As ESPN continues to make its move into the growing world of eSports, it has begun publishing columns about the state of eSports. Yesterday, it published an article that discusses the state of MMORPGs in eSports. It talks about a number of challenges that MMORPGs face, such as matches being difficult to understand without intimate knowledge of the game's mechanics. [...]
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Heroes Wanted is an online 3D social RPG on mobile devices with anime-inspired graphics, many Heroes to collect, semi-automated combat with a drag/targeting skill system, over 100 stages to explore, lots of Bounty missions and quests, PVP, and many additional modes. Publisher: NHN Studio629 Type: Mobile RPG Release Date: March 10, 2016 Shut Down: 2017 Pros: +High quality, anime-inspired graphics. [...]
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Armored Warfare Update 0.14 will be releasing later this month and it is bringing with it Replays, a new map, three new missions, and more. The replay mode will be fairly robust, allowing the viewer to explore the match in a free camera mode or spectate individual vehicles. The new map is called Highwall. Spanning 1200m², this map "takes place [...]
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The now massively popular Vanilla WoW progression server Nostalruis Begins celebrated its first year anniversary last Sunday. Launched on February 28th 2015, Nostralruis has become the most popular World of Warcraft private server in service. The server launched with 4k-5k concurrent players and never stopped growing. Just last month the server hit 13.1k concurrent players during peak time. What makes [...]
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Path of War is an online strategy war game on mobile devices with high quality graphics, a base to build and customize, asynchronous PVP and PVE base raiding, many structures, defenses, and units to unlock, a grid/lane based combat system, Guilds, and more. Publisher: Nexon Playerbase: Low Type: Mobile Strategy Release Date: January 28, 2016 Pros: +Unique, lane-based combat. +Many units and structures to unlock. [...]
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It's March 3rd and that means Black Desert Online has officially launched, and the floodgates are open to everybody who purchases the game—good luck servers! You can check out the MMOs.com full review to help figure out if it's worth purchasing. An all new trailer has been released alongside the launch, showing off world bosses and class combat. Although it [...]
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Asta Online Gameplay First Look HD - MMOs.comWatch this video on YouTube Asta Online Gameplay First Look by Omer Asta Online is a free to play fantasy MMORPG published by Webzen in North America and Europe. The game's full title is Asta: War of Tears and Winds and it originally launched in South Korea in 2013. Unfortunately it was a flop [...]
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Debates about video game censorship have been ongoing since the 8-bit era: Ness was made to wear pajamas instead of baring it all for the North American release, while Bowser couldn't flip off players in Super Mario RPG. It's the never-ending debate, and every few months a fully clothed time bomb makes the gaming media rounds. Typically, headlines follow the same formula: "Sexualized Content Removed!" [...]
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Age of Wushu Dynasty received a number of new features today with the launch of the Imperial Court update. This update adds the game's 5th playable school, the Royal Guards. The Royal Guards come with their own "unique home city," skills, and more. Various PvP modes were added in this update. The Mount Hua Competition is a new arena PvP [...]
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This week’s hottest eSports news and highlights for League of Legends, CS:GO, and Dota 2. Expect spoilers! Use http://mmos.com/tag/esports/feed to follow the RSS feed! For a static link, http://mmos.com/tag/esports will keep you up to date. Contents (Click to Jump to Section) League of Legends Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Dota 2 League of Legends Intel Extreme Masters Katowice World Championship The Intel Extreme Masters [...]
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