Amazon’s Digital Games Mayhem has begun. Running from May 22nd to May 31st, save up to 80% on select titles and bundles. Path of Exile packages ($20, $40, $60) Final Fantasy XIV ($14.99) Final Fantasy XI ($11.99) Warframe Packages Defiance Digital Deluxe ($14.99) Defiance 4-pack ($14.99)
Hang on to your britches, pilgrims. We haven’t heard from Salem in quite a while, so today’s news probably isn’t all that surprising. In order to consolidate players and implement a new map generation system, the folks at Seatribe have announced the game will be wiped and restarted under a new server. The current server … Continue reading “Salem Resetting Characters and Merging Servers”
[Insert December holiday here] is upon us, and that means the Steam holiday sale is invading our wallets and making us choose between dinner and a pile of cheap games. As always, prices are in USD and may vary slightly based on your location and may not be available in all areas. Most of these … Continue reading “Steam Holiday Sales”
Trion Worlds recently announced Trove, a voxel-based game where players encounter a constantly changing world filled with dynamic events, endless quests, and loot. Did I mention the loot? With the game still a ways out, Trion has decided to jump on the wagon of selling the alpha, and has revealed multiple pre-purchase packs ranging from … Continue reading “Trove Packs On Sale Now”
Sony Online Entertainment has announced that a portion of all proceeds made this weekend in Planetside 2 will be donated to the Travis Manion Foundation to support veterans and their families. The Travis Manion Foundation honors the fallen by challenging the living and empowering veterans and survivors. You can read more about the Travis … Continue reading “Planetside 2 Pledges 10% Of Sales To Veterans”
Final Fantasy XIV is selling so well that Square Enix can’t keep up with the traffic. Early Access became three days of players being unable to log in due to emergency maintenance, server loads, high traffic, errors, worlds being full, server queues full, and worlds being locked to new characters. For the sake of limiting … Continue reading “Square Enix Halts FFXIV Digital Sales Due To Traffic”
Star Vault has released their second quarter finances for 2013. Following a rise in the first quarter, net sales dropped approximately 15% to $811,263 USD while net profit fell further into the red at $-937,168 USD. According to the quarterly report, the number of active subscriptions in Q2 2013 is in line with Q1 2013. … Continue reading “Star Vault Q2 Finances: Sales Down, Profits Down”
Marvel Heroes has kicked off the Star Spangled Sale, beginning today (June 28th) and continuing all the way through to July 8th. For the duration of this sale, all heroes have had their prices discounted, as well as costumes, retcon devices, and more. Naturally there are those who are putting their arms up in frustration, … Continue reading “Marvel Heroes Refunds Pre-Sale Buyers”
I’ve mapped out the sales per region over the entirety of NCSoft’s financial statements, dating back to the first quarter of 2005. You’ll see that Korea makes up more of NCsoft’s sales generally than every other region combined, and occasionally even doubled. Sales in North America and Europe peaked in 2009 and have been on … Continue reading “NCSoft's Sales Per Region, Per Quarter, Mapped”
I’ve mapped out the sales per region over the entirety of NCSoft’s financial statements, dating back to the first quarter of 2005. You’ll see that Korea makes up more of NCsoft’s sales generally than every other region combined, and occasionally even doubled. Sales in North America and Europe peaked in 2009 and have been on … Continue reading “NCSoft’s Sales Per Region, Per Quarter, Mapped”
MMO Fallout 