GamersFirst talks Fallen Earth account changes

Jef Reahard — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:00:00 EST

Filed under: Sci-Fi, Fallen Earth, Business Models, MMO Industry, News Items, Free-to-Play, Post-Apocalyptic, Dev Diaries

If you're a current Fallen Earth subscriber, you'll want to head over to the official Fallen Earth dev blog to get the skinny on the upcoming account shenanigans scheduled to take place on August 1st and beyond.

In a nutshell, Fallen Earth's acquisition by GamersFirst has necessitated that all users acquire a GamersFirst account to log into the game. Never fear, though, it's a free account, and it's just another step in the changeover process. In fact, GamersFirst's Joseph "Linus" Willmon writes that the account gymnastics are part of "phase two, where we fully integrate Fallen Earth into the GamersFirst publishing platform." Phase one has already been completed, and it involved a lot of behind-the-scenes hardware moves and the like.

This week's Fallen Earth dev blog contains a complete rundown of the rest of the changes scheduled to occur in phase two, including payment and subscription tweaks.

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Inaugural Fallen Earth dev blog talks PvE, PvP, and roleplay content

Jef Reahard — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:30:00 EST

Filed under: Sci-Fi, Fallen Earth, Business Models, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, PvP, News Items, PvE, Free-to-Play, Roleplaying, Post-Apocalyptic, Dev Diaries

Yesterday we broke the news that GamersFirst had acquired Fallen Earth and has set about molding the post-apocalyptic sci-fi title into a free-to-play experience. Today we're happy to tell you about the new Fallen Earth dev blog and its lengthy inaugural post.

The entry comes courtesy of associate game director Joseph "Linus" Willmon, and he expends a good deal of virtual ink on topics that include the free-to-play roadmap, various changes that will result from the conversion, a transition time frame, and post-F2P design priorities. While the entire post is quite intriguing for fans of the game's grungy wasteland shtick, that last bit is particularly interesting since it specifically targets three groups of players (one of which is almost universally ignored in dev circles) and promises them content updates.

"Anyone who's played Fallen Earth knows there are three core groups -- ~~sometimes~~ always at odds with one another -- that form the basis of the community: PvP players, PvE players, and roleplayers. The design priorities for the future will look towards building specific features and content aimed at each group, making the world much more robust and, we hope, exciting to experience," Willmon writes.

Inaugural Fallen Earth dev blog talks PvE, PvP, and roleplay content originally appeared on Massively on Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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