When word came that Harebrained Schemes was working on a new BattleTech game for PC and that the desire was to re-create that table top experience, I was more than a little excited. After spending some time with this title, to be released on Steam later this year, I wanted to spend some time unpacking my experience. So grab that coffee, kick back and enjoy this preview of BattleTech.
– Pathfinder: Kingmaker – A Chat with Chris Avellone & Alexander Mishulin
Tabletop iconoclasts had reason to rejoice this month when Owlcat Games announced they were making a single-player PC version of fantasy role-playing game, Pathfinder. Called Pathfinder: Kingmaker, the game promises the kind of rich role-playing experience tabletop gamers have come to expect. We met with Narrative Designer Chris Avellone (of Planescape: Torment and Fallout 2) and Creative Director, Alexander Mishulin, and they were happy to explain.
– Steam Hammer Preview – Pretty Unforgiving at the Moment
Recently I spent some time with ‘Steam Hammer’, a steampunk take on the survival genre currently in Early Access on Steam. After several hours of digging, running, building and dieing I have walked away with some mixed feelings on this Steampunk Survival game. This is our preview of the Early Access title ‘Steam Hammer’.
– Quake Champions – When You Suck But Have Fun Anyway?
Quake Champions is finally letting the press folks talk about their time in Closed Beta, and we’re happy to report that we’re absolutely terrible at the game. Normally, this wouldn’t be something we’d celebrate, but that’s the thing about Quake… its breakneck speed and over the top action mean that even when you’re dying every few seconds you’re likely still going to have a good time. Read on for our first impressions.
– PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds – I Play for Blood
I love battle royale style games. Where players are let loose in an environment to their own strategies, where the only objective is to be the last man standing. Or the group of doubles, or a full squad left standing. But for me, I enjoy these sort of games the most when I’m on my own with the odds stacked against me. I play for blood (virtual although it may be). My latest addiction is the Steam Early Access title PLAYERUNKOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS.
– Ship of Heroes: The Nagdelian Antagonists Explained
In the latest exclusive Ship of Heroes developer diary, MMORPG.com readers are given some background information about the Nagdelian antagonists that will be plaguing players at every turn.
– PAX East 2017 – Space Wars Blending RTS with MMOs
Space Wars, a unique entry into the MMO genre, is a tactical turn based MMO where your avatar/character is a starship. Space Wars seamlessly blends some of the best qualities of RTS games with MMOs in a new and interesting way.
– PAX East 2017 – Hand of Fate 2 Ups the Ante on the Original
Hand of Fate 2 is coming along nicely from our last sit down with the game at PAX Prime. The team continues to build out encounters and create a solid mix of card game strategy with action RPG encounters. This hybrid makes for some great player choices.
– PAX East 2017 – Rend Wants to Make Survival Suck Less
Frostkeep Studios is a crew based in Irvine, California, composed of quite a few MMO industry veterans. Their first project, Rend is a survival game, but with a heavy helping of MMO features, in an ambitious attempt to create something new and exciting in the industry. They want to make a survival game without the suck.
– Hands On with Northgard, the Viking-Themed RTS
This past week I have gotten addicted to Northgard. The Viking RTS where you expand your village and build out your raiders in a fun graphical setting. Made by the team behind Evoland, one of the most innovative mobile RPG games on the market right now, Northgard is a throwback to resource management RTS games with a fantastic Viking twist.