In the TOR Diaries, we're chronicling our adventures leading up to our review. Follow along for our early impressions of the new mega-MMO.
Today my Jedi Guardian learned the "Taunt" ability and the "Soresu Form" defensive stance, which means he's now officially a pain-sponging tank and not just some dude who wears heavy armor and dishes out slightly less damage than his companions. That also means he's already in high demand. Read More »
In the TOR Diaries, we're chronicling our adventures leading up to our review. Follow along for our early impressions of the new mega-MMO.
Arise, Darth Underpants, and meet your destiny! Well, he's not actually "Darth" yet. Or "Lord," or anything else nearly so cool sounding. Those are titles I apparently have to earn, and character generation won't just let me name him "Lord Darth Underpants," probably because it's too much like a smart-ass parent naming their kid "Doctor President Billy." Read More »
If you were to come up to me on the street and ask me, "Hey, Mike Nelson, do you think I should buy Vuzix's Wrap 1200VR virtual reality headset to compliment my computer gaming experience?" I'd say nope, there's better things to spend your money on. "But, Mike," you'd respond. "I think it'd be really cool to look around a cockpit or to move my head while playing a first-person shooter." True as that may be, you'd want the experience to be as flawless as possible, and the Wrap 1200VR is anything but a flawless experience. Read More »
Only a few levels into Star Wars: The Old Republic and I'm incredibly impressed by the starting zone for the Imperial Agent. Having spent time with both the Bounty Hunter and the Smuggler during the beta, I've been completely absorbed by the overall narrative for my character. Read More »
Out of the box, Skyrim sounds great -- but there's always room for improvement. Today we celebrate the brave modders that monkey around with audio files. The results are a mix of making the game feel more realistic with imposing claps of thunder to more absurd with foul-mouthed mud crabs. You have to see and hear these mods to believe them. Read More »
Yesterday saw the end of the first-ever Star Wars MMORPG, Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided, which fell victim to an expired licensing deal with LucasArts and the birth of Star Wars: The Old Republic. What better time than now to film an unboxing video of its collectors edition, circa 2003? Watch on as Dan Stapleton and myself take the lid off of this ancient relic and find out how many of its contents remained intact. Read More »
Star Wars: The Old Republic is one of the biggest risks BioWare has ever taken as a company. While it's far too early to tell if it will succeed, there's no denying how much work the team has invested into the game itself. We recently had a chance to talk with BioWare Doctors Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk about the risks of SWTOR, lessons learned from the game's prolonged beta period, and the challenge of innovation in the MMORPG landscape. Read More »
In the TOR Diaries, we're chronicling our adventures leading up to our review. Follow along for our early impressions of the new mega-MMO.
Forrest Gump would love Coruscant. Despite my best efforts, I was only able to level from 11 to 15 last night largely because of the lengthy marathons required to get anywhere in the sprawling capital city of the Republic. Read More »
Mojang and Oxeye made their Christmas deadline. Cobalt, the side-scrolling action platformer (and the first game published by Mojang) is now available for download, and at a discounted price. Still under "heavy development" Cobalt is following the course charted by Minecraft and today's release is considered an alpha version of the game. Read More »
Over the years, I've taken my fair share of MMORPGs for a spin, but titles like EverQuest, World of Warcraft, and more recently, Rift, never quite managed to sink their hooks into me like they did so many millions of PC gamers out there. While playing in the early access period for Star Wars: The Old Republic, I realized why: the rewards never felt worth the grind. I came to this realization when I was awarded a fracking starship after sinking roughly 15 hours into my Bounty Hunter's origin story in TOR, and, lo and behold, for the first time I think an MMO might have me hooked. Read More »
RealID take two. Last year, Blizzard announced its misguided strategy to connect players across all of its franchises, requiring users to be identified by their real names. The result was one of the most epic, rant-filled forum threads of all-time. Enter BattleTags, same idea, but with user-created nicknames instead of the name you sign your checks with. Read More »
It doesn't have the isometric tactical strategy of the original, but it certainly looks like the Syndicate reboot nailed the brutality. Starbreeze's latest glimpse of the new Syndicate focuses on the game's technology and how it can be used as a potent weapon. How potent? Think Scanners-head-bursting powerful. Get the specs on the adrenaline-powered DART 6 system in the trailer within. Read More »
You can't push the nature of storytelling in games forward without a few stumbles. To the Moon, an indie adventure game with a somber story in sci-fi trappings, attempts to jettison any preconceived notions of what makes good game fiction, but its ambitions are hampered by disappointing writing that would barely get off the ground in any other medium. Read More »
My first reaction to the Little Big Bunch bundle deal was "Oh, another indie games bundle where I can pay whatever I want, and a chunk goes to charity? Didn't we just have one of those?" But then I thought about it for a moment and realized that if your problem is that you have too many people lining up to give you great deals on games, well, that's a pretty good problem to have. Read More »
InterWave's innovative FPS/RTS Nuclear Dawn is radiating Steam this weekend. Starting today and running through Sunday at 1 p.m., gamers can download and play the full version of the post-apocalyptic shooter for free, and we think it's well-worth the extended trial. Read More »
MW3 is more of the same, and it's showing its age. But is it still fun?
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