impressions
Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR takes us to Dantooine for the fifth time in a video game
My very first memory of Dantooine was surprisingly its first real appearance in a video game at all. Star Wars Galaxies imagined Dantooine as...
Massively Overthinking: Super wrong snap judgments of MMORPGs
The year was 2004, and the month was May. My guild was growing increasingly frustrated with Star Wars Galaxies' slow development pace, so we...
Tamriel Infinium: ‘Dying’ to know more about Necromancers in The Elder Scrolls Online
One of the most exciting features included in The Elder Scrolls Online's Elsweyr chapter update is the addition of a new playable class, the...
Tamriel Infinium: Dissecting the Elder Scrolls Online’s Elsweyr Necromancer class
I spent some time this week playing on the Elder Scrolls Online public test server. I've explored quite a bit of Northern Elsweyr. I...
Closed beta for Bless Unleashed on Xbox One begins this weekend
There's been no shortage of video footage touting the game's arrival as well as impressions from the floor of games conventions, but now is...
Fight or Kite: First impressions of newly free-to-play Albion Online
As soon as I heard that Albion Online was going free-to-play, I knew where I was going to spend the majority of my PvP...
First impressions of Elder Scrolls Online’s Elsweyr: Little cats fighting big lizards
After a week like this week, you might have forgotten that Elder Scrolls Online dropped its latest chapter on the public test server. Like...
Not So Massively: First impressions from Pagan Online’s early access launch
Today, Wargaming's ARPG Pagan Online launches into early access on Steam. Just before this launch, the developers were kind enough to provide us with...
Hyperspace Beacon: I can’t believe I forgot these things about Star Wars Galaxies
For the last couple of weeks, I've been able to re-experience Star Wars Galaxies. After eight years, I noticed that I might have forgotten...
Sea of Thieves on transitioning a live service, plus the Arena mode reveal
You know what's wild? When players buy an online game, they want stuff to do in that game. Not just one or two things...
Outlaws of the Old West’s barbershop offers a cut and a shave for two bits
Not everyone is expertly skilled at the fine arts of character creation, a sad fact that results in more heartbreak every year than the...
The Division 2’s Invasion: Battle for D.C. is live with the new stronghold and world tier
The Division 2's first big thing has arrived today with the formal launch of Invasion: Battle for D.C., which is live for all regions...
Guild Wars 2 is giving away another season four episode, A Bug in the System, starting tomorrow
Week two of ArenaNet's return to Tyria push in Guild Wars 2 begins tomorrow, and it's coming with another freebie: the second episode of...
PAX East 2019: Bless Unleashed really isn’t Bless Online (to its credit)
The folks behind Bless Unleashed are not just porting over Bless Online to the Xbox One. This is a refrain that Bandai Namco and Neowiz have...
Not So Massively: The Division 2 has more stuff than personality
The Division was a game with a number of flaws, but one thing it did very well was present an incredibly detailed, realistic, and...
Global Chat: Looking back at 20 years of EverQuest
EverQuest's 20th anniversary isn't going unnoticed and unobserved in the gaming community this month. In fact, several MMO bloggers have raised a glass to...
First Impressions: My first three days of survival in Outlaws of the Old West
Back in 1999, I lived out in Colorado Springs and basked in the wide-open spaces, the scenic mountains, the towering mesas, and the feeling...
Wandering Wraeclast: First impressions of Path of Exile’s Synthesis
Something's different about Wraeclast. The air, the ground... it's changed. What could it be? If I could just put my finger on it before...
Jukebox Heroes: Eldevin’s soundtrack
I can't say that Eldevin has ever risen very high on my MMO radar, but over the past year or so I've noticed that...
Having Anthem trouble on your PS4? Sony might be granting refunds
Multiple sites are now reporting that Sony is granting at least some refunds to Anthem players suffering from frequent crashes on PlayStation 4. Players...
