Month: February 2016

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Hex: Entering the World of Entrath

Hex: Shards of Fate has recently left its beta status behind and launched a major feature update. Garnering a lot of press in the meantime has led to a lot of new players coming over from Hearthstone and Magic: the Gathering to see what this “new” kid on the block has to offer. I say “new” in quotes because Hex is over two and a half years old since the Kickstarter, but slow going, and a lawsuit from Wizards of the Coast have slowed things down.

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Crowfall: A Child Born of Two Mothers

I am extremely excited to be covering Crowfall but before we get too far into it I feel that it’s important for readers to understand where I’m coming from. Ahem, I’m a sandbox PVP MMORPGer from the old days when choices mattered and messing up meant a re-roll-progress be damned-and I’m not afraid to let my columns reflect that! For better or worse when I cover news about Crowfall I’ll try to capture my reactions BEFORE they get put through a filter.

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General: Five Ultima Online Legacies That Hold True Today

Ultima Online launched just a little bit less than 20 years ago. 2017 will see the game’s twenty year anniversary. What is interesting about Ultima Online is that the legacy of that game still holds very true today. So many games are patterned off of design concepts that were created last millennium. Here is a list of some of those legacies.

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Atlas Reactor: Atlas Reactor Hosting Open Alpha for All

Atlas Reactor is my kind of “MOBA”. For one, you don’t need crazy APM or ridiculous reflexes. You just need to be good at thinking on your feed and you have to have a strategic state of mind that you can tap into. Trion Worlds’ new turn-based tactical team combat game looks and plays excellently, and the Bay Area team is ready to let the masses try it out…

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General: Game On #79: Inon Zur, Composer of Fallout 4 & Dragon Age

This week on Game On, Ryan and Brax are joined by composer extraordinaire, Inon Zur. Inon has composed soundtracks for some of the biggest video games in the business, including Fallout 3 and 4, New Vegas, Dragon Age, RIFT, TERA, Icewind Dale 2 and more. He is premiering a brand new song, EXCLUSIVE to MMORPG and Game On.