You remember Entropy, right? The game made by Artplant that isn't Block N Load? No, not Grimm: Dark Legacy. You know, the space MMO. It launched unexpectedly today after a series of extremely inconsistent updates. The game originally launched on Steam Early Access on December 10, 2013, but, after the first few months, it was lucky to get a patch [...]
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In its continued effort to add every one of its popular characters to Heroes of the Storm, Blizzard announced today via a new video that Overwatch's support character Lucio would be making a debut in the popular MOBA's PTR on February 6th. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Lucio will be a support character in Heroes of the Storm, as well, featuring abilities that [...]
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It's no secret that PingPerfect hasn't been handling its official Conan Exiles server partner duties well. As one of the year's biggest launches so far, with over 7500 servers and more than 40,000 players at peak, it's evident that the company simply wasn't ready. At launch, the servers were laggy messes with various disconnect issues; the issues were so prevalent [...]
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Plotting out your future excursions through the world of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen just became a bit easier. Visionary Realms released a chart showing all of the game's possible race/class combinations earlier today and it's rather intriguing, the reason being that there are a number of odd choices that they have been able to justify through the game's lore. Why [...]
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Melee combat arena game Skara: The Blade Remains has been around for a while now; it first launched on Steam Early Access on October 27, 2014. At the time, it didn't take off, which likely had to do with its $20 price point at launch. In fact, the only time it has had a peak concurrent user count over 200 [...]
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Perfect World has bought out many of the Western companies it has worked with, or at least become a majority owner of many of them, including Cryptic Studios and Runic Games. Given that fact, I've been conducting research to see if Perfect World has bought a majority stake in any of its other partners, starting with Motiga, the developer of [...]
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After a brief delay, Fire Emblem Heroes is now live on both Android and iOS. The game takes Fire Emblem's classic turn-based tactical gameplay and puts it in a mobile hero collector setting. Players will play through various stages that tell the game's story while summoning heroes using the resources that they earn from the story. The game also features [...]
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If, like me, you have yet to play Ubisoft's tactical shooter Rainbow Six Siege, you're in luck. From now until February 5th, you can play the game for free as part of a free weekend that is currently going on on Steam. All progress made during the free weekend will carry over to the full version, should you decide to [...]
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What do you do when no one is taking advantage of the potential of a specific subgenre of game that you play? If you're Caribbean Conquest developer Adam, you make your own game. Disillusioned by the current state of Age of Sail MMORPGs, Adam set out to create his own. The project was on Kickstarter last year, but, as it [...]
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Gigantic is a rather good MOBA. It's fast-paced. It has a great art style. It tries to do something outside of the normal MOBA formula. But it launched without any form of ranked play. That will change on February 23rd when the Eternal Dawn update introduces a "Competitive Leaderboard." While it's not exactly a ranked mode, it will add a [...]
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