Guardians of Ember “Open Beta” Redux
This is a general follow-on to what I previously noted. Based on the March 28th maintenance notes and generally looking at prior forum posts regarding feedback on things that players feel…
Heroes of Incredible Tales Service Closure Announced
Nexon announced they will be shuttering the Heroes of Incredible Tales (HIT) mobile gaming service on May 9th across all regions (some regions including South Korea will be closing in…
Apple Announces Apple Arcade
Apple announced a subscription based service for games (iOS mobile, Apple TV set top box, and Mac desktop) called Apple Arcade at their media event today (March 25th). The subscription…
Guardians of Ember “Open Beta”
Gameforge announced the "open beta test" soft launch for Guardians of Ember (it had been in "closed beta" for the past few months for existing players, though that is more…
[OpEd] Google’s Stadia Platform
I'm going to try to keep this short (hah, who am I kidding). First of all, this is Google; the company that has a laundry list of products/solutions (either from…
[OpEd] Ashes of Creation Director’s Letter
Back in June 2018, I gave my brief opinion about Intrepid Studio's Ashes of Creation. In a nutshell, it's something that didn't interest me and still doesn't (now that more…
When an Older Game Messes With Your Mind
Playing the closed alpha of Torchlight Frontiers gave me this feeling of wanting to go and play Torchlight II again so I decided to load up a low level character…
Kritika Online (NA/EU) to Sunset on April 30th
En Masse Entertainment (EME) announced that Kritika Online has been placed into maintenance mode (as of March 6th) in preparation for its service closure on April 30, 2019. EME publishes…