Monthly Archives: June 2019

Dragon Lord

Dragon Lord is a free-to-play browser game, developed by espirt games studioswith a high fantasy theme.

Business Model: Free to Play

Microtransactions: Microtransactions include items that increase stats, modify weapons, and grant hero experience.

Key Features:

Crafting: Collect materials to forge powerful weapons with which to destroy your foes.

Fan-service: Bewbs. Butts too.

City Building: Build a city around a castle, then defend both.

PvP Arena: Choose to go head to head against other players for great prizes.

Magic: the Gathering Arena

Magic: the Gathering Arena (MTG Arena) is a free-to-play fantasy strategy game developed by Wizards of the Coast. MTG Arena translates the rich world of Magic into a modern gaming experience, pairing it with exquisite visuals and easy access on PC. With all the depth, rules, and choices fans love, plus the striking and easy-to-understand visuals, MTG Arena promises to deliver an exciting new addition to the Magic franchise. Enjoy the classic game you’ve grown to love, stream your matches, and help MTG Arena realize its potential as a competitive powerhouse!

Features:

Old and New Cards: Upon release, MTG Arena is going to feature the full card sets in Standard with the intention of adding around 1,000 new cards each year. This means you’ll be seeing some of your favorite cards mixed in with new arrivals!

Changing Gameplay: The new Game Rules Engine created specifically for MTG Arena can handle any possible card that can be dreamed up, unshackling the possibilities for industry-leading designers to create cards around new mechanics and wildly fun concepts. This means gameplay will not just stagnate and has the possibility to evolve in a number of different ways.

Battle Experience: With epic visuals illustrating how your cards battle and awesome sounds depicting attacks the game will be easier than ever to follow while providing more ways to interact with the evolving content of the game.

Streaming: Streaming is intended to be a large part of the game and help tie the Magic community together. With exciting visuals and audio the game will only be even more exciting for everyone to spectate.

Big Farm

Big Farm is a large-scale, multiplayer farm simulator made in the image of Farmville. It intends to expand the genre of farm simulation and browser-based games by making farms larger scale and more involved. Available on your browser, or on the go with your iOS or Android mobile devices.

Business Model: Free to Play

Microtransactions: Yes

Key Features:

Colorful Art: Big Farm has intricate and charming art. From the orchards, to the livestock, to the characters, Big Farm’s art has a unique touch.

Neighbor Economies: Set up trade and exchanges with your immediate neighbors to create intricate economies and greater communities.

Wide Variety of Languages: Supports a large number of European languages, and English, of course. The translation is touted as solid and thorough.

Intuitive UI: The user-interface in Big Farm offers players clear direction, and brings them relevant data about experience, gold, seeds, and other important aspects of gameplay in an unobtrusive, visually pleasing manner.

Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V is an open world sandbox game which allows you to control one of three characters in the fictional city of Los Santos, CA. Navigate the underbelly of the city as you participate in a variety of mission style heists. Available on PS3, PS4, XB360, XB1, and PC.

Business Model: Retail Purchase – $29.99

Microtransactions: Yes – Players may purchase “Shark cards”, worth in game currency.

Key Features:

GTA Online: The first Grand Theft Auto title to offer an online mode, allowing up to 30 people on a server at once.

Get Your Groove On: Operate a night club as a front for your nefarious criminal activities.

Recreation: In your downtime between heists, you can hit the golf course, go for a nice bike ride, or practice some yoga. If that’s too much down in your downtime, try parachuting over the city, instead!

Albion Online

Albion Online is a medieval fantasy MMORPG in a sandbox-style world. The game is also designed as a true cross-platform experience, capable of running across several operating systems and devices in the same persistent world. It is currently available on Windows, Linux, Mac OSX, Android, and Steam.

Business Model: Retail 29.95 with optional premium service subscription.

Microtransactions: Yes – Players may purchase premium subscription, which increases the rate in which xp, gold, and other things are earned. Players may also directly purchase in game gold from the cash shop.

Key Features:

Player Driven Economy: All items and buildings are player crafted – create your own dream town, even your own dream village, and rent out land or production units to other players! The player economy also becomes reliant on a realistic weight system and the use of transportation.

Open World Full Loot PvP: In a truly consequential competitive environment, you stand to lose it all when you die – if you die.

Territory Control System: Conquer and hold territories to access resources as well as protect yourself from the dangers of the wild.

Simple But Strategic: A Rock Paper Scissors combat system offers simple but intense action, and every battle is influenced by the territory it takes place in.

Need for Speed No Limits

Need for Speed No Limits is a racing sim featuring traffic-weaving street racing, extensive vehicle customization, and adrenaline-pumping police chases.

Business Model: Free-to-Play

Microtransactions: Yes, there are optional in-app purchases.

Key Features:

Classes: Learn the nuanced differences between the Super, Street, and Muscle car types.

Top of the Line: Drive some of the newest and fastest autos on the market including the Ferrari 458, Mercedes AMG GT, and McLaren 650s!

Maximized: Freely mix and match parts to find that extra little bit of competitive advantage.

Blackridge Races: Zip through city streets dodging debris, launching over jumps, and even capitalizing on powerful Nitro Zones all over town.

Packed Garage: Collect a wide variety of rides across 1000 unique challenges.

 

Clicker Heroes

Clicker Heroes is an idle progression game taking place in a colorful fantasy world filled with hundreds of monsters to vanquish and vast amounts of treasures to collect.

Business Model: Free-to-Play

Microtransactions: Yes, there are a wide variety of cosmetics and other items for sale.

Key Features:

 

Adventurer: Travel across the realms discovering new locations and unique creatures to fight.

Open Recruitment: Hire over 35 different heroes to assist you on your quest for damage.

Incremental Improvements: Use some of that hard-earned gold to upgrade your characters to insane heights.

Running on Idle: Have to step away for a while? No problem! Your heroes will kill monsters and collect gold even while you’re away so you have some loot to come back to.

Teamwork: Join or create a clan and work together to take down big bads.

 

 

MapleStory 2

MapleStory 2 is the long-awaited, free to play, fully 3D MMORPG sequel to the popular MapleStory.

Business Model: Free to Play

Microtransactions: Yes – Players may purchase cosmetics from the shop, and may design and sell them as well.

Key Features:

Classes: Choose from Soul Binder, Archer, Assassin, Berserker, Heavy Gunner, Knight, Priest, Runeblade, Thief, or Wizard.

Social Aspects: Maplestory 2 has a strong focus on socialization, with costumes, music, trivia games, and more.

Build: Every player gets the a free house that they can build, customize, and expand in all 3 dimensions.

User Generated Content: Can’t find just the right outfit to suit your character idea? Make your own! Maplestory 2’s UGC system gives you a wide range of customization options.