Tag Archives: MMO

Zoe Hawkins

PokeMMOn: Would you play a Pokemon MMO?

May 2, 2013 at 11:30 am | 30 Comments

I get it, Pokemon is popular. Not just popular, but ridiculously popular. So much merchandise, TV series, and a huge variety of games! However, there is now a new browser MMORPG game that is surging in popularity. The list of "amazing features" go on and on, but here is a select sample:


Geoffrey Tim

EA Says DRM is a failure, SimCity an MMO

March 28, 2013 at 9:45 am | 50 Comments

DRM is terrible; failing completely at its primary purpose; It does pretty much nothing to stop piracy, instead giving paying customers the shaft. EA’s SimCity requires a perpetual online connection, which many gamers see as a form of DRM – but that’s just not the case, says EA labels boss Frank Gibeau. In fact, EA’s not interested in DRM anymore, he claims.


Darryn Bonthuys

Destiny – Bungie’s brave new world finally revealed

February 17, 2013 at 8:00 pm | 16 Comments

If there is one thing that the gaming industry does well, it’s crafting out adventures with elements inspired from other games. Without Batman: Arkham Asylum we wouldn’t have a gritty successor such as Sleeping Dogs, or if Gran Turismo had never popped up, hyper realistic racing games would still be a pipe dream to enthusiasts. Over a decade ago, Bungie got the ball rolling with their console shooter Halo. It set a new benchmark back then for a genre largely seen as the domain of PC gamers. Years later and with a successful franchise behind them, Bungie is looking to recapture that spark of a new and exciting universe. A universe that they've named...Destiny.


Yolanda Green

Online gaming and the language barrier

January 30, 2013 at 12:30 pm | 56 Comments

Don't you just hate it when you join a game online and the first thing you see in chat is a language you don't understand? Yeah, me too. Every Dota 2 player out there see’s this in almost every public match and believe it or not, we still don’t know what the hell they are saying. There’s a growing issue when it comes to playing online and the language barrier on European servers, I think something should be done about that.


Geoffrey Tim

Dirty Bomb, the new game from Splash Damage

November 29, 2012 at 3:00 pm | 13 Comments

I did not like Splash Damage’s last game, Brink, at all. Though it had a pretty interesting visual style, and promised to blend parkour and first person multiplayer mayhem, all it really did was blend a whole bunch of half-baked ideas in to an uninteresting mess of a game. Maybe..just maybe they’ve learned from their mistakes.


Abigail Holden

Guild Wars 2 – A Primer

November 27, 2012 at 12:45 pm | 2 Comments

If you’re already playing Guild Wars 2, this article is not going to tell you much you don’t already know. However, if you’re still on the fence about whether you should pick up this MMO, read on. I’ve highlighted some of the aspects of this game to give you a better idea of what you’ll be getting into.


Yolanda Green

An intro to The Elder Scrolls Online – Hell yes!

November 9, 2012 at 3:00 pm | 15 Comments

Bethesda has released an introduction video from the developers of The Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) revealing some basic and key features of the game. And MOTHER OF ZEUS it looks amazing.


Yolanda Green

Funcom wants to make smaller online games

August 30, 2012 at 12:15 pm | 16 Comments

Funcom wants to make smaller games that require shorter development times and less upfront investments after that not so amazing launch of The Secret World, having to delay the game's DLC following lay offs at their studios.


Geoffrey Tim

The Guild Wars 2 bundle winner is…

August 28, 2012 at 3:45 pm | 35 Comments

It’s time to announce the winner of our incredible, stupendous, ridiculous and other highly-suspect hyperbolic adjectives Guild Wars 2 competition. The lucky guy (or gal!) who’ll be walking all the way to Tyria with a huge grin on his (or her!) face and will have to face the wrath and jealous of everybody who didn’t win is…


Garth Holden

Guild Wars 2 Preview

August 28, 2012 at 9:00 am | 33 Comments

If you haven’t heard already, the much-anticipated Guild Wars 2 is out this Today. Pre-purchasers have been playing since Saturday. While there have been the inevitable glitches and server problems (though nothing as horrible as the Diablo 3’s Error 37 fiasco), overall it’s been a fantastic few days.


Geoffrey Tim

Guild Wars 2’s Error 42

August 27, 2012 at 10:00 am | 38 Comments

Guild Wars 2 launched this weekend for those of you who pre-purchased the game - but as with most purely online games there have been a few connectivity issues. some players have reported not being able to login to the game after the latest patch, while others are having trouble accessing the online trading post, or switching to other worlds.


Geoffrey Tim

The Secret World’s DLC delayed following layoffs

August 27, 2012 at 9:00 am | 6 Comments

As far as MMO’s go, the Secret World is a pretty good one - but we though it would only really come in to its own once it gets populated with more content, something developer Funcom has promised. It looks like the company’s been forced to renege on those promises - because its next content drop has been delayed. Mostly because it’s been hit with some restructuring layoffs.


Geoffrey Tim

[CLOSED] Win an incredible Guild Wars 2 bundle

August 24, 2012 at 12:15 pm | 344 Comments

Next week’s going to be a big one for fans of MMO’s  with the release of Arenanet’s Guild Wars 2(or this weekend, for the forward thinking of you who pre-purchased and will have early access). To celebrate the release of the subscription-free MMO, we’ve got a pretty damned incredible bundle from the delightful folks at Megarom to give to one of our incredibly lucky readers.


James Lenoir

The Secret World Review – Not to be mistaken for a Victoria’s Secret catalogue

August 23, 2012 at 3:30 pm | 15 Comments

   

These days, it's tough being a new MMO (massively multiplayer online game). You've barely launched and already you're compared to that behemoth, World of Warcraft. It has to be one of the most unfair realities, that ONE game can have such a far-reaching shadow.


Darryn Bonthuys

Project Copernicus was going to be a free-to-play MMO

August 20, 2012 at 9:00 am | 4 Comments

Before 38 Studios pissed away more cash than the spoilt son of an Arab oil sheik, the Kingdoms of Amalur studio had a grand idea to work on after they had finished work on their debut game. Project Copernicus was the name of the game, an MMO based on the KOA architecture that would have combined the fantastic combat of that title with a visually stunning world. And it would have been free as well.

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