Our latest coverage of Columns.
With more developers and independent studios turning to crowdfunding services how do we know who to give our money to? There's no step-by-step criteria, no checklist to run through when looking at a KickStarter's overall mission statement. And I don't want to open my wallet just because the proposed MMO sounds like everything I've dreamed about while playing. When I [...]
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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: On Break EU LCS: On Break LCK: SKT beat Jin Air and KT Rolster to meet the ROX Tigers next week [...]
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Grappling hooks, jetpacks, and zero gravity. These are all features you can find in Boss Key Productions' upcoming class-based arena FPS, LawBreakers. I was recently given the chance to visit Boss Key Productions HQ and play the game myself as part of a press event that the company held. Here's what I learned. Lawbreakers takes place after a cataclysmic event permanently [...]
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To distract myself from refreshing my Oculus shipping information now might be a good time to check in on the state of the upcoming Virtual Reality market. Luckily, the wizards at SuperData Research have compiled a new report titled Virtual Reality & the Next Killer App. Lacking $1500 for the full PDF I figured it’s still worth discussing some of [...]
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Trove’s Mantle of Power expansion went live today for players that purchased a head start package. I got the chance to sit down with Trion yesterday for a walkthrough of the new features the expansion is adding. Mantle of Power is described as an expansion that is made for “players that have played a decent amount of Trove, maybe ran [...]
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Party finders enable players to passively join groups to clear dungeons, complete quests, and defeat bosses. They streamline the group experience. And maybe that's a problem. There's a social element that's been lost in the wake of widespread party finders. There's no need to seek out similarly interested players to conquer the Wailing Caverns. Pressing the party finder icon 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: CLG win 3-2 over TSM to win the Grand Finals. EU LCS: G2 Esports win 3-1 over Fnatic LCK: SKT beat [...]
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As life slowly flows back into you in the form of floating colored pixels, you wake up alone. You’re a TV in a strange place, dozens of dead TVs scattered all around you. As you get your bearings, an image projects from your antennae. Your remote is missing and you must find it. Soon enough, you realize that you’re in [...]
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Picture this: You’re walking through your favorite MMORPG’s hub city looking for quests to pick up. You stop by the mailbox to grab the gold you made from a recent auction house venture and you turn around to see a giant dragon staring you in the face. Some high level beastmaster must have snuck the beast past the city guards [...]
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I recently got my hands on Paragon, the new MOBA from Epic Games, at the beginning of its Early Access phase, and from what I’ve seen, the game already lives up to its hype. I was especially struck by what makes this game different than the deluge of genre copycats I’ve seen in recent years, and each new element made [...]
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