Monthly Archives: April 2015
The Daily Grind: What character look are you most proud of?
The image above was used as a header elsewhere, but other than the fact that I never fixed her belt (it was a placeholder...
Make My MMO: April 25, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, a couple of high profile projects met stretch goals. Crowfall will be hiring a dedicated graphics programmer, while...
EVE Online is scrapping its old tutorial on April 28
Say your goodbyes to EVE Online's current tutorial, because it's being completely removed from the game on April 28th in favor of a new system...
WildStar’s Zero to Fifty livestream goes on hiatus
Carbine is closing down WildStar's Zero to Fifty livestream show, at least temporarily. Community and creative content manager Tony Rey posted briefly on the...
Star Citizen’s cargo system sounds quite amazing
If your gaming preferences begin and end with combat, you might find the latest Star Citizen design blog pretty boring. If, on the other hand, you value...
The Game Archaeologist: What Star Wars Galaxies life was like before the NGE
A decade after Star Wars Galaxies' "New Game Enhancements" hit the game, controversy, grumbling, and revelations still pop up about the notorious decision to...
The Stream Team: A life of GTA Online crime
You might have always thought of MassivelyOP's MJ as a nicer, gentler sort of person... but that all changes when you toss her into...
WRUP: What ever happened with that button thing edition
Does anyone remember this? This was a thing that happened. I wrote a news post about it. A thing was done with a button,...
The Daily Grind: Would you pay for MMO mods?
The entire internet (only a slight exaggeration there) exploded this week over Valve's decision to work with selected game studios to allow modders to charge for...
Betawatch: April 24th, 2015
Rather than languishing in beta for all eternity, Heroes of the Storm is launching on June 2nd! Sure, there will be no further wipes...
Echo of Soul offers several different flavors of founder’s packs
So Echo of Soul is an upcoming free-to-play title. You probably already knew that it was going to feature founder packs which include instant...
Cabal 2 video focuses on plate classes
ESTsoft has released a new Cabal 2 video that focuses on the free-to-play fantasy MMO's plate classes. The Force Shielder is a prototypical tank,...
The Secret World’s Issue 11 is launching on May 6
The Secret World's Issue 11 content now has a release date. Lead designer Romain Amiel tweeted the news this afternoon, so mark your calendars if...
ArenaNet is hosting a Guild Wars 10th anniversary contest
Do you fancy yourself a Guild Wars expert? If so, you should enter ArenaNet's new Guild Wars 10th anniversary contest. There are 10 questions...
French MMO DOFUS heads to tablets and the big screen
You might think a game launched in 2004 not named World of Warcraft might be curbing its ambition here in 2015, but if you're...
Crowfall reaches its graphics programmer stretch goal
Like many big crowdfunded projects, Crowfall didn't stop reaching for stretch goals just because the game's main Kickstarter project ended. The project has hit...
The Crew publishes ‘Raid Live’ update video
Ubisoft has announced that a new update and new car DLC for its racing game The Crew are now live. The Raid Car Pack, "the...
GTA Online: All the open world feels, none of the MMO grind
Any minute now I'm going to log out of Grand Theft Auto Online so I can finish this not-a-review. Seriously, I've played this game...
Bungie reveals the Reef and more for Destiny’s House of Wolves
House of Wolves is the next big update for Destiny, and the team at Bungie is ready to start revealing what it's all about....
Neverwinter’s new lead designer takes a ‘hard look’ at Elemental Evil
Neverwinter's Elemental Evil update had some issues that extend beyond some ill-distributed reward codes. A letter to the community from new lead designer Scott...
