Cyber Watch is a shovelware title hastily cobbled together in the Unreal Engine and tossed onto Steam for a couple of bucks in the hopes that enough people will buy it and not refund it to make a little bit of profit. Tossed onto Steam by a ragtag group of seven named individuals, Cyber Watch … Continue reading “Early Access Fraudsters: Cyber Watch Is Cyber Shovelware”
Mirage Online Classic is out! This week sees the Steam release of Mirage Online Classic, a spiritual sequel to Mirage Online and an MMO built using HTML. The title was put together by Christopher Kremer and Rich Conner, and is available as a free to play title at this very moment. Check it out.
Hellion needs to be forcibly removed from Steam. The tale of Hellion is one that should leave you with a fair amount of hesitance to purchase any future product from Zero Gravity (assuming the company doesn’t buckle and cease to exist within the next six months before putting out its next title). Hellion has lots … Continue reading “Early Access Fraudsters: Hellion Is Cancelled, Yet Still For Sale”
If you’re one of those folks suddenly getting a wild hair up your bum to go play DOFUS again, you’re going to be in for a big surprise if you’re expecting to download it on Steam. It is no longer available on that platform. Ankama made the decision to pull Steam support back at the … Continue reading “We All Missed It: Ankama Pulled DOFUS From Steam”
Ghost Recon Breakpoint was such a disappointment that its release sales and subsequent response from the community resulted in Ubisoft taking a big financial hit and also fundamentally overhauling the way that they approve and release games. Since the game’s launch and commercial disappointment, Ubisoft has been taking strides in figuring out just what the … Continue reading “Ghost Recon Breakpoint Players Demand AI Partners”
Just when you thought Bethesda was going to take home the trophy for 2019’s “stupid and greedy” decision, Cryptic Studios rolls in and says “we can do it better, and possibly commit fraud in the process!” This weekend saw the launch of the Mudd Market in Star Trek Online, a feature that by all means … Continue reading “Star Trek Online’s New Mudd Market Is Probably Fraudulent”
There should be no surprises in this report card. Bethesda’s performance in 2019 indicates a company that has become wholly incompetent and is either incapable of or unwilling to fix its flaws, but instead has chosen time and time again to double down on everything that it does wrong and throw consequence into the wind. … Continue reading “2019 Developer Report Cards: Bethesda Softworks”
Yea, we’re still talking about Blizzcon. It’s been a while since I talked about the whole nontroversy surrounding Blizzard and the prize pool for World of Warcraft’s Blizzcon tournaments, so I will sum up for those who don’t feel like clicking the link in this paragraph. Blizzard sold digital toys with 25% proceeds going toward … Continue reading “Community Concerns: The Importance of Reading Comprehension”
Counter Strike: Global Offensive is making some changes to its keys this week and you can thank international fraudsters for that. Starting today, Counter Strike container keys will no longer be traded or sold on the market. Players are able to earn cases that contain weapon skins while playing Counter Strike but must buy keys … Continue reading “Valve Changes CS: Go Keys To Combat International Fraud”
Ghost Recon: Breakpoint’s critical and financial performance have been “very disappointing” according to an Ubisoft report released today. Ubisoft released a statement revising financial targets to offer the bad news that the 2019-2020 fiscal year isn’t going to be so hot for the French developer/publisher. Worst of all is that net bookings are expected to … Continue reading “Ghost Recon Breakpoint “Very Disappointing” Says Ubisoft”
MMO Fallout 