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Warhammer Quest is the perfect example of what’s wrong with the gaming industry in 2015. Rather than creating new experiences that people want to play, developers and publishers are shoving these types of quick, cash-grab games out by the truckload. Let me give you a bit of a history lesson on Warhammer Quest and why you should stay far away.
Fans of table top Warhammer will be happy to hear that cross-platform Warhammer Quest is now available for PC, Mac and Linux. The turn-based strategy title could be a great way to reintroduce the lore of the Warhammer universe in preparation for Warhammer 40k: Eternal Crusade.
Last week, the Play2Crush.com site went live with the attendant news that Todd Coleman, formerly with KingsIsle, and Gordon Walton, lately with Bioware, had formed the studio to make a game that players wanted to play, a game with meaning and depth. Today, the game was officially named and the first details have emerged.
A new French studio has opened called "Big Bad Wolf" that has as its main goal to be a player on the worldwide RPG market. Staff includes veterans from Blizzard, Ubisoft, and Cyanide Studios. The team aspires to create games the evoke emotion, allow choice that truly matters, and to give players a mature gaming experience.
With the new year upon us, it’s time to look back at 2014 and pick our favorite games across a range of categories. The first week of voting is all about the Biggest Surprise of the Year, the Most Improved MMO, the Most Anticipated MMO of 2015, and the Most Anticipated RPG of 2015. Click through to cast your votes!
What a difference 12 months can make. Although the MMOG category did see some notable occurrences in 2014, I don’t know many people who felt it lived up to the potential it seemed to have at this time a year ago. I wouldn’t call it a disaster by any means, but neither did it knock my socks off. Entering 2015, I’m quietly optimistic. That said, I have questions about the what lies ahead, involving Landmark, The Elder Scrolls Online, EverQuest Next and more.
When I play an MMO, I love the feeling of walking through a virtual world. Sure, it’s fun to kill great beasts and to find epic adventure, but in the end I mostly look forward to meeting new virtual people that fill those virtual worlds. The problem is that crafting a living, virtual world is hard.
Fans of Revival, called by developers a return to old-school sandbox MMOs, will be happy to note that the official site is now live. The site is packed with information about Revival including a release schedule, game philosophy and more.
Perfect World Entertainment’s Founder and Chairman of the Board, Michael Yufeng Chi, has submitted a proposal to buy out all shares of the gaming company’s stock in a privatization effort. All outstanding shares would be purchased for for $20 per American Depositary Share or $4 per ordinary share in cash according to a write up at GamesIndustry.biz.
Happy new year, everyone! It’s hard to believe that it’s already 2015 and that World of Warcraft is entering its eleventh year! There’s many things to look forward to this year, the planned content patches for Warlords and the possibility of the next expansion being announced.