Guild Wars 3 is ‘significantly more’ of an MMO than the first game, but that doesn’t mean it’s like GW2: ‘All three of our games can coexist as different experiences’

Guild Wars 2 is one of the biggest MMOs going, but it’s a sequel to a game that’s just barely an MMO—the original Guild Wars is more of a mission-based ARPG with shared town hubs, characterized by the fact that it feels like an MMO what with its huge roster of character classes and /dance…

Read More

Path of Exile 2 director says players exploiting system to become in-game millionaires ‘ruined Christmas for me’ and joked that he’s ‘lost all sympathy’ for everyone who took advantage of it

Path of Exile 2’s player trading economy crumbled in its last season the moment word got out about a clever technique that would net you so much loot you could become an in-game millionaire in a few days. It was so catastrophic that developer Grinding Gear Games had to interrupt its holiday break to fix…

Read More

The new Epic Games Launcher might not suck so much thanks to ‘ground-up’ rebuild with 5–6.5x improved performance—still a long way to catch up with Steam

If we did one of our weekly polls on which game platform/store is your favourite, I would be very surprised if anything other than a miniscule minority of readers selected the Epic Games Store. I barely ever use the thing and even I know it’s not the most enjoyable experience. But there’s a chance that…

Read More

Don’t be put off by its name—Rizz Dungeon: Skeleton Key to My Heart is actually a very fun dungeon crawler with a unique spin

I should have known straight away that Rizz Dungeon: Skeleton Key to My Heart was from the same team behind Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion. Ridiculous name? Check. Deeply brainrotted humour? Double check. Ridiculously fun to play despite its relatively simple premise? Check, check, and check. Rizz Dungeon (eurgh, I’m still getting used to the…

Read More

‘London is ready to level up and lead the world in esports’: Mayor of London wants to use big events to stimulate economy and create opportunities for young people

As a Brit, I know London for many things: the always slightly too warm but no less incredible ‘tube’ transport network, all the times I’ve overheard my fellow Brits mistake the Houses of Parliament for ‘a big church,’ and black snot. Okay, maybe that last one was oversharing. Anyway the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan,…

Read More