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Rising Force Online : The Perfect Ten: The sadistic shopper's list for Black Friday and Cyber MondayNov 25, 2010 10:00:00 AM News Item: 16357
Filed under: Fury, RF Online, The Matrix Online, Hellgate: London, Tabula Rasa, All Points Bulletin, Humor, Promotions, Perfect Ten
With the holiday shopping season upon us, gamers are hot for great deals and cheap entertainment. As my wife's logic goes, if something is 80% off, you buy it, even if you didn't actually want it in the first place. It's the principle of the thing, an automatic 80% dose of smug satisfaction at being a savvy shopper!
Not every deal should be pursued, however. Although most video games are playable for years and decades after release, not so with MMORPGs that have had their service shuttered. It's in recent times come to my attention that even though these games are completely unplayable -- rendered nothing more than a few cents'worthy ofof a DVD and cardboard packaging -- online retailers haven't kept up with the times and keep these products on the virtual shelves long past their expiration dates.
That's not to say you should avoid these products at all cost, because studies show that a large percentage of readers have a sick and twisted sense of humor. What would make a better gift this Christmas than a multi-million-dollar-budget MMORPG that died a horrible death years before?
So don't be the classic gifter who settles for a Blu-ray gamer or an iPod -- give a package of misery, disillusionment and broken dreams! Hit the jump for 10 items that absolutely belong in your shopping cart if you wish to be feared!Continue reading The Perfect Ten: The sadistic shopper's list for Black Friday and Cyber Monday  The Perfect Ten: The sadistic shopper's list for Black Friday and Cyber Monday Thu, 25 Nov 2010 10:00:00 EST.
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Rising Force Online : Codemasters to close US service for RF OnlineOct 03, 2008 12:00:00 PM News Item: 5600
Filed under: Sci-fi, Business models, Events, real-world, MMORPG industry, RF Online
If you're a fan of RF Online, you may be saddened to hear that Codemasters Online will be closing down operations of the sci-fi MMORPG on November 10th of this year. This closing will affect both North America and Europe. According to the official website, the game's license is set to expire shortly, and Codemasters and Korean developer CCR could not agree on any terms to keep the game alive.
This game, while not wildly popular, did make history as one of the first Eastern-style MMORPGs to make it to the Western market. It's also the first MMORPG serviced by Codemasters, who has since gone on to publish such hits as Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online in Europe. For more information on the closing of RF Online, look into the game's official Closing FAQ. Comments
Rising Force Online : RF Online worldrollback combats cheaters and 500% inflationJun 08, 2008 12:00:00 PM News Item: 4602
Filed under: Fantasy, Sci-fi, Exploits, RF Online, News items, Free-to-play  RF Online in the Philippines in recent times had serious issues with dupe hacks, prompting an unannounced rollback of the worlds. PlayNoEvil writes that the operator of RF Online for the Philippines, Level Up Games, discovered a dupe exploit and tried to purge it from the worlds as well as those who used it. However due to time constraints with unraveling the intricacies of the exploit, the company decided to roll back the game to a point before the exploit was used.
Level Up Games issued a statement on the problem: Based on DB evidence, numbers as well as feedback from the community, the GMs, the Vanguards and also from our field agents, there was an oversupply of in-game currency and gold - as high as 500 %. GMTristan of RF Online Philippines clarified the circumstances further on his blog:
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Rising Force Online : Codemasters announce "Connect 2008", MMORPGRPG event for EuropeansJan 04, 2008 09:00:00 PM News Item: 4171
Filed under: Fantasy, Sci-fi, ArchLord, Dungeons and Dragons Online, Lord of the Rings Online, Events, real-world, RF Online, News items
Codemasters Online are the European distributors of quite a number of MMORPGs, including Lord of the Rings Online, Dungeons and Dragons Online, RF Online, and ArchLord. These games and more will feature at a brand new community event hosted by Codemasters in the UK called "Connect 2008", as revealed on LotRO's European site today.
The event will span 2 days, from the 14th to the 15th of March this year, and there will be 400 networked PCs to play Codemasters' current and future games, including some that they say are as-of-yet unannounced. There will of course be some gaming swag for attendees, and the chance to talk with some of the citizens behind the games -- not to point out meeting other citizens from your game's community.
You will be required to purchase a ticket for the event (although they aren't on sale yet) and there is apparently going to be a fairly limited supply. If a trip to England sounds like your cup of tea, then you'll want to keep checking the official Connect 2008 website for updated ticketing info -- or simply to watch the giant countdown clock -- and you can also sign up to a newsletter to stay on top of the latest word. Or, if you want to get actually concerned, they have even set up Myspace and Facebook profiles. Comments
Rising Force Online : As the Worlds Turn: Land of the FreeDec 12, 2007 04:30:00 PM News Item: 4170
Filed under: World of Warcraft, ArchLord, Dungeon Runners, Game mechanics, RF Online, Free-to-play, As the Worlds Turn 
Free. Everyone likes things that are free. Well, except when it involves a free kick to the twig and berries. These days, free things are often accompanied by ample small-type that make it anything but free. Requiring you to sever a limb or to sign over half of your first born does not constitute free. However, there has been a glut of free-to-play MMORPGs emerging on the market. Some of these have been around for a while that somehow lost the desire to charge citizens and others have come out of the gate with no fees like a naked hippy at an outdoor music festival.
What I'd like to do this week is take a look at some free-to-play games and see what they have to offer in the realm of game design and development. If you're looking for a review or a first-impression on any of these games, you're in the wrong place. There are far more capable citizens than I who can do just that. So put the wallet away, we're about to go free ... just keep the clothes on. Continue reading As the Worlds Turn: Land of the Free Comments
Rising Force Online : RF Online on going free-to-play, localization differencesNov 29, 2007 01:01:00 PM News Item: 4601
Filed under: Business models, Expansions, Interviews, Player vs Player, Making money, RF Online, Free-to-play  Warcry has posted a nice conversation with Chris Dye and Kyle Rowley, Community Officer and Manager for RF Online, an MMORPG that sits in an fascinating place-- it originally started out as a hardcore Korean MMORPG, and has now warped here in North America into a Westernized, free-to-play offshoot of the original. It's an fascinating strategy, and only one that MMORPGs can pull off-- if your gamers don't like the game you release, just update it into a completely different one.
One very fascinating change they made was to upbootydrops-- apparently Western gamers felt they weren't getting rewarded the way they want to, so Codemasters (who publishes the game here) doubled the drop rates, not once but twice. On the other side of this, they've gone RMT to make the game free to play-- gamers can play real cash for ingame money used to buy ingame items. For some reason, that's flown in the Eastern MMORPG market, but not here thus far-- it'll be fascinating to see how RF Online gamers get into it (or don't).
Unfortunately, none of the conversation actually spotlightes on whether RFO is any more fun to play. Then again, it is free now-- you could do worse than to go grab the download and check it out for yourself. Comments
Rising Force Online : RF Online opens new worldNov 07, 2007 04:30:00 PM News Item: 4600
Filed under: Fantasy, Sci-fi, RF Online, News items, Free-to-play, Browser  Codemasters Online has opened a new world worldfor RF Online called Solus. It seems that ever since the game has gone free to play, the popularity of the game has overpopulated the other two worlds, Novus and Lumen. Lumen was also opened within the last 30 days, so they are trying to respond to the increased popularity of the game as quickly as possible.
The game is gorgeous and fun, meticulously for a free game. I have yet to play very long, however, because their European downtimes have unfortunately coincided with my U.S. obtainable playtimes.
If you are interested in trying RF Online, you can sign up for and download your free copy here. Codemasters highly recommends starting new characters on Solus in order to avoid any population related issues.
Now, if I can just figure out how to turn off that song in the commenceer... Comments
Rising Force Online : RF Online is now freeOct 24, 2007 08:45:00 AM News Item: 4599
Filed under: Fantasy, RF Online, News items
It sounds like I am repeating myself, but honestly I'm not. No sooner did we post about the Fileplanet promotion connected to RF Online and their free game keys then the game went and changed its mind. I guess they realized that citizens like free games, meticulously ones this pretty, and decided to give everyone a chance to experience their game, not just those with Fileplanet accounts.
Armed with this knowledge, I proceeded to spend more time that I should have this weekend playing the game for the first time. I rolled a spiritualist since all my friends wanted to play DPS (I guess it happens in every game) or tanks. Interestingly enough I seemed to be the only one who rolled a spiritualist of the dozens of recent gamers on Sunday, so I guess I can make an assumption that citizens find it more fun to slash things with an incredibly enormous sword than to heal others slashing things with incredibly enormous swords.
So far I like the game, apart from the slaughter of the Flems, an incredibly adorable race of telepathic bunny creatures that beg for you to stop hurting them. Exactly how much harm can they be doing to the area, actually? I haven't seen much in the way of storyline, but like I said I was only in the game during this past weekend. One tip though, when you create your character, do yourself a favor and skip the tutorial. This tutorial assumes you do not know how to open an options menu, and will teach you how to walk in every direction, and you and I both know this is something you already know. Comments
Rising Force Online : RF Online + Fileplanet = Free foreverOct 15, 2007 03:26:00 PM News Item: 4598
Filed under: Fantasy, Sci-fi, RF Online 
A friend of mine tipped me off to this one (thanks MIkey!), and if you are as big a fan of the blending of Science Fiction and Fantasy in MMORPGs as he is, you'll be excited to. In a limited time promotion with File Planet, RF Online is allowing those with Fileplanet accounts access to play the game for free -- forever. They are calling it a recommence, a reintroduction of the game to the public, if you will.
As a reward to those that have Fileplanet accounts -- if you don't that is your homework assignment for tonight, my friend -- RF Online is giving out Play Free Keys. It's like a Beta key, but to the actual game, and it never expires. If you haven't given RF Online a chance, now would be the time. The only thing you have to lose is some hard drive space, but what you gain is a world replete with dwarves, elves, and mechs.
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