Among the splendor of the E3 game reveals, Neowiz has announced that Bless Online will be shutting down in the west as of September 9. The title launched into early access on Steam one year ago in June 2018 to a respectable peak of 28,000 players but players very quickly jumped ship due to a … Continue reading “Bless Online Goes Offline September 9”
Civilization VI has become the latest Steam title to play victim to review bombing, and players are incredibly unhappy about recent changes to the game’s End User Licence Agreement. But are they correct in their conclusions? It doesn’t seem so. The gist of the controversy seems to be coming from this particular extension of the … Continue reading “Bad Press: No, NDTV, Civilization VI Isn’t Milking Its Users For Data”
(Editor’s Note: It should be noted that any accusations made in this lawsuit are alleged and no presumption of guilt for accusations against either party should be presumed, either implied or otherwise. MMO Fallout makes no conclusion of guilt or innocence on either party.) (Update Jan 11 6:40p.m.) Gearbox has released a statement to Kotaku … Continue reading “IPE: Former Gearbox Counsel Accuses Randy Pitchford of Possessing Underage Pornography (Updates)”
To the surprise of just about everyone, Bungie made the announcement today that they are splitting ways with Activision, with the former retaining publishing rights and control of the Destiny game going forward. In a joint statement released alongside this news, Activision/Bungie noted “going forward, Bungie will own and develop the franchise, and Activision will … Continue reading “Bungie Announces Split From Activision, Retains Destiny IP”
Pearl Abyss today announced that Black Desert Online will be available for pre-order on the Microsoft Store starting January 7, 2019. Following the success of the game on PC with more than ten million registered users, Black Desert on Xbox will feature a new story, remastered graphics and audio, as well as 4k HDR, and … Continue reading “Black Desert Online Available January 7 For Pre-Order”
Funcom today launches their latest title: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden. The title promises to combine the turn based strategy of XCOM with realtime stealth and exploration of a post-human world reclaimed by nature and mutants. In a world where nuclear war has not only wiped out the last vestiges of humanity, you take … Continue reading “Funcom’s Mutant Year Zero Has Launched”
Gamers in the Netherlands woke up this week to find out that they are no longer able to trade or market items in Counter Strike: Global Offensive or Dota 2. Following a ruling by the Dutch government that Valve’s systems constituted a violation of its laws on gambling, threatening criminal prosecution unless the word of … Continue reading “The Netherlands Litigated On CS:Go Lootboxes, So Valve Killed Trading In the Netherlands”
Xbox Game Pass is a $10/month service that allows you to play an impressive library of games on your Xbox One, and with E3 kicking off the service just got more valuable. As announced over the weekend, Microsoft has added several games including The Division, Elder Scrolls Online, and Fallout 4, with more titles on … Continue reading “The Division, Elder Scrolls Online Hit Xbox Game Pass”
Sky News reports this week that hundreds of UK schools had to evacuate in response to 24,000 emails sent out carrying fake bomb threats, due to an apparent feud between Minecraft communities. As reported by Alexander Martin, Sky News was able to get in touch with one of the perpetrators who had deliberately falsified the … Continue reading “Minecraft PvP Feud Results in 24,000 Bomb Threats Against 400 UK Schools”
Fraudster: 2a: a person who is not what he or she pretends to be :impostor; Today’s Crowdfunding Fraudsters sucks, and not because of the content but the subject itself. I’ll be the first to admit that I had, and despite this piece, still have a lot of admiration for Jeremy Soule and the career and artistic … Continue reading “Crowdfunding Fraudsters: Jeremy Soule and The Northerners, a Five Year Ballad”
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