Marvel Heroes Celebrates Third Anniversary


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Saturday June 4th marks the third anniversary of titular MMO Marvel Heroes. Beginning Friday at 11:00am PDT, Gazillion staff will be hosting a livestream throughout the day with various developers fielding questions and discussing their role in development.

The in-game celebration begins tomorrow as well, with the return of some of our most popular gameplay events (Midtown Madness and Mystic Mayhem), a server-side boost to experience points, and a few other surprises. Stay tuned to Gazillion’s social media channels for more details on what’s in store for the weeks to come:

Previous anniversary events for Marvel Heroes have heralded tons of free stuff, from heroes to costumes and bonus experience. Those interested should follow Marvel Heroes on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

(Source: Gazillion Press Release)

Neverwinter Announces Tenth Expansion


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Perfect World Entertainment has announced that the tenth expansion to Neverwinter, Storm King’s Thunder, will be hitting PC in August with Xbox and Playstation releases coming at a later date.

Adventurers will travel north to Bryn Shander – capital of Icewind Dale – to investigate the sudden presence of frost giants in the region. No visit to Icewind Dale would be complete without the help of Catti-brie and Wulfgar – characters from R.A. Salvatore’s novels – who will aid adventurers in their quest to stop the invading giants.

The new campaign will take adventurers across three zones with story content and, of course, a new dragon to battle. Information at this stage is sparse, so keep tuned for more details in the coming future.

(Source: Neverwinter)

Neverwinter Hitting PS4 This Summer


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Perfect World Entertainment has announced the impending launch of Neverwinter on the Playstation 4, following up the title’s launch on Xbox One last year. When the game hits, players will be able to enjoy the base experience plus nine expansions, all for free.

Neverwinter on PlayStation®4 features controls optimized to incorporate the DualShock 4’s touchpad, Party Chat integration and will be free-to-play for all console owners. PlayStation®4 adventurers will not need PlayStation Plus to experience Neverwinter.

As with the launch on Xbox, PS4 players will presumably be segregated to their own servers.

(Source: Neverwinter)

If You’re Banned From Overwatch, Don’t Bother Buying It Again


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Cheaters, griefers, and trolls banned from Overwatch for the use of aimbots and other hacks might want to stay away from buying a new copy lest they waste even more of their own money. According to posts popping up on various cheat forums, Blizzard is showing no mercy (unlike the screenshot above) when it comes to people using cheats. Take these accounts with a grain of salt, but players are also reporting bans being handed out to players who didn’t cheat in the live game but used various injection programs in beta, while those who do cheat in the live game are reporting pretty fast bans.

But it goes further: Again, you can take this report with a grain of salt, but we’re taking comments from places where people don’t exactly have a reason to lie about cheating. According to numerous posts, people are continuing to get banned on their second or third accounts after re-buying the game and uninstalling whatever program they were using. Apparently Blizzard is fingerprinting computers and simply banning subsequent accounts after a couple of days once they show up with the same ID as a previously banned account.

Blizzard has already commented that their ban policy is one of zero tolerance and is immediately closing support tickets for banned accounts.

Trion Worlds Names Its AbleGamers Winner


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The Ablegamers Fellowship provides scholarship money and internship opportunities to help up and coming game developers with disabilities to make an impact on the industry. With dozens of entries in the bag, Trion Worlds has announced the winner of the first Ablegamers Fellowship: Alex James Ryan.

AJ, as he is known in disability and gaming communities, is an extraordinary individual with the kind of drive and passion AbleGamers and all of the sponsors of the Fellowship were looking for. He uses a combination of assistive technology and superior feet-skills to destroy the competition in Mortal Kombat and one day the game development field. With dozens of independently released titles already under his belt, we know AJ will go on to do amazing things for the game accessibility movement.

While Ryan originally intended on becoming a games journalist, he changed sights over to development after a meeting Jay Moon (Turok: Dinosaur Hunter) in high school. AJ has several projects under his belt, including “Chill Editions” for many of the games on the SEGA Mega Drive Collection on Steam. He hopes to bring more accessibility into the games industry for gamers with disabilities.

“Anyone who cannot use their arms and plays Mortal Kombat with their feet, and is setting up his own game studio is a winner,” said Russ Brown, COO of Trion Worlds. “The world needs more Alex James Ryans.”

(Source: Trion Press Release, Ablegamers)

Crowdfunding Fraudsters: 8-Bit MMO


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Fraudster:
2a:  a person who is not what he or she pretends to be :impostor;

Good day everyone! I’m going to keep this short and sweet, since this is an obvious one. Today’s project of note is for an 8-bit MMO by Pixels of the Night. Is Pixels of the Night the name of the company or the name of the game? I can’t say for sure.

So what information can Pixels of the Night give us about their game?

This project has been in works for two years now. With help from my college teacher to really put the code behind the game in place. What this money will do is help with the cost of servers, and hire another programmer to help with the many errors that may arise when dealing with building an MMO.

Cool, understandable. It makes sense that you’d need money to run the servers, hire more programmers, and dealing with technical issues. Since the game has been in the works for two years, what other information can you give? Screenshots? Game mechanics? Anything? Bueller?

No, despite being in development for two years, PotN doesn’t deem it necessary to give us even the most minimal of details on their game. No screenshots, no concept art, no details on game mechanics, no nothing. Evidently the creator should have had their college teacher help with the Kickstarter campaign as well.

Unsurprisingly, people aren’t too enthused about funding this campaign, and it has yet break $0 in funding with 11 days to go. The creator is hoping to raise two grand. So since I have absolutely no idea what this game is about, the next logical question is: How much can I donate and what do I get for it?

People who donate 100 dollars will receive a limited addition of the game, featuring 1k gold, and a exclusive armor set keeping you ahead of the game.

Any lingering doubt that the creator doesn’t know what he’s doing should vanish when you note that the only reward tier is for $20, but the detail of the reward is only for donations of at least $100.

Riders of Icarus Beta Giveaway Redux


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It is once again giveaway day here at MMO Fallout. We’ve been given 100 keys to give away for the next Riders of Icarus closed beta event. The doors open on June 2nd.

Players who previously participated in the closed beta will automatically be in for this round. There is no need to grab another key. Since we only have 100 keys to give away, the codes have been locked to one per IP.

Riders of Icarus tasks players with taming hundreds of different mounts, from ferocious bears to fire-breathing dragons. Players in North America, Mexico, Europe, Australia/New Zealand, and parts of South America are invited to be among the first to experience mounted aerial combat with dragons and bears! Well maybe not flying bears.

New players can grab a key below and follow the instructions to redeem. For the full list of supported regions, check out this page.

For NEW Closed Beta participants:

  •  Download and Install Nexon Launcher – http://download2.nexon.net/Game/NexonLauncher/NexonLauncherSetup.exe
  • Create Nexon America Account
  • In the upper right hand corner click the down arrow next to your profile name
  • Click “ACTIVATE PRODUCT” to enter your key and click “NEXT”
  • Select Riders of Icarus from the games list
  • Click “PLAY NOW” to start pre-downloading the game

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Kings and Heroes Goes On Early Access Today


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Kings and Heroes feels like a game out of Dungeons and Dragons, and those interested in plundering its depths can do so starting today. Billed as an ARPG, Kings and Heroes presents players with randomly generated dungeons, persistent content, and a seamless open world.

With hundreds of players in each world you’ll have plenty of company to explore by foot or on horseback. Discover towns, villages, ruins, ghost towns, high mountains, lakes, and valleys across varied environments. You’ll travel in realistic day and night cycles with true weather effects. Be warned, many dangerous creatures inhabit the world so an adventurer must always be prepared for a fight.

The game will go live in about three hours from this posting, after which it will be available for $29.95. Those who create a character within the first week will receive a small handful of exclusive items.

(Source: Steam)

Surprise! APB Reloaded Soft Launches On Xbox One


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It’s been a while since Reloaded Productions first announced that APB Reloaded would be hitting consoles, so it came as a bit of a surprise when the announcement dropped last night that the game was now live. European Xbox One users can access a soft launch of the MMO while players in the US will have to wait a while longer.

The soft launch is being treated as more of a beta test than a live product, with users reporting major issues on the game’s forums. Cash shop purchases have also been disabled for the time being.

(Source: APB Reloaded)

Darkfall Goes Offline


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Darkfall has gone offline, and Aventurine doesn’t know when, or if, it will be returning. Unholy Wars, the official version, went offline with a post on the official forums explaining to players that economic conditions in Greece have made the game unsustainable. While they hope that the disruption is only temporary, for now it should be considered indefinite.

We have been involved with Darkfall for over 13 years now and it is our hope that we will be able to continue well into the future with your support. Unfortunately, and against our best efforts, the conditions in Greece have caught up with us and do not allow us to continue operating the game as we have been so far. We hope that the disruption of Darkfall Unholy Wars service is temporary and that we will be back soon in a more sustainable format. We apologize for the inconvenience to all that are affected.

Rumors of Aventurine being in a bad situation have been rampant ever since the developer decided to license the original Darkfall out to two separate developers at the same time.

(Source: Darkfall)