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End of Nations Review
We've had a lot of arguments about whether End of Nations is in fact an MMO. Sure it's free-to-play, has more microtransactions you can shake a stick at, a defined class system and gameplay which praises multiplayer action over any other Continue reading
Lord of the Rings Online: Riders of Rohan Review
It's very rare, but occasionally developers allow us humble journalist folk to take GM accounts for a quick spin. Just think of it... infinite in-game gold, the ability to purchase anything from the cash store on a whim, instant teleportation to areas of the world you aren't even supposed to go and our personal favorite, the magic command to kill even the mightiest bosses in a few key strokes Continue reading
Planetside 2 Review
There’s something undeniably old school about SOE's next big online effort. The persistent first-person action multiplayer shooter doesn't have any NPCs, any kind of progressive plot or even a worthwhile tutorial to explain its existence – instead it just simply is. Continue reading
Dungeon and Dragons Online: Menace of the Underdark
DDO is one of those MMORPGs we've always thought about getting into yet we've just never really gotten around to it. It isn't the free-to-play aspects or anything like that, it's just that the universe seems harder to get to grips with than the traditional fantasy affair, especially when you compare it to Turbine's own Lord of the Rings Online. Continue reading
Guild Wars 2 - Hands-On
After five years of momentous expectation, punctuated by long periods of silence, the sequel to Guild Wars has finally been released. It feels weird to be able to jump onto servers and take our time with a game that usually we've had to blaze through during multiple Beta weekends – just so we could see exactly what this ‘new kind of MMORPG' actually has to offer the genre. Continue reading
F1 Online
Oh, browser games. There are so many of you out there, yet if we were being honest (really brutally honest) there's only a handful of you that are actually worth the web space you occupy. Continue reading