This past week, we asked our readers to vote in three categories: Best Expansion or Update of 2014, Best Veteran MMO of 2014, and Best New MMO of 2014.
General: The Witcher Battle Arena Comes to iOS and Android
Lately, it seems The Witcher franchise is infiltrating every platform, and this week, CD Projekt Red and Fuero Games announced its MOBA incarnation for mobile.
General: One Piece Online Beta Begins
Open beta for One Piece Online began this week, and to celebrate, developer JoyGames has a slew of activities planned.
General: Summoner’s Legion Beta Gift Keys!
MMORPG.com has been given special gift keys for Summoner’s Legion – a new browser based card collecting game from Reality Squared! Get your gift key and get free in game items such as Magic Dust, Silver and more!
General: State of the Game: Building the Mad Max MMO
An MMO set in the universe of Mad Max is something I’ve been clamoring for for years, but as with any popular IP-turned-online game, it’s a touchy subject for die-hard fans. With the Fury Road movie and the single player game both on the horizon for this year, I thought it’d be a good time to revisit my favorite topic of all time: building a Mad Max MMO.
General: Nosgoth: Open Beta Kicks Off with a New Class Trailer
The Nosgoth open beta has begun and the team behind the game has released a new trailer to introduce potential players to the character classes to be found. In addition, this weekend features double XP for intrepid players and the team will be taking to Twitch.tv on Friday, January 23rd to stream the game live.
General: Cleaning the Litterbox
By people who pay attention to my gaming habits, I’m accused of being a themepark-only sort of MMO player. And lately, they’re right… but it’s not for lack of desire to get lost in a more free-form MMO experience. No, the problem with sandboxes is a simple one, if you ask me: there hasn’t been a really good one in over a decade.
General: Can Star Citizen Live Up to the Hype?
Star Citizen is one of the most highly anticipated games being developed in years. The game has defied expectation, time and again, and built up one of the most dedicated fanbases on the internet. This week, fans were lucky enough to receive an official path to release, a timetable for what to expect this year and the starry-eyed "commercial launch" of 2016.
General: Five Things We Want from a Borderlands MMO
I’ll admit it: Borderlands is one of my favorite single-player/multiplayer RPG series du jour. There’s something about Gearbox’s tried and true formula of wacky humor, satisfying gameplay, and insane amounts of loot that gets me hooked and looking forward to whatever kinds of crazy DLC updates they have planned.
General: What IS the Next Big Thing?
A lot of people have been loudly championing the idea that MMOs are a dying breed and that the golden era marked by World of Warcraft, Ultima Online, EverQuest, EverQuest 2, EVE Online and others is over. Yet developers, both ‘big house’ and indies alike, continue to make MMOs and players keep playing them.