You didn’t think that the drama surrounding City of Heroes was over just because the servers had shut down, did you? Well think again. MMORPG.com has posted an article today detailing exchanges between NCSoft and a former Paragon Studios employee over the fate of City of Heroes, and as usual the two pieces of information … Continue reading “NCSoft Breaks Silence, Paragon Studios Wasn’t Profitable”
After several months of rehab from Kickstarter, I think it’s safe to talk about some of the MMOs that are seeking funding without opening my wallet and throwing heaps of cash into them. It’s been a pretty interesting past few months for Kickstarter in all respects, including that of the MMO world. If you haven’t … Continue reading “Keeping Up With Kickstarter”
By the time you read this, Transformers Online will have already been delisted from MMO Fallout. To find out why, continue reading. Back in July, Mark Gerhard wrote about how Jagex is done messing around with pet projects (read: massive financial disasters) like 8Realms and FunOrb, and that the company would only focus on serious … Continue reading “Jagex's Problem With "Not RuneScape" Continues On”
By the time you read this, Transformers Online will have already been delisted from MMO Fallout. To find out why, continue reading. Back in July, Mark Gerhard wrote about how Jagex is done messing around with pet projects (read: massive financial disasters) like 8Realms and FunOrb, and that the company would only focus on serious … Continue reading “Jagex’s Problem With “Not RuneScape” Continues On”
In thirteen days, Darkfall will shut down and make way for the launch of Darkfall: Unholy Wars on November 20th. As launch of Unholy Wars comes closer, Aventurine has been letting information trickle out via the Epic Blog, videos posted on Youtube, and through interviews with varying websites. In an interview with MMORPG.com, Aventurine discusses … Continue reading “Darkfall: Unholy Wars Will Feature Safe Zones For All, Safe Cities For Reds”
When we last saw Side Quest and Fractal Entertainment, the fledgling browser MMO was busy licking its wounds from a low turnout in its recent Kickstarter campaign. Of the ten thousand desired by Fractal Entertainment, the Kickstarter funding managed to bring in only two. However, not willing to give up, the folks at Fractal have released … Continue reading “Questing On The Side With Side Quest”
I have to admit: When I saw that Richard Garriot’s new game was a Facebook social title, my heart sank. And then when I found out he was partnering with Zynga, the force of sudden massive compression caused my heart to tear itself inside out. Luckily, through the magic of modern science and a genetics … Continue reading “A Quick Look At Ultimate Collector”
Another year, another Golden Joystick award. Every year I bring up the nominees, and since MMO Fallout is all about MMOs (and gratuitous food analogies), I tend to focus on just the one category. Last year the Best MMO category housed six titles. This year, the list has been expanded to a whopping nine. Luckily … Continue reading “And the Golden Joysticks Nominees Are…”
It’s Friday and that means it is time to look at the news posts we missed. World of Warcraft opens all races, regardless of expansion pack. The Secret World 50% off at Amazon this weekend. Archeage Next Closed Beta Features All New Functions. Electronic Arts For Sale, Rumored. Vanguard Free To Play Officially Launches Shadowrun … Continue reading “Week In Review: Week of August 12th”
Richard Garriot is a topic of which I tend to butt heads with the community here at MMO Fallout, generally due to the poor handling of Tabula Rasa and Garriot’s departure from Ultima Online. More recently, Garriot set his sights on social networking with the announcement of Portalarium, which Garriot himself described in 2010 as: … Continue reading “Portalarium Gearing Up To Release Ultimate Collector”
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