Posts tagged AutoAssault 
Auto Assault sputters to a halt in August
Fans of Auto Assault will [insert a thing you do in Auto Assault here] for the last time on August 31, as the game finally runs out of gas and pulls on to the shoulder to wait for a AAA truck that will never arrive. If you've already paid for months of play beyond that point, NCsoft says you'll ha...
Auto Assault soundtrack now free, game still pay-to-play
In a somewhat baffling last ditch effort to attract attention to its dying MMO, NCsoft has posted a free download of Auto Assault's soundtrack on the game's official website. It's unclear if this offering of the magnum opus is meant to inspire the meager player base to stick with it, or if it's just...
Auto Assault now grasping at straws
In perhaps Auto Assault's final attempt at building any semblance of a community base, the folks at NCsoft will merge the sparse populations of their varied servers onto one magnificent pleasure palace of dullness tomorrow; apparently that big update from last month didn't quite do the job. It's ha...
NCsoft Austin shows 70 workers the door [update 1]
Perhaps fueled by the disappointing performance of Auto Assault and other MMOs under NCsoft's control, the company has confirmed that they have indeed made a round of cuts to their Austin office -- 70 employees have been pink slipped. According to a statement on the company's Lineage II boards: "NCs...
Auto Assault gets first big update -- silence ensues
For the dozen or so people who actually play the ambitious MMORPG Auto Assault, they're going to be in for quite a treat today. NCsoft has announced that their sputtering MMO has just implemented its first big update. Additions include: "Über" Missions – Nothing says "Über" like...
Seen at E3: A message to MMOs
No beating about the bush from this MMO. Directly attacking your competitors may not be nice, but with a MMO cliché that's so ingrained in the genre, sometimes you have to be bold to succeed. Unless, of course, they had a lapse of concentration while typing Mr. Presley's name....
Ad critic: Auto Assault MMORPG
This edition of our ad critic series is coming to you a day late. Sorry about that. All the excitement over Nintendo's big announcement has left us with little capacity to discuss anything else. Now that the hubbub's died down a wee bit, we ask you to focus your critical energies on this ad for NCS...
Apocalyptic Auto Assault competition
Are you prepared for an apocalypse? That's the question asked by this promotional site for upcoming car-combat MMO Auto Assault, and like other promotions before it, there's a competition involved. By taking photos or video of your apocalypse prevention methods, you could win copies of the game and ...
Massive Magazine planned for MMOG coverage this fall
The folks behind Computer Games Magazine have just announced that they'll be starting up a new publication this fall dedicated completely to the purview of massively multiplayer online (MMO) games. Massive Magazine is touted as the first print mag of its kind, packaged together with "a free DV...
Massive Auto Assault in-game ads announced
Several Joystiq readers are anticipating NCsoft's upcoming cliché-busting MMO Auto Assault, but this news might come as a shock. NCsoft have teamed up with in-game advertising firm Massive Incorporated, who will be bringing "real-life advertising" into the post-apocalyptic world of...
