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Auto Assault

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Windows
Developer: 
NetDevil
Genre: 
Science Fiction
Release Date: 
April 11, 2006
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Auto Assault was a MMOg developed by NetDevil and published by NCsoft. It combined vehicular combat with role-playing elements, allowing the player to explore a post-apocalyptic future in customizable cars, motorcycles, semis, and tanks. The player could choose one of three factions — Humans, Mutants, and Biomeks — and a class to determine the type of character. The majority of the gameplay took place in the vehicle, but the player left the vehicle when entering towns.

Released April 11, 2006, Auto Assault was hit with hard, critical reviews of the gameplay and features inherent in the title. Reviews contended that the game was too hard to get into and players simply couldn't achieve their goals. Ten Ton Hammer, on the other hand, believed Auto Assault to be a fairly good game, albeit with some nagging issues that could be revised post release. While a core group of players remained on the servers and continued to rule the roadways, the game's popularity dwindled and the game's servers were finally shut down on August 31, 2007.

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    Auto Assault CEO Scott Brown discusses the game's closure and indicates that the company has no plans to salvage it.

    Earlier this week, NCSoft announced that they would cease operation of Auto Assault on August 31st, 2007 and we then spoke to David Swofford about the announcement. Now, in an exclusive interview with NetDevil CEO Scott Brown we learn that the developer has no plans to purchase the game back from its publisher, which effectively spells an end to Auto Assault.

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    Two petitions have been started by disgruntled AA fans which are calling for Auto Assault to be saved.

    The recent events have triggered outrage and many unanswered questions on the official AA boards. There is no official news whether NetDevil will intervene and buy the IP back off NCSoft's hand, or if there is any willing buyer at all.

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  • Closing the garage doors...

    MMORPG's Jon Wood tracks down NCSoft's David Swofford for comment on AA's cancellation:

    I think David summed it up best when he said, "What we were putting in, we weren't getting back". In the end, while they may be games to us, MMORPGs like Auto Assault are a business and a business that loses money just doesn't make any sense.

    Read the brief interview at MMORPG.com.

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  • 16 months after release, Auto Assault runs out of gas...

    One of the saddest coulda been-shoulda been MMO stories in recent memory draws to a close, as today NCSoft announced that Auto Assault servers will cease operation at the end of the summer.

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