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It’s a beautiful day in the badlands, with the sun shining down on you unprotected in the wilderness, surrounded by horrible creatures and with only a few dozen bullets left before you are completely defenseless. What’s not to be thankful for? Fallen Earth might not seem like the most appropriate setting for a Thanksgiving celebration, but the game recently held a screenshot contest for either what the player’s character is thankful for or a “traditional” celebration in the wasteland. Yesterday, the winners were announced, with the top entries all receiving special in-game food that offers buffs and the essential proper nutrition for surviving the hostile environment. The first-place winner also receives a Fallen Earth t-shirt.

A small gallery is also available, with the three winners and the honorable mention available for viewing. It’s not every game where appropriate holiday celebration includes heavily-armed men standing on a farm surrounded by corpses, but it works for Fallen Earth and should provide the game’s players with some appropriate chuckles. Or, given the context, perhaps “inappropriate” is more apt.

Filed under: Sci-fi, Screenshots, Fallen Earth, Contests, Culture, Events, real-world

Fallen Earth screenshot contest winners announced originally appeared on Massively on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted on November 20th, 2009 at 3:00pm by Eliot Lefebvre
Filed Under: contests, culture, fallen-earth, fallen-earth-llc, fe, holiday, real-world-events, screenshot, screenshots, thanksgiving-2009

It’s always nice to get a little something extra for what you were planning on doing anyway. It’s even nicer when the “little something extra” is something you would want on its own merits, at that. Fallen Earth has decided to give its new players exactly that variety of something extra: if you buy now through the official site, you will receive the lovely and (dare we say it) eminently pimptacular hat displayed to the right.

The hat isn’t enough reason for you? Well, clearly you aren’t looking closely enough at the hat itself. You also might not know that the hat provides your character with Scavenging, Nature, Geology, and Social skill points just by donning it. It’s a really nice hat. Lest we get carried away by gushing about the hat, however, it should be duly noted that the hat is also a limited-time offer for purchasers of the game, and is only being distributed by purchasing the game from the official site. So if you’ve been on the fence, this might be the time to get off the fence and get yourself a truly excellent hat for your troubles.

Filed under: Sci-fi, Fallen Earth, Business models, News items

Fallen Earth puts a feather in your hat for purchasing originally appeared on Massively on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted on November 17th, 2009 at 8:00pm by Eliot Lefebvre
Filed Under: Bonus, business-models, fallen-earth, fallen-earth-llc, fe, hat, hats, news-items, order-bonus

Filed under: Sci-fi, Fallen Earth, Events, in-game, PvE, Roleplaying

Are your poor feet sore from running around Fallen Earth’s enormous post-apocalyptic Grand Canyon? Sick of getting chomped on by mutated chickens? Just want to check out the latest and greatest when it comes to kludged-together vehicles — or perhaps show off your own? Then get your convoy rolling for Spider Hill in the northern part of Sector 1 at 3 PM Eastern today! That’s the site of the huge Car Show, being put on by Saints Incorporated and The Shop.

Aside from seeing all the latest in Fallen Earth automotive awesomeness, players who stop by will be treated to giveaways, a wasteland drag show, and heavens knows what else. Post Apoc Radio will also be on the scene to play some rockin’ music and provide colorful RP commentary (as always). So gather up the whole clan and come by the Car show — make valuable crafting friends, or pick up some excellent prizes!

Fallen Earth car show today! originally appeared on Massively on Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted on November 15th, 2009 at 10:00am by Krystalle Voecks
Filed Under: fallen-earth, fe, icarus-studios, in-game-event, player-created-content, post-apoc-radio, role-play, rp, saints-incorporated, the-shop

If you picked up a Fallen Earth trial key in the recent batch and found yourself falling in love with the barren wastelands of the post-apocalyptic Grand Canyon, then you’ll want to listen up. For those of you who decide to make the jump and subscribe to the game by tonight (10/30) at midnight Eastern, you can land yourself a swanky, special-edition Trooper gas mask, as seen to the right. (For those of you who are already subscribed, you’ll get this in the mail tomorrow!)

Why is this so cool, you ask? Well dustbowlers, this is the absolute must-have fashion accessory of the season – especially when you live in an irradiated, disease-ridden desert. This mask will give you a plethora of bonuses to armor against everything from acid to sonic attacks. In addition to that, it also adds +5 to your Charisma with its rubbery good looks and +6 to a body save since it’s such a pain in the arse to hack through this thing and splatter your brains everywhere. So if you’ve been thinking about subscribing, now is a great time to join those of us who call the barren wastes of Fallen Earth home!

Filed under: Sci-fi, Fallen Earth, New titles, News items

Subscribe to Fallen Earth by tonight and get an exclusive Trooper gas mask originally appeared on Massively on Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted on October 30th, 2009 at 3:30pm by Krystalle Voecks
Filed Under: fallen-earth, fallen-earth-llc, fe, halloween-2009, icarus-studios, special-item, troopers-gas-mask

The apocalypse: place of beat up armor and scavenged and repurposed items galore. While this means you’re in great luck for making an outfit in-game, it makes things a bit more difficult when it comes to making a Fallen Earth costume in the real world. Do you stay true to the game and only use things that look the same as existing gear? Or do you get creative in your costume scavenging and let your imagination run wild? Well, this year it would appear that the entries for the second annual Fallen Earth costume contest did both.

The three categories awarded for this year’s contest winners were Most Original Setting, Most Accurate Game Costume, and Best Inside Joke on Scavenging, which went to Sinoth, blackenedlegions, and spookdi respectively. There were also four honorable mentions (faust, Schipperke, Beorend, jac428) and a shout out to one of our staffers who sent in a costume too. Be sure to go check out the gallery of winners for some pretty cool post-apocalyptic costumes!

Filed under: Sci-fi, Fallen Earth, Contests, News items

Fallen Earth costume contest winners announced originally appeared on Massively on Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted on October 29th, 2009 at 9:00pm by Krystalle Voecks
Filed Under: costume-contest, fallen-earth, fallen-earth-llc, fe, halloween, halloween-2009, halloween-costumes, icarus-studios