A crisp screen is one of the finest additions to any gaming PC and, sometimes, can enhance gameplay more than the latest overpowered graphics card. The following is a list of some of the best gaming monitors for playing MMOs, and will hopefully at least get started in upgrading your station. Image by artubr, title: "Team YouPorn, Gamergy 2014". ASUS [...]
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This week’s hottest eSports news and highlights for League of Legends, CS:GO, Dota 2, and Overwatch. Expect spoilers! Brackets from TeamLiquid. Contents (Click to Jump to Section) League of Legends NA LCS EU LCS LCK LPL Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Dota 2 Overwatch League of Legends NA LCS Recap and Standings The 2017 Spring Split of the NA LCS has [...]
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Update: Bless RU Shut Down on May 25th, 2017 Some of us, including myself, are impatient when it comes to Aeria Games publishing Bless Online in North America and Europe. Luckily, it's fairly easy to play the Russian version of Bless, published by 101XP. In this guide I will show you step-by-step how to install and play Bless. Keep in [...]
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Not everybody wants the latest spam-fest happy action combat system when they're playing MMORPGs, so we've compiled list of some of the best tab-targeting MMORPGs you can play right now. The list is not all-inclusive. We've handpicked what we felt represented the best of the genre as of today. If you feel like a game should be on this list [...]
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Sometimes you just want to pit yourself against the environments of an MMORPG universe, working with other players, or alone, to tame the wild. The following is a list of games that hold PvE to their core, often guiding players with an engaging narrative and plenty of gameplay elements such as housing and crafting. Final Fantasy XIV [singlepic id=11435 [...]
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This week’s hottest eSports news and highlights for League of Legends, CS:GO, Dota 2, and Overwatch. Expect spoilers! Brackets from TeamLiquid. Contents (Click to Jump to Section) League of Legends NA LCS EU LCS LCK LPL Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Dota 2 Overwatch League of Legends NA LCS Recap and Standings The 2017 Spring Split of the NA LCS has officially [...]
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We reported Nexon's Q4 and FY2016 earnings last week, but its worth revisiting the subject to take a closer look at their North American results. Nexon helped introduce Western gamers to the Free to Play (F2P) model way back in 2005 with the release of MapleStory. The tsunami of F2P Korean and Chinese MMORPGs that followed not only upended the [...]
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Soon enough everyone is going to be playing mobile games, but not everyone wants to play them on tiny smartphone screens. That’s why we have tablets. You need a big screen to have any idea what those TCG cards say, or how much health your auto-attacking character has left, or to just enjoy the increasingly impressive fidelity of mobile games. [...]
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If there’s anything MMO players like more than playing games, it’s arguing about games. And if you want to flex your E-muscles on whatever decrepit forum you visit, it’s best to know what fallacies to avoid. And then you can laugh at your opponent and rub their noses in their stinking logical missteps. The following is a short list of [...]
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Ah yes, the question as old as MMOs: should developers sell gold themselves? Why let the black market reap the benefits of chat spam alone when you can open up a cash shop and price a stack at $14.99? After all, there is almost no way to stop gold sellers, at least not yet. Black markets always find a way. So, is [...]
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