Gazillion continues to confuse me. According to some sources SHSO has officially launched and is now taking player money, but there is no big announcement of launch on either publisher Gazillion’s main site or on developer The Amazing Society’s site (but go look at The Amazing Society’s site, because it has a very clever home … Continue reading
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The Trials of UnSub: Realm of the Mad God
Browser-based MMOs don’t get that much respect, often seen as the poorer, weaker, simpler cousins of client-based MMOs. In many cases they are, but with that simplicity comes the ability to experiment more because mistakes might only cost a few thousand dollars compared to the hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars required to … Continue reading
The Trials of UnSub: Love
Hell, with a title like that this post could be about 1000% more emo than it is going to be! Instead, I’m talking about Love, the one-man developed MMO with odd graphics and the ability to alter the landscape. I believe that if you want innovation in online games, you aren’t really going to find … Continue reading
Confirmation: CoH/V Trial Accounts Get Access to Praetoria
With the launch of Going Rogue has come confirmation that trial accounts get access to all the new content… up to the standard restrictions. I’ve talked about it before and this is the best option, although that content needs to be good enough to encourage players to pay for a more expensive version of City … Continue reading
The Trials of UnSub: Club Penguin
When Disney bought Club Penguin in 2007 for a deal worth US$700m, a lot of MMO players were confused. Club Penguin was a kids’ game and it was really simple. Sure, the game had 12 million registered accounts at the time, but it wasn’t even a real MMO! As time has gone on, however, there … Continue reading
The Trials of UnSub: Vanguard: Saga of Heroes
It was the best of trials, it was the worst of trials. Let’s get this straight: Vanguard has the best trial set-up I’ve yet seen in a MMO. You get to play on a separate island using a ‘small’ (2GB) client that is set-up to both provide a storyline and a chance to get your … Continue reading
The Trials of UnSub: Ultima Online (Stygian Abyss)
One thing I did back when I was blogging on MMORPG.com was challenge myself to trial 12 MMOs in 12 months. I failed in terms of quantity – I only trialled 8 games in 2008 – but the experience was overall positive, even if I played a game I didn’t like. It let me see … Continue reading
World Class Villains 