About FusionFall
Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall is a massively multiplayer online game developed by CartooNetwork and Grigon Entertainment.
FusionFall uses the Unity Web engine as its client technology basis. For the first year, the full game required a subscription; free accounts could
only access to a portion of the content. The game became free-to-play on April 19, 2010.
In FusionFall, the player takes control of a customized avatar. Their character is viewed from a third-person perspective with an overlaid HUD. The game has large playable environments, with travel facilitated by various warp points. There are many glitches and secrets to use in the battle against Lord Fuse and his minions. Gameplay primarily focuses on the alliance between the heroes and villains of the Cartoon Network universe, featuring characters from Cartoon Network shows both past and present. Many characters are available as guides after players complete level four of the game. The four guides are Dexter (from "Dexter's
Laboratory"), Ben Tennyson (from "Ben 10 Alien Force" as well as the original "Ben 10," and "Ben 10, Ultimate Alien"), Edd (from "Ed, Edd, and Eddy"), and Mojo Jojo (from "The Powerpuff Girls"). Playing past level five originally required a monthly paid subscription in the form of redeemable cards that could be purchased at participating retailers. The cards were rendered obsolete after April 16, 2010, when the entirety of the game became free to play; players with unredeemed time cards were offered a refund for their unused cards.
The open beta testing began on November 14, 2008, available to anyone with an account on Cartoon Network's website. It ended on November 16, 2008. A second
beta began on December 5, 2008, and ended on December 7, 2008. The third took place during the weekend of December 12, 2008, with a single-day extension on
December 19. A final beta test started on December 27, 2008, and ran until January 11, 2009. All characters created before December 22, 2008, including those of the FusionFall staff, were deleted, but all made on or after December 27, 2008, were carried onto the official release.
When it was first released, FusionFall required a paid subscription for the full game, with a limited portion of the content available to free
accounts. Free accounts could only play in the "future" portion of the game, which only allows players to collect four nanos and create two characters. The
full game had a total of 36 nanos before the new extensions. The game now has a more than 40 nanos. To create up to four characters, players had to earn all 36 nanos during the beta testing. Players with characters that progressed into the past during the sneak peek or during a previous subscription had their
characters locked until a current subscription was purchased.
Subscription plans included one-month, three-month, year-long, and family plans. The FusionFall Victory Pack Exclusive was made available for
purchase when the game was released. It contained a four-month subscription, as well as a game guide, T-shirt (if bought from GameStop), and exclusive outfits and weapons for the player's character. The Victory Packs were eventually discontinued, having been replaced with one-month and three-month game card available for purchase at Target outlets.The game was made completely free on April 19, 2010, making everything a
member could have available for free. In 2011, the game gave the player a Clockwork set (not based on Clockwork
from Ben 10). It only counts for subscribers and can only be accessed with a code.
Occasionally on certain holidays such as Thanksgiving or Christmas, FusionFall has a small in-game celebration that usually has a special code for a holiday item, holiday
scenery, exclusive items, and missions carried by special guest appearances offuture cast members, such as Chowder or V. V Argost. Events for holidays stretch from 2 weeks to several months. Some roll directly from one to the other. Other additions FusionFall now has are new Chowder, Generator Rex, Ben 10
Ultimate Alien, and Adventure Time missions, npc's, areas. They erased the future, and put in a new area called the Academy where the player trains.