Monthly Archives: February 2015
Camelot Unchained teases ability crafting system
What's new with Camelot Unchained? Well, let's see: City State has knocked a bunch of items off the fourth iteration of its pre-alpha checklist,...
Crowfund: Crowfall easily passes its fundrasing goal
Call it Crowfund. In only a few short days, Crowfall has passed its $800,000 crowdfunding goal -- and there looks to be no end...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most successful MMO do-over?
Yesterday's revelation that Final Fantasy XIV is up to four million registered accounts globally (not counting trials, Square insists!) is impressive to me not...
The Stream Team: Teaming up for The Secret World’s amusement park
There's much to love about The Secret World, as MassivelyOP's MJ and Justin will both tell you. But why settle for just telling when...
Heavy Gear Assault brings robot battling to a wider world
Mech fighters now have another option for their online gaming pleasure, as a title called Heavy Gear Assault has been making its way through...
Warhammer 40k gets a MOBA of its own
The popular dark universe of Warhammer 40,000 is heading not only to MMOs but to MOBAs as well.
Whitebox Interactive is working on a new...
The Stream Team: Storming of the heroes
In last week's MOBA Madness stream, MassivelyOP's Mike Foster struggled to figure out whether he was winning or losing matches in Blizzard Entertainment's Heroes...
Rumor: Hearthstone may be prepping a Blackrock Mountain adventure
What's next for the ever-hot Hearthstone? Hearthhead reported that a data mining expedition has uncovered references to Blackrock Mountain dungeon cards, meaning that card...
Shadowrun Online lands physical distributor, adds February patch
Shadowrun Online's future prospects as a sustainable title have gone up sharply now that the game has found a physical distributor. Cliffhanger Productions signed...
Guild Wars 2 rethinks the defiance system for Heart of Thorns
Just when you thought it was safe to enter an expansion jungle, think again. The Guild Wars 2 dev team is hard at work...
Massively Overthinking: Impressions of Crowfall
We've got crows on the brain this week since Crowfall launched its Kickstarter. As of this afternoon, the game is just about 100k shy of...
Skyforge announces closed beta start and sells Founder’s Packs
Skyforge wannabe deities, you may want to clear your calendar for early next month because closed beta is coming! The team announced today that...
EverQuesting: Is EverQuest Next in trouble?
You know me: I've been quite the supporter of EverQuest Next and Landmark for a good long while. Even before writing about EQN these...
Shroud of the Avatar upgrades to Unity 5 for Release 15
Shroud of the Avatar's Release 15 begins today. In fact, it begins this morning at 11:30 a.m. EST. The new build features Unity 5,...
Guild Wars 2 will implement first-person POV in March
File this one under things we didn't see coming: ArenaNet has just announced that it will fulfill a long-running fan request by adding a first-person point-of-view...
Final Fantasy XIV has over 4 million registered accounts
"Fledgling adventurers continue to arrive in Eorzea in droves," says Square, "and we are pleased to announce that the realm is now home to...
War Thunder’s ‘Big Guns’ patch adds IL-2, B-29, and more
Gaijin announced a "major update" for War Thunder this week. The 1.47 Big Guns patch adds the game's largest tank (the Pz.Kpfw.VIII Maus) and...
The Daily Grind: What canceled MMO do you wish had been made?
MMO players are forever bemoaning the overabundance of fantasy titles in our genre. But truthfully, we have lots of sci-fi and zombies games nowadays too....
SMITE adds the warrior Bellona to the fray
SMITE has taken another giant step forward as the MOBA has introduced its first true female warrior to the champion pantheon.
Bellona is a take-no-prisoners...
Spacetime making ‘bite-sized’ MOBA Call of Champions
Does the world need another MOBA? We're going to find out, as Spacetime Studios is the latest game developer to hop on the bandwagon....