Playstation Plus Not Required For F2P/MMOs


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So not everyone is all too thrilled that Playstation Plus is going to require an online subscription starting with the PS4. There is good news in all of this, however. Dual Shockers has discovered an interview with Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida, Sony Worldwide Studio President, where Yoshida confirms that there are special cases where games like free to play titles and MMOs will not require PS+ in order to play online.

You will need it to enjoy online multiplayer. This will also depend on the judgement by the publishers, and there will be some free to play titles that you’ll be able to play without needing a PS Plus subscription, like PlanetSide 2 and DC Universe Online.

Purchasing Playstation Plus on the PS4 will continue offering the same perks gamers receive on the PS3 and Vita now, including beta access, a laundry list of free titles updated each month, heavy discounts in the store, and more. Yoshida also notes in the interview that asynchronous gameplay may also be available to non-PS+ users, depending on what the publisher wants.

(Source: Dual Shockers)

By The Way, Rift Is Free Today


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One of the few remaining pillars of subscription-only MMO gaming has fallen today, with Rift officially going free to play. Offering “no trials, no tricks, no traps,” Rift free to play drops the required subscription and opens up all of the leveling experience free of charge. Players are able to purchase credits to buy mounts, services, convenience items, and more: nearly five thousand items to choose from. Even if you choose not to throw some real money in, you can always partake in the delights of the cash shop through buying REX, which can be consumed for cash shop currency.

Today also marks the launch of patch 2.3, bringing a new zone for max level players.

(Source: Rift)

No, Wait, There Is A Warhammer 40k MMO Coming


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This is the end, hold your breath and count to ten. As we here at MMO Fallout await the verdict of our trials for heresy (protip: we will be found guilty) due to a lack of faith in the completion of a Warhammer 40k MMO, you will be happy (and surprised) to hear that the Warhammer 40k MMO is indeed coming out. In development by Behaviour Interactive is taking the reigns with Eternal Crusdae and will throw players on a persistent battle to conquer a planet, rifling through procedural content in a third person shooter as one of four factions (Space Marine, Chaos Space Marine, Ork, and Eldar).

Behaviour Interactive is responsible for a massive line of movie tie-in video games, ranging from Brave, Ice Age, Rango, and more. The company’s latest title was Doritos Crash Course 2, the long awaited sequel to the original Doritos Crash Course.

(Source: Warhammer 40k)

Ubisoft’s MMO Is The Division


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We’ve suspected an incoming Ubisoft MMO for quite a while, ever since the developer/publisher posted that they were hiring for an unnamed online RPG. At Ubisoft’s conference at this year’s E3, Ubisoft’s David Polfeldt revealed that the game is a massive online shooter named The Division. Not a whole lot is known about the game, other than that it is a third person, massive online shooter set in the United States approximately 72 hours after a biological terrorist attack sends the country into panic. The player is part of a group tasked with maintaining order.

The title has been confirmed for PS4 and XB1 with no PC version planned. The game is planned for release in 2014.

(Source: Game Informer)

Ubisoft's MMO Is The Division


TheDivision

We’ve suspected an incoming Ubisoft MMO for quite a while, ever since the developer/publisher posted that they were hiring for an unnamed online RPG. At Ubisoft’s conference at this year’s E3, Ubisoft’s David Polfeldt revealed that the game is a massive online shooter named The Division. Not a whole lot is known about the game, other than that it is a third person, massive online shooter set in the United States approximately 72 hours after a biological terrorist attack sends the country into panic. The player is part of a group tasked with maintaining order.

The title has been confirmed for PS4 and XB1 with no PC version planned. The game is planned for release in 2014.

(Source: Game Informer)

Jagex “Chatwatch” Automates Muting Private Chat


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Jagex doesn’t find your conversations appropriate, so much so in fact that they have updated the Chatwatch program to automatically detect and mute players for “seriously offensive language,” going as far as monitoring private conversations between friends. The confirmation comes from a leaked post on the private high level forums on the official RuneScape website, where a Mod Lyon states that Jagex is happy with the system and has no plans on changing it, and that the chat monitoring can not be confined to public chat, although this is not due to technical limitations.

Naturally player reaction has been mixed, with some seeing the move as an overreach of authority and others viewing it as simply enforcing the rules.

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Jagex "Chatwatch" Automates Muting Private Chat


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Jagex doesn’t find your conversations appropriate, so much so in fact that they have updated the Chatwatch program to automatically detect and mute players for “seriously offensive language,” going as far as monitoring private conversations between friends. The confirmation comes from a leaked post on the private high level forums on the official RuneScape website, where a Mod Lyon states that Jagex is happy with the system and has no plans on changing it, and that the chat monitoring can not be confined to public chat, although this is not due to technical limitations.

Naturally player reaction has been mixed, with some seeing the move as an overreach of authority and others viewing it as simply enforcing the rules.

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Elder Scrolls Online Confirmed PC, PS4, XB1


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Have you been paying attention to E3? If not, why not? Bethesda has confirmed that The Elder Scrolls Online will be coming to Playstation 4 and Xbox One, and will be enjoying a PS4 exclusive beta first before its other platforms. All three versions will launch in Spring 2014.

Just announced: Elder Scrolls Online is coming to PS4 and Xbox One when it’s released Spring 2014,

MMOments In Gaming: Defiance’s Living World


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I had a stunning revelation while playing Defiance yesterday: This game might have one of the more lively feeling worlds I have seen in a long time. Here is the story: A temporary event is currently running that tasks players with fighting off zombie sieges and the odd zombie emergency event in the road. Riding on my roller, I stopped by one such emergency only to find the area completely abandoned. Screaming and gunfire could be heard just over the nearby hill, beyond which I found zombies fighting a Raider event. It seems that the two stumbled upon each other, causing the afflicted to invade the Raider invasion.

Rather than intervene, I allowed the two groups to go back and forth, until the zombies won virtually unmatched and the Raiders were forced to retreat. I can only imagine what the Raider’s hostages were thinking, having already been kidnapped from their caravan, bound and gagged, only to have their day made even worse by an invasion of flesh eating zombies. Luckily for them, the zombies weren’t interested in hostages and once the last raider was killed off, moved on back to their own area.

But just imagine the chaos in Defiance if the afflicted zombified their victims, adding to their ranks and branching out kind of like an invasion event in Rift. Maybe I’m just wishing too much.

MMOments In Gaming: Defiance's Living World


Defiance 2013-04-10 21-58-21-04

I had a stunning revelation while playing Defiance yesterday: This game might have one of the more lively feeling worlds I have seen in a long time. Here is the story: A temporary event is currently running that tasks players with fighting off zombie sieges and the odd zombie emergency event in the road. Riding on my roller, I stopped by one such emergency only to find the area completely abandoned. Screaming and gunfire could be heard just over the nearby hill, beyond which I found zombies fighting a Raider event. It seems that the two stumbled upon each other, causing the afflicted to invade the Raider invasion.

Rather than intervene, I allowed the two groups to go back and forth, until the zombies won virtually unmatched and the Raiders were forced to retreat. I can only imagine what the Raider’s hostages were thinking, having already been kidnapped from their caravan, bound and gagged, only to have their day made even worse by an invasion of flesh eating zombies. Luckily for them, the zombies weren’t interested in hostages and once the last raider was killed off, moved on back to their own area.

But just imagine the chaos in Defiance if the afflicted zombified their victims, adding to their ranks and branching out kind of like an invasion event in Rift. Maybe I’m just wishing too much.