Don't Starve: Shipwrecked First Impressions

Klei Entertainment and CAPY do not disappoint. Their most recent DLC for Don't Starve, Shipwrecked, is literally game-changing. With Windwaker-esque water exploration, new creatures who want to kill you, and a dozen fresh ways to die, Shipwrecked is not just new features attached to the original game. It's practically its own game and it's amazing. [singlepic id=40224 w=600 h=338 float=none] Veterans of [...]

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Stellar Overload Alpha Impressions

Stellar Overload—formerly known as Planets³—is an upcoming, voxel sandbox game from Cubical Drift. Currently in Alpha, it was originally funded via Kickstarter on April 5, 2014 to the tune of $310,708. The game boasted a unique, intricate plot, RPG elements, a multiplayer focus, and cube-shaped planets as its defining features. Given how many games have been released with similar formulas [...]

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Is Paladins Too Derivative To Compete?

Hi-Rez Studios, creators of the third person MOBA Smite and the high-speed FPS Tribes Ascend, are back with their latest entry into the free to play MMO market. Paladins takes many of the best elements from the most popular MMOs and simplifies them, creating a game that plays very well but doesn’t bring much new to the table. Considering that [...]

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RNG Isn’t Random

For decades MMOs have been using random number generators (commonly referred to as RNGs) to determine everything from drop rates to attack damage and accuracy. Older MMOs were especially liberal with their use of RNG, quickly separating the lucky from the unlucky and causing envious strife across servers everywhere. If you’ve been playing MMOs for a little while now you’re [...]

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