Tag Archives: Fallen Earth

Tue, Aug 09, 2011 | 21:41 BST

Tuesday Shorts II: Tekken, Bungie, Atelier, FF Type-0, Rock of Ages

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If you thought the earlier shorts post was large, wait until you get a load of this one. Okay, we lied. It’s smaller – but not by much.

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Sat, Jul 30, 2011 | 21:54 BST

Saturday Shorts: Sales, Gunstringer, Supervision, From Dust, more

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Time for some lovely snippets of tiny things to start your Saturday night off right. Hopefully, it will end with you completely pie-eyed.

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Sat, Apr 02, 2011 | 21:07 BST

Saturday Shorts: Joy Division, Mario Arcade, Harvest Moon, Xperia, SingStore, FarmVille, sales

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It’s Saturday. Enjoy these FarmVille cupcakes.

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Thu, Mar 03, 2011 | 09:45 GMT

Thursday shorts, part 1: iPad2 “fantastic for games,” no dead children in Dead Island, tons more

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There’s a lot of words out there. Here’s all the smaller stuff coming out of GDC, coupled with loads of smaller stuff thatr isn’t coming out of GDC. It’s like a fusion of smaller stuff.

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Thu, Jan 06, 2011 | 11:55 GMT

Fallen Earth’s state of the game letter details upcoming new content

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Content on the way to MMOFPS Fallen Earth this year has been detailed by senior game designer Marie Croall.

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Sun, May 02, 2010 | 14:46 BST

Icarus Studios restuctures – 72 lose jobs

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Icarus Studios, developer of futuristic MMO Fallen Earth, has restructured, dropping 75 percent of its overall workforce.

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Sun, Nov 01, 2009 | 20:37 GMT

Weekly MMO news round-up: Chinese gender-bending, Aion changes, Star Trek, AoC

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This was a rather large week in MMOs as far as news went, and not all of it was Halloween related.

Past the break you will hear all about how Ultima Online is still going strong, get familiarized with the new patch for Aion, read up on Cryptic’s Blood Moon event via a dev chat, PvP henchmen and Guild Wars, Alganon’s delay, China’s ban on males playing females in games, and many other bits of stuff that didn’t hit the front page during the week.

Also, we hope everyone who plays MMOs enjoyed the Halloween and Fall festivities that their particular favorites hosted. Loads had celebrations, more than likely every single one of ‘em. If we forgot to mention your particular game, head on over to the list through the link ther and add it in the comments section so that we may give it its proper shout-out.

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Sun, Oct 18, 2009 | 09:51 BST

Weekly MMO news round-up: Halloween comes early, free trials and welcome backs

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Loads of MMOs are planning Halloween and fall festivities for users, but some have already launched tricky goodness.

You can find out more about those past the break, but while you are headed that way you will also learn other sorts of stuff  like: Legends of Norrath’s eighth expansion has launched, CrimeCraft is headed to iPhone and Facebook, and having gone free-to-play D&D Online is doing great, apparently.

Also, Star War Galaxies is overrun with zombies. That’s right. Zombies.

It’s all there kids. Enjoy.

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Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | 19:19 BST

Risen tops Direct2Drive Top Ten sales list

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Direct2Drive’s latest Top 10 best selling PC games downloaded for week ending October 3 has Risen at the number one spot.

Fallen Earth rose to the number two spot, while Aion’s standard edition dropped to number three, and the collector’s edition to number five.

Five of the titles on the list were on sale for $5, so that should be taken into account as well.

Here’s the full thing, courtesy of BigDownload:

  1. Risen
  2. Fallen Earth
  3. Aion
  4. Mount and Blade ($5 Sale)
  5. Aion Collector’s Edition
  6. World of Goo ($5 Sale)
  7. Champions Online
  8. BioShock ($5 Sale)
  9. Defense Grid: The Awakening ($5 Sale)
  10. Civilization 4 ($5 Sale)

Sat, Sep 19, 2009 | 22:57 BST

Weekly MMO round up: WoW’s Pirate Day, Aion provides a server listing, EVE is everywhere

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Loads of news this week in MMO land, kiddos.

Massively is giving away Beta keys to Star Trek Online, Aion dropped GameGuard and launched its first server, Pirates are everywhere, and Sony is giving you double station cash this weekend.

There is also news concerning Champions Online, EVE, Guild Wars 2, EverQuest, Warhammer, Runes of Magic, and loads of other stuff you can find here instead of searching everywhere.

It’s all past the break.

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Sat, Sep 05, 2009 | 22:26 BST

Weekly MMO news round up: EQ bonus weekend, new EVE faction, Guild Wars I & II stuff

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The news this week in MMOs was a bit scarce, unless it was huge news that hit the front page – which a lot of it did.

However, there were other things going on: a new faction for EVE Online, bonus goodies for EverQuest II, content changes for Guild Wars, and a few other things you can read about on past the break.

TGS is coming up, so who knows what lies in store for us by way of new announcements.

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Sun, Aug 30, 2009 | 03:53 BST

Weekly MMO news round-up, August 29: Turbine suing Atari, The Green Lantern, LEGO subscription model

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Loads of stuff happened this week in MMO land, and some of it is posted for you after the break.

Should you choose to click on through, you will find why Turine is suing Atari, get caught up on The Green Lantern and DC Universe’s Beta status, hear about new goodies coming to EQII, lament the collapse of the bank in EVE Online, and there’s loads of other stuff along with news on a couple of MMOs you may have never even heard of.

Go on, hit the link. You know you want to.

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Mon, Aug 17, 2009 | 01:55 BST

Weekly MMO news round-up: Conan at PAX, LOTRO gets new jewelry, WoW expansion leaks

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Loads of stuff happened this week with MMOs. Bethesda laughed off an Elder Scrolls MMO, APB started the Beta application process, Aion released pretty trailers, Star Wars will be playable at GamesCom and all other sorts of interesting things happened.

What we didn’t tell you about was that Lord of the Rings Online got some new jewelry and bounty quests in Esteldin, Funcom will announce Conan stuff at PAX, and there were some rumored leaks on the upcoming WoW expansion posted all over God’s green earth.

For all of this and more, read on past the break.

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Sat, Aug 08, 2009 | 22:46 BST

Weekly MMO news round-up: CCP files a trademark, Guild Wars class updates, more

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Loads of stuff as usual going on this week with MMOs.

CCP has files a trademark fro Dust 514, which strangely enough resembles the EvE Logo, Warhammer’s latest patch is up on the test server, Guild Wars had some more class tweaks, and the summer festivities have been extended for Lord of the Rings Online.

Load of stuff, really. Read on past the break for more.

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Tue, Jul 21, 2009 | 16:56 BST

Fallen Earth MMOFPS gets dated for September

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Fallen Earth has announced that its self-titled MMO-FPS will be available via digital distribution and through retailers September 9.

The game combines first-person shooter games with character advancement and strategy elements.

Taking place in the Grand Canyon as mankind teeters on the edge of extinction, players must choose to rise above the hardships or embrace the surrounding destruction.

“We’ve been working to create a different type of MMO-something gritty and challenging that will give players an exciting and immersive gaming experience,” says Jessica Orr, product manager for Fallen Earth. “The Fallen Earth team is looking forward getting the game in the hands of our current and future fans.”

You can get more details on the game after the break in the lovely press release.

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Sat, Jul 11, 2009 | 21:09 BST

Weekly MMO news round-up: Runes of Magic gets elves, FFXI adjustments, no Anarchy Online 2 just yet

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Not loads to tell you this week in the MMO update.  Most news surrounding the genre was big enough for its very own post on the site.

However, to keep things the same, we have thrown all the rest into your usual Saturday post.

Final Fantasy XI players will have jobs adjusted, Runes of Magic has new playable classes, the EVE Online thief speaks out, and Funcom has no plans right now for an Anarchy Online 2.

All this and more through the jump.

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Sat, Jul 04, 2009 | 18:50 BST

Fallen Earth debut video looks and sounds “rockin’”

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“Sick of ogres, elves and pixies? So are we. Lose the tights. Bury your crystals. Quit playing with your wand. Come get the real deal. Thus ain’t Daddy’s MMO.”

That’s what the debut trailer for Fallen Earth asks the viewers.

It shows off the post-apocalyptic MMO’s settings and effects with a heavy metal guitar hammering in the background.

Interesting concept. Let’s hope the developers pull it off.

No date yet.

Watch it below the break courtesy of GameTrailers.

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Sat, Jun 27, 2009 | 22:46 BST

Weekly MMO news round-up: EverQuest and FusionFall expansions, Star Wars hitting Comic-Con

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Loads this week in MMO news, and some is more interesting than what we have been offered in previous weeks.

FussionFall is getting an expansion for its 5 million users, the EQI&II trademark rumors turned out to be new expansions, Star Wars will be on hand at Comic-Con, and Conan got a new update.

Also, Warhammer and LotRO are celebrating the summer with festivities to make things a bit more zany and fun.

Find out all about these and others after the break.

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Sat, Jun 13, 2009 | 22:50 BST

Weekly MMO news round-up: Star Trek timelines, EverCracked, EVE rocked by bank scandal

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Not much going on with MMOs this week, but what little there is, we thought we’d share with you.

Those who play Lord of the Rings Online should take a look at the changes coming to Bree, EVE Online players were ripped-off, Star Trek Online added  timelines, an EverQuest documentary is coming to Fan Faire 2009, and Final Fantasy XI is getting an update in July.

To find out about these topics and more, hit the jump.

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Sat, Jun 06, 2009 | 20:45 BST

Weekly MMO news round-up E3 edition: Torchlight, LotRO, Warhammer, SWTOR

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E3 was a very busy week for all involved whether they were at the show or not. Loads of games were unveiled, peripherals, and tons more stuff happened.

MMOs were there too though, and while the majority didn’t make the front page, loads of stuff pertaining to the genre happened or is going to happen.

Find out exactly what after the jump.
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