Mass Effect doesn't make much economic sense. For a start, in an age of automation in which machines can do almost all labour with the exception of some military stuff, prostitution and (bizarrely) shopkeeping (though that changes to a degree in the 2nd and 3rd games), what do most people actually do? How are they…

That sounds staggeringly ambitious beyond all reason. Honestly, no wonder it was cancelled.

How much space is there in the market for new MOBAs anyway. It seems to me that it's just DOTA 2 and League of Legends, and a bunch of other plucky upstarts that mostly fail anyway.

I disagree. I think we'll see WoW II. Subscriber numbers are falling, Acti stock is falling, and stockholders will *demand* a sequel. World of Warcraft is by far the most successful game of all time. It has made more than $10bn so far. It is the backbone of Activision's financials, along with Call of Duty, which…

I'm 100% sure one could find similarly embarrassing stories on the Gawker network, but does that make you a moron for reading Kotaku?

One would imagine that the obese would be less able to perform the acrobatic feats required to survive the zombie apocalypse.

Yes, it took place in Cyprus iirc. Was decent. One of the first games that really made you feel like the PSP was a proper console style experience.

Which game is it?

Destiny articles generate clicks. So indirectly, yes, they are getting 'paid.' By providing content people want.

Microsoft gets 10%+ of every game on Xbox. They get 0% of every game on PC, except the ones they publish themselves.

I imagine that statistically, feminist women have probably raped feminist women before. The idea is to say that the crimes of 'gamer culture' are not comparable to ISIS.

They've made a lot of the more challenging bosses in the single-player storyline significantly easier because that was a common complaint.

Those pictures aren't a 'male power fantasy' though. I no of no man, least of all myself, who wants to look like that.

Depends. I think balance is a lot better (they nerfed a lot of the heinously overpowered gear), and I think it's slightly less gear dependent than it was. They removed competitive, ranked Warzones, and replaced them with the new Arenas (you can still play warzones with normal matchmaking, of course) which are hectic…

They've improved the levelling curve considerably, so much so that on double experience weekends you can easily level just by playing the class storyline and the main quest for each planet, and not be under-levelled.

Does it matter? :)

I suppose. Personally I think a subscription is the only real way to play the game (and Bioware heavily 'pressures' you into subscribing), so I get my 600 coins a month and buy the odd piece of cosmetic gear off the shop. SWTOR isn't *really* F2P. It's more of a subscription game with a very generous, 200+ hour…

No, KOTOR takes place 300 years before TOR. Both of them take place around 3600-3900 years before the movies, iirc.

Honestly SW:TOR is definitely the best themepark MMO out there these days. They've added a lot and it keeps getting better. Population has remained very healthy and stable for the last couple of years (since F2P really), and in terms of group content, things have gotten a lot better. Adding player housing, Arenas,…

This game looks like it will bomb to me. Last gen sales have dropped off a cliff, and it's releasing around some massive titles.