The 2010’s brought us closer than ever with developers and that means a lot more instances of people shall we say fudging the truth and maybe being a little more optimistic about their company’s future than was realistically possible. We’ve seen plenty of games in the past decade disappear after promising us that there was … Continue reading “2010’s: Remembering Those Games That Went Out For Gas (And Never Came Back)”
With 2019 just about dead and behind us, it’s about time we start looking toward the far future of 2020. That in mind, I’d like to make some of my trademark predictions for the coming new year. Daybreak Game Company DayBREAKS: I’ll file this one under ‘assuming it doesn’t happen next month.’ In case you … Continue reading “MMO Fallout Presents 2019 Predictions For 2020: 2019 Edition”
A recent leak from the Steam Helpdesk has resulted in the outing of games and DLC packages coming to Steam. The list is massive and includes numerous test apps not meant to be viewed by the public. It makes references to games that we know are coming out (Rise of the Tomb Raider, Dark Souls … Continue reading “Steam Leak Reveals New Games, DLC”
As those of you who follow my Twitter account (see right hand side of page) know, I spent a good part of last night following up on a story that broke earlier in the day yesterday. Derek Smart, game developer and ex-Star Citizen pledge, posted via social media that he had received a death threat … Continue reading “Derek Smart, Indie Devs, And Death Threats”
It’s Sunday and you know what that means: You’re all playing Deadly Profits. It may surprise you to hear that there’s been a lot of arguing going on between Derek Smart and the people reviewing Alganon on Steam. The game currently has a review score of 31% positive with 114 reviews and an all time … Continue reading “Weekend Wrapper: Chicks With Abs Edition”
If gaming has suffered in any way from the MMO industry shift to free to play, it is through the saturation of what I’ve referred to as mass-market shovelware, MMOs that seem to exist for no other reason than to show up, exist for a while, and then hopefully leave with a little profit. These are … Continue reading “Early Access: Szone – You Have Left The Zone”
It’s Sunday, and you know what that means: You’re playing Triad Wars, thanks to the giveaway here at MMO Fallout. Well you should be, anyhow. As we descend into the barren wasteland that is the summer of gaming, I see the Weekend Wrapup getting smaller and smaller. Anyway, get a Triad Wars beta key. If … Continue reading “Weekend Wrapper: We Aren’t Merging Articles”
Another week has come to an end, and that means it’s time to look at the news you may have missed or forgotten. Weekend Wrapup goes over the highlights of the previous week, not all of which were covered by MMO Fallout. For Marvel Heroes players, today (Saturday the 2nd) is the only day to … Continue reading “Weekend Wrapup: Iron Man MK3 Edition”
I’ll be honest with you folks, I am poorly prepared this week. Those of you who follow me on Twitter will know that I’ve been snowed into my house with no internet since last Monday, I haven’t had the capability of doing anything other than a few news pieces on my barely passable Chromebook. So … Continue reading “Community: MMO Fallout Ethics Q&A”
The day has come, Hell has frozen over, pigs are flying, and cows are lactating chocolate milk. Earlier today, the folks at Quest Online took to Twitter to announce that the server for Alganon has been taken down in order to patch in the Rise of the Ourobani expansion. Originally announced in June 2011 for … Continue reading “Rise of the Ourobani Launches Today”
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