I just realized there are surprisingly many promising new MMORPG projects cooking up behind the scenes right now. Will one of those be the "WoW killer" that everyone has been talking about for years now? 👀 I don't actually think so myself, but I do think some of these new games can grow and become massive. I'm personally most excited about: 1. The Riot MMO Riot hasn't been telling us too much about this game yet, but we do know it's set in the world of Runeterra. Also just looking at Riot's track record from the past years they really have been releasing quality stuff which makes me believe also this MMO will be great. Valorant, Legends of Runeterra, Wild Rift and Teamfight Tactics are all great games on many metrics. Also, Arcane on Netflix was just perfection as well and that's why I'm a believer in this MMO as well. 2. Ashes of Creation (By Intrepid Studios) The developers of this game have been pretty open about their plans and development progress. I really like most of their plans, and the fact that the founder of the company is a huge MMO gamer himself, and apparently, he is also putting some major funds of his own to this project. The key selling point of the game is that the experience is supposed to be super player-centric and quite sandboxy. For example, players can rule parts of the map and make major decisions through democratic elections that affect other players. They have also put a lot of thought into gathering, crafting and related professions that should make the game very interesting. Anyways, I won't go into too much detail since all the info is available on the internet but I'm definitely looking forward to this game! 3. Ghost (The MMO project by Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street") This game I'm just mostly hyped about since Ghostcrawler is the main man driving the train here. If you don't know him, he had a major design role in both World of Warcraft and League of Legends. And to me that really is enough to be hyped about his new MMO project!
Congratz to NAVI for winning IEM Rio 2024! 😎 🎉
Unfortunately it's not looking too good for Shroud's new game Spectre Divide. Looks like the studio is letting go 13 employees only a few weeks after the game launched. Unfortunately making a new hit game remains to be difficult :/ https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/shrouds-spectre-divide-dev-team-hit-with-layoffs-weeks-after-launch-2911312/
IGN is reporting that a new Battlefield game is in the works by EA, and it will finally be returning to a modern setting. I'm pretty excited! https://www.ign.com/articles/exclusive-first-battlefield-concept-art-revealed-vince-zampella
GZ to Blinky for winning the GeoGuessr World Cup 2024! It was an absolutely insane grand finale. Script writers were definitely working overtime. WP to the silver medalist MK as well. https://liquipedia.net/geoguessr/Blinky
Looks like PlayStation 5 Pro has been finally revealed! Unfortunately console gaming seems to be getting quite expensive though. PS5 Pro prices are: $699.99 USD £699.99 GBP €799.99 EUR Fortunately I remain mainly a PC gamer 😎 https://blog.playstation.com/2024/09/10/welcome-playstation-5-pro-the-most-visually-impressive-way-to-play-games-on-playstation/
The War Within has surpassed my expectations by a lot! It finally made WoW feel like WoW once again. I guess I'm mostly impressed about the story and focus in the old and beloved characters, but all the new zones and quests are nice too. Good job Blizzard!
Deadlock is a pretty good game! I'm totally not addicted 😊
Will this one be the Battlefield killer? I have to say it's looking really good, and even though many people are excited about the extraction mode, I have to say I'm more interested in seeing how the Conquest mode performs instead. Super cool to see many great looking games popping up lately! 🤗
Wukong is coming out in just 3 days on August 20th! Looks like China has finally been able to make a proper AAA game. And this is not actually the only one because there is at least Delta Force: Hawk Ops in development by one of the Tencent studios as well. It has nothing to do with this game, but to me this looks like a new beginning for the Chinese AAA development. Bring me some good games China!
Exciting things happening in the tactical shooter genre with Shroud's new game appearing in social media. Shroud himself has been streaming it during the past week and it's been gaining some traction. It has an interesting idea: It's a 3v3 tactical shooter but each player controls two "bodies" (characters) so effectively it's a 6v6 game. Also, there are some decisions that make it drastically different from CS2 and Valorant, for example there is no aim penalty when moving. In any case, I'm excited that someone is trying to innovate and come up with new cool ideas! Right now, this one seems a bit too radical to me with the 2-body system, but I still wish the best for it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0wXIu-HUq0
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It's kind of the same situation with zombie survival games. There has been numerous "DayZ killers" in the past decades, yet DayZ is still constantly breaking new records in current active players while these other games - although really cool - are often left in the dust. I'm also hyped to see the development of new survival games and try them out myself, but there's just something about good core mechanics and well-defined vision for the final product, that keeps the players engaged for years.