Through the years, user-created maps and modded game types have been a staple of Blizzard’s real-time strategy titles. As I first delved in to StarCraft II last month and began outlining a review, visiting the custom games section of Battle.net was high on my list. Feeling nostalgic for my RTS roots, I had lofty expectations [...]

Worms Reloaded Worms Reloaded is blowing its way back to PCs with Holy Hand Grenades and cute voices. Is it living up to its name in the series or is it an explosive flop? Have a seat with some popcorn in hand as we take a look at the newly released Steam exclusive. What’s Good [...]

Bigfoot Networks: Killer 2100 Gaming Network Card Review Bigfoot Networks’ Killer 2100 Gaming Card enters a market full of gaming peripherals each claiming to provide the ultimate performance boost for online gamers. On Bigfoot Networks’ site, it claims the 2100 is the “Fastest Network Card for Online Games”. In our review, we’ll put multiple games [...]

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty In one of the most epic gaming releases of the past 25 years, Blizzard has pulled out all of the stops to deliver what is  the most anticipated Real Time Strategy (RTS) title of all time. With 13 years under their belt since its predecessor, Blizzard has delivered plenty of [...]

The following is a guest post from Mark Joslin – a friend of MMOMFG, a student of Computer Science at the Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, and an unwavering Ultima Online fan. You can read more from Mark on his blog as well as on Twitter. A version of this post first appeared on [...]

For anyone who holds games like Warcraft II, III and DotA (Defense of the Ancients) close to their heart, there is another quality game on the market that you might not be completely familiar with. Having met with the fine folks of Riot Games at E3, the original creators of DotA Allstars and League of [...]

Huzzah, my first review! And the honor goes to Battleswarm: Field of Honor, a free to play FPS/RTS hybrid from Game World Tech. Battleswarm gives you control over human soldiers or bug armies to battle against the computer or other players online. It’s very Starship Troopers, with some of the bug units taking inspiration from [...]

All Points Bulletin With a distinct lack of solid cops and robbers MMOs on the market, Realtime Worlds and EA have attempted to fill that void with the All Points Bulletin (APB). From the outside looking in, APB takes advantage of numerous MMO characteristics such as leveling up, earning new items and weapons, advanced customization, [...]

Having had the opportunity to check out all of 2K Games’ lineup of titles at E3 last month, the one that stood out above the rest was XCOM. Nostalgia sat in when the title was first announced this year, as I must have logged over 100+ hours playing each of the original X-COM titles for [...]