1. League of legends (MOBA)
(LoL) recently announced their Season 3 rewards with less than three months to go until the end of Season 3 ranked play. Expect to see a lot of videos for the seasonal finals with top tier teams, and some attempts to make the game more personal. Check out this video.
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2. Forge goes free to play
And so if you missed the hotkey based PVP aspects of older MMO games but want to get in on the action all you need to do is head over to steam or their website. Developers promise that Forge will not be pay-to-win and supported by cosmetic items. So to get better the only option is to level your champion which allows for more flexibility in how you want to upgrade (more like side-grade) your character.
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3. Dead Island Epidemic (MOBA)
Yet another moba. (yawn) which might be able to deliver on the promise of significantly changing the dynamic of the 5v5 map by (drum rolls please….) throwing in zombies. The cliche aside, the zombies will act as a random neutral faction that will force opposing players to work together in certain scenarios in a map with ever-changing objectives. Whether they can deliver on this or is it another MOBA with zombies is yet to be seen. Official Website.
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4. Marvel Heroes
The new updates for marvel heroes allows you to choose new difficulty modes. The defense system is overhauled and now makes sense for everyone even ranged heroes. This along with Emma Frost and a cool new motion comic and bug fixes makes for a good overall patch for the game.
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5. Bye bye Battleforge
After 4 years since launch EA has decided to shut down its card based RTS. The announcement left players unhappy due to a lack of player reimbursement system for fans that still have their virtual currency saved up. The move was not all that surprising since the game did not receive any major updates recently. Services seize Oct 31. It was one of the first few US triple-A titles to go free.
For those looking for a new card based games I recommend Scrolls (from the creators of Minecraft).
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6. Hawken
The F2P mech shooter from Adhesive games is about to get a major facelift in the form of Accention update. New offline mode and a complete re-balancing are the major highlights. Players will now progress by earning XP in all mech and if already max this can be used on other mechs that a player has. Mech earned by leveling up are provided free and can be customized like the other mechs. Also they uploaded a video of the new Last Eco map which is available to play.
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7. Warframe
Update 10: Shadows of the Dead celebrates over 4 million player base with new Warframes, environments, weapons, game modes including the introduction of The Conclaves. The conclaves allow the Tenno(players) to challenge each another in both 1v1 and 2v2 combat. These Conclaves have been added throughout the Map. Check out the video for the update here.
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8. Strife (MOBA)
The game from the developers of Heroes of Newerth aims to reduce player toxicity by resource sharing mechanics like half the gold being split between your lane mate or the entire team ensure that even the weakest players gets enough gold to be competitive. Progression on the meta level allows you to level up items and every player has companions that act as passive buffs. Couriers allow more time to be spent on the battlefield and less time running back to base. Check out their free comic preview here.
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9. Smashmuck Champions (MOBA)
Like Strife, SmashMuck Champions is another more casual approach to the MOBA genre focusing more on action than items or farming. The game is available on Early Access on Steam. The game allows up to ten players in one of five Game Types with each arena’s environment being interactive opening up many new levels of strategic gameplay mechanics.
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10. Blacklight Retribution : Onslaught
While gearing up for e-sports the community run Blacklight Community League ran the August Cup. Zombie Studios also showed off the latest build of the game at Gamescon running on PS4. The good news being PlayStation 4 users will be able to download and play Blacklight: Retribution without a PlayStation Plus subscription .
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