I recently had the chance to sit down with ASOBO Studio Game Designer Hugo Sahuquet and Communication Manager Aurélie Belzanne to discuss their upcoming game, The Last Frontier. We discussed the game's inspirations, factions, future vehicle additions, and more. [singlepic id=50510 w=600 h=338 float=none] Me: How many people are working on The Last Frontier and how long has it been [...]
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Dear Blizzard, We need to have a pow-wow. What have you done? Shutting down Nostalrius accomplishes nothing more than inspire the contempt of Vanilla World of Warcraft fans. You can flex your billionaire legal muscles and claim what is rightfully yours as far as the law is concerned, but to what end? What purpose does sending one of the most [...]
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Yeah I’ll tell you a little something bout’ selling items, it ain’t what it used to be. Been standing behind this counter for 20 years and my bone’s bout ready to pick up a cutlass. A part of me wants to teach these new adventurers a thing or two. When I first took over the shop from my father—Tobias II, [...]
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Lockboxes are for players who want something but like to spend money rolling dice to chance getting it. They entice transactions by coveting some brilliant reward you likely won't get on the first chance. And that's a great way for companies to raise profits. But is a lockbox any different than going to the casino and pulling the lever on [...]
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This week’s hottest eSports news and highlights for League of Legends, CS:GO, and Dota 2. Expect spoilers! Contents (Click to Jump to Section) League of Legends NA LCS EU LCS LCK LPL Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Dota 2 League of Legends NA LCS: TSM beat C9 and Liquid beat NRG EU LCS: Fnatic beat Vitality and Origen beat Unicorns of Love. LCK: SKT and [...]
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I’ve been playing a lot of Black Desert Online recently and, as you may know, there are a huge number of trading restrictions in place to prevent gold sellers. When I first got into the game I was convinced it would fine. There’s an auction house so I could buy whatever I’m having issues obtaining otherwise. For the most part [...]
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First-person shooters are regarded as mainly a Western genre. Asians hold the top spots in RTS games like Starcraft 2 and MOBAs like League of Legends, but the best Counter Strike: Global Offensive players usually hail from North America and Europe. Many Asians even get motion sickness when they play FPS games for prolonged periods of time. The popularity of [...]
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MMORPG players are a cynical and nostalgic bunch. We expect new features and bug fixes on a consistent schedule, but are quick to blame the developers if our favorite aspect of the game is drastically changed. Often this nostalgia is misplaced. Expansions tend to break MMORPGs up into epochs, and we've all got our favorite ones. So with that in mind, [...]
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This week’s hottest eSports news and highlights for League of Legends, CS:GO, and Dota 2. Expect spoilers! Contents (Click to Jump to Section) League of Legends NA LCS EU LCS LCK LPL Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Dota 2 League of Legends NA LCS: NA LCS is on break until Playoffs. EU LCS: EU LCS is on break until Playoffs. LCK: SKT, Afreeca Freecs, [...]
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Isbarah is a game I can only describe as a “bullet hell dodge-em-up platformer.” It’s an odd hybrid of several genres that comes together to create something that I’ve never seen anywhere else. In Isbarah, you play as Iria, a goddess who is the daughter of the ruler of a world created by the thoughts of humans. She acts as [...]
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