All of those internet-savvy armchair developers can finally have their day in the sun, as Epic Games announced that they will release all assets related to Paragon, for free. Assets include 20 characters with their skins, voice overs, animations, as well as over 1,500 environment components from the ill-fated Paragon MOBA. And that’s not all, … Continue reading “Make Your Own Paragon: Epic Releases Paragon Assets”
Epic Games has agreed to voluntary dismissal and settlement in its lawsuit against a minor filed last year in the eastern district of North Carolina court. As part of the lawsuit and due to the defendant being a minor, certain documents have been sealed on order of the court and the defendant has since been … Continue reading “Epic Settles Lawsuit Against Minor Fortnite Cheater”
Since last October, Epic Games has launched at least six lawsuits against individuals creating or advertising cheats for Fortnite, and as of last week you can add another one to that list. Epic has filed another lawsuit in the Northern District of California court, this time against an individual Yash Gosai, over his advertising of … Continue reading “Epic Strikes Again: Sues Over Fortnite V-Buck Exploit”
I’m not entirely happy with the press coverage of Epic Games’ lawsuit. If you’ve been reading the news this week, you may be under the impression that Epic Games was so angry about two particular players cheating in Fortnite that the game developer decided to take these two individuals to court. This isn’t exactly the … Continue reading “In Plain English: Epic Sues Two Fortnite Cheat Creators”
Last night I put out a piece regarding Bluehole Studio and Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds regarding the implied threat of legal action from Bluehole against Epic over similarities between the latter’s Battle Royale mode in Fortnite, and the former’s aforementioned PUBG title. I recommend reading it, it’s a short piece, but the crux of the matter is … Continue reading “Bluehole Interview: Epic Should License Battle Royale, Fears Leaking Secrets”
2016, like any year, marked the sunsetting of multiple online games, some of which we’ve already forgotten about thanks to the release of big name titles and updates to those games that we are spending too much time playing. Sure, sure, that Shantae port on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 got cancelled, can someone tell … Continue reading “2016 In Review: The Games We Lost”
Epic Games has launched a lawsuit against German gamer Robin Kreibich under allegations that the defendant violated copyright by selling cheat software for their upcoming MOBA game, Paragon. The program, known as SystemCheats, claims to be the most powerful hack for Paragon and sells as a monthly subscription for approximately $10/month. The hack promises to … Continue reading “In Plain English: Epic Sues Paragon Cheat Maker”
Shanda Games is performing serious PR damage control after a “severe technical failure” resulted in two years worth of data being lost in their MMO Dragon Nest. While characters, gold, DNP, and AC are still intact, virtually everything else has been lost. The good news is, according to the news post, Shanda is capable of … Continue reading “Shanda Games In Severe Damage Control After Losing Two Years Of Data”
To clarify common misconceptions and answer the surge of questions, Black Gold Online’s optional time save system acts as a bonus, completely optional feature to supplement normal game progression. PvE experience and PvP rankings remains unaffected and all levels of equipment and materials(white to epic) can be acquired in game via questing, battegrounds, auction and world … Continue reading “Does Snail Games' Explanation Make Any Sense?”
To clarify common misconceptions and answer the surge of questions, Black Gold Online’s optional time save system acts as a bonus, completely optional feature to supplement normal game progression. PvE experience and PvP rankings remains unaffected and all levels of equipment and materials(white to epic) can be acquired in game via questing, battegrounds, auction and world … Continue reading “Does Snail Games’ Explanation Make Any Sense?”
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