Pay-To-Win Games Are Financial Dominatrixes

At MMOs.com we often scratch our heads wondering why so many pay-to-win games are successful. They’re everywhere. But we’ve never come up with an answer, until now. I need to be clear. By pay-to-win I don’t mean the debates that eat up forum space with cash shop dissections: players clawing at each other’s throats over whether or not bonus experience [...]

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Blizzard Announces The Overwatch League: The MLB Of eSports

Blizzard wants to take eSports to new heights, announcing The Overwatch League at Blizzcon today. [The Overwatch League] “represents a true next generation eSports experience. There will be a combine where players attend tryouts. Teams will be formed around major cities... There will be regular schedules, contracts, team leaders... for stability.” It sounds like an official sports league, like the [...]

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Sombra Finally Officially Announced At BlizzCon

Finally, after months of shenanigans Sombra is officially announced with a classy cinematic trailer, featuring Reaper, Widowmaker, and the hacker herself. She was revealed interrupting a look back montage of Overwatch's launch: nice work Blizzard. "She's able to turn the tide of battle in subtle and not so subtle ways."  The trio attempt confronting a Russian scientist designing new mechs, [...]

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Crowfall Shows Off The Guinecean Duelist In New Video

The latest Crowfall archetype to be showcased, the Guinecean Duelist, may take you by surprise. It doesn't appear to fit among the rest of the archetypes, but it looks no less fun despite that. The Guinecean Duelist's abilities include rapidly attacking with a rapier, shooting enemies with a pistol, and burrowing underground before jumping out in front of its opponent, taking them by [...]

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New Hearthstone Expansion Mean Streets of Gadgetzan Unveiled at Blizzcon

Hamilton Chu unveiled the latest expansion to Hearthstone today at Blizzcon called "Mean Streets of Gadgetzan". As the name of the expansion implies, many of the new cards are themed around Gadgetzan, the bustling goblin town of trade and commerce. Aside from a slew of cards, a new mechanic is being introduced this expansion called tri-class cards. Certain cards across the 3 [...]

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Mobile MOBA Star Wars: Battlegrounds Soft-Launches In Select Countries

It seems that Zoids isn't the only major franchise that is getting a mobile MOBA in the near future. Star Wars: Battlegrounds is a Netmarble-developed mobile MOBA based on the iconic Star Wars franchise. According to Inven, the game soft-launched today in Australia and Singapore. Star Wars: Battlegrounds allows players to take part in focused 1v1 or 2v2 Dota-esque matches. [...]

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