Nothing kills interest in a game like having your account stolen and spending the next few days or weeks getting it back. Here at MMO Fallout, I like to do little PSAs when either myself or the company are putting out reminders. There’s no harm in a little protective gaming every now and then. Battle.net … Continue reading “Keep Your Battle.net Accounts Safe”
Legally speaking, Flying Lab is required to give players 30 days notice before making changes to the subscription and payment system for Pirates of the Burning Sea, which they surpassed with flying colors thanks to the presence of some game busting bugs, not to mention the Thanksgiving weekend. After a long wait, players can finally … Continue reading “Burn The Sea For Free: PotBS Is Now Free To Play”
Mortal Online’s launch feels like forever ago, and player reaction is still mixed. Ask a current player and they’ll likely tell you that the game has improved leaps and bounds but still has a long way to go before it is stable, complete, and balanced. Ask an ex-player and you are likely to walk headlong … Continue reading “Bought Mortal Online? Have 7 Free Days On Star Vault”
“The big change is the development philosophy. There are some more changes coming in terms of the games, but we’ll cover that in the months to come. The big change is that we’re not making MMOs, we’re making online multiplayer games.” -Jack Emmert, CEO, Cryptic Studios. Things are really bustling over at Cryptic Studios. Bill … Continue reading “Community Concerns #2: Cryptic Leaving The MMO Scene”
October here on MMO Fallout is all about free to play (a topic I intend to touch upon this month) vs pay to play, but I wanted to start this month off by giving an analogy between the two systems. By this point, I don’t think anyone takes free to play verbatim, as in not … Continue reading “F2P Vs P2P: Making The Food Comparison”
Cheapskates will not enjoy F2P hybrid games. The point is not to make a quality product that costs millions to make and then allow everyone to run through it for free like charity. It is designed to make money. You can either sub and avoid all the hassles. Or you can pay here and there … Continue reading “Quote of the Week #2: Explaining LOTRO F2P To Non-Payers”
I came upon this decision months ago, but I’ve been sitting on it until someone pointed out my hint, and they did in an email I received: I see you updated your calendar showing MMO birthdays, but only titles that are five years old and older are displayed. Is there a reason for this? Or … Continue reading “The MMO Turing Test: Five Years”
Fallen Earth is great in the sense that you don’t necessarily have to resubscribe just to get a good idea on how the game has progressed. Rather than plunk down fifteen bucks on a month-long subscription you might regret, this particular MMO is known to throw out fourteen day passes every few months to inactive … Continue reading “Fallen Earth: Come Back To Us! We Baked Muffins!”
Those of you playing Everquest II, or really any other subscription based MMO are probably looking at your fifteen bucks a month and wondering, “Gee. I hope they don’t turn my favorite MMO into a cash-shop money farm for casual kiddies who want to pay to win,” and quite frankly your fears would be justified. … Continue reading “Everquest II Has No Room For You F2P Folk”
Dear valued FINAL FANTASY XI/TETRAMASTER player: Square Enix is committed to protecting your user information. We have just been alerted to a potential breach of Square Enix’s secure systems from an external source. This may have resulted in the disclosure of a limited number of PlayOnline IDs, passwords and user account data. Please be assured … Continue reading “Square Enix’s Servers Breached:”
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