These past few days have seen an online shitstorm brewing with regards to Stardock’s latest game, Elemental: War of Magic, which offers a curious mixture between role-playing and turn-based strategy. After actually getting a few hours of play time in myself I’m now going to chime in with my own opinion, but let’s first take [...]

Digital download services like GamersGate and Steam are quickly becoming the dominant platform for PC game sales. And with a constant stream of interesting deals and publicity, there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight for their growth. I’ve already covered how this is a positive development and highlighted some of the advantages of [...]

Digital download services like GamersGate and Steam are quickly becoming the dominant platform for PC game sales. And with a constant stream of interesting deals and publicity, there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight for their growth. I, like many PC gamers, have already mostly foregone physical copies in favor of this new [...]

In GameDrone Monthly I give a recap of my gaming activities in the past month, some new articles on GameDrone that you might have missed and what I expect to be doing in the coming month. Maybe you’d like share your experiences, send in a game you’d like me to cover on GameDrone or team [...]

In Games Worth Playing I take a look at noteworthy games released during the previous month. It contains both a list of worthwhile new games and coverage of the most highly anticipated releases of the month. Naturally I can’t play every game that’s released in a month, but I’ll do my best to get a [...]

Beat Hazard is an excellent new indie game that offers arcade space shooter gameplay based around your music tracks. Similar to Audiosurf it builds a background and enemy waves based on the beat of the music, but this beat also determines your rate of fire and the power of your weapons. Add in a wealth [...]

Anyone who has ever visited the Battle.net forums can tell you that it’s a site of constant flame wars, spamming and trolling. It’s like that dark alley everyone passes by even in broad daylight: not a place where you’d like to hang out. So, Blizzard has taken notice and intends for the new RealID system [...]

In GameDrone Monthly I give a recap of my gaming activities in the past month, some new articles on GameDrone that you might have missed and what I expect to be doing in the coming month. Maybe you’d like share your experiences, send in a game you’d like me to cover on GameDrone or team [...]

In Games Worth Playing I take a look at noteworthy games released during the previous month. It contains both a list of worthwhile new games and coverage of the most highly anticipated releases of the month. Of course I can’t play every game that’s released in a month, but I’ll do my best to get [...]

New MMOGs are launched nearly every day, but with developers and publishers not providing any official statistics it can be hard to judge their relative success. I’d still like to give it a try with this top 10 list of what I think will be the most successful subscription-based MMOGs this year in the west. [...]

If there’s anything I’ve learned from playing through the WarCraft 3: The Frozen Throne singleplayer campaign, then it’s that mission variety is a key aspect of real-time strategy games that’s far too often overlooked. The Frozen Throne’s singleplayer campaign is amongst the most enjoyable RTS campaigns I’ve ever played, which was entirely down to the [...]

The Alliance Tournament is an annual event in EVE Online where 64 teams face off against each other in a strict tournament format dictated by CCP. It’s also accompanied by high definition video footage with commentary for every match in the tournament, which can make for great viewing even if you’re not an active EVE [...]