Tag: Star Vault

Mortal Online: June 9th! We Swear!


Oh Henrik...

Mortal Online, like many indie MMOs, is no stranger to delays. Out of a rabid attempt at fighting back the de-synchronization issues that have plagued Mortal Online for months, Star Vault has pushed back the title month after month until they could finally defeat this beast that knows no enemy. Luckily, however, Star Vault has appeared to come out victorious, announcing that:

“With the new engine build, we have finally solved the desync issues we suffered from in the old network solution. Earlier on we lacked the proper tools to be able to track all packages sent from server to client, but with the new software now in place we have managed to eliminate the problem. A lot of internal QA testing as well as positive feedback from our Beta testers confirm the result.”

Excellent! The open beta period is over, however, and only those who purchased licenses will be allowed into the server. Open beta discount ends on Monday, however, so now is the time to act.

Star Vault has set a date of June 9th for Mortal Online to go gold, and I will be neither the first nor the last to say: FINALLY!

Note: Never write a headline at 1am. Fixed July to June.

Mortal Online: Big News Monday!


Oh Henrik...

Mortal Online is reaching the final days to make its launch date of September 09 November ’09 December ’09 January ’10 February ’10 March 2010, and depending on who you ask, the game is either ready to go gold, spinning in its grave, dead in its grave, or pre-alpha build (thanks to the random internet trolls specialists who have never regularly see pre-closed beta builds of MMOs.). Either way, Mortal Online is quickly falling into a desperate situation. The longer Star Vault goes without launching the title, the less funding the company receives, and money does not come easily for indie companies of any caliber.

Henrik Nystrom has an announcement to make, and he is making it on Monday, when MMO Fallout will certainly be ready to hear what he has to say. According to a forum post, Mortal Online’s status, update, release, and more will be discussed. What do you think he will talk about? Is there another delay coming or will Star Vault go cold turkey on not making people pay to play, and launch?

I would also like to respond to someone who emailed in asking me to comment on which title will fall first, Alganon or Mortal Online, and my answer is: For shame. This is MMO Fallout, where the question is not “who will fail” but “whose stories will get Omali more hits,” and I am afraid to say that that rank goes to Conan’s breasts and, for some odd reason, people looking to hack Aion accounts (I can see your search terms, people).

More on Mortal Online as it appears…more specifically, this Monday.