Super MOBA Tuesday: Will Tactical Shooters Replace Traditional MOBAs? . I should be writing about The International 5. It started yesterday, and it’s the biggest event in eSports history. In fact, my original MOBA Monday piece was about it, discussing players, statistics, and my prediction for the winner. But a couple news pieces have come across my desk this we
WoW Wednesday: The Post before the Day After . No, it’s not even dead so DON’T START.
Last night, Blizzard announced that World of Warcraft Q2 subscriptions had dropped to a level not seen since… well, ages. 5.6 million players isn’t the news cycle though. The real story anyone wants to spread with an axe to grind
7 Things We Want From the New World of Warcraft Expansion . With news breaking this week that World of Warcraft has dipped to a low 5.6 million subscribers, many have taken the liberty of busting out their sandwich boards and various MMORPG-related scriptures to proclaim that, despite what you might think, the end is very nigh. While that remains to
Smite: Awilix God Guide . The reason I’m making these god guides is to guide new players into playing certain gods they haven’t yet had the time to play. I’m not at all a professional player and I’ve made plenty of mistakes, but I think I know the basics to a successful god build. So this week
Beta Data: August 7, 2015 . It has been a busy old week but Beta Data doesn’t rest! Probably. And neither do World of Warcraft who announced their next expansion yesterday at Gamescom. Legion is the name and Beta will be available later this year, though you can sign up for access now.
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Blog Bonanza: Those Not Partaking in Blaugust .
Blaugust has kicked into high gear and the number of blogs participating has grown exponentially. I have done my very best to read nearly every single post, but it is a monumental task to say the least. Rather than highlight every single post or participant, I wanted to instead highlight th
CCP's Next Big Thing: Gunjack, Valkyrie, and other VR Stuff . As a longtime player of EVE Online, I have developed a set of expectations for CCP Games. I love their close relationship with their players, the fact that they tend to hire from their player base, and the fact that I can expect good – and free! – updates and expansions to EVE Online at regu
5 Ways to Up Your Game in Heroes of the Storm . If you’re one of the unlucky few who haven’t played a MOBA, the genre can be intimidatingly obtuse to break into. First person shooters feel easy: here is a gun, here is a bad guy. Shoot the bad guy. But MOBAs like DOTA 2 and League of Legends draw from a vast well of nuance and
A Window On New Worlds : Virtual Reality at Gamescom . It wouldn’t be a Gamescom visit in 2015 if there wasn’t any Virtual Reality. Fortunately there were no shortage of options to experience even if I myself only managed a few.
The great problem with virtual reality is that it is one of those things that needs to be experienced. I a
Eorzean Evening Post: Light Raiding in FFXIV . Let’s talk about raiding in Final Fantasy XIV.
Wait! Wait! I don’t mean those massive old-skool raids that took all night to finish and almost just as much time to coordinate beforehand. I’m talking about a more casual kind of raiding that has introduced the concept of raids to folks who may
WoW Wednesday: The Legion of Demon Hunters . Azeroth, we have a Problem ^^
The dust has settled from Thursday, and I’m here to tell you that Azeroth’s in all kinds of trouble. Remember I mentioned a few weeks ago that the way to make grown men cry was to whisper the name of the Place That Will Never Be Visited? Well, it lo
5 Reasons Wildstar Deserves Another Look . Last year was kind of a tough time for MMORPGs, don’t you think? Of course, those MMORPGs that had already been going strong for some time continued doing what they do, but last year felt like a bloodbath for those entering the market.
Of course, there was all the drama surrounding Arc
MMOGames Gamescom 2015 Coverage . Though Gamescom is now behind us coverage is still ongoing. Find everything that has come from Gamescom here in one place. Remember to keep checking back over the next few weeks as we release more information and impressions from the world’s largest video games convention.
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Cosplay From Gamescom 2015 . Wandering around the Gamescom floor we saw a lot of fantastic cosplay, here are just a few of the highlights as well as a couple that make you raise an eyebrow. As usual the convention center was hot with outside temperatures reaching into the 90s and 400,000 people wandering the halls it
Gamescom 2015: Hands-On With Crossout . With Mad Max: Fury Road riding hot in the cinemas it’s the best possible time to open the Alpha for a new post-apocalyptic battle game with scrap metal vs scrap metal. Crossout will be that game, creating an arena for you to focus on building and re-building your cars and trucks for maximum
Beta Data: August 14, 2015 . There have been plenty of Kickstarter success stories, launch dates, and cheerful MMO updates in MMO Beta news this week so let’s hop right in to it with Nova Blitz who reached their Kickstarter funding goal with a week to spare. Whew! Next up, they hope to hit their first stretch goal of $5
Blogger Bonanza: Blaugust Week 2 . Keeping up with the immense number of talented people participating in Blaugust this year continues to be fun. Though it may seem like a chore for many, I absolutely love the feeling of opening a brand new post which may or may not surprise me. It’s almost like opening a pack of Magic
Playing EVE: Valkyrie at Gamescom 2015 . Last week I went to Cologne, Germany, for Gamescom. Now, as most people reading this will know, Gamescom is the biggest video game convention and trade show in the world, and this year, it had over four hundred thousand visitors. To say it was big would be an understatement akin to calling H
Eternal Crusade Tyranid Interview With Nathan Richardsson . A few days before the madness that is Gamescom descended upon me like a red mist, there was a chance to talk about something bright and cheerful. Then that chance was hunted down and devoured for its biomass by the scuttling biological horrors that are the Tyranids. Tyranids will form the Pv
MMOGames' Best of Gamescom 2015 Awards . This week we’re wrapping up our coverage of Gamescom 2015 at MMOGames, this of course means that it is awards time. We’ve added a few new awards this year as our scope grows ever larger. There is one award that isn’t filled in yet though, that’s Reader’s Choice
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Permadeath, Indirect PvP, and Pet Bunnies: Interview with Eco's John Krajewski .WoW Wednesday: The Legion of Demon Hunters .
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eSports in Japan - Part 1: What is and isn't an eSport .
