Daily Mission: Why Do You Buy Founders Packs? .
Some say Kickstarter is to blame for the success of Founder’s Packs. Others argue that it is just the natural evolution of the MMO industry. Whatever the reason more and more MMOs are introducing them. And players are grabbing them at unexpected rates. I know I certainly can’t resist the te
Living League of Legends: Suggestions for a New Ranking System . Living League of Legends’ season 2014 has finally hit and the reset to rankings have gone out, much to the majority of the player base’s dismay. Only one big change has been made to the ranked system, that players can drop down a ranking (i.e. from Gold to Silver) if they lose too many
Hearthstone: Tips and Tricks for Mastering the Arena . In Hearthstone the most exciting mode in the game isn’t the main mode, where you build a deck out of your own cards, but rather the Arena. Arena is when the player builds a deck out of random cards and then competes against other players who have done the same. Unlike the normal play mode th
Starbound Beginners Guide . Starbound is a scifi sandbox adventure game in which players find themselves marooned on a strange planet after fleeing their own. From that point on it is a game of exploration, discovery, fighting, crafting, building, and decisions to be made in an infinite universe.
With a procedurally ge
Right in the Nexus: Jungling in the Jungle . Jungling has always been a problem for a lot of League of Legends players with some players avoiding it entirely. Why? Because it’s so completely different from every other role in the game and if you’re a bad jungler then your team will definitely feel it. It’s a hard role, much like suppor
FAQ: What Race and Class Will You Play in The Elder Scrolls Online? . As part of our ongoing coverage of The Elder Scrolls Online this weekend we asked some of our writers a question that has plagued many since the MMO was first announced. What Race and Class combination will you play first? From the sounds of it we may have an office war on our hands as the a
Heroes of Hearthstone: How to play Hearthstone . Ah, yes the article which maybe I should have started with all of those weeks ago. The column in which I discuss what exactly Hearthstone is and how you play the darned thing. You might be thinking, “Gosh, you’re a few articles in and you’re only just starting to write about how to play the
The Elder Scrolls Online: Comparison with the TES Saga . The Elder Scrolls is a saga that spans twenty years. Now, with the upcoming Elder Scrolls Online, what are the analogies and the differences with the previous installments?
About the gameplay, there are some contact points, but also significant changes.
First and foremost, in ESO, during th
Heroes of Hearthstone: Beginner decks for Newbies! . Hello there! Please do come in! Welcome to another one of my weekly columns, Heroes of Hearthstone! In this week’s article we’re going to talk about beginner decks for new players! This is definitely the place to be if you’re new to the game and need a bit of help! But if you want to read wh
The Rule of War: Elder Scrolls Online . The maxim goes as follows: If it’s a stupid plan and it works, it’s not a stupid plan.
Recently, standing on the parapet of a keep in Cyrodiil, I watched the Daggerfall Covenant troops break their way in. Combat was messy, it was unfocused. It was war.
I took the shots I could,
Elder Scrolls Online: Cyrodiil . Last weekend while everyone else was stress testing The Elder Scrolls Online and being stuck in huge queues I was leaping into new dangers in Cyrodiil. This is the massive PvP zone at the heart of Tamriel and home to the Imperials. Though I’m a huge fan of massive zone wide PvP in other game
Hearthstone Rush Decks!!! . Welcome, welcome, please do come in! The Open Beta for Hearthstone has begun (yay!), so if you haven’t done so already then be sure to download the client and get playing because the sooner you start the better! At least that’s what a Paladin friend of mine used to say and nothing he says is
Continent of the Ninth Seal - Rahkdan’s Counterattack interview . One of the hottest 3D action MMORPG around, Continent of the Ninth Seal (C9) recently went through a massive game content update, Rahkdan’s Counterattack. Not just new maps, but all classes were given a balancing act in terms of their skills along with difficulty tweaks for the dungeons.
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Beta Data: February 21, 2014 . Welcome to our new weekly look at Alphas, Betas, and Early Access events. Find everything you need to know for upcoming and current beta events. We will be updating this list every Friday so be sure to check back every week for the latest information.
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Pantheon : No Rise For The Fallen . Visionary Realms Inc’s Pantheon Rise of the Fallen has failed to kickstart. Before we discuss the potential whys of that, for anyone interested in Pantheon or looking to continue funding of it post Kickstarter head on over to www.pantheonrotf.com to pledge your support. There are, afte
Spandex Online: Multiplayer Superheroes . You may have noticed that super beings, both heroic and villainous are everywhere these days. Be it in the movie world, which provided us a Man of Steel earlier in the year and a thunder god just last month, in television where Arrow and the forces of S.H.I.E.L.D sit high in the ratings or i
Living League of Legends: MEGA GUIDE! . Hello, bonjour and welcome to Living League of Legends first ever MEGA GUIDE! In this guide I’m going to be running through all of the five roles in the current meta and telling you what to play at what skill level, and what to build. Indeed, this is the holy guide to end all guides. Whilst
What Ever Happened To... . We here at MMOGames often get asked, “What happened to ….?” Or “Why did ….. close?” Well today we’re taking a look at 5 MMOs which for one reason or another just aren’t around today. We’ll go through the reasons they aren’t around now, look at a bit of the MMO’s history and look at some alte
Top 5 Online Survival Horror Games 2014 . Alone in the woods with little more than a few days worth of food supplies and a bundle of sticks. A scenario like this would make all but the most experienced survivalists uneasy, yet that’s exactly the kind of setting a lot of gamers are looking for these days. Whether you are a home
Beta Data: February 28, 2014 . Welcome to our new weekly look at Alphas, Betas, and Early Access events. The big beta events this weekend are of Wildstar and The Elder Scrolls Online, but this week we’ve got a few exciting additions as The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot goes to open beta, Infinite Crisis announces they&
