Yearly Archives: 2019

Tekken 7

Tekken 7 is a 3D head-to-head multiplayer fighting game and final chapter of the exhaustive Mishima conflict. Take part in epic duels and intense cinematic sequences as you uncover the reasons behind the ceaseless struggle.

Business Model: Buy-to-Play

Microtransactions: Yes, there are additional characters and costumes available via DLC.

Key Features:

 

Free Choice: Take your pick from a fan-favorite packed list of 30+ unique fighters.

Get Angry: When reaching low health, players activate their Rage Mode and can perform huge comebacks with 30% more damage and unblockable attacks.

Power Crush: Perform strong attacks that will ignore hitstun properties of most attacks, allowing you to change up the pace of a fight very quickly.

Evil’s Wrath: From the popular Street Fighter series by Capcom, players can unleash the power of Akuma with all of his trademark attacks in the Tekken world.

Coming for You: Compete against other players from around the world in the all-new tournament mode.

 

 

Street Fighter V

Street Fighter V is the latest installment of the legendary fighting game series from Capcom. Featuring a new battle system, new visuals and returning characters. Street Fighter V will be the most competitive Street Fighter game yet. Available on PS4 and PC with crossplay compatibility.

Business Model: Retail Purchase

Microtransactions: Yes/No, Types of Microtransactions (Cosmetic, Experience, DLC, etc)

Key Features:

New game systems: Master the new V-skills which gives unique attack attributes to each character, V-reversals that give unique countetrattacks using the V-Gauge and the V-triggers that use up the entire V-Gauge.

Critical Arts: Perform your character’s ultimate attack to inflict massive damage.

Returning characters: Play as long time veteran characters including Ryu and Chun-li, or embrace retuning Street Fighter Alpha characters including Nash (Charlie) or Birdie.

Expansions:

Arcade Edition: Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition offers unlocked characters from Character Pass 1 and 2, as well as a new arcade mode, unlockable illustration gallery, team battle mode, extra battle mode, new v-triggers, and updated visuals.

Starcraft II

Starcraft II is a sci-fi real-time strategy game blending in-depth economic management and high-intensity tactical combat. Play your part in one of the three diverse narrative-driven campaigns and endure the skill-testing objectives awaiting brave commanders.

Business Model: Free-to-Play

Microtransactions: Yes, there is additional downloadable content available for purchase.

Key Features:

Races: Battle as the gritty Terran, the plague-like Zerg, or the cleansing Protoss in the ultimate fight for survival.

Follow the Money: Mine out resources nodes and distribute them into high-yield investments.

Standard Issue: Train up units and increase their power with additional gear upgrades.

APM: Use quick movements, tactical advantages, and character abilities to win challenging skirmishes.

Crash and Burn: Tear through your opponents buildings and destroy their war engine!

Extensive Online: Play friendlies with guild mates or rise to the challenge in the ranked leagues.

Altered Field: Dive into hundreds of maps each offering unique ways to interact with your opponent.

Us vs. the World: Team up with a buddy to tackle community made co-op missions.

 

Expansions:

Heart of the Swarm: Lead the Zerg as the deadly Queen of Blades.
Legacy of the Void: Join the Protoss in the their war against the defiled.
Nova Covert Ops: Follow a series of 9 new missions released over three installments taking place a few years after the epilogue of Legacy of the Void.

Forge Online (Defunct)

Forge Online has closed its doors and is no longer running.

Forge was a unique third person PvP MMO that pitted players against one another in a battle for survival. When the pantheon of gods is swallowed by a being known as the Devourer, they use their cunning to trap great warriors and zealots on a world known as Forge to do battle in their name. The competition is designed to sacrifice the weak in order to allow the gods to regain their powers, and free themselves from The Devourer. Do battle in their name, win at all costs, and win you freedom.

 

 

Features

 

Five Classes: Assassin, Pathfinder, Pyromancer, Shaman, and Warden. Each class has different, unique abilities that help them excel on the battlefield.

 

Companion pets: Each class has a different companion to summon, that aid the warrior in their own ways. From beasts, to powerful elementals, to the undead, each retains the unique feel of each class.

 

Differing Maps: Each of the maps in Forge is completely unique. This allows you to form strategies based on each map on how best to dispatch your opponents, as well as keep things fresh and entertaining.

 

MMO Style Combat: Keeping the focus on combat, the game makes controlling your champion easy, and choosing your attacks simple. This ensures a level playing field for all competitors.

 

Clash of Kings

Clash of Kings is a persistent-world real-time strategy game featuring tactical military combat and kingdom management. Wage wars, fight armies, and overrun rivals’ castles your quest to conquering all 7 nations!

Business Model: Free-to-Play

Microtransactions: Yes, there is a premium currency available for purchase.

Key Features:

 

Manifest Destiny: Build up a massive city by constructing and upgrading a wide variety of buildings.

Attention!: Recruit and train up an army of veteran soldiers.

Eye Catcher: Enjoy beautiful scenery and art across the endless empires.

PvP Action: Battle or defend against enemy players from around the world at any time.

Ceasefire: Negotiate key allegiances for a vital strategic advantage in an unforgiving world.

 

 

Battlefield 4

Battlefield 4 is a multiplayer focused FPS game by EA Games and DICE. Building from the strengths of BF3, Battlefield 4 pushes the limits of modern warfare with 64 player matches, the return of commander mode, full destructive environments and more. It offers unparalleled gameplay with it’s dynamic map events, exciting vehicles, and massive match sizes. Jump into the battlefield today to see how many players you can take down and if you can stop an evil Chinese admiral from pitting Russia and the United States against one another!

Business Model: Retail Purchase

Microtransactions: Yes: DLCs as well as “shortcuts”, which unlock weapons or other gameplay utilities, and loot boxes.

Key Features:

All out war: ew maps, more vehicles, weapons and destruction allow you to create your own path and play to your strengths.

Commander mode Play as the commander and give your teammates commands in an RTS-style format. Deliver critical intelligence, manage support activity and deploy powerful war assets during true squad-based team play.

Levolution: Player’s actions will physically change the interactive levels in real-time, creating new challenges on the battlefield. Enjoy a dynamic battlefield where no two games will ever be the same.

Amphibious Assault: Battlefield 4 extends the front past the shoreline with the addition of intense and dramatic water-based combat.

Expansions:

Notice: Purchase of the Premium Edition of Battlefield 4 grants access to all DLCs at a drastically discounted price.

China Rising : New weapons and maps, new gadgets, and new vehicles, as well as a new game mode.

Naval Strike : New weapons and new sea-battle based maps.

Final Stand : Take the fight to Russia with 4 new wintry maps, new high-tech weapons, gadgets, and vehicles, and cruise the landscape on a snowmobile.

Dragon’s Teeth : Urban warfare at it’s finest. 4 new urban maps, a new multiplayer mode, and lots of new gear and assignments.

Lego Worlds

Lego Worlds is an adventure game created by TT Games. Players can explore environments filled with Lego pieces.

Business Model: Retail Purchase, $29.99 USD

Microtransactions: Yes – DLC’s

Key Features:

Explore. Discover.: Uncover hidden treasures in environments that range from the fun to the fantastical, using a variety of vehicles and creatures from diggers and helicopters to horses and dragons.

Play Online For the first time ever, play with others in LEGO Worlds and create tons of possibilities.

Panda Pop

Panda Pop is a puzzle action game created by SGN. An evil baboon has kidnapped precious panda pups in the jungle. Players can strategically burst matching bubbles to help beat him and return the pups to their worried mother.

Business Model: Free to Play

Microtransactions: Yes – Purchase boosts to help beat levels, as well as additional level attempts.

Key Features:

Tons of challenge: Discover dozens of beautiful worlds & over 500 challenging levels.

Friendly Leaderboards: Play among friends and see how you stack up.

Quick and Easy: Enjoy a casual game that’s fun and easy to learn, challenging and rewarding to win.

Great visuals: Panda Pop features characters, animations, and sound effects you will fall in love with.