Let's face it, mobile games are getting more and more popular. And since this is a website about MMOs, I have to point out that sophisticated mobile MMORPGs are starting to become a thing too; just look at games like Order and Chaos 2 and Stellacept Online. Even if MMOs aren't your thing, there are countless mobile games out there, [...]
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I rarely question why my Steam library is increasingly cluttered by survival games, or why my hands instinctively move towards my credit card when the latest Early Access title releases. It is a genre that routinely excites my interest, one of the few I grow giddy playing. But the days when DayZ was a cutting-edge concept—one cited for revealing human [...]
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The term MMOFPS has come to mean many things over the years. Many consider games like Soldier Front or Alliance of Valiant Arms to be MMOFPS's, while insisting that games like Call of Duty aren’t, despite their near parity in terms of features. For the sake of this article, I will be defining an MMOFPS as a shooter that contains [...]
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I tend to await each of theHunter’s new reserves fairly eagerly. They’re always adding something new and interesting. The last few reserves took players to the Outback to hunt kangaroos and mountain climbing to hunt Ibex. There’s a wide variety of possibilities for new mechanics and environments. Lately, the team seems to be taking advantage of that in quite a good [...]
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Famous clairvoyant Superdata Research made a prediction with her wicked pack of cards, and the future of Star Wars: Battlefront is grim. The $800 million IP will be a financial disappointment and internet covens have chimed their agreement. Battlefield’s cousin was doomed from birth and Battlefield 4, while successful, signaled the franchise's decline. Subsequent titles earned decreasing digital sales (EA [...]
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If you have ever thought about playing Eve Online then now would be the best time to do so. The past several months has seen the famous space sandbox MMORPG go through a series of fundamental changes to much of its core gameplay. CCP Seagull, CEO of CCP Games which develops Eve Online, made a statement regarding the future of [...]
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It's a bit early to call, but it looks like Block n Load's decision to go free to play on October 1, 2015 has been an excellent one. For those that haven't heard of Block n Load, it's a unique shooter developed by Jagex that mixes Team Fotress 2 style gameplay with Minecraft like sandbox building. Given the nature of [...]
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Fan of En Masse Entertainment's Tera: Rising? Looking for new MMOs to play like Tera? Well, you came to the right place. Here's a compilation of free to play games that share many of Tera's key features, most notably open world gameplay and action oriented combat. There are dozens of action MMORPGs like Tera, but few of them have open [...]
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Permanent death is a mechanic that is hotly debated. Some MMO players are convinced that there isn’t enough risk for the rewards earned in modern MMORPGs. Others like the concept in theory but in practice find it too harsh. Others still are remiss to put their time into a game if it means that they might have to start all [...]
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Being in the military for a few years now I have learned the value of coffee. When I am not in the middle of a training cycle I show up to work during the week and hobble around for the first hour looking for a cup of coffee to get my day started. Just the sweet aroma alone is enough [...]
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