Developer Q&A’s are a great representation of why you should never allow an interview subject to cherry pick their own questions. With the exception of an exceptionally newsworthy answer, I’ve stopped covering developer Q&A’s here at MMO Fallout for a few reasons, not least of which being that they have a habit of wasting … Continue reading “[Community] Trion Worlds Question & Non-Answer Session”
Valve’s new refund policy for Steam has been up and running for about a week, and my prediction that this system would be crippling for certain developers is already coming true. If you’ve been paying attention to the digital papers these past two days, you’ve likely noticed a series of articles circulating around the developer … Continue reading “[Community] Steam And The Refund Fallacy”
Originally I intended this week’s Community column to be speculation about how Trion Worlds would handle ArcheAge’s upcoming server merge, given that the plans are still in the conceptual stage and any real action that will be taken is still months down the line. To fuel speculation, I looked at how server mergers were handled … Continue reading “[Community] Let’s Call A Merger A Merger”
(Community is a weekly column discussing ongoing events in various MMOs. Agree or disagree, we’d like to hear what you think in the comments below.) Everquest’s Ragefire progression server has been up for less than a week, actually it’s been up for about four days, but if you’ve been trying to make headway in the … Continue reading “[Community] Are Boxers Harshing Your Ragefire Buzz?”
RuneScape is eleven days into its May roadtrip, and the hardcore among you are no doubt already finished and reaping the benefits. As has become a tradition, the month of May means the RuneScape Road Trip. Players are given a booklet with a set of 20 tasks that can be completed once per day, with … Continue reading “[Community] Do You Take Part In Month-Long Events?”
Here are three words you probably never expected to read: Meridian patch notes. Regardless, yesterday brought with it a new patch for the world’s first 3D open world MMORPG. The changes mostly consist of infrastructure updates, but there are also updates that people have been waiting diligently for since before some of you were born. … Continue reading “Meridian 59 Community Takes Over Updates”
Trion Worlds recently found itself in a bit of controversy following the company’s attempt to win back ex-customers by doling out gift packages. The packages were considered far too generous by members of the community, including expensive gift packages and items that previously required heavy investment into the game’s lockboxes. In response, community manager Scapes … Continue reading “Trion Worlds Offering “Community Appreciation” Package”
ArtCraft Entertainment has announced that Crowfall has been upgraded to run on the latest version of UNITY. The engine upgrade brings in new physics integration as well as the .NET platform along with a whole host of middleware. UNITY 5 was released this week as a fully featured free engine. (Source: Backer email)
Shroud of the Avatar update 15 is here, and Portalarium has revealed that the Ultima-inspired MMO is now running on the latest UNITY engine. The update sets the stand for improving optimization and visual quality, however the patch notes that performance may drop on older machines until some of the new systems can be put … Continue reading “Shroud of the Avatar Update 15 Upgrades UNITY Engine”
The Old School community has officially approved the implementation of a grand exchange auction house. The poll, which received over seventy two thousand votes, was approved with 76% and will be tweaked in another upcoming poll to decide just how the feature will function. Players also approved dragon daggers, an increase in bank slots, and … Continue reading “Old School Community Approves Grand Exchange”
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