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Witch Beam’s Assault Android Cactus isn’t the most unknown game, but it’s one I feel is worth highlighting. The title is a twin-stick shooter that initially gained recognition for being one of the few Early Access games that felt polished in terms of visuals and gameplay, providing a satisfying experience from day one. The now-finished game provides three modes of [...]
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When I first started Black Desert Online I was quite enamored with it. There’s a vast world to explore and tons to do in it. Gathering, processing, horse training, horse taming, fishing, and sailing are but a few of the game’s extracurriculars. On top of all of that there are thousands of quests, a trade system, an impressively deep node [...]
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Since Ubisoft released the Falcon Lost Incursion for The Division players have been assembling teams to take back the water treatment facility from Last Man Battalion control. Easier said than done. Because of the difficulty level many agents have been exploiting glitches in the Incursion that allow them to skip the entire mission and gain access to powerful end game [...]
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Hey you! Yeah you, with that sweaty gaming mouse! Sure you can deny noobs and slay Porings, but a real pro dominates a game in style, and comfort. Wrap your hand around a Razor DeathAdder Chroma, and marathon fragging sessions all night long. Your back might start to hurt from carrying but we promise your hand will never tire of popping heads. Whether [...]
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In light of recent news regarding Black Desert Online and DayZ's hacking issues I thought this week would be a good time to talk cheating in games. Have you ever hacked in an MMO before? While I'm no programmer (HTML for life) I've used my fair share of cheat programs back in the day to mess around in MMOs. My first [...]
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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 Mid-Season Invitational As the second most significant League of Legends tournament of the year, The Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) starts on [...]
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I recently had the chance to sit down with Executive Producer Tim Anderson, Producer Giovanni Martello, and Programmers Robert Thompson and Richard Kuhn of Stormhaven Studios, the developers of Saga of Lucimia. We talked about the caravan system, emergent gameplay, tomorrow's Early Access build, and more. [singlepic id=51087 w=600 h=338 float=none] Me: You talked a bit about emergent gameplay and [...]
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The shutdown of Nostalrius has spread discontent within the World of Warcraft community. There have been talks of boycotts. There was a Change.org petition. Our own Sean Sullivan wrote an editorial about the shutdown. There has simply been a lot of buzz surrounding Nostalrius and Blizzard's decision to issue the server's hosts a cease and desist letter. Last night, Blizzard [...]
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Playing a game takes time, time that could be spent doing other things. As an increasingly busy student, finding the time to play the games I love is getting difficult. Assuming I don’t abandon my responsibilities, I have to start really scrutinizing what I play and when I have time to play it. Sinking hours and/or dollars into a game [...]
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“OMG Azrall you f**king n00b! Just leave or something.” A statement once delivered to me by what was clearly a disgruntled teammate during an online session of Dota 2. Now I won’t lie to you, I’m by far no expert Dota 2 player, but I’m certainly not complete garbage either. I’m human, I make mistakes. But on this occasion I [...]
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