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Not So Massively: The growing field of StarCraft II spiritual successors

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StarCraft II ranks very highly on my list of my favourite games of all time, but while it remains popular, it is in maintenance...

Not So Massively: Despite everything, Overwatch 2’s story missions deliver an epic experience

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After a long wait, a tortured development, a great deal of cutting back on features, and endless controversy, the PvE update for Overwatch 2...

Not So Massively: Revisiting Heroes of the Storm in 2023

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Social media algorithms are a dangerous thing. A few weeks back, Reddit began recommending me the sub for Heroes of the Storm. Although I...

Not So Massively: Voidtrain’s Next Fest demo leaves a terrible first impression

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It's hard to find a survival game with an original premise these days. Dinosaurs? Done. Alien worlds? Done. Zombies? Done to (un)death. But how...

Not So Massively: Enduring Space Punks’ sensory onslaught

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I've been meaning to check out Space Punks, the new isometric shooter from developer Flying Wild Hog and publisher Jagex, since it launched its...

Not So Massively: Dune Spice Wars targets a very small niche

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Unpopular opinion time: I never liked Frank Herbert's Dune novels. I do, however, acknowledge that the setting has a lot of cool ideas, and...

Not So Massively: The Anacrusis is nowhere near ready for launch

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The Anacrusis is a four-player co-op shooter intended to be a spiritual successor to Left 4 Dead. I was never a particularly big L4D...

Not So Massively: Iron Harvest’s Operation Eagle expansion soars high

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The lead-up to the release of Iron Harvest 1920's first expansion was a bit of an emotional rollercoaster for me (insomuch as you can...

Iron Harvest launches Operation Eagle expansion, goes on sale

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Iron Harvest 1920's first expansion, Operation Eagle, arrived this past week, bringing with it the American Usonia faction, new flying units, and a new...

Iron Harvest announces Operation Eagle standalone expansion for May 27, free weekend now

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Multiplayer RTS Iron Harvest 1920 has taken the wraps off its first major expansion, Operation Eagle, launching May 27th. The headline feature of this expansion...

Not So Massively: Checking up on multiplayer RTS Iron Harvest 1920

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Last fall, this column covered Iron Harvest 1920, an alternate history RTS with a strong multiplayer emphasis and surprisingly poignant story-telling. Once I got...

Not So Massively: A eulogy for Anthem and Defiance

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Last week was a bloodbath. In a single day, we saw Electronic Arts consign one game to eternal maintenance mode, and Gamigo announced closures...

Not So Massively: Haven is a noble but failed experiment in couples’ gaming

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This is purely anecdotal, but it has been my experience that most people who play games with other people tend to spend most of...

Gemini Station is a text-based sci-fi MMO you can play from anywhere

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Text-based MMOs have come a long, long way since their olden days with monochrome monitors and fizzling baud modems. Newer text-based titles might surprise...

Not So Massively: StarCraft II’s maintenance mode doesn’t mean game over

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Earlier this month, we learned that Blizzard was effectively putting StarCraft II into maintenance mode. Considering what a massive fan of StarCraft II I...

Not So Massively: Gatewalkers has huge potential but isn’t there yet

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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....

Not So Massively: StarCraft II has quietly become Blizzard’s best-managed property

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While I do think the studio's actions at BlizzCon are encouraging, it still feels weird heaping praise on Blizzard right now. But I also...

Not So Massively: Four things Anthem can do to turn itself around

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I've been a cheerleader for Anthem from the get-go. I believe BioWare's multiplayer shooter is a good game with huge potential to become a...

Not So Massively: How unrealistic expectations hobbled Heroes of the Storm

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I find myself in the odd position of feeling compelled to both defend and criticize Heroes of the Storm. The game's taken a huge...
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Anthem’s patch 1.40 brings freeplay changes, returned loot, and a hint toward Cataclysm’s ending

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Throughout the Cataclysm event, Anthem has continued to roll out a slow but steady trickle of new loot, arenas, and story missions, but today's...

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