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World of Warcraft is one of the few high profile MMOs that still successfully sports a monthly subscription. When a curious item was discovered on the World of Warcraft Public Test Realm that hinted at an in-game store, Blizzard’s community manager confirmed that microtransactions might be in game’s future as another avenue for boosting revenue. The item in question is an elixir that grants the player a 100% XP buff for killing monsters and finishing quests - a potentially useful item for newcomers wanting to progress quickly through the game or players leveling alts....

Steampunk, having been overtaken by its sister genre cyberpunk in recent years, is still much more alive than gamers might give it credit for. There are games like Final Fantasy that take not-so-subtle influences from steampunk movements in their handling of ecologic and economic issues, while others such as BioShock and Dishonored take it more or less head-on visually. Steampunk has infiltrated games in a way that a lot of people don’t notice due to the lack of “top hat and goggles” imagery, instead adding a solid layer of grunge to the techie pseudo-magicka visual design....

During Nintendo’s February 2021 Nintendo Direct, viewers were treated to the classic Nintendo ‘one more thing’ with a surprise reveal of Splatoon 3. Somewhat unexpected due to the continued support and success of Splatoon 2, this title will likely have to mark a clear line between itself and the predecessor to grab the player’s attention. Luckily the initial trailer has plenty of interesting elements for us to dissect, with plenty more elements hidden in every frame that players have some serious questions about....

Video game budgets have increased astronomically over the years. What started as small side projects for the entertainment industry has burgeoned into a multibillion-dollar venture, with a lot of games costing tens of millions or hundreds of millions of dollars to create. For major games, these costs include major talent, large teams, and high marketing costs. With Cyberpunk 2077’s impending release after nearly a decade of development and a rumored budget of over $100 million, and Halo Infinite’s budget ballooning to nine figures as well, game budgets are continuing to rise, and there have been some ridiculously high game budgets over the course of gaming’s history....

With Netflix releasing multiple anime in a short period of time, anime fanatics all over the world are on their toes. And it is an even better time to be an anime fan who also plays DotA 2. On March 25th, Netflix released DotA 2: Dragon’s Blood. Dragon’s Blood has been called ‘Netflix’s Most Anticipated Anime of 2021’ And fans from all over the world can just not stop praising it....

League of Legends’ Teamfight Tactics is on Patch 10.13 and it has been an interesting set so far. Players have had time to figure out some of the strongest team comps and champion itemization paths, but which of these collections are the best to climb the ranks with? When playing Teamfight Tactics, strategy and coordination is paramount to excelling. It is never more vital when deciding which champions work best with others....

It wasn’t always the monolith of MMORPGs. Once upon a time, in another century, Warcraft was a stand-alone, real-time strategy game that pitted different fantasy races against each other in a battle for supremacy throughout a mystical land called Azeroth. Players would control individual characters as well as whole armies, and either took on the computer or went into co-op mode to battle their friends. Later games like League of Legends would copy the same style for an online game and be wildly popular, even a generation later....

When it comes to Dragon Quest stories they’re about a lot of senseless fun and monsters. While Dragon Age XI is known as both a modern classic in the RPG world and the best Dragon Quest game so far, people hoped for the Switch remaster Square Enix would have revamped plot holes and took an already seen top story and make it even better. Unfortunately, there were perhaps some “Oversights,” with the remaster that led to even more logic flaws that are over-glaring when you think about in any capacity....

Madden 21 released right before the kickoff of the 2020 NFL season and fans dove in headfirst. Despite plenty of criticisms about the game and plenty of lackluster reviews, the 2020 entry is seeing all-time sales success. This means that there are likely thousands of newcomers entering the Madden franchise for the first time. Before diving into the NFL’s only simulation video game series, there are some things you should know....

There doesn’t look to be any shortage of characters on hand for Final Fantasy XIII-2, whether you’re talking about humans or beasts. Mog the Moogle doesn’t quite look like a ferocious or particularly helpful accompaniment to the player’s party, but the newest trailer for Final Fantasy XIII-2 shows that looks can be deceiving. We’ve known for some time that monsters would have an expanded role in the follow-up to FFXIII, from useful accomplices in combat to upgradeable pets....

Given that almost a dozen games have been delayed to 2015, no one would fault you for saying the year is already overcrowded. From Batman to The Order, next year promises the never-ending stream of content that we initially hoped this year would offer. But with that will come a lot of games that end up slipping through the cracks, many of which might actually be worth a closer look....

House Forrester has been through a lot since Telltale’s Game of Thrones premiered mere months ago. The characters have faced tough moral choices, they’ve picked sides, and they’ve attempted to claw their way out of a situation that spells certain doom for their House. The third episode of Game of Thrones, entitled The Sword in the Darkness, packs more of these high-profile choices into an episode than ever before, and will leave players wondering if they’ve placed their trust in the right people....

Fans of science fiction know that the genre is best when using outlandish futures and otherworldly monsters to tell something profoundly true about our own world - our own enemies. In the world of Halo 4, Master Chief and the rest of the UNSC will be traveling to far off worlds, and delving into the history of a brand new race in order to decide the future of mankind against threat both old and new....

Looking for an old-school PC shooter before the glut of military FPS titles hit later this year? Look no further than Flying Wild Hog’s upcoming title, Hard Reset, which is set for release on September 13, 2011. Brought to you by some of the talent who worked on Bulletstorm, Sniper, and The Witcher 2, Hard Reset is an over-the-top cyberpunk shooter featuring tons of destructibility and environmental game elements. You won’t confuse this title with the futuristic combat of Deus Ex: Human Revolution, however....

It has been quite a week for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. Not only has the game officially managed to move over 410,000 copies since its release in early February, another major expansion has just been released as well. The new expansion, Teeth of Naros, promises plenty of new content to play with in the already vast world of Amalur. Much like The Legend of Dead Kel before it, Teeth of Naros contains new areas to explore, new enemies to slice to pieces, and of course plenty of items to collect....

It feels like it’s been a long time since the video game world had its first glimpse of No Man’s Sky. The space exploration title from Hello Games was a surprise smash after its reveal at the Spike VGX event last year. The promise of procedurally-generated worlds, and of an entire galaxy to explore, was enough to gain the interest of plenty of gamers wowed by the innovation on show....

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When it comes to extended and advanced play in MMOs, Razer’s Naga has the reputation of being the obvious choice of gaming peripheral. The signature design with its 12-button number pad attached to the side first launched in 2009 and is now synonymous with online play. The Naga series has retained its position as the top-selling MMO mouse in the world as a result. The latest iteration of the wired Razer Naga is now available worldwide, but are its new features and software support worth the upgrade?...

Of all the projects announced at Gamescom 2012, none generated more buzz than Capcom’s Remember Me. That buzz is unlikely to die down anytime soon, particularly as more and more details on the game come to light. In addition to remixing the memories of her targets, elite memory hunter Nilin will occasionally have to deal with more direct forms of conflict as she works her way through Neo-Paris. According to Capcom, Nilin is proficient in martial arts, and to make sure that proficiency translates into smooth gameplay, Street Fighter Producer Yoshinori Ono is advising the developers at DONTNOD Entertainment on Remember Me’s combat....

During the Resident Evil 6 panel at this year’s Comic Con, Capcom was poised to prove all detractors, fan boy and otherwise, wrong. While tons of assumptions had been made about Capcom’s latest foray into heir beloved franchise, what we saw during the panel was meant to stress that the developer isn’t resting on its laurels or fundamentally altering the make-up of the series. They’re actually doing some pretty interesting things with Resident Evil 6 in order to both modernize the series and satisfy fans....