IPE Update: Trion Worlds Lawsuit Coming To A Close As Parties Agree On Settlement


(Update 8/10/19: Included some background information on the case for those who might not be as familiar) It’s finally over, folks. After nearly four years in court, the Trion Worlds lawsuit may finally be reaching its final days. Earlier this month in the superior court of San Mateo, California, dockets have been submitted to the … Continue reading “IPE Update: Trion Worlds Lawsuit Coming To A Close As Parties Agree On Settlement”

IPE Update: Settlement Negotiations and Sanctions Ahoy!


On the last episode of In Plain English: Trion Worlds was issued a subpoena to produce information regarding the sale of assets to Gamigo, we learned about Golden Gate Games Inc, another entity that may possess some of Trion’s assets and whom the plaintiff intended on serving with deposition paperwork and possibly add as a … Continue reading “IPE Update: Settlement Negotiations and Sanctions Ahoy!”

IPE (Minor) Update: Trion Worlds Lawsuit As Of January 30, 2019


I’ve been holding off on the Trion Worlds lawsuit coverage for the simple fact that not a whole lot has been happening over the past couple of months, at least nothing of major significance. Right now the case is getting to the end of discovery, this is the portion of the lawsuit where the parties … Continue reading “IPE (Minor) Update: Trion Worlds Lawsuit As Of January 30, 2019”

Trion Worlds Tells Court: Company Disbanded, All Employees Terminated


(Update 10/31/18): Files from a case management conference held on 10/26 have been published. It looks like the council will continue discussing a plan of action moving forward. A CMC has been scheduled for November 19, and we will post an updated piece should anything important be confirmed. The new document has been uploaded to the … Continue reading “Trion Worlds Tells Court: Company Disbanded, All Employees Terminated”

XLGames Resolving Unspecified Issues Regarding Trion Worlds Buyout


Rev up the rumor mill. In a surprising bit of news, XLGames has posted an announcement on the ArcheAge forums announcing that the 5.0 update release date is still being decided, and that the company is currently working to resolve some issues that have popped up in the recent acquisition of Trion Worlds by Gamigo. … Continue reading “XLGames Resolving Unspecified Issues Regarding Trion Worlds Buyout”

IPE Update: Trion Worlds Overruled, Receives Warning Over Procedural Violations


Who would have thought we’d be talking about Trion Worlds using incorrect font sizes? It’s Thursday, and that means it’s time for an update on the case of Van Fleet v Trion Worlds, an active lawsuit in San Mateo County Court that seeks class action status regarding two major offenses: That Trion Worlds misled customers … Continue reading “IPE Update: Trion Worlds Overruled, Receives Warning Over Procedural Violations”

IPE Update: Court Issues Ruling On Star Citizen Motion To Dismiss


Here at MMO Fallout we try to avoid saturating our coverage of lawsuits for two reasons: The first being that unless the court is making a judgement or one of the parties introduces some profound claim or evidence, the court filings in between are about as interesting and productive as this. Thankfully we’re finally getting … Continue reading “IPE Update: Court Issues Ruling On Star Citizen Motion To Dismiss”

IPE Update: Class Action Lawsuit v. Trion Worlds Responds To Amended Complaint


It’s been quite a while since we last checked in on the ArcheAge class action lawsuit, so I figured we’d go ahead and see if anything has changed over the past few months. First, a recap for those keeping score. Back in what feels like the far flung past of September 2015, two individuals by … Continue reading “IPE Update: Class Action Lawsuit v. Trion Worlds Responds To Amended Complaint”

Trion Worlds To Sunset Devilian Following Developer Abandonment


It’s a tale as old as time. Developer abandons property and leaves publisher with no avenue to fix game issues or develop further content, and game eventually shuts down due to lack of ability to support itself. In this case, Bluehole Ginno was in charge of handling the further development of Devilian promptly abandoned the … Continue reading “Trion Worlds To Sunset Devilian Following Developer Abandonment”

[Rant] You Couldn’t Lie Like This In Other Industries


Let’s start this piece by making a bold statement that I’ve repeated to no end on Twitter: The gaming industry is the only one where you can outright lie to customers and just blame the fact that you were really excited to talk about it. This isn’t the first time I’ve made such a claim and it … Continue reading “[Rant] You Couldn’t Lie Like This In Other Industries”