4 Awesome Peripherals For Hardcore MMO Gamers [Gaming]
Massively Multiplayer online games remain a unique genre. Despite a few attempts to change them, the most popular titles still use an ability-focused combat system that requires players to use a wide variety of keys. In addition, MMO gamers need access to voice chat for quick communication. It’s possible to get by with a simple keyboard and a three button mouse, but if you’re a serious player, you’ll need the right equipment.
Are Gamers Sick Of The Call Of Duty Series? [MUO Gaming]
Call of Duty is huge. Every November for the last 5 years, a new Call of Duty has hit store shelves, and every year it sells better than the year before. Even the years that Treyarch, often considered the B-team for COD games, makes them, they still sell millions and millions of copies and smash every entertainment sales record under the sun. It is an impressive feat, and one that keeps netting Activision more and more money.
5 Must-Have Bukkit Plugins For Your Minecraft Server
Don't worry, things definitely haven't changed since a week ago when I shared how to use ModLoader to easily install mods to your Minecraft client. Minecraft is still a phenomenon. Notch is still considered to be a genius. The game is still going strong as the greatest indie title of all time. Let's all gasp now. One thing that is going to be changing, though, is my vantage point.
Enter A Strategic Tank War Game In BZFlag
BZFlag stands for Battle Zone capture the Flag. It's a 3D tank battle game that's fast paced and at times pretty intense. There is no single-player game - it's all about team-match network gaming. Some of the games may be set up as one huge team against a second huge team in a classic capture the flag game. Other games are set up in smaller teams - much more intense.
Use ModLoader To Make Installing New Minecraft Mods Very Easy
To put it simply, you're really not enjoying the full Minecraft experience if you're running the client right out of the box. There are way too many user-contributed modifications that can soup up and trick out your Minecraft. To build up the game with mods, here's a step-by-step walk-through on how to get ModLoader up and running smoothly.
5 Sites To Find Fun And Free Massively-Multiplayer Online Games (MMOs)
Though possibly the most popular, the world of MMOs spans far beyond the realms of Everquest and World of Warcraft. There are hundreds to thousands of well-developed and even free online games for you and all of your friends to enjoy. You've just got to know where to look. So I'm here to share five MMO directories that I've had plenty of luck with in narrowing doing the choices.
Experience Minecraft for Free in Your Browser With Minecraft Classic
As far as Indie games go, Minecraft has been getting all of the buzz lately. Now with its official release behind us, you might be a little baffled at the price of $28 (although there are plenty of other games that dig a bigger hole in your wallet). Although the game is quite addictive, as I have bought it myself, those who’d rather save the money can still get a taste of what Minecraft has to offer.
3 Ways To Prepare For The New Star Wars MMO [Gaming]
It won’t be long before Bioware’s first MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic, hits store shelves. It’s set to release on December 20th, just in time to make the holidays look a bit unimportant. You may be worried if your computer is ready for it. Thankfully, the system specifications are mild, so you may not need to upgrade your PC – but there are other steps you may need to take to prepare your PC.
3 Games I Am Most Looking Forward To For Holidays 2011 [MUO Gaming]
Every year the holiday season is like a gamer's personal heaven, or personal hell, depending on your financial situation. This is because the holiday season leads to a massive influx of new games hitting store shelves every week. This is great if you are made of money and you can afford to get all of them, but if you can't, you need to figure out which games are the best for you and which games to skip.
9 Online Communities To Enhance Your Minecraft Game Experience
For a long time, I was quite skeptical about purchasing the game Minecraft. Supposedly, it is a game that serves as an portal to an endless world, one in which anyone can create anything, and to be honest, it sounded a little too good to be true. Hesitantly, I purchased the game, and I've ultimately discovered that it is one of the most games I've ever played.
The 3 Best Multiplayer First Person Shooters Of All Time [MUO Gaming]
Welcome to the first installment of MakeUseOf Gaming. On tap today we will be taking a look at the three best first person shooters in the history of gaming. First person shooters are one of the biggest genres in the video game world today. With games like Call of Duty setting sales records across all of entertainment, not just gaming, I think it is safe to say first person shooters are here to stay.
Heroes of Newerth: A Free To Play Cross-Platform Action RTS [Windows, Mac & Linux]
Here’s something you don’t see every day - a competent, multiplayer strategy game that plays nice with all three major operating systems... for free! Heroes of Newerth is the name, and team-based Warcraft-esque online strategy is the game. Originally released as a full-price game in May 2010, Heroes of Newerth has just gone free to play
Urban Terror: A Hollywood-Style First Person Shooter
We all know that there is no shortage of first person shooters, so we have to make our choice of which ones we want to play. We've been accustomed to the fact that most first person shooters have a price, and run on either Windows or a game console. With Urban Terror, we break away from the stereotype.
The 3 Best Paid Minecraft Alternatives
Minecraft is easily one of the best indie games to come out in the last few years. Its success has had less to do with the game's polish, of which there is very little, than the gameplay. There are few other games that offer the same potential for exploration and creativity. Minecraft's success has inspired some other developers to try apply a similar sandbox concept to different titles.
Spiral Knights – A Free Browser-Based Massively Multiplayer Role Playing Game From Sega
Since the passing of the Dreamcast, Sega is a company that has had to adapt to survive. No longer able to compete in the hardware market, Sonic's forefathers turned their heads solely to the software market. For the first time ever, we saw Sonic on a Nintendo console. Since then Sega has published and developed a multitude of games, and not all of them for the console market. Spiral Knights is aimed solely at PC users.