The only thing I love more than great games is bottom of the barrel horror. They show just how low a game can go, like an Uncle trying his luck at wedding-limbo; he always hits the bar and falls. We’ve had many games that deserve to be given the blue ribbon for being embarrassments, but we’ve limited the list to [...]
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The year 2016 gave us many MMOs to play—maybe too many. It can be tough to narrow down a list of games that are worth playing without feeling overwhelmed. So we decided to take on the anxiety for you, and compile a list of the best free to play games available on Steam that released this past year. (And yes, [...]
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Do you remember a time when gear farmed from a dungeon could be traded to any other player in the game? It's tough, right? Bind on pickup gear has been in MMORPGs for a long time now; it's almost expected when you log in to any MMORPG, and not many people ask, "do we need, or want, bind on pickup [...]
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I can’t help but feel surprised at how much I’m enjoying Project Genom. Considering it’s Early Access the sci-fi MMO should have everything going against it—especially after countless other EA letdowns and a general player sentiment that too many games are releasing too early. And Project Genom is the perfect example of Early Access: the tutorial breaks, road textures fold [...]
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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 2016 League of Legends World Championship The biggest international tournament for the biggest eSport [...]
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At MMOs.com we often discuss eSports and whether or not it's an overhyped bubble or the next big thing to shape the entertainment landscape. Thanks to Newzoo's latest report we can make some headway on our own internal debates. “The huge interest in esports from sports celebrities, clubs, media companies, and brands alike illustrate how games are leading the media [...]
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Tis the season when every MMO runs a similar event: goofy skins, ghosts, and rhyming posts. It's Halloween, my favorite time of year for in-game events. I'm all about cobwebs and spiders and wearing bedsheets which is why I stopped cleaning my apartment on October 1st. But there's more to in-game events then just Halloween. And on this special Tuesday we [...]
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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 2016 League of Legends World Championship The biggest international tournament for the biggest eSport [...]
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I recently had a chance to sit down with Fenix Fire Entertainment CEO and founder Brian McRae to discuss his company's Early Access survival game, Osiris: New Dawn. We discussed the game's inspirations, how many planets are planned, comparisons to No Man's Sky, and more. So you’ve been working on Osiris on and off for five years? Well, we had to [...]
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Market research firm Newzoo shows the money generating power of mobile games in its global mobile market report: 82% of the $44.8 Billion app market is games. The numbers are staggering. Now do you see why developers want to corner their own segment of the mobile population? Here are the basic highlights for those of you with too much internet browsing [...]
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