The Division 2 is a very Division-esque title, which is going to be a good thing or a bad thing depending on how you approach the franchise. If you like your sequels to take the prior title and expand upon it, you’re golden. If you hated everything about The Division down to its core mechanics, … Continue reading “Diaries From Washington DC: The Division 2 First Ten Levels”
Have you ever looked at The Elder Scrolls and thought to yourself; “Self, I want to play more Elder Scrolls, but this quality of work is just too high. Why can’t Bethesda deliver a shoddy, low quality version on my phone that isn’t really fun to play and is chock full of predatory microtransactions?” If … Continue reading “Mobility: Elder Scrolls Blades, the Disappointment I’d Never Hoped For”
The next Diablo game has been announced and this is only the second time that Blizzard is playing damage control. Yesterday at BlizzCon, Blizzard announced Diablo Immortal, a mobile spinoff set in the franchise universe between Diablo 2 and Diablo 3. The game will be coming to Android and iOS devices, with pre-registration already open … Continue reading “Bad Press: Disappointed With Diablo? You Are Toxic and Hate Women”
Greed Monger is a bit of a touchy subject here at MMO Fallout, considering it’s one of the few games that we outright refused to publicize should it ever reappear on Kickstarter, but we have some positive news on the game and its creator Jason Appleton. While Appleton may not have had much success creating … Continue reading “Crowdfunding Update: Greed Monger Delivering Refunds To Backers”
1. Dismissal Sounds Unlikely Let’s start off at the same station and make a few things clear: Despite what is being tossed around on the internet, this case is not a slam dunk for either side (at least not evident from the statements being thrown back and forth). It is very likely that this case … Continue reading “In Plain English: Crytek V Cloud Imperium Games (and RSI)”
An empty wilderness, terrible sound quality, cheap animations, and unfinished assets everywhere with nothing to do but die and see your character irreversibly bricked. It may be in alpha, but Wild West Online is easily a fast contender for worst game of 2017, what is looking to be a shoddy title with questionable connections to … Continue reading “Beta Perspective: Wild West Online Is Hot Trash A La Mode (Hold the Ice Cream)”
Let’s talk Venture Beat and Cuphead. Now in case you haven’t noticed, I tend to avoid covering controversies involving game journalists being bad at video games. Polygon’s video of Doom was embarrassing on a level that the people involved should have known not to publish it, but the factor that blew it out of control … Continue reading “A Response to the Venture Beat Cuphead “Controversy””
The latest hero* has joined the ranks in Marvel Heroes. Carnage, or Red Venom as the community has taken to calling him, is a hero. Sort of. He’s working with the good guys, at least. You can check out Carnage, as with any hero, by testing him out up to level 10. If you want … Continue reading “Marvel Heroes Deploys Red Venom (AKA Carnage) on PC”
Fraudster: 2a: a person who is not what he or she pretends to be :impostor; Meet the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega+, a handheld device designed with the backing of Sir Clive Sinclair himself, and a modern representation of everyone’s favorite 80’s computer system designed by Sir Clive Sinclair. The Vega+ was crowdfunded on Indiegogo back … Continue reading “Crowdfunding Fraudsters: The Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega+”
Steam Greenlight, the process through which developers pay $100 to gain access to submit their games for players to vote to sell on the platform, is going away. In its place is Steam Direct, a process through which developers will be able to pay a per-game fee to guarantee access to the store front. The … Continue reading “[Community] How Valve Can Make Steam Direct (Closer To) Perfect”
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