Rest in Peace Devilian
The world of Devilian came to an end as Trion Worlds brought their game servers offline as scheduled on March 5th at noon Pacific. I captured the final 40 minutes…
ESA opposes proposal for DMCA exemptions for online only games that have been sunset
Unsurprisingly, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) filed a comment to the U.S. Copyright's reopening of the argument of extending the DMCA exemption for abandoned games, to ones that are online…
Devilian Sunset Reminder – March 5th at Noon Pacific
http://www.trionworlds.com/devilian/en/2018/02/28/the-sun-sets-on-monday-march-5th/ Trion Worlds posted the final reminder regarding the closure of Devilian. Previous announcements had the time as 3PM Pacific (Google cache to show the original FAQ as of February 25th).…
PC Gamer – What’s It Like to Kill a Game
In what is turning out to be a very well timed article (with just a little over 2 weeks until Trion Worlds shuts down Devilian), PC Gamer takes a look…
IndieGoGo campaign to fund Marvel’s Heroes Rebirth
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/marvel-heroes-rebirth-action-rpg#/ I wasn't sure if this was serious or trolling (to revive the Marvel Heroes Online MMO-ARPG which was suddenly shuttered in November 2017) because the first thing I looked…
Devilian – How does one deal with the impending closure?
With the game servers coming to a close several weeks from now, it is always interesting to see how other players are dealing with it. One of my former guildmates…
Trion announces sunset of Devilian
http://www.trionworlds.com/devilian/en/2018/01/19/devilian-sunset-march-5th/ While this was eventually expected (given the lack of any updates following the open letter I posted back in November), this announcement is still a bittersweet moment knowing there…
Marvel Heroes – “another one bites the dust”
http://massivelyop.com/2017/11/27/rip-marvel-heroes/ How it came to an ungraceful shutdown is not the way any company should terminate a service (in this case we have two parties; Disney which owns the IP…