Since the 8.9 magnitude earthquake the hit Japan this month, the outpour of support has been intense not only from gamers, but from the not-so-soulless entities that operate them. Already, we’ve seen responses from Square Enix (who are shutting down servers to consolidate energy), and Sony Online Entertainment, both companies of which will not be … Continue reading “Eve Online: PLEX For Japan”
The only thing I love more than reading financial reports is reading financial reports auto-translated by Google. With the release of Mortal Online’s 14-day trial, our next bit of discussion pertains to the company’s annual financial report, released a little earlier today. The short: Mortal Online is remaining stable, growing at a small rate. Star … Continue reading “Mortal Online: Still Not Profiting, 2011 A Better Hope?”
Cherry Blossoms. “Possible introduction of traditional names such as paladin, monk, white mage, etc.” -Final Fantasy XIV Lodestone Final Fantasy XIV features nineteen classes, and for the most part the names are rather straightforward. We know what to expect out of a fisher, botanist, miner, armorer, blacksmith, goldsmith, culinarian, etc. However, from the perspective of … Continue reading “Classic Jobs Coming To Final Fantasy XIV”
Final Fantasy XIV is an odd bucket. For starters, I love the game, but I often find myself wishing Square would stop phoning me up at 3am, drunk, weeping and apologizing for issues I already know it is fixing. Since Final Fantasy XIV launched, cradled, and promptly slaughtered a flock of geese in its turbine … Continue reading “Final Fantasy XIV: Physical Levels Being Removed?”
A few days ago, I wrote about how Sony was reactivating inactive Everquest accounts until the 21st of the month in lieu of the time locked progression server, the aptly named Fippy Darkpaw, renowned for his ability to run headlong into guards far higher than his own level, assuredly the first Leroy Jenkins before Leroy was Leroy. … Continue reading “Everquest: Second Progression Server Tomorrow”
Less than a week ago, I told players to expect more Warhammer servers to be merged and shut down this year, and although I was right on the mark, I honestly expected Mythic to spend more time “discussing” what to do about the server population issue than this. In the latest Herald news article, Mythic’s … Continue reading “Look At That: Warhammer Merging Servers…”
“Thank you to all those of you who took part in the historic RuneScape Referendum, which ended on Friday. We received an incredible 1.2 million votes, with a united 91% of you voting for the restoration of free trade and the Wilderness. We have heard your call and will be restoring these much loved features … Continue reading “Mark Your Calendars, Runescape: February 1st Free Trade”
About a week ago, I put out a warning telling people to be careful about emails claiming to be from Blizzard over their passwords being reset. Apart from the usual worry of the Christmas season putting a spike in the number of spam emails sent, I had an unexplainable feeling that something big was going … Continue reading “Legit And Illegitimate Blizzard Emails Circulating”
Given that it is December 7th, you’re probably wondering why the trumpets of fanfare haven’t been going off at the headquarters of Sony Online Entertainment. Unless many of us were in a hallucinogenic daze earlier this year, I do believe that The Agency, Sony’s instanced espionage MMO, was slated for release this month. Granted, we haven’t heard … Continue reading “The Agency: I’m Just As Confused…Late 2011 Release?”
Given that it is December 7th, you’re probably wondering why the trumpets of fanfare haven’t been going off at the headquarters of Sony Online Entertainment. Unless many of us were in a hallucinogenic daze earlier this year, I do believe that The Agency, Sony’s instanced espionage MMO, was slated for release this month. Granted, we haven’t heard … Continue reading “The Agency: I'm Just As Confused…Late 2011 Release?”
MMO Fallout 