As a tabletop gamer, I’ve always wanted a digital game where my figurines came to life on the tabletop. From what I’ve seen from the alpha, Wartile is an excellent attempt in revitalizing this age-old genre. Ignoring all the features of a game in alpha, the concept behind the game is quite interesting: Real-time combat with figurines. The execution...
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Lack of communication, top-down pressure and unprofessional handling of situations feature in the recent Shanghai Major controversy. It was only a symptom of a problem as James “2GD” Harding was fired personally by CEO of Valve, Gabe “GabeN” Newell on the second day of the Shanghai Majors, a Dota 2 tournament with a 3 million dollar prize pool. Gab...
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If you’re a fan of Gratuitous Space Battles, Battlestation:Harbinger brings the combat to the table without the frills of customization. By limiting strategy to the equipment and the relative ranges from each ship, Battlestation is an easy to understand game (which fits the niche of time-friendly PC games). In comparison, FTL is a mechanically rich...
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Ruin has come to our family. The first sentence which greets you sets the tone for the game perfectly. In Darkest Dungeon, you’re looking to salvage a town ravaged by the evils unleashed by the mistakes of your Ancestor. Expect an extremely challenging experience as you pick your way through the masses of monsters in this dungeon-crawling rougelike...
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Team Secret has so much in their pockets. 2 straight LANS, MLG, NYC. They are the new Team DK, built to win, but with slightly better synergy in the sense where Puppey is the top dog in the chain of command. Old DK had plenty of strong personalities and conflicting voices – that compromised the team’s strategy, even if their...
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