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This week on Game On with MMORPG.com, Chris returns to the mic, joined by fellow columnist Ryan Getchell! Hiatuses are explained and changes are discussed, making this an important show for every fan. The two break down the week’s news, including ArcheAge’s continuing problems, Elite: Dangerous’ single-player woes, and more before taking a look at the highs and lows of Warlords of Draenor’s launch.
Revelation Online is the latest of several Chines MMOs set to hit the public realm in the near future. Plans are underway to bring Revelation Online to open beta beginning January 15th in China. There is no word if, or when, a Western version of the game will be forthcoming.
AckkStudios may be a small development studio comprised of a few family members, but don’t call it a family business. "I usually cringe when people say that," co-founder Andrew Allanson joked during a phone interview this week. "But it is, yeah."
Unbeknownst to many in this part of the world, the latest iteration of G-STAR wrapped up its usual four-day run on Sunday. For observers in this hemisphere, Korea’s trade and consumer game industry event has never even remotely approached the levels of visibility and hype that its western counterparts typically generate. Accordingly, it’s seldom held in the same regard. Nonetheless, this year’s version drew my attention for various reasons.
My PlayStation 4 has been dominated by Dragon Age: Inquisition over the past week. In about 7 days, between working full-time, writing as a freelancer, balancing relationships, and several other things, I have somehow found nearly 20 hours of spare time to invest in Bioware’s latest epic – and I can tell I’m just now scratching the surface.
With the announcement of games like Grass Simulator, and I Am Bread, it seemed like the horse that is the quirky, physics-based simulator game was about to be getting its proverbial execution and subsequent beating. Yet, Coffee Stain Studios, developer of Goat Simulator, unleashed Goat MMO Simulator update upon gamers last week, showing that you can invigorate a game in an unexpected way. The best part may also be that it’s free DLC for the original game’s owners.
Turn-based tactical RPG Mordheim: City of the Damned is offering early accessors a 20% discount this week. Developer Rogue Factor is hoping too that players taking advantage of the discount will contribute their feedback through SteamHub and Mordheim’s official forum.
Kixeye has announced that its accessible MOBA, Tome: Immortal Arena, has launched on Steam. The current version features action-packed matches lasting fifteen to twenty minutes. Tome is free to play and can be accessed on Steam.
Remember a few years ago when every new upcoming game had an MMO connection? Simply tack on the "online" word and you have yourself an instant hit! Right? Well, things have changed.
The video games industry is relatively porous, and it’s no secret that its subgenres have been borrowing from one another for quite some time. First-person behemoths like Call of Duty have been iteratively employing RPG-like mechanics to bolster their replayability, while MMORPGs such as TERA have taken cues from third-person action games to improve upon traditional MMO combat.