City of Titans pours effort into creating a ‘dynamic, thriving’ metropolis
Metropolis. Gotham. Hell's Kitchen. Asgard. Sometimes the places that superheroes visit are just as iconic as the heroes themselves. The upcoming City of Titans promises that its setting won't be a forgettable backdrop but will instead be teeming with personality, locations, and diversity.
In a new dev diary, the team hypes up the town that it's been constructing:Â "Titan City is...
Funcom announces Conan Exiles, a multiplayer open-world survival game
Funcom has just announced that one of the Conan games it's working on is Conan Exiles, a multiplayer, open-world survival game.
'CONAN EXILES' is first and foremost a multiplayer game that can be enjoyed on both private and public servers, but it will also feature a single-player mode.
You are an exile, one of thousands cast out to fend for themselves...
WoW’s latest Legion alpha build revises talent loadouts, glyphs
The alpha testing for World of Warcraft's next expansion is rolling along and getting just a little bit bigger. Another build has been deployed, and while it doesn't include any new areas or a level cap bump, it does include three new specs for players to test out. If you've had alpha access but didn't want to really dive...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO fantasy creature?
The other day in Final Fantasy XIV I was taken aback when I saw a Lalafell prancing around on a unicorn. You might think that, "Duh, it's a fantasy game, of course there are unicorns!" Except that, for some reason, unicorns aren't as ubiquitous in fantasy games as, say, dragons, giant spiders, and accursed Elves. It's probably because they're...
Global Chat: Oculus Rift, GW2’s philosophy shift, and emulator exploration
The high cost of Oculus Rift brought a lot of discussion to the MMO blogosphere recently, with writers taking sides for and against the price, the platform, and the possible future of virtual reality gaming.
"I guess for me virtual reality has been this failed promise for so long that I have doubted that it would actually really arrive," Tales...
Star Wars: Battlefront delivers huge nerfs, announces DLC plans
If you've been playing Star Wars: Battlefront since the series was rebooted back in November, you've probably noticed that a few of the weapons and characters are ridiculously overpowered in online play. The iconic DL-44 heavy blaster pistol turned out to be far too deadly and has had its fire rate slashed and its overheat tweaked, and Han Solo's unique DL-44 now has a reduced...
The Stream Team: Summoning more adventure in Blade & Soul
Consensus seems to be that Blade & Soul gets better further in when you get more skills, so MassivelyOP's MJ is back in to be sure she gives the game a fair shake. Or in the case of her feline familiar -- a fair wag. The Summoner hasn't gotten very far in levels, so there is much more to...
Path of Exile updates players on Ascendancy release dates and staffing changes
In a development that will no doubt shock and confuse many of our readers, January is almost over. If you're a Path of Exile player, you're probably getting the hankering for something new to play. Fortunately for you, the developers have just recently posted an update for players on the state of the studio and the game itself. The...
Skyforge is making screenshots way easier with its new screen-pausing ‘photomode’
Do you suffer from screenshot envy? Does it bother you that developers will produce screenshots that offer a perfect little slice of the action available in the game, while your screenshots inevitably turn into muddled messes of particle effects? The addition of Skyforge's new photomode in its next major patch doesn't provide you with the ability to take better...
Albion Online patches in more convenience and more undead
The January update for Albion Online really covers every conceivable base. It improves the quality of living for players adventuring through the world, and it improves the quantity of unliving monsters for players to adventure against. The former includes a UI tailored specifically to PC users with spell targeting indicators and updates to the game's inventory system. Want to...