first impressions
First impressions of Dauntless’ new sword and revamped Ramsgate, live today
The old Ramsgate is dead and gone. Destroyed by some sort of cataclysmic event, and with only the mysterious orb from the Umbral Deeps...
First impressions: Fall Guys Ultimate Knockout is a battle royale game for people who hate battle royale games
Is anyone here familiar with Wipeout? It was an obstacle course game show where contestants had to avoid some pretty plush yet hard-hitting goofy...
Flameseeker Chronicles: First Impressions of Guild Wars 2’s Jormag Rising, live today
Just two short months ago, Guild Wars 2 introduced us to the Drizzlewood Coast, flashpoint of the civil war between the Charr United Legions...
Flameseeker Chronicles: How Guild Wars 2 keeps meta maps relevant
Lately I’ve been spending a lot of my time in Guild Wars 2 running through the Drizzlewood Coast meta event (be sure to check...
Not So Massively: Gatewalkers has huge potential but isn’t there yet
After years of hilariously wrong recommendations, something seems to have clicked with Facebook's algorithms lately to make it finally start showing me relevant ads....
First impressions of Star Trek Online’s new Klingon tutorial and House Divided arc
One of the things I have always admired about Star Trek Online is the fact that its writers know how to take a premise...
Neverwinter’s Avernus, Star Trek Online’s House Divided launch as Cryptic offers 20th anny rewards
It's a big day for Cryptic Studios as the company is celebrating two decades in the industry, releasing Avernus for Neverwinter, and dropping House...
A sneak peek at Dauntless’ new umbral-charged Escalation and creepy new Behemoth
This coming Thursday, June 11th, will see a fresh update to the monster-slashing online RPG Dauntless, which is bringing improvements to the new player...
Phantasy Star Online 2 hosts PSO2 Day — if you can actually play
Hey, you know what Phantasy Star Online 2 needs to detract from the awful taste of last week's launch fiasco? A holiday! And thus,...
Phantasy Star Online 2 is a fun treasure buried under antique contrivances and inconveniences
When I first booted up Phantasy Star Online 2, the only way to get to a suite of visual options that included making the...
Massively Overthinking: Are MMO developers stuck in the past?
Earlier this month - so what feels like at least a few years ago - the MMO community amused itself jousting over comments from...
First Impressions: Phantasy Star Online 2’s technical clownshow mangled its PC launch
Phantasy Star Online 2 is, bar none, the absolute worst experience I have ever had with trying to get a game working on my...
Wandering Wraeclast: Final impressions of Path of Exile’s Delirium
Let's talk Delirium! We're in the third month of Path of Exile's latest league, and with the next league expected in June, we're running out...
Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s No Quarter
After March’s relatively lightweight release, Steel and Fire, a lot of Guild Wars 2 players were expecting something big from this month’s release, entitled...
Fractured will have another open playtest starting on May 26
If you missed your previous chance to check out the world of Fractured, you've got yourself another shot. The devs are once more having...
EVE Online’s mobile app launches the Jita PLEX Market while EVE Echoes promises a launch date announcement
CCP Games has some updates on the horizon, but they're not really directly central to EVE Online so much as EVE tangential. EVE-related. In...
First impressions of Fallout 76 Wastelanders from a true newbie to the game
So I did something completely unexpected: I bought Fallout 76. It wasn't my idea. A few people in my guild had been talking about...
MMO Cartographer: Exploring Revelation Online’s Skyward World update
Revelation Online, originally developed by NetEase and published in the west by My.games, recently launched its Skyward World update. It contained updates for players...
From the Depths: Hands-on with World of Warships’ epic submarine patch
Few things in World of Warships are as polarizing as submarines. For every player excited at the possibility of playing the stealthy assassins, there...
First impressions of Fallout 76’s Wastelanders expansion
Everyone thought it was impossible, but somehow, Fallout 76 actually got good. And all it took was for Bethesda to not be Bethesda. That's a...