Showing posts with label Free Floating Hostility. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Free Floating Hostility. Show all posts

Sunday, March 8, 2015

Free Floating Hostility: Microsoft did it again

They did it again. Microsoft is one of those companies, which seem to think, that instead of making better products you dominate market by locking competitors off. Earlier this week Motiga, developer of upcoming MOBA Gigantic announced at PAX East that their game will be available only on Xbox One and Windows 10.

This is not the first time Microsoft is pulling stunt like this. Last year they made a deal with Crystal Dynamics - developer behind current installment of Tomb Raider franchise. Upcoming Raise of the Tomb Raider will be Xbox exclusive at launch. PC and PlayStation players will probably get it at some point in time. Let's just hope this will not take as much as getting GTA V to PC market.

Sunday, February 15, 2015

Free Floating Hostility: How ArenaNet killed the dailies for me

So here's my first shot at a column. I called it "Free Floating Hostility" because I'm going to write a piece every time something i get really pissed of at something game-related. Topic for today is Guild Wars 2 and the way daily achievements work in this MMO. I recently came back to the game after six months break and discovered some bizarre changes to few of the core mechanics. What I like the least is new way dailies are completed. While playing the game one thing boggled my mind...