Week after week and year after year, I read about someone’s endless torment as they attempt to find a new MMO to call home. We’ve all probably read the popular reasons dozens—if not hundreds—of times over. They can’t handle another World of Warcraft copy-paste game. They can’t do open PvP. But there’s another common issue with modern MMOs that seems [...]
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The Oculus Rift is finally available for pre-order but costs a seemingly hefty $599. The price point isn't too surprising considering the manufacturing cost of the novel technology. (Upon release the Playstation 3 was $499 and $599 for two respective editions). The Oculus Rift is bundled with a wireless Xbox One Controller, EVE: Valkyrie, and Lucky's Tale, but the Oculus Touch [...]
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Haven and Hearth's road system did not end up encouraging player interaction and trade the way that Seatribe intended. As an experiment, they have introduced a new form of fast travel through the use of "Charter Stones," which they call "an interesting madness to try out." Charter Stones work much like the game's Hearth Secrets. If you know the name [...]
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While everyone else is busy clamoring over Oculus Rift Consumer Edition pre-orders, you could be signing up for the EVE: Valkyrie Alpha phase—if you own an Oculus Rift DK2, that is. The DK2-exclusive Alpha test for CCP's EvE-based dogfighting space shooter will begin on January 18th. At this point in time, no details about the Alpha have been revealed and [...]
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Enter the viking afterlife in Bierzerkers, a MOBA packed full of Norse visuals, arcade-inspired melee combat, and fierce online competition. Easy to learn and difficult to master, the game caters to all skill levels with its distinct characters and easy to understand game objectives. Publisher: Shield Break Studios Type: B2P MOBA PvP: Arena Release Date: February 25, 2016 Shut Down: [...]
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MMOs.com Podcast Episode 33 - Featuring Omer (@Remotayx), Erhan (@ehaltay), Sean (@Sean_sulliva), and Matt (Mattchuranu) This is the thirty-third episode of the MMOs.com Podcast and we look at the most recent news and happenings in the MMO and gaming world. Shurelya was MIA this week due to illness. We discussed everyone's New Years (WHY IS IT PLURAL?) and then immediately jumped into Albion Online's [...]
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The Smite World Championship will be taking place from January 7th to January 10th at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center in Atlanta, Georgia. During this time, PC players will be fighting for their share of the $1 million prize pool. For the first time, Xbox One players will be joining them as four teams fight over a separate [...]
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Escape From Tarkov is an FPS where player complete story-driven missions in a war-ravaged city, while carefully negotiating encounters with other players. The game has persistent elements and a player driven economy. Publisher: Battlestate Games Type: Buy 2 Play Survival MMO Release Date: July 28, 2017 (CBT) Pros: +Persistent elements. +Story driven missions. +Realistic weapon modding. Cons: -Poor netcode.
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Now that Oculus Rift pre-order mayhem is well underway, and Sony paves the way to launch Playstation VR, it’s time to look into a crystal ball and predict the future of virtual reality. What will happen to the anticipated technology in 2016? Not much, according to a recent report by Superdata Research—at least in the realms of PC and consoles. [...]
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Following a small snafu with the release time, Nebula Online is now live on Steam Early Access. The current build allows you to choose from three unique races, take part in real-time battles, influence the player-driven economy, build your own space stations, and more. Each ship is in the game is built from multiple parts, rather than being a set [...]
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