Month: May 2018

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Runescape – Classic Version to Close Down In the Coming Months

Jagex has announced that it will be closing down Runescape Classic over the course of the next few months. The team wrote that the current development tools used for Runescape and Old School Runescape are now incompatible with the Classic version that becomes a problem “with our community safety and macro detection tools” that can lead to abuse by 3rd party bot programs and macros.

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Worlds Adrift – Bossa Studios Working to Improve Early Experience to Prevent Griefing

Bossa Studios has published a new developer blog to address a growing community concern with griefing. “At what point does conflict-by-design become griefing” is the central point of the article. Developers admit that it is a problem at the moment, particularly in the early game, but that the game is a community-driven project that has just entered early access with a great deal of change incoming.

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Wild West Online – Gold Rush Or Fools Gold?

Wild West Online entered Early Access back in November 2017, and leading up to that point, the hype train had hit full speed. I admit I was pretty excited about a non-fantasy themed MMO, and contemplated buying into the EA. Fortunately, I rarely buy into an EA game sight unseen, and it only took a few minutes of gameplay footage to realize I had dodged a bullet.