Mike has been an online gaming enthusiast since the 1980's and spends his spare time writing, podcasting and of course, playing MMORPG's. Mike''s past projects include writing for Guild Wars Insider, heading up WildStarFans.net and hosting the Planet Nexus Cast. You can follow Mike on Twitter @Arawulf and on Twitch at twitch.tv/Arawulf.
If a new GW2 player wanted to unlock all of the previous episodic content, they would have to pay. By the OP's definition of P2W, wouldn't that make GW2 P2W also?
Edit: I suppose one could earn gold and convert it to gems, as the OP did mention. Ho…
I would agree that RDR2 sets a new bar for open world games (here's looking at you Elder Scrolls VI). I'm very interested to see how they implement Red Dead Online next month.
So my son bought it on release day and has been occupying our PS4 ever since - absolutely loves the game. After watching some videos, I decided that I wanted to play too. I went out and bought a pre-owned PS4 just so I didn't have to take away from …
It's better than what Bethesda did with Fallout. They released multiplayer as an entirely new game and is charging full price for it. https://www.pcgamer.com/fallout-76-is-based-on-plans-for-fallout-4-multiplayer/
Edit: I know it's not an exact com…
Gamasutra update: Only 25 employees were invited to transition. The rest are gone.
"Trion Worlds declined to comment on the extent of the layoffs itself, saying via email that "while many of the names and faces you’ve come to know in our studios wi…
Update on the official forums:
Good morning, all.
There is a lot of concern this morning about our acquisition, but I want to make sure you know that the games will go on!
I would like to share the official statement from Trion:
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Diablo Royale, calling it now.
In other words, Blizzard hasn't proven that they've figured out what they want to do with Diablo. I'm in 'wait and see' mode.
A few months back I had a very positive twitter interaction with Jessica. I had tweeted out my experience with the first episode of season 4 and she replied about her experience making it. It's certainly not my place to speak on behalf of anyone inv…
PoF resurrected GW2 from the dead for me. I went from 'Oh yeah, I forgot that game existed' to become my main MMO by far. Anet is also crushing it w/ new living world content. I'm now catching up with so much that I've missed. I can understand how e…
I haven't played PvP in all of those games listed, so I can't complain too much. I wonder how radically this list is going to change once the current crop of in-development indie MMOs come out - games like Crowfall and CU. Hmm.
GW2 was off my map for the longest time, and HoT didn't interest me. PoF, for me anyway, resurrected this game. The big question for me is how long will people be interested in champion farming, etc before they get burned out. Season 4 needs to be g…
Played launch up to season 1. I just stopped being interested in the game. Hadn't given the game a thought for years since. I recently see one of my friends, Richie (BogOtter) streaming so I check him out. Path of Fire was about 2 weeks away from ge…
My top 5 (based on personal enjoyment/experience & still return to from time to time - if possible)
5. Aion
4. Warhammer Online (RIP)
3. The Secret World
Tie for #1: WoW and Guild Wars 2.
Those that know me might be surprised I didn't include…
I finally broke down and bought Heart of Thorns about a week ago. Should have waited LOL. I'm back playing the game for the first time since, like 2014 or something. I'm a bit lost, but I'm figuring things out slowly. Still a gorgeous game. Glad to …
Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game - nearly every word in has seen its definition evolve over the years. I see the genre as evolving and merging with other genres more than it is dying.
When I first saw this post my initial reaction was, "this is normal." All new MMO's are attacked by the bot machine since these games are a new source of revenue for the gold sellers. As long as there are people that will do RMT, like the OP did, th…
If a player that obtained their items in a legit way, and is exceptionally good at the economic game has to now look over their shoulder as to not get banned - something is wrong with the game.