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LOTRO Shuts Down Ithil Server
Hotcakes: Stop Using Club Penguin To Organize Racist Penguin Sex
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Perfect World Wallet Shutdown Imminent
Perfect World Entertainment has issued a news update reminding players that the Perfect World Wallet system will shut down on Tuesday March 17th. Anyone with Zen still in their wallet will have it automatically transfer over to the new Arc wallet.
The migration will take a couple of days and won’t affect your ability to access Arc or any of our games. For any users who still use the Wallet system, never fear, the handy Charge system will be your go-to place to purchase any in-game currency. The Charge system is extremely similar to the Wallet system where you choose a game from the list, the server and method of payment.
Anyone already using the arc wallet will not be affected.
(Source: Perfect World Entertainment)
Less Massive: GFWL Not Shutting Down
So, it turns out Games For Windows Live isn’t shutting down next week. According to a statement by Microsoft, you will still be able to download titles from the Games for Windows Live client as usual, however customers will not be able to purchase games or receive title updates.
“As previously announced, as part of the retirement of Microsoft Points the Xbox.com PC marketplace was closed. Although customers are unable to purchase new games from the marketplace or receive title updates, they can continue to enjoy previously purchased content by downloading them through the Games for Windows Live client as usual. We remain committed to investing in PC gaming in the years ahead, and look forward to sharing more in the future.”
Presumably features like achievements will continue to function as well, online play may be dependent on the game.
(Source: Eurogamer)
CalcMMO Shutting Down Today
It is truly a sad day here at MMO Fallout, as we must pass along the news that CalcMMO will be shutting down later today. What? You never heard of CalcMMO? CalcMMO is the world’s first and last TI-83 themed MMO, which launched on Steam’s early access earlier today. CalcMMO is free to play and scales down enough to run on a toaster. Those of you without sound cards are advised to make bleep sounds with your mouth.
CalcMMO was voted MMO Fallout’s Most Anticipated Game of 2014, making this news exceptionally disappointing. Thank you to Archive Entertainment for throwing this brick-strapped press release through my open window.
(Source: CalcMMO Press Release)
Electronic Arts Shutting Down Several Facebook Games
It looks like the lawsuit between Electronic Arts and Zynga over whether or not The Ville copied Sims Social was for naught, as today EA announced that a small selection of their Facebook titles will be shut down on June 14th. The shutdown comes in response to dwindling population numbers in all three games, and EA has promised to “introduce” players to their PopCap games in compensation for their time and investment.
- Sims Social
- SimCity Social
- Pet Society
More details on EA’s compensation plan to come.
(Source: EA.com)
City of Heroes Isn't Going Down Without A Fight
NCSoft may have announced that City of Heroes is shutting down on November 30th, but that doesn’t mean the community (or Paragon Studios for that matter) are going down without a fight. Since the announcement, the community has rallied in multiple ways, from encouraging users to write to NCSoft, setting up rallies in-game and on the official forums, and signing petitions to keep the game running. The petition has so far amassed over thirteen thousand signatures.
And Paragon Studios isn’t going down without a fight either. According to a post on the City of Heroes forum:
Alpha Wolf: Sorry guys but I don’t have any new update. I know Paragon management is having discussion with ncsoft and investors. Continue get people to sign online petitions, post on game forums, and just continue to make noises so ncsoft cannot ignore players.
Naturally this isn’t a guarantee that anything will come of the talks, but it offers hope to Paragon’s longstanding community.
(Source: Titan Network)
City of Heroes Isn’t Going Down Without A Fight
NCSoft may have announced that City of Heroes is shutting down on November 30th, but that doesn’t mean the community (or Paragon Studios for that matter) are going down without a fight. Since the announcement, the community has rallied in multiple ways, from encouraging users to write to NCSoft, setting up rallies in-game and on the official forums, and signing petitions to keep the game running. The petition has so far amassed over thirteen thousand signatures.
And Paragon Studios isn’t going down without a fight either. According to a post on the City of Heroes forum:
Alpha Wolf: Sorry guys but I don’t have any new update. I know Paragon management is having discussion with ncsoft and investors. Continue get people to sign online petitions, post on game forums, and just continue to make noises so ncsoft cannot ignore players.
Naturally this isn’t a guarantee that anything will come of the talks, but it offers hope to Paragon’s longstanding community.
(Source: Titan Network)
Cabal To Transfer Ownership: To ESTsoft
MMOs are no stranger to changes in host, in fact just last year Archlord and several other MMOs changed hands due to various reasons. Cabal Online players received a notice yesterday that OGPlanet (not to be confused with Aion’s G-Unit) will no longer be supporting Cabal Online. Although the publisher did not give a specific reason why, they described the situation as forced upon them (ESTsoft decided not to extend the operating contract for some reason or another). Instead, ESTsoft will be taking over control of Cabal, after the game’s temporary shutdown on March 31st. According to the new website, http://www.cabalonline.net/, it appears ESTsoft and OGPlanet are still in negotiation as to what will be transferred over, and if player characters, stats, and items will make the transition. For a game whose level cap in the triple digits, let’s hope for the sake of players that the characters do transfer.
As I’ve already said, transfers of ownership are not uncommon in the MMO world, as developers contract out their games in foreign countries to third party companies. Codemasters for instance, has operated several MMOs in Europe ranging from Lord of The Rings Online, Dungeons and Dragons Online, Fury, and numerous others. World of Warcraft moved from The9 to Netease last year, while Archlord changed hands from Codemasters to Webzen, and Acclaim took over Chronicles of Spellborn.
So best of luck to Cabal Online, wherever your future may take you.
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