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Oi, you there! Yeah, you, you grubby Wastelander! Bored of hiking the Grand Canyon all by your lonesome? There's hope for you yet -- the Fallen Earth team has announced that they've released companion pets into the game ahead of schedule.

The dogs -- Wasteland Mutts -- were spotted on the test servers, yet did not make the journey to yesterday's 1.3.11 patch. While players feared that the new pet system was being held back for more testing, apparently everything is A-OK, and the Mutts are now available at feed and fuel merchants throughout Sectors 1-3. Even better, Icarus let out the word that the pets will be cheaper than anticipated, costing players about 500 chips for a new best friend.

While the Mutts are welcome news indeed, Icarus wants us to know that Fallen Earth won't be a dogs-only club: "Don't get too attached," they teased. "We hear other variants still exist in Deadfall!"

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Just when you think it couldn't possibly get any more awesomely cute, Free Realms breaks out with a bunch of screenshots of some of the pet friends you can get while playing through the game. While some are dressed to the nines like the dog in Indiana Jones type adventuring gear above, and the dog we've affectionately dubbed 'the pup Lebowski' (he really needs a rug, don't you think?), other preview screens we've gotten from the folks over at SOE just show off some interactions between the pets and their owners during play. Our gallery is set to burst from the sheer amount of adorable in there!

With the option of going free-to-play, picking up an optional subscription for $4.99 - cheaper than its nearest subscription-optioned competitor, FusionFall, at $5.95 for one account - and so many different ways to play, Free Realms is definitely showing it's out to raise the bar in the family MMO space. Now, maybe if we can perfect our own version of adorably irresistable puppy-dog eyes, SOE will think we're cute, and send over some Free Realms beta keys for us!

Gallery: Free Realms

Player Housing - ExteriorPlayer Housing - InteriorPet PonyPet Spiked Dragon

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>catscutedogsfree-realmspetspreviewpuppiesscreenshotssoesony-online-entertainmentSat, 14 Mar 2009 12:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Flexpetz purveys prim pooches]]>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/02/16/flexpetz-purveys-prim-pooches/http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/02/16/flexpetz-purveys-prim-pooches/http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/02/16/flexpetz-purveys-prim-pooches/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Flexpetz is a ... well, let's call it a timeshare club for dogs. Rent-a-pet, if you will. Face it, some of us like to have canine company, and just don't have the time or the circumstances to own. It's one of those concepts that can be done really badly or really well. We don't know a whole lot about Flexpetz, so we'll give them the benefit of the doubt and assume that they do it really well.

Their new site in Second Life, however - now that trips the odd-ometer a little.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>designing-digitally-incdogsflexpetzsecond-lifesecond-life-placesSat, 16 Feb 2008 10:30:00 EST<![CDATA[First impressions: I Am Legend in Second Life]]>http://massively.joystiq.com/2007/11/07/first-impressions-i-am-legend-in-second-life/http://massively.joystiq.com/2007/11/07/first-impressions-i-am-legend-in-second-life/http://massively.joystiq.com/2007/11/07/first-impressions-i-am-legend-in-second-life/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , ,

I Am Legend (for those of you that have been living under a rock) is the third film adaptation of the 1954 Richard Matheson novel of the same name. Quite the popular property, it has spawned film versions in 1964 (with Vincent Price - now in the public domain and available for viewing or download) and 1971 (with Charlton Heston - I saw that one when it came out); A Rob Zombie song; the upcoming Warner Brothers film with Will Smith; a DC Comics tie-in; planned online, animated featurettes;

And the Second Life game, of course. Whew. The game is doing very well in Second Life indeed. Last week I wandered around and took a look at it.

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