Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn gets an early launch. This so-called rebirth sees a complete revamp of the game, with a focus on retro style RPG game play. The early launch offers plenty of challenges coupled with the fact that this is SquareEnix's flagship title. According to early reports the game suffered major server problems which will hopefully be ironed out pronto. While things start slowly, the class system allows a great deal of...

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Black Desert 22 Minute Walkthrough

Largely touted as a 'next gen' MMORPG, Black Desert developers, Pearl Abyss shows off their 'large scale sandbox oriented' game with a 22 minute walk through that displays some pretty good next gen graphics but nothing new that we haven't seen in every standard MMORPG. But who cares about game play when you've got nice graphics, right? Video courtesy of F2...

Categories: black-desert, black-desert-consoles, cologne, con, Console, console-mmos, consoles, convention, fantasy, gamescom, gamescom-2013, germany, housing, korea, korean-mmo, pearl-abyss, sandbox

Retro Shoot 'em Up!: Sine Mora

Do you like Hungarian? I bet you do once you tried Sine Mora. It's one of those tribute side to side scrolling shoot'em ups which were all the rage in 1980s arcade parlors. There has always been a demand for a good shooting game but of late, the varieties that seem to be popping up seem rather pale. Where are the R-types and Side Arms look alike when you need them? Hell, where are heroes who would push the envelop of style and playability? Big...

Categories: action, arcade, scroller, shoot'em up

Elder Scrolls Online QuakeCon 2013

QuakeCon, hailed as the largest LAN party in North America, kicked off recently, and since MMO fans have been clamoring for some uninterrupted Elder Scrolls Online gameplay, ZeniMax chose QuakeCon as the venue to show off its latest addition to the Elder Scrolls franchise. Those present at the show were, Peter Hines, Vice President of marketing, Paul Sage, creative director and Nick Konkle, gameplay lead. 20 minutes of Elder Scrolls Online...

Categories: Bethesda, Elder Scrolls Online, QuakeCon 2013, ZeniMax