Astellia is an MMO in 2019 that makes me feel like I’m back in 2009. It’s another game in the long line of titles that come westward and while I don’t have much faith in the game being a runaway success, I decided to jump into the beta to see just how dated it felt. … Continue reading “Beta Perspective: Astellia Transports Me To 2009”
I played a bit of MapleStory this week. It probably comes as little surprise to my readers that I still have an active MapleStory account, and even less so that Nexon invited me over to check out the upcoming Pathfinder class release for the game. The Pathfinder is sort of an oddity as a character … Continue reading “Beta Impressions: MapleStory Rolls Out the Pathfinder”
Today marks the release of Mercedes, the legendary dual-wielding Bowgun archer elf as the latest class to be available in Maplestory M. Alongside Mercedes, Nexon is dropping the Evolution Dungeon allowing players to customize and play based on their character progression needs. In addition, class balancing for Bow Master and Dawn Warrior have been adjusted … Continue reading “Maplestory M Releases Mercedes, the Legendary Elf”
“I don’t know.” (Editor’s note: Spoilers ahead for the latest Guild Wars 2 episode; All Or Nothing. If you don’t want the ending spoiled, stop reading now.) I don’t know. The final words spoken by The Commander as the screen fades to black and the latest episode in the Guild Wars 2 living story comes … Continue reading “Diaries From Guild Wars 2: It’s Time To Kill Kralkatorrik”
Since some of you are going to get about three sentences into this article before saying “but that doesn’t apply to me,” I’m going to say this from the start: If this article doesn’t apply to you, I’m not referring to you. Thank you. This week’s nontroversy stars Square Enix, Lara Croft, and once again … Continue reading “Editorial: Stop Preordering Things”
This weekend marked Runefest, the annual festival of all things RuneScape. While discussing all things past, present, and future, Jagex announced that Old School RuneScape will receive a new skill in the form of warding. Warding aims to fill a gap in RuneScape’s crafting. As the developer blog notes, while melee and range users have … Continue reading “Old School RuneScape Gets New Skill”
Nexon this week announced the expansion of Maplestory Blitz into select regions in Southeast Asia, Europe, and Oceania on Google and Apple devices. Players are tasked with building decks using various heroes from Maplestory and dueling each other in real time battles. During the launch event, players can get their hands on boosters and card … Continue reading “Maplestory Blitz Launches In Southeast Asia, Europe, Middle East”
MMOARPG Wild Buster dubs itself a “gritty science fiction hack’n’slash MMORPG” with PvP, PvE, and now apparently Duke Nukem. In an announcement posted today, developer Insel Games announced that the Duke would be joining the roster of heroes. No piracy here, the inclusion of the babe-rescuing, cigar smoking, Ash parody is fully licensed with the … Continue reading “Duke Nukem Licensed Out To MMOARPG Wild Buster”
Turbine is a hard company not to view in revulsion, considering that the company interest in developing real video games probably left when Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online were spun off to Standing Stone Games, the rather underhanded way in which Turbine scraped what little they could off of Asheron’s … Continue reading “[Community] Turbine Is Now Making Mobile Junk”
You don’t need to look far to find fans of Sony Online Entertainment’s foray into console gaming, Everquest Online Adventures. The lesser known cousin of the series, EQOA shut down back in 2012 due to dwindling populations and the inevitable decline of the Playstation 2 as a gaming platform. A group is working on an … Continue reading “Community Is Reviving Everquest Online Adventures”
MMO Fallout 