Cowen and Company may sound familiar, and that is because they’ve been featured here on MMO Fallout once before. Back in June, the analyst group got a look at The Old Republic, and they weren’t impressed, quoted as saying: “Despite promises from EA/Bioware that the title represents a major step forward in MMO design, what we saw … Continue reading “Cowen And Company: The Old Republic Could Sell 3 Million”
I think I’ve pointed out many times that MMO Fallout is not on par with, say, Massively.com or MMORPG.com, or Rock Paper Shotgun. So when Darth Hater reported from a Comic Con panel that Bioware hopes to have Star Wars: The Old Republic up until 2025 (guaranteed!), a few of us said “this sounds a … Continue reading “Journalism Misses The Joke: The Old Republic In 2025”
I have to admit: Second free to play announcement of the day, yet not as exciting as the first. MMORPG.com is reporting that Lego Universe is set to go free to play this fall, although reading the announcement, the transition sounds more like calling Warhammer Online’s endless trial a free to play system. The LEGO Universe free-to-play … Continue reading “Lego Universe Heading Free To Play This August”
Here’s a question for this week: If you could sit down and talk to anyone in the gaming industry, who would you talk to and what would you ask them? Over here at MMO Fallout, I came upon that decision rather easily. The Who: Free to play/cash shop developers. The What: Their business model. Thanks … Continue reading “What Happened This Week: That’s Not Linguine Edition”
Here’s a question for this week: If you could sit down and talk to anyone in the gaming industry, who would you talk to and what would you ask them? Over here at MMO Fallout, I came upon that decision rather easily. The Who: Free to play/cash shop developers. The What: Their business model. Thanks … Continue reading “What Happened This Week: That's Not Linguine Edition”
I saw an interesting thread over the past week. It asked “would you rather take one million dollars if it meant never being able to play Guild Wars 2?” My answer was an absolute yes. Now, I loved Guild Wars, even though I got bored once I finished the leveling and storyline quests, and I … Continue reading “What Happened This Week: 5/22 – 5/28 Edition”
This weeks question is for those of you who have quit an MMO (so virtually all of you). What level of interaction do you keep with your estranged title? Do you forget all about it and move on to your next title of choice, or are you one of those people who turns on jihad … Continue reading “What Happened This Week: 4/15-4/21 Edition”
At one point working on MMO Fallout excavated a tiny part of my brain, and replaced it with a long list of industry names and their associations. So any time I hear the name Bill Roper, David Bravik, or Max Schaefer, the “Flagship Studios” red alert goes off and won’t stop buzzing until I finish writing … Continue reading “Marvel Universe: Steep Uphill Climb”
Here’s an interesting story out of Blizzard. According to this post on the Blizzard forums, World of Warcraft will see the introduction of cross-realm dungeon finder, for players who have friends on different realms, but still want to go through dungeons and heroics together. A new system in development will allow players with RealID friendships … Continue reading “Premium Services Coming To World of Warcraft”
It’s that Cylon picture again! Must be another Dungeons and Dragons Online story. Technically when Turbine stated that they were “taking back” the Dungeons and Dragons service in Europe, from Codemasters, they shut the service down entirely. Instead, European Dungeons and Dragons players were transitioned over to the North American service, where they’ve been ever … Continue reading “Dungeons and Dragons Online: Now French/German”
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