competitive gaming
Fight or Kite: F2P MOBA Fault Elder Orb rises from the ashes of Epic Games’ Paragon
Just last week a new MOBA dropped on the free-to-play scene in the form of Fault: Elder Orb. It looked a little familiar, so...
Fight or Kite: Love vampires and battle royales? Here’s what Bloodhunt brings to the table
The latest entrant into the world of BRs comes from the World of Darkness series Vampire: The Masquerade. Even though I’ve played a number...
Fight or Kite: King of Crabs is just what you need to start your summer right
It’s summertime, and being the king ain’t easy… the king of crabs, that is! King of Crabs is an easy-breezy PvP MMO that apparently...
Fight or Kite: New World’s 3v3 arenas are unplayable if you’re not already level-capped
We’re only about two and half weeks removed from the launch of 3v3 arenas in New World. This was a feature I was extremely...
Fight or Kite: Absolver is the greatest martial arts melee brawler you never played
I’ve been wanting to write about Absolver for the better part of my time here at MOP. In fact, it’s been rolling around the...
Fight or Kite: New World’s PvP is a failure for casual gamers
It's been a little over half a year since New World officially launched, and in that time we’ve seen a fair number of changes...
Fight or Kite: CRSED FOAD aka Cuisine Royale is a mouthful of an ‘MMO’
In my ever-widening search for a game that sticks with me for longer than a few weeks I have stumbled across a battle royale...
Fight or Kite: World Wide Hack is a terminal simulation for hacking the planet
I’ve always been somewhat enamored with the concept of hacking. For a bit of a layman in terms of that world, the idea of...
Fight or Kite: Classic Robocraft is a mashup of a Minecraftian block-builder and arena brawler
Robocraft - now there's a name I haven’t heard in a long time. Back in those days, we played things fast and loose. You...
Fight or Kite: End of Dragons did little for the state of Guild Wars 2 PvP
Anyone who’s been paying attention to Guild Wars 2 lately knows that the recent release of End of Dragons brought with it a whole...
Fight or Kite: Lost Ark’s PvP is a well-designed experience for Lost Ark players
Lost Ark was a game that may as well have been vaporware for so many years. It plays basically like a Diablo game, although...
Fight or Kite: Checking in with Crowfall after the acquisition
I’ve been playing all kinds of different games these days, many of them MMOs and many of them offline RPGs. I find myself kind...
Fight or Kite: Rocket League Sideswipe is the perfect mobile game
For the last month or so, I’ve been half-man, half-Rocket League Sideswipe. It’s no exaggeration to say that I’ve spent far more than an...
Fight or Kite: Starting a journey in Mortal Online 2
Throughout the past year and even longer maybe, we’ve seen near biweekly updates from the team over at Star Vault as it's been developing...
Fight or Kite: Twisted Metal meets Mad Max in Crossout
Leaping over sand dunes and ramming my car into an unsuspecting opponent all while unloading my machine guns is the absolute height of car...
Fight or Kite: Was 2021 the death of large-scale group PvP MMOs?
Here we are on the cusp of the end to another year: 2021 is almost completely in the rear-view mirror. As I look back...
Fight or Kite: KEO is on the cusp of being Twisted Metal for the Internet age
Gamers of a certain age - those who remember going to the local game store on a Friday with a gaggle of friends, grabbing...
Fight or Kite: Naraka Bladepoint is battle royale but with grappling hooks
Welcome back to the Monday after a holiday (at least in the US). Hopefully you were able to enjoy your family, friends, or game...
Interview: Crowfall’s freemium update, small-scale PvP, new players, and the future of the game
Another month has passed, and another meaty patch is coming to Crowfall. That's right, today we'll see the latest update (7.300) arrive on the...
Fight or Kite: Guild Wars 2’s Untamed, Specter, and Mechanist in PvP
This edition of Fight or Kite is our third and likely final installment in the Guild Wars 2 elite specialization PvP beta series. This...
