Previews

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Happy 20th birthday, Ultima Online! Here’s how to get caught up on the OG MMORPG

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Just about 20 years ago, my boyfriend and I were wandering through Media Play (heh) when he picked up this box for some new...

PAX West 2017: Life and death in Digital Extremes’ new MMO Survived By

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While there were plenty of established games on hand at PAX West 2017, there were also a few new ones offering players a taste...

PAX West 2017: Ashes of Creation’s combat, crowdfunding, characters, and the infamous hat

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You don't have to be a massive MMO studio to have a big showing at PAX West - Intrepid Studios proved that. The indie studio...
Head games.

PAX West 2017: Playing Kritika Online’s upcoming Psion class in Shattered Table

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En Masse recently introduced the newest class coming to Kritika Online, and while visiting the studio's offices during PAX West 2017, I was able...

PAX West 2017: Taking ‘control’ of TERA on console

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It's all about the controller: My En Masse Entertainment PAX West office visit last weekend included a hands-on with TERA on console. Now, I have...

PAX West 2017: Dual Universe demos its persistent, seamless, sandbox universe

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If you were hoping that another title would pick up the idea of a voxel world and run with it, you're getting your wish....

PAX West 2017: Rend expands world size, adds more MMO elements

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Wondering what happened to Rend since its big debut at PAX East? Frostkeep Studios went decidedly quiet over the summer after the three-faction sandbox's first alpha....

The Walking Dead IP is getting a new augmented reality game, like Pokemon Go but maybe better

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Next Games, the company behind The Walking Dead: No Man's Land, recently announced an AR game based on the Walking Dead IP. What's interesting is that unlike Pokemon Go,...

Hyperspace Beacon: Impressions of SWTOR’s Crisis on Umbara update

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I questioned BioWare's delay of the latest update for Star Wars: The Old Republic. According to a post on the official forums, the team...

Touring Trove’s new Eclipse expansion with the Trion team

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The big solar eclipse may have been yesterday, but today marks the beginning of Trove's Eclipse! And luckily, this one will last much more...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2 Elite Specialization preview weekend impressions

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Over the weekend Guild Wars 2 players had the chance to get to grips with the new Path of Fire elite specializations in a PvP setting,...

Deep-diving Gloria Victis’ swordplay and siege warfare

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We’re in the midst of a sort of sandbox renaissance, with numerous sandbox titles under development and more seeming to scuttle out of the...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Impressions of Guild Wars 2’s Path of Fire preview weekend experience

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I'm delighted to have found a moment to bring you an extra edition of Flameseeker Chronicles that outlines my thoughts on the first Guild Wars...

Interview: Daybreak’s Just Survive drops H1Z1 branding for massive revamp and relaunch today

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Remember the survival version of H1Z1? If not, we can't say that we blame you: Since Daybreak split the game in two, the bulk...

The Stream Team: Digging into Batman: The Enemy Within – The TellTale Series

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Let's solve some crimes and make up rhymes as TellTale Games pits Batman, Andrew, and our Crowd Play audience against the Riddler in the newest...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Cautiously optimistic about Guild Wars 2’s Path of Fire expansion

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ArenaNet chose to very cleverly stave off the post-season blues by teasing a long-awaited, much-anticipated, and very-spoiled Guild Wars 2 expansion announcement as a close...

Elite Dangerous: A ground-pounding newbie’s perspective

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Earlier this summer I wrote that Elite Dangerous' community events were something the MMO community should watch. Watch. I never said play, and I never ended...

Tamriel Infinium: Impressions of Elder Scrolls Online’s Falkreath’s Hold dungeon, part of the Horns of the Reach DLC

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Although the vast majority of my time in Elder Scrolls Online is spent solo, running through the single-player storylines, I raid and have done...
lol gross

First Impressions: Splatoon 2 is a lobby shooter for socializers

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After my hands-on at E3 and experience with the first Splatfest demo, I was a little concerned about Splatoon 2. I loved Splatoon 1, but something about...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2 One Path Ends is live, plus first impressions of Siren’s Landing

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I realise that you were probably expecting some rather excited ramblings that contained my first impressions of the Guild Wars 2 season 3 finale, One...