Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning gives Skyrim a run for its money, thanks to an amazing combat system and the fact that it’s really, really fun. What an extraordinary time to be a fan of RPGs. Whether you’re an MMORPG fanatic or a single-player role-playing adventurer, there’s really never been a better time to be a […]
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Riot’s League of Legends now has more active users than Blizzard’s World of Warcraft. UPDATE: I originally called League of Legends an MMO or Massively-Multiplayer-Online game – it’s actually a MOBA – Multiplayer Online Battle Arena. My apologies for the confusion. Riot, the developer behind free-to-play multiplayer online role-laying arena game League of Legends has surpassed […]
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BioWare’s epic massively multi-player online RPG Star Wars: The Old Republic debuts tomorrow, December 20th, and is sure to sell more than a few copies. Despite some bugs and issues with wait-time on the game’s servers, the game is set to launch as planned. Over two million people joined in the beta testing. I was […]
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I’ve been playing the tester version of Star Wars: The Old Republic for the past few days and I’m impressed. I can see why analysts predict the new Bioware title will steal away droves of World of Warcraft subscribers. I won’t say too much just yet, but so far the game is a lot of fun. […]
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The new first-person-shooter from Activision may break sales records, but does it offer anything new? I sat down with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 last night – though due to some issues with the internet I didn’t play as much as I had hoped. Critics have been pretty uniformly positive about the game, but […]
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John Walker question’s Blizzard’s decision to air an edited clip containing a number of homophobic statements at their BlizzCon convention, and let the band that made those statements play on stage at the convention: It’s an uphill struggle to convince those outside the games industry that it is, in some ways, a mature medium for […]
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The new World of Warcraft expansion pack ‘Mists of Pandaria’ introduces the new Pandaren race – giant, humanoid pandas! World of Warcraft announced its new expansion pack, Mists of Pandaria, which looks way cooler than I thought it would. Blizzard has gone to the Far East with its latest release, including a new Pandaren race […]
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Games have gotten easier and more accessible over the years. Is there still a market for really hard titles? Ben Kuchera played the new, gorgeous-looking game by From Software – Dark Souls – and died twice in the first twenty minutes: The second time I died in Dark Souls, I was able to fight the monster to […]
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