I recently read a few posts at various other sites talking about how all the MMORPG’s coming out as of late have been pretty well cookie cutter games.  In other words, the same game repackaged with a few ‘stand out’ features.  Like AoC for example, a lot of people are comparing that to WoW in …

Once again Massively delivers a unique insight to the world of warfare in their series in which they talk about the dynamics of attacking keeps and fortresses in the upcoming MMO Warhammer Online.  Some of the highlights of their coverage is the siege weapons themselves.  There are four classes of siege weapons …

Awhile back, I went to visit my brother who plays a lot more console games than I do and he had rented Mass Effect for the weekend from Blockbuster. I’m not big on game pads but he coaxed me into trying it out, since it’s more fun than just watching him play I gave it …

Gaute Godager over at Funcom wrote a letter to the community today discussing some of the upcoming changes to Age of Conan along with some additions and fixes.  The first bit of good news is that Funcom seems pretty dedicated to making this as smooth of a launch as possible.  There have already been some …

Massively just ran a story on WAR: How to Conquer a Capital City in which they explain the end game scenario that Realm vs Realm combat in WAR focuses on.  In Realm vs Realm, just about everything you do contributes …

Open beta for Rohan Blood Feud has begun and is already jam packed with testers, so much so that YNK Games has more than doubled their number of servers in the first few days of testing to accomodate the huge influx of fans and they promise to continue to increase capacity as demand also increases.  …

Definitely a rarity in the MMOG universe, Eve Online is set to release there latest content upgrade in the form of a free expansion, Empyrean Age.   The most anticipated addition in this expansion is the new PVP system, Factional Warfare.  This allows for all out war between rival factions and encourages players to form militias …

 
Some cool new features coming along with the next expansion to World of Warcraft “Wrath of the Lich King”, no doubt aimed at fending off serious competition from Age of Conan.  For example, some of the new quest mechanices they are …

While waiting for my early access download to complete for AoC, I was playing around with Star Wars Empires at War single player.  I was having a blast attacking planets one at a time, first conquering the area of space surrounding the planet with my fleet of Star Destroyers, then launching a ground campaign with …

In my vision of the sequel to Star Wars Galaxies, vehicles would have combat roles rather than just fancy transports such as they are now.  Vehicles such as the AT-AT, AT-ST and AT-RT would not be pets users control from the side lines, rather vehicles people could enter and control in battles.  The combat class …