Everyone has a fighting chance
You can trace MMORPGs all the the back to their roots of Pen and Paper RolePlaying Games. They’ve evolved from Pen and Paper to massive digital worlds that we’ve spent countless hours within. They’ve slowly been branching into the mobile world offering stimulating worlds for us to adventure in without being tied to a computer. However, can these mobile versions compare to our immersive, story-driven MMOs that we have today?
Interplay shut down a Descent tribute project in October of 2014. Now Descendent Studios is Kickstarting a prequel to the franchise. Red Thomas gives his thoughts and speculates on what it might mean.
PvP-focused MMO Karos Returns launched Friday after completing a successful beta.
The real world treats holidays as an excuse to dress up, goof off and eat too much – why shouldn’t online worlds be the same? This weekend, MMOs big and small invite everyone to wear silly hats, collect candy, and search for colored eggs.
Having done well in Taiwan, Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong, horror-themed action-MMO Haunted Empire: Three Kingdoms has now been released in English-speaking territories via Google Play.
One of the many perks of this job is getting to review lots of different pieces of hardware alongside all the games we cover day in and day out. Recently peripheral maker Astro sent us a pair of their Astro A40 wired headphones to review… and boy are we glad they did. Read on for the pros, cons, and final verdict on this headset.
Izle, introduced late last year and winner of several European innovation awards, is ready to begin its Kickstarter initiative to complete the game’s development. Ynnis Interactive seeks to raise a modest $80,000 to bring the procedurally generated title will allow players to build their own islands and then explore them along the way.
No, this isn’t a question about whether you roleplay (that could be a whole other topic another day), but rather what kind of role in a party you prefer to play. While there have been some attempts to veer away from the traditional class archetypes, it seems that most people like playing heals, DPS, tanking, or some other support class. So we ask you… what’s your preferred role?
The Year of the RPG continues to steam along with more and more quality titles releasing as the months march along. This week is no exception, with new titles coming out and old favorites being updated. Add in a dash of general news about some and it works out to another great week for RPG fans.
180+ hours into Guild Wars 2, I’ve only recently begun digging into its assortment of dungeons. Sure, I’ve dabbled in my fair share of pre-level cap PvP and open world small parties, but I’ve been waiting to hit 80 to sink my teeth into the game’s group content. As I mentioned in last week’s column, I’m no stranger to dungeons and raids in MMOs, and have historically sought out group content commensurate to my level.