Bloodline Champions Review - April 15, 2011Just as Counter-Strike, a simple half-Life mod managed to start the team-based shooter hysteria, so did DotA (Defence of the Ancients), not even a mod but a custom map of Warcraft 3 for the arena-based PvP online games. Well, I think it actually invented the genre. Each time someone has an original and successful, idea...
Faxion Online Review - April 2, 2011Free online games and even games in general have a lot of themes. Pirates, fantasy, flying, war and so on. One subject that was left out though, mainly due to people’s sensitive attitude towards it, is religion. Until now... UTV True Games, a company already with some experience on the free MMO market is launching Faxion...
Battleswarm: Field of Honor Review - March 16, 2011I’m not a big fan of FPSs. I usually play them when I am too bored for something complicated. RTSs, on the other side, although not one of my favorite genres, I play online with my friends every weekend. So, I’m quite familiar with both. When I found Battleswarm: Field of Honor (I’ll just call it Battleswarm...
World of Tanks Review - March 3, 2011Tanks… Mean machines with even meaner guns! It’s every sane man’s secret dream to be able to drive and wreak havoc with one of these things. Unfortunately, most of us will never have the chance to try it for real. So, Wargaming.net, a company specialized in military strategy games, thought about bringing...
War of Angels Review - February 17, 2011As more and more games are launched the MMORPG and especially free-to-play games market is becoming more and more crowded. It takes a lot to stand out nowadays and even more to be able keep up with player’s demands. Gamigo is one of the most active companies in the field with a dozen of already launched...
Might and Magic: Heroes Kingdoms Review - February 1, 2011There’s no gamer in the world who hasn’t played or at least heard about Might and Magic. It all begun in 1986 with Might and Magic: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum, the RPG that started the madness. The first game had 9 more sequels and finally in 1995, the Heroes of Might and Magic spin-off was launched.
Uncharted Waters Online Review - January 20, 2011Ah... Pirates! Explore the seven seas in your own ship, find great treasures, battle fierce one eyed one legged, one armed, one... Never mind, you know what I’m talking about. Oh, and let’s not forget the rum. The adventurous life of pirates has been the dream of every boy on the face of the earth at one point or another.
Project Blackout Review - January 11, 2011When you look at the free-to-play games market, some genres are already looking saturated. The Chinese-themed strategy games, for instance, are more than you really needed and a lot of them are just identical, with a few cosmetic changes. The free FPS genre is also starting to see too many games for its own good...
Ederon Review - November 23, 2010Along with board games and Sega console, trading card games were the things that kept much of my childhood busy. I still play board games occasionally, and except that the Sega was replaced by the PC, there’s not much difference in that area. With Trading Card Games there’s another story.
Fists of Fu Review - October 24, 2010The side-scrolling MMO has been a free online games’ niche that very few publishers dared enter. For many years MapleStory has been the king of this genre, with many clones unsuccessfully trying to get a slice of the cake. Dragonica was the latest contestant to the title of the best side-scrolling online game...
Aika Review - September 29, 2010Aika is a new free MMORPG developed by T3Fun (but there’s also a GPotato US-only version). After some research I discovered that the company is behind With Your Destiny, a not so popular MMO, and Mythos, a game inspired from the Greek ancient world that has gathered quite some hype.
Atmosphir Review - September 12, 2010When I first laid eyes on this game, it was only because the game I originally had to review shut down “for a while”. So you can imagine, my skepticism towards a game that was neither an RPG, RTS, shooter or anything of the ilk. Just a platform game that seemed to be more for kids than for fully grown adults.
Blade Wars Review - August 16, 2010Blade Wars is a new free MMORPG, created by the same Chinese company that brought you Dragon Oath, Changyou. As you probably have guessed by now, the action takes place in Ancient China, in a world of legend filled with heroes, villains, and monsters. At first sight, the game seemed...
Ministry of War Review - August 1, 2010Snail Games, publishers of Heroes of Gaia, are adding the final touches to a new and ambitious free MMO. Ministry of War is a browser-based real time strategy game and one that is aiming for the top places in its genre. Its call to fame is based on the fantastic graphics but also on the very addictive gameplay.
Shakes and Fidget Review - July 26, 2010I am sure most of you German speakers, native or not, have at one moment or other heard of Shakes and Fidget. Hell, even I did, and the only word I know is “danke”... Oh, and “bier” (!). So for those of you who don’t have a clue, Shakes and Fidget is an online comic, made by a German team.
Battle of the Immortals Review - June 2, 2010The Chinese company Perfect World Entertainment, famous for the MMO with the same name, Perfect World International, and other less known online games, gives another shot on the market with Battle of the Immortals, a classic 3D free MMORPG that promises many original or interesting features.
DarkOrbit Review - May 17, 2010DarkOrbit is a free browser game from prolific makers Bigpoint. There’s no need for installation and it’s free to create an account, but as usual there are ways to claim some money from players. There’s not much to know about DarkOrbit. The story places you in a spaceship, after selecting your faction from the three...
Free Realms Review - May 15, 2010Free Realms is a free MMO game that proves just how versatile Sony Online Entertainment – developer of Star Wars Galaxies and the upcoming The Agency, to name just a few – can get. This time they are trying to capture the attention of the youngest players, offering a beautiful environment filled with distractions and...
Outer Galaxies Review - May 11, 2010Outer Galaxies is a new browser-based free MMORPG developed by CORE Engineering, a young (or so it seemed from their photos) German team who is also behind Dogs of the Seas, a somewhat famous pirate simulator. Unlike many other browser games, this one isn't about your medieval city, our galactic empire or...
Lord of Ultima Review - April 28, 2010After their success with Battlefield Heroes, Electronic Arts, through their studio Phenomic, gives it one more shot on the rapidly growing free browser games market. Their new product, called Lord of Ultima (yes, it is part of the Ultima universe) is a RTS game set on the continent of Caledonia.
