MomoCon, an all ages convention taking place May 28th – 31st in Atlanta, Georgia, is growing like mad and announced this week that Twitch will be streaming the best panels of the con.
General: 25 Tips for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
The day has finally arrived. The long awaited The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt hit store shelves this week and has quickly taken the gaming world by storm. The 200-hour playtime has panned out, the open world is rich with stories and hidden content, and the game as a whole can be taken as one of the achievements of this generation of video games. It’s also deep. But never fear! We’re here to help you get started with our own set of 25 handy tips.
General: Shadowrun: Hong Kong Teased
Harebrained Schemes is celebrating the third anniversary of the original Kickstarter for Shadowrun Returns with a big sale and a first look trailer for the upcoming Shadowrun: Hong Kong. You can find out more about Hong Kong and get information about preordering it on Steam.
General: Might & Magic Heroes VII Preorders, CBT Trailer
Ubisoft has released a new trailer to give potential players new information about Might & Magic Heroes VII, currently scheduled for May 25th at 9:00 am Pacific / 12:00 pm Eastern. The closed beta will give players the opportunity to discover units and gameplay of Haven and Academy and to explore two Skirmish maps.
General: Final Fantasy X / X-2 Review – A Brilliant Layer of Polish on a Classic Game
Over the past three months I’ve played a lot of revamped, rebooted, or High Definition, upgrades of classic JRPGs. Some of them were for reviews, Xenoblade Chronicles, Soul Survivor Devil Breaker Vol 2, and another was just for fun, Final Fantasy Type-0. This week continues the reboot trend with Final Fantasy X / X-2 HD Remaster Limited Edition for the Playstation 4. At the risk of spoiling the rest of the review Final Fantasy X / X-2 has by far been the best of the bunch.
General: Crossout: Post-Apocalyptic Vehicle MMO Announced
Gaijin Entertainment has announced that interested parties can apply for early access to its post-apocalyptic vehicle MMO, Crossout, by visiting the game’s new site. Currently, Crossout is in pre-alpha testing but Gaijin is ready to ramp things up.
General: Expeditions: Viking Announced
Logic Artists has announced that a sequel to its historical RPG, Expeditions: Conquistadors, is now in the works. This time, the game will take players to the frozen north in Expeditions: Viking. Players will take on the role of a clan leader in the tactical RPG.
General: Project X Zone 2 Adds New Cross-Over Characters
Tactical RPG Project X Zone 2 is ready to take off with a ton of newly announced cross over characters. The new characters come from iconic games from Sega, Capcom, Bandai-Namco, and others. Project X Zone 2 is expected to be released in autumn 2015.
General: What Made You a Gamer?
The Newbie Blogger Initiative has been continuing through the month of May. One of the weekly NBI events is called the "Talkback Challenge" and the question for this week is an interesting one: "What made you a gamer?"
General: Power Rankings – MMOGs Currently In Beta
If we were to count all the MMOGs and quasi-MMOGs presently in various stages of testing, I have no doubt that the total would have three digits. Naturally, they’d differ widely with respect to how much interest they are generating. Frankly, we’d find a fair number that are effectively invisible, unknown except to the most ardent industry observers.