Thursday, November 21, 2024

MMOs

MMOs are not quite what they used to be. For some time, nearly all MMOs were MMORPGs, but that has changed profoundly in the past 10 to 15 years. MMO stands for Massively Multiplayer Online games.

Wildstar First Impressions

When the planet of Nexus was found it became a centerpoint for galactic interest. To the Dominion it’s the birthplace of the Eldan—an ancient race of forerunners who seeded the technology...

Virtual Item Spotlight: Star Trek Online – Hirogen Hunter Heavy Escort

A few new ships came with the much-vaunted Season 8.5 of Star Trek Online and with it some interesting new aesthetics by introducing Hirogen-related ships. The Hirogen Hunter Heavy Escort is...

GameOgre Year End Game Awards for 2013

The GameOgre 2013 Awards have just finished and I am proud to announce the winners! See below for the categories and the games that have captured the imaginations of ogres everywhere...

Star Trek Online Season 8.5 and the 4th Anniversary Celebration

Star Trek Online, the free-to-play space RPG with both ground- and space-based combat, saw a massive shift of gears in 2013 and this continues apace into 2014 with more groundbreaking content...

SOE closing Vanguard, Clone Wars Adventures, Free Realms, and Wizardry Online

SOE, better known as Sony Online Entertainment, has announced that they are shuttering four MMOs over the next few months. Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures and Free Realms shut down March...

Marvel Heroes Online First Impressions

Marvel Heroes is a free-to-play MMORPG based around the Marvel comic-book franchise and developed by Gazillion Entertainment and Secret Identity Studios. The game runs atop the Unreal Engine 3 and the...

MMORPG Showdown 8 Contenders and Predictions

You haven't missed it yet! All good ogres should rush down to the MMORPG Showdown 8 and look at what's on the table for this diverse and interesting throwdown-of-a-showdown. It's been...

It’s Winter Time in the MMO World 2013

It’s the end of 2013 and winter has struck the northern hemisphere--as a result, every MMO out there is running their own winter celebration. Let’s take a look at a few of...

Star Trek Online Winter Holiday Event is Now Live!

Star Trek Online has just started 2013’s winter event with Q’s Winter Wonderland. As usual, meet Q in Earth Space Dock or in the First City on Qo’noS and ask to...

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