All of this was and remains false.”
Right, except this isn’t a copyright claim and you filed a copyright claim to bring the videos down. Youtube, incidentally, has defamation claims you can file against channels that can be used in cases of defamation. Instead of going down that road, BSG decided to abuse the copyright process and commit perjury in the process. Now their chances of being punished? Slim, I would even argue nonexistent especially since they’re a Russian developer.
Thankfully we don’t have to look far to show that Battlestate Games is flat out lying about not being receptive to criticism because they admit to filing the takedown notices due to Eroktic’s “hatred” in the same message. How does one dodge the claim that they are silencing criticism? Refuse to acknowledge the criticism as valid criticism, that’s how.
“The decision to address YouTube concerning video on the Eroktic’s channel had to be made in order to stop misinformation and hatred. Moreover – we did not want and we do not want this person to be associated with our game in the first place. His purposefully destructive actions cannot be considered “criticism” no matter how you look at it. Eroktic has a long history of negative attitude towards our project, the company and players, and with the recent actions he crossed the line.”
The backlash to BSG’s conduct has prompted content creators to begin dropping their coverage of Escape From Tarkov, including the resignation of one Emissary (affiliated content creator), as well as several other Youtubers. Meanwhile, the news revolving around BSG’s conduct has spread all over the web, including to websites that hadn’t previously covered Escape From Tarkov. The result? In its heavy handed attempt to silence criticism, BSG has ensured that more people than ever will see not just the accusation that the game’s data was leaked, but that BSG is willing to abuse the copyright law in order to silence people for criticizing them.
So Battlestate Games took down two videos, and it only cost them their public relations, the good will of their community, an avalanche of negative press coverage, business relations with content creators, and the long term trust of their customers. Hope it was worth it.
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