Tag: Steam

Pre-Purchase Defiance On Steam, Get More Rewards


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Recently, Valve has been partnering up with publishers to add extra incentives to pre-purchasing through Steam. The idea is pretty simple: The more people pre-purchase, the better rewards everyone will receive. For instance, if enough people order Bioshock Infinite before it launches, everyone will receive a free copy of XCOM, Bioshock, as well as a few Team Fortress 2 items. With its launch on the horizon, April 2nd to be exact, Trion Worlds has partnered with Valve to offer just such a promotion.

Unfortunately there is no indication as to exactly how many people need to order a copy per tier. The base purchase of $59.99 will net you a beta invite, xp boost, an outlander outfit, a Steam-exclusive sniper, and an exclusive title. At tier 1 players will receive another exclusive title (Steam Powered), +5 inventory slots, and an exclusive ATV mount. At tier 2 players will receive a free copy of Rift. At tier 3, players will receive a lock box, +5 inventory slots, a 7 day xp boost, a discount on the season pass, and an exclusive vehicle.

Higher tiers include the lower tier rewards. The Defiance season pass includes five packs of DLC that Trion will roll out in the year or so following Defiance’s launch.

(Source: Steam)

Wizardry Online Pulled From Steam To Address Issues


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Wizardry Online has officially launched, and the problems appear to be stacking against Sony Online Entertainment. Players are reporting issues including being unable to create characters, rampant server instability, a mass of gold farmer spam in chat, disconnections and other bugs resulting in item loss and permanent death, and more. While Sony runs around performing maintenance on the servers and releasing patch after patch in an attempt to fix the issues, several keen players on the forums noted that Wizardry Online has been removed from Steam.

SOE Community Manager Piestro posted to confirm that Wizardry has been removed, but that the removal was voluntary and performed by Sony itself, not Valve.

It wasn’t steam, we’ve removed the download for the time being as we resolve the current issues.

Wizardry Online will presumably be added back to the Steam library once the issues are ironed out.

(Source: Wizardry Forums)

City Of Steam Coming To Steam Greenlight


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Name one thing City of Steam needs. If you said, I need City of Steam to be on Steam so I can play Steam while I’m on Steam, then may Cthulhu have mercy upon your soul. Announced today, City of Steam is making a bid to be on steam, with the goal of expanding its community, reaching a wider audience, and a general misunderstanding of what constitutes irony. As we’ve pointed out here on MMO Fallout, Steam Greenlight works pretty simply. A developer slips their game, along with a $100 bribe, under the doors at Valve Headquarters, and the game is listed for the community to vote on. Once the game becomes trending, Valve takes it into consideration as a possible release title.

Following the contemplation period, and a lengthy ritual involving the sacrifice of a Moogle to the great god Newell, a list of titles are announced as greenlit. To give players more reason to play through Steam, the folks at Mechanist Games are offering 7 extra pets, 3 new steambikes, 8 new dungeon types, many new hats, jetpacks, and extra customization options.

And just because:

(Source: City of Steam)

Darkfall Finds Itself On Steam Greenlight


Darkfall: Unholy Wars launches December 12th, 2012, and with luck you may be able to get it on Steam. Aventurine has posted the upcoming revamp to Darkfall to be voted on by the masses and, if the tides are right, approved by Valve to be released on Steam. You can head to the link below to vote for Darkfall: Unholy Wars, even if the game doesn’t get approved by December 12th, hopefully it will be greenlit eventually.

(Source: Greenlight)

Another Set Of Titles Greenlit On Steam


 

Heroes & Generals

Heroes and Generals was actually Greenlit the previous time around, but since it was the only MMO at the time to be approved, I feel it warrants another look. Heroes & Generals is an upcoming MMOFPS by Reto-Moto. The game is an open world, free to play title set in World War 2, and mashes together first person shooter with real time strategy. Players on the ground take care of the assault while those higher up in command view the battlefield from a top down perspective and order strategic movements. Reto-Moto is made up of the original founders of IO Interactive, the minds behind the Hitman and Freedom Fighters games.

Heroes & Generals is currently in development and not set for release for some time. Players are able to sign up for a beta key at the main website.

Perpetuum

You likely already know about Perpetuum Online. Like a few of the other games on Greenlight, Perpetuum Online has already launched and has been available for quite some time. Sometimes referred to as Eve Online on the ground, Perpetuum is a single-server, sandbox MMO that focuses on players controlling highly customizable mechs in order to compete over the land, the resources, and the environment. Just like Eve Online, players are able to purchase and trade subscription items (PLEX) which would allow a player to play Perpetuum free of charge as long as they can make enough money.

Everything is manufactured by players, along with player-built settlements. The environment can be terraformed, and character progression is based on time rather than grind.

Steam Summer Sales Assault The Wallet


It’s sale time, so get out your wallet and replace the next month’s meals with Ramen because this year is looking fantastic. Right now there aren’t many deals in the MMO realm to speak of, but that doesn’t mean we can’t get in the fun! Check out the current sales below. Remember, as always, prices are in USD and may vary by region. MMO Fallout does not guarantee that items are not region locked, so please read carefully before making your purchase.

Get Some DLC On Steam For Cheap


Steam’s Summer Sale has yet to begin, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t get on with some DLC price drops early.

Update: Corrected the Dungeons and Dragons pack. It ends July 9th, not July 7th.

Steam November MMO Sales: 23-27


Oh glorious Steam overlords, what sales do you bring us on this, the week of Black Friday?

Check out the rest of Steam’s catalog to see what else is on sale. We here at MMO Fallout wish to extend our sincere apologies to everyone’s wallet this coming Black Friday.

Steam Now Supports Certain Free To Play MMOs


Steam has made quite an interesting announcement today with the release of fourfree to play MMOs on the service. Why is it strange, you may ask? The clients cost nothing in themselves, and you play through Steam what you could simply download from the company’s own website for free. But aside from new publicity, what does this bring for our beloved free to play MMOs?

The games on…download are Global Agenda, Champions Online, Forsaken World, and Spiral Knights, presumably with more on the way if this works out. But I ask again, why should I choose Steam?

  • Champions Online on Steam offers 712 achievements.
  • Spiral Knights offers 57 steam achievements.
  • Spiral Knights is set to receive steam exclusive cash shop items.
  • Other games will no doubt follow with exclusive items.
So if you have Steam and you play or want to play any of these games, why not boot up the system and give them a whirl? If you’re not a fan of Steam or don’t want to download the client, well you’ve probably stopped reading this article already.