Archive for June 25th, 2009
Thursday, June 25th, 2009 3 views
According to the Courthouse News Service , a federal class action lawsuit has been brought against Square Enix for allegedly lying or “concealing its monthly fees, penalties for late payments, interest, restrictions and other things that should have been filly disclosed at points of purchase” for the MMO Final Fantasy XI . Plaintiff Esther Leong of San Francisco is seeking more than $5 million for what she alleges to be “unfair business practices, false advertising and unjust enrichment.” It’s unclear how Square Enix has hidden the subscription nature of Final Fantasy XI from potential (or ongoing) players. The game’s official website (above) clearly states a monthly fee is required to play the online-only title, when clicking a tab labeled “Monthly Fees” — as well as listing the subscription-based nature of the game on all retail packaging . Fair warning from the far-flung future to any and all involved in this hilariously moronic suit, Final Fantasy XIV is an MMO too. Anticipate a subscription …
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Square Enix sued over allegedly concealed FFXI fees
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Stat tracking is nothing new for FPS games, but we have to hand it to Raven for being thorough. According to MTV Multiplayer , the upcoming Wolfenstein keeps track of not only how many Nazis you kill, but the manner in which they died. Multiplayer asserts that it saw a stat screen at 36 percent completion, which noted that 639 kills had been made. Using some simple math, the blog calculated that a total of 1638.4 Nazis will meet their doom by the end of the game. Now, we hate to criticize, but that’s assuming the rate of Nazi influx is constant , which it almost assuredly is not. Still, regardless of exactly how many have fallen by the end, we take comfort in the fact that we’ll know exactly how many were dissolved, dismembered, burned and electrocuted. Strangely, the game doesn’t appear to keep track of the number that have killed the old fashioned way: with a bullet. Original source: www.joystiq.com , delivered by rss-farm.ru
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Wolfenstein includes comprehensive Nazi death stat tracker
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As you’re no doubt aware, you’ll be playing as the very first Big Daddy in 2K Marin’s upcoming BioShock 2 . If you’re craving a bit more insight into just how said Big Daddy came to be, 2K’s just dropped some concept art showing the development of the hulking bruiser. The final product looks cool, but are we the only ones that would have totally dug this armored Terminator Big Daddy? Just us? Fair enough. [Via GameSetWatch ] Original source: www.joystiq.com , delivered by rss-farm.ru
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See the prototype Big Daddy prototypes from BioShock 2
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While expanding the unrelenting grasp of World of Warcraft to home consoles would undoubtedly net Blizzard an extra googolplex subscribers, there’s a number of hurdles keeping MMOs from succeeding on non-PC platforms — hurdles that were identified by Blizzard’s executive VP of game design, Rob Pardo, in a recent interview with IndustryGamers . Some hurdles are self-evident, such as the lack of a “keyboard and mouse” input device, and the massive amounts of storage space required for most online games ( WoW is up to 10 gigs). Some have to do with the policies of the hardware manufacturers themselves, such as Microsoft’s lengthy certification measures which would make WoW ’s frequent patches a nightmare to publish. However, according to Pardo, Microsoft has asked Blizzard for MMO advice, and has shown the company “some stuff they have in development.” Halo MMO re-confirmed ! (No, not really.) Pardo’s MMO outlook for the current generation of consoles is poor, but he thinks the next round of hardware is more likely to get it right — at which point, people will be able to play WoW on any platform they want, and pretty much everyone will stop leaving the house. Hooray? Original source: www.joystiq.com , delivered by rss-farm.ru
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Blizzard still hesitant about console MMOs
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