Bel's Blog Bonanza - March 27, 2015 . Hey folks and welcome to Bel’s Blog Bonanza, a bi-weekly feature here on MMOGames where I attempt to highlight some of the more interesting topics currently cycling through the gaming blogosphere. One of my favorite aspects of writing about games, is the interactions I have with other blogge
Beta Data: March 27, 2015 . While I was off getting married, the game world continued on as usual with some exciting news from alphas, betas and crowdfunding for me to come back to.
Perhaps the biggest news of the week was Crowfall’s Kickstarter coming to an end, raising a phenomenal amount of money towards the “Throne
MOBA Monday: Three Franchises that Should Be MOBAs . Late last year I read an article about seven franchises that “need to be” MOBAs. It was a fun article that spurred a lot of cool conversation around the net. Though I don’t think every AAA franchise should venture into battle arena territory, there are a few that would make
Eorzean Evening Post: I Want to Slay the Dragon . “I hear the roar of a big machine”… Or well, I hear the roar of a great wyrm. Patch 2.55 is upon us and with it the final pieces of the story that began with A Realm Reborn, if not even before that. As foretold in an earlier patch in the Before the Fall-trilogy, the dragons are going t
ArcheAge: Secrets of Ayanad Giveaway . Update
Thank you to all of you who entered our ArcheAge giveaway extravaganza! It was a very tough competition as there were so many great entries. In the end we had 254 comments and only 11 prizes! After several meetings and a lot of discussions at our office we finally picked our 11 winner
Echo of Soul Developer Preview . With as many MMORPGs as there are on the market right now it’s not enough for a company to simply make a good game. New entries to the genre need to differentiate themselves from old titles or they’ll quickly wither up and die. Nvius CEO and founder Alex Kim believes that his newest game, Ec
WoW Wednesday: There's Nothing To Do Anymore! . “I’m bored!” – a common anthem from the louder denizens on trade chat. It certainly isn’t the first time that any of us have seen the random soul who voiced out their entertainment-impaired gaming life and most especially not the first in World of Warcraft. But,
Everquest 16th Anniversary . Let’s face it, no matter how good a game is, it eventually fades into obscurity, never to be seen again. Sometimes, for the sake of nostalgia, people will go back and play it, but in the end, it’s really just a curiosity at that point. The game goes from being a top seller, to a
Versus: Battlegrounds vs Open World PvP . Correctly implementing player vs player content has always been a tricky concept for developers, even during the early days of MMORPGs. In the past, I was always a bit of a purist when it came to PvP, and I believed that games like Ultima Online were the pinnacle of PvP success. The good old
Beta Data: April 3, 2015 . It has been quite a strange week with April Fool’s landing right in the middle and with many games using April Fool’s to have some fun, it felt a little bit odd on the news side of things. Regardless, there has been some fantastic beta news this week so let’s just sum up the stuff that you m
Bel's Blog Bonanza - Developer Appreciation Week 2015 Edition . Hey folks and welcome to Bel’s Blog Bonanza, a bi-weekly feature here on MMOGames where I attempt to highlight some of the more interesting topics currently cycling through the gaming blogosphere. One of my favorite aspects of writing about games, is the interactions I have with other blogge
MOBA Monday: An Interview with Turnip eSports . Last week, I had an opportunity to sit down with Codie Sondesky and talk about SMITE, gaming, casting, and philanthropy. Codie is the cofounder of Turnip eSports, a gaming community that promotes “eSports for a cause.” Here are the highlights of last week’s discussion.
What is Turnip
Eorzean Evening Post: 2.55, A Realm Ripped Apart . This week’s Eorzean Evening Post will be filled with spoilers for the 2.55 patch!
I guess I can’t be any clearer than that. I’ll be spoiling the whole darn thing, no holding back. Don’t keep reading unless you’ve finished it (or simply don’t care).
Late Thursday night last week
WoW Wednesday: The Path of Least Resistance . Being one of the oldest MMOs in the market, it doesn’t come as a surprise that WoW has one of the most rabid playerbases ever known to the internet-using human. It’s also the most diverse with a very wide range of differing personalities dotting the virtual world with their quirk
ZMR Interview with Developer Matthew Denomme on Game of Drones . Zombies Monsters Robots, perhaps better known as ZMR has never been known for being super serious. In fact they seem to inject just the right amount of humor into everything they do, usually expressed through promotional material and the names of their updates. The upcoming update which will
Transitioning to Tamriel Unlimited - What's New In ESO . On March 17, Elder Scrolls Online changed from a monthly subscription-based model, to the free-to-play Tamriel Unlimited. So what’s different since the game’s original release? For those players who have played consistently since then, actually not that much. For newer players, Z
Interview with Anook CEO and Founder David Hirtz . For the last 5 months MMOGames has been using the gaming social media website Anook.com. We don’t just use it on a professional level either, many of us have our own personal Anook accounts. So we wanted to learn more about this amazing site that brings together Twitch streams, news, a
Beta Data: April 10, 2015 . Karos Returns — which has been in Closed Beta for a little while — officially launched last Friday, April 3rd and the city-building fantasy strategy game Elvenar launched in the US this week, with the client entering Open Beta internationally. Magicka: Wizard Wars has announced that their sp
Bel's Blog Bonanza - April 10, 2015 . Hey folks and welcome to Bel’s Blog Bonanza, a bi-weekly feature here on MMOGames where I attempt to highlight some of the more interesting topics currently cycling through the gaming blogosphere. One of my favorite aspects of writing about games, is the interactions I have with other blogge
Path of Exile: The Awakening with Lead Designer Chris Wilson . On Friday night, I had the chance to sit down with Chris Wilson — Producer and Lead Designer of Grinding Gear Games, the 57-person team behind the esteemed free-to-play action MMORPG Path of Exile. You may or may not have heard by now that the game has a big expansion on the way. So big that
WoW Wednesday: Love Isn't So Much In The Air .
Neverwinter Underdark Interview with Producer Lindsay Haven .
Plants vs. Zombies 2: Let’s Play through Level 15 of Big Wave Beach
TERA: Fate of Arun Skycruiser Endeavour Preview .
League of Legends Lunar Revel Skins and 2016 Predictions .
