Article by Matt S. I’m not a big fan of MOBAs. They’re usually contextless content-driven games that come with all the qualities of every other esport; they feature a toxic, hyper-competitive community, have a lack of joy in the mechanics and play (because all that’s important in these games is…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Golem Gates is what happens when a developer takes every popular fantasy game design, and tries to mash them all together. It’s a RTS with levels laid out like in a MOBA, in which you summon cards and spells as you would in a CCG. Throw…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. It’s no secret that I’m not the world’s biggest fan of MOBAs and other eSports-like games. It’s not to say that I don’t appreciate what they do, it’s just that they’ve never offered gameplay that hooks me in particularly well. I’ve tried the main ones –…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. What’s a console without shovelware? We used to be blessed with all sorts of cheap movie tie-ins and low-budget shelf fillers, but over the last decade, they’ve found a lucrative new market in the mobile space. There are plenty of bad games on PS3 and PS4,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Okay, so I’m not the world’s biggest fan of MOBAs, eSports, competitive online games, or, hell, any multiplayer that doesn’t involve the copious consumption of beer and the ability to slap a controller out of another player’s hands. Related reading: You can catch Nick’s review of…
Read MoreSMITE managers to bring something new to the MOBA genre; where most examples of the genre play out in a top down isometric perspective, this one sticks the camera behind the player like a third person shooter would. At first glance, it is quite obvious that the shift in perspective…
Read MoreIt’s tough to compete with League of Legends and DOTA in the MOBA space. Very tough. Those two games absolutely dominate the competitive eSports industry, and both are worth a small fortune. But that hasn’t stopped some other developers trying, and one of the most effective to date has been…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. CD Projekt Red’s The Witcher franchise has developed, across just two games, a reputation for a sheer dedication to quality. The developer is happy to delay over and over again in order to ship a completed product, and the third game in the series, due for…
Read MoreReview by Shaan J. While I would ideally want to talk about Dragons and Titans without mentioning specific comparisons to other games, it’s quite difficult to talk about it without bringing up League of Legends and DOTA 2. You see, both Riot Games and Valve have fine-tuned and perfected the…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. It’s amazing the longevity that the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 are showing. Even despite the existence of new consoles, both “obsolete” consoles continue to receive game announcements that are, if anything, more exciting than the next-gen stuff. Ubisoft today announced that it would publish a…
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