Tag: Console

Perfect World Opens Console Division


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Those of you who own a Playstation 4 or follow MMOs are likely already aware of the free to play MMOs that are either already available or are coming soon on the system. Perfect World Entertainment currently offers Blacklight Retribution on the console, and recently announced that it is opening a division of the company solely for the development of console titles. In a press release put out today by Perfect World Entertainment, the company did not detail which titles would be brought to current and next-gen systems, but described “current and future games.” Could we see Neverwinter on consoles? Perhaps.

Perfect World’s CEO Alan Chen had the following to say:

“Perfect World Entertainment has long been the leader in free-to-play PC titles. Bringing our titles to consoles is a natural progression for us, and we can’t wait to set a new standard for console MMORPGs and other genres.”

More information is set to come in 2014.

(Source: Perfect World Press Release)

Omali Was Wrong: Defiance On Steam


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Hey folks. Get out your cricket bats, set your clocks one hour behind, and make sure your household knows you won’t be home for dinner, because it’s time for another episode of Omali Was Wrong. Not too long ago, I wrote a column about how Defiance on Steam was only at 33% toward the first tier of pre-purchase rewards with about two weeks to go before launch. In my defense, I did point out that using the reward level to gauge reception would have been inaccurate, given all of the variables to why Steam’s pre-purchase numbers would be low.

Regardless, you can all celebrate in my being completely off the mark. In the past week, Defiance has not just hit reward tier 1, it has surpassed all of (my) expectations and all three reward tiers will be unlocked. So if you were holding out on pre-purchasing via Steam until everything was unlocked, now is your time to shine.

The three Steam tiers come with extra stuff for your character in Defiance, plus a free copy of Rift and a discount off of the DLC season pass. Defiance launches April 2nd on PC, PS3, and 360.

(Source: Steam)