This week I learned that in the ’90s, the number “143” was used as code for “I love you.” There was no way my parents were buying me a pager, so maybe that’s why I’m out of it. Anyway, 143 is also the number of people ArenaNet laid off from the teams working on Guild Wars 2 and the other two secret projects it canceled. Guild Wars 2, however, will continue on, as the studio’s Mike Z told players the company is committed to its core MMORPG. In fact, he gave more information about what’s coming to the game all at once than players have had since 2017 – and that includes the Warclaw mount, which will ultimately be delayed only a week and launch Tuesday. Funcom also brought it this week with news of a DUNE MMO and Anarchy Online progression server, plus Elder Scrolls Online launched Wrathstone and we gave our impressions of Anthem. In happier news this week, we relaunched our superhero column to focus on old and new superhero … [Read more...] about MMO Week in Review: 143
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The MOP Up: Space Engineers jury-rigs a release
Everyone knows that engineers are the unsung heroes of civilization, and space engineers doubly so! So join us in saluting Space Engineers, the survival builder sandbox that finally left early access after five years to fully launch on Steam. Space Engineers has sold over three million copies and boasts over 200,000 monthly active players. If you move quickly on this — as in, right now, today — you can grab this multiplayer title for 20% off. And this is just the beginning of the rest of the news! Read on for a roundup of other smaller MMO news stories and videos from this past week in this edition of The MOP Up (and if you don’t see a news story that we should have covered, drop us a tip)! Dofus is gearing up for a ton of class changes — and it wants feedback from the playerbase on how to approach this in the best fashion. Thanks Panagiotis! Vindictus is outright giving Twitch streamers presents for showcasing that MMO. Three … [Read more...] about The MOP Up: Space Engineers jury-rigs a release
MMO Week in Review: The week when EA looked like the good guy
Activision-Blizzard had a rough week of its own making, as it announced record-high revenue for the year and in the same moment began laying off around 800 employees. Outrage across the gaming industry was fierce enough to provoke the anger of not just the video game unionization group but the AFL-CIO too, the former of which demanded Bobby Kotick’s resignation and the latter of which urged game developers to unionize. Piggybacking on the bad news, or maybe hiding in its shadow, was Daybreak, which delayed the launch of PlanetSide Arena again, this time into summer 2019, and it topped that off by refunding everyone who’d preordered the game. At least somebody’s having a good week. That somebody is EA, thanks almost entirely to Apex Legends, though Anthem’s been no slouch either. In more meta news, we introduced another new column in time for our birthday. Read on to catch up with the very best of this week’s MMO news and opinions today as every Sunday … [Read more...] about MMO Week in Review: The week when EA looked like the good guy
Top 5 Best Apex Legends Heroes Ranked
Apex Legends is a brand new free to play battle royale shooter by Respawn Entertainment. The makers of the Titanfall franchise pulled this rabbit out of the hat last week, and the game has soared in popularity. It hit 10 million players in just 72 hours, which should give Fortnite and PUBG something to think about in the long term. The game lets you play as heroes called Legends, each with their own unique skills, abilities and personalities. Therefore, here’s our take on which are the best to play. #1 Lifeline Simply put, Lifeline is probably the best and most popular Legend in Apex Legends. She’s a healer and support class first and foremost, which means every squad must have one. And for squads that don’t, you’re just making it harder for yourselves. Lifeline’s key abilities includes reviving teammates 25% faster and can place a barrier while doing so. This is a key component that should be leveraged as downed players can be finished off and then … [Read more...] about Top 5 Best Apex Legends Heroes Ranked
Top 5 Reasons Why You Need To Play Apex Legends Right now
Apex Legends is a brand new free to play Battle Royale shooter from Respawn Entertainment, the folks behind Titanfall and Titanfall 2. With rumors of a new Titanfall game rampant this week, the studio teased a new game ahead of leaked news regarding Apex Legends. The game has now just gone live on EA’s store Origin, and can be downloaded and played. Having gone through the game, here’s our thoughts on Apex Legends and why it deserves your attention. This Is As Titanfall As It Gets Are you still waiting for Titanfall 3? Forget it, Respawn has said they’re not working on it. Apex Legends is here instead, and has been in-development since TF2. The game is set in the Titanfall universe and features familiar battle royale mechanics when it comes to winning conditions and map dynamics, but that’s where the similarities end. Apex Legends is a lot more sophisticated than the run of the mill battle royale game. It takes a heavier emphasis on gameplay to make a … [Read more...] about Top 5 Reasons Why You Need To Play Apex Legends Right now