Everyone has a fighting chance
Heroes Charge is a dreadful game in some ways. It just is. I’d rather not waste your time and, frankly, my time, with attempting to flower this several-hundred-word column with attempts to describe the game’s systems and finer points. It’s a Sunday, my normal day for writing these articles, and the Golden Globes are on in the background. My dog is begging me for food as I type this up. I’m having a Hostess Apple Pie.
ArenaNet is ready to send Guild Wars 2 players on the final leg of the Living Story Season 2 with the launch of Point of No Return later today. Players and Pact members alike are ready to take the fight to Elder Dragon Mordremoth and his powerful minions which will doubtless bring a season-ending cliff hanger as well.
Aeria Games has sent word that its new MOBA, Chaos Heroes Online, is now part of the Steam games platform. Returning players transferring to the Steam client will be gifted a new limited time skin called the Scorching Battlefield Darae.
NeoGaf.com is reporting that the US Patent & Trademark Office has sent notification to Blizzard that all attempts to secure the name "Overwatch" have been suspended. The move comes as a result of conflict with another game that had filed for the same trademark six months prior to Blizzard. Overwatch, Blizzard’s entry into the MMOFPS market, was announced at November’s Blizzcon.
Age of Wulin, the EU version of Age of Wushu, will be expanding three times this year with Chapters 4-6. The first expansion, Betrayal and Forgiveness, will arrive in March and will see eight new playable factions added to the game as well as other new features and content.
Our month long celebration of the 2014 games continues, as we open up voting on Best Indie RPG, Best Indie MMO, and Best "Almost MMO". Click through and vote for your favorites!
PlanetsideBattles is whipping up support for its January 24th attempt to set a new Guiness World Record for most players online in an FPS match. The news comes complete with instructions on how to get involved, exact times for the event to take place and much more.
What defines an indie game? This is a question that has many answers depending on who you ask. To some it’s indie if it has a tiny budget and non-traditional funding source. To others a game can be considered indie if the studio that made it was put together specifically to make that game. While others will disqualify a game from being indie simply because it has a major industry veteran at the helm. What indie means is different for every person.
COGnitive Prime wins SMITE World Championships!
I’ve spent a good number of hours in Dragon Age: Inquisition since that game’s release. By now, many players have gotten enough of a taste to criticize some of the game’s flaws. By far, some of the more prevalent criticism is in how the game’s vast, open areas, and sidequest types make it feel like an MMO. Contrast that to how many MMO players feel like MMOs have now veered over and feel too much like single player games.