Blizzard’s Hearthstone recently entered open beta, which means that anyone who wants to try it can. I’ve been in the closed beta for some time now but Chaos is Gaming’s Will hasn’t, so the Hearthstone open beta finally allowed him to get in on the game. Let’s look at Hearthstone and see what you’ll be getting in to if and when you give it a shot as well.
Blizzard’s recent convention has wrapped up, and the big news revolves around the announcement of their forthcoming World of WarCraft expansion, Warlords of Draenor. As a lapsed player I followed this announcement with interest, and it’s from that angle we’re going to look at it today.
Back in the swing of things post-Extra Life marathon, today we’re going to take give First Opinion on Batman Arkham Origins. As a fan of the previous two titles in the series, Arkham Origins has allot to live up to if it wants to impress me.
Mojang is pushing ahead with Minecraft, and their next patch is heavily focusing on biome types. With the first snapshot out for testing, I thought we should take a look at what’s coming.
Saints Row IV came out last week, and as you may imagine, it’s about as weird as weird gets. Our review is forthcoming but for now, let’s form a First Opinion.
I recently discovered StarMade, which looks an awful lot like a stand-alone Minecraft mod pack, but trust me when I say, this is more than just a Minecraft texture pack. StarMade is really fun.
Firefall, a massively multiplayer third/first person shooter by Red 5 Studios is in open beta, so let’s give it a whirl. I went in expecting something hectic and crazy but found something more akin to World of WarCraft meets Tribes.
At first glance Cube World looks like a Minecraft/Terraria knock off, with the 3D world of Minecraft married with the combat and adventure focus of Terraria. In reality, that pretty much nails Cube World in its Alpha build phase, which – by the way – you can now acquire. Yes, following the Minecraft line a little further, you can buy into the Alpha version today and try Cube World for yourself. I did, and here’s what transpired.