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MOBA Brought Back To Life, Only To Be Killed Again
22.2.2024
Can an online video game die twice? Yes, apparently. Paragon: The Overprime, a competitive online multiplayer game built using assets and designs featured in Epic’s previously killed original Paragon, is being shut down in April. Read more
Steam Trolls Players With Bans Wrapped Up Like Christmas Presents
15.12.2023
Video game companies have gotten very creative when it comes to punishing cheaters, from cutting their parachutes’ strings in Call of Duty to blowing them up in Grand Theft Auto Online. But Valve just set a new benchmark for trolling players: sending them permabans wrapped up like Christmas...
Heroes Of Newerth, Once League Of Legends' Rival, Has Shut Down
21.6.2022
It was so long ago, and the space is now so thoroughly dominated by two games that it’s almost impossible remembering any other way things could be, but for a brief window of time the MOBA genre—basically any and every game that was copying WarCraft III’s DotA map—was a warzone.Read more
Jeremy Winslow's Top 10 Games Of 2021
30.12.2021
2021 was a year, wasn’t it? The pandemic is still causing unnecessary disruptions despite the widespread availability of vaccines. The semiconductor shortage is whipping the economy’s ass. Black and queer people are still dying. It was hard playing games this year, especially when I didn’t have...
World's Most Popular Game Is Getting 'Triple-A,' Open-World Spin-Off
1.11.2021
This weekend, Pokémon Unite and Call of Duty: Mobile developer TiMi Studio announced the development of Honor of Kings: World. It’s to be an “AAA” open-world game based on its smash-hit mobile MOBA, Honor of Kings. Read more
ResetEra Owner Cashes Out Gaming Forum For $4.5 Million
14.10.2021
Four years after the popular gaming forum, ResetEra, was born from the ashes of NeoGAF, it has been sold to a network of Swedish esports sites for an eye-popping $4.5 million. While the deal puts a price tag on the previously unquantifiable value of discussions like, “How did Blizzard get away with...
Yikes, Top DOTA 2 Team Gets Covid A Week Before $40M Tourney
29.9.2021
Today, high-profile DOTA 2 team Team Aster announced via a Weibo post that several members of the team had tested positive for Covid-19, including three players. This news comes just eight days before the beginning of DOTA 2’s $40 million tournament, The International, which is scheduled...
China's New Gaming Restrictions Have Already Been Circumvented
7.9.2021
New regulations aimed at players under 18 went into effect in China starting September 1. These restrictions limit young players to one hour of gaming from Friday to Sunday and include public holidays. Inevitable workarounds have already appeared. Read more
Auto Chess Is Getting a MOBA, Continuing the Eternal Cycle
18.1.2021
The history of the MOBA genre is one of mods and iteration. Its most popular and still-standing games today are the result of multiple reimaginings and tweaks to skirt copyright issues. Now, there’s one more absurd step to the story: the makers of Auto Chess are making a MOBA. An Auto Chess MOBA...