Riot Stops In-Game Abuse

Riot, the developer's behind the MOBA League of Legends has been boasting about how their tribunal system for policing player behavior works. League of Legend players vote in the tribunal instances of behavior flagged as abuse. These votes are used to better enhance the automated systems to detect abusive behaviors. Thanks to the constant learning of this system, the tribunal has had a dramatic effect on abuse and player experience. “As a result...

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Cabal 2 - Review

Cabal 2 was released June 2nd and I was excited to see what it was all about, considering the first Cabal wasn't in my opinion all that great. Though I threw my preconceived notions out the window as the download bar got closer and closer to the 100% mark. I am not going to lie, my excitement dead right there. Now I understand that this is just the beta release and it is just the first week of the launch, though the character classes...

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Sharks vs. MMOs

In honor of today being the first day of Shark Week on the Discovery Channel, I wanted to present you with MMO's good, bad and ugly underwater lands. Trust me, all of it is bad...really bad. The first time that I encountered an MMO with an underwater area was EverQuest in the Kedge Keep dungeon. It was new, it was exciting and it was a complete flippin' headache. Kedge Keep wasn't a linear job, quite often you had to back track to the same...

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The Top 10 Free MMORPG's I've Played

Being a gamer for so many years I have seen a lot of MMORPG's come and go. Oddly enough Free MMO's are somewhat of a new comer to MMO's. Monthly subscription MMO's were the only way to get your MMORPG fix. And let me tell you, when F2P (free to play) MMO's came about with Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons & Dragons Online I jump on them and haven't looked back ever since. Now-a-days there are a plethora of F2P MMO's and in my opinion,...

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Skyforge Announces Open Beta Launch

Skyforge has announced it's Open Beta Launch Date - July 16! If you were or are lucky enough to purchase the Founder's Pack you have the privledge to play on July 9th. So be sure that you have your client downloaded and updated because like every other initial launch there are sure to be some hiccups. This I am certain. Though if you weren't lucky enough to purchase a Founder's Pack, there are still some perks that you are going to get....

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What Makes a Gamer?

Today I came across an article online from early this year. Here is the article; A Taiwanese man has died after a three-day gaming binge at an internet cafe in the island's south, the second such case this year. The 32-year-old, identified by his family name Hsieh, was found slumped in his chair in the cafe in Kaohsiung city. Other patrons initially thought he was sleeping, but when an employee realised he was not breathing he was rushed to...

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Wildstar - Not Ready for the Subsciption Model Big Leagues

Wildstar, a Carbine Studio's sci-fi MMORPG, with only lauching a year ago they are going to be dropping the paid-subscription model to make the game F2P. On the NCSoft website they stated; Since launch we’ve listened to all of your feedback and worked hard to improve your game experience. Part of that goal has always been to bring more players in to experience WildStar, and that's what Free-to-Play is all about. This is what the wanted to...

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