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Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes Beta Impressions

October 25, 2011November 15, 2011 Umar Khan 0 Comments Age of Reckoning, DAOC, Dark Age of Camelot, Defense of the Ancients, Defense of the Ancients 2, DOTA, DotA2, EA, EA Mythic, electronic arts, Heroes of Newerth, HON, league of legends, LOL, MMORPG, moba, Multiplayer Online Battle Arena, Multiplayer Online Games, Mythic, pvp, umar khan, WAR, Warhammer, Warhammer Online

It was announced yesterday that I could ultimately take my hands away from my blabbering mouth and finally get my chance to talk about EA-Mythic’s take on the Multiplayer Online Battle Arena genre with Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes.

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Khan’s Corner: First Impressions of Dominion

September 26, 2011September 26, 2011 Umar Khan 2 Comments Arathi Basin, blizzard, Defense of the Ancients, Dominion, DOTA, free to play, HON, league of legends, LOL, moba, Multiplayer Online Battle Arena, obsolete gamer, obsoletegamer.com, OGamer, riot, umar khan, World of Warcraft, wow

What is Dominion?

For those that played WoW (and don’t pretend you didn’t) it is basically Arathi Basin with minion waves and a fog of war in the center of the map. There are five points in the map and you must claim them, defend them, and reclaim them in order to secure the fought over resources for your team as you slowly dwindle away the enemy team’s nexus HP bar. Sounds pretty wizard doesn’t it? Well it is! It is pretty damn wizard.

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Will Valve’s New Game Be Free To Play?

June 29, 2011April 1, 2014 Umar Khan 0 Comments Champions Online, Defense of the Ancients, Defense of the Ancients 2, DOTA, DotA2, F2P, free to play, Global Agenda, league of legends, LOL, obsolete gamer, obsoletegamer, obsoletegamer.com, OGamer, Spiral Knights, Steam, team fortress 2, TF2, umar khan, umarkhan, Valve

Steam, the online game distributor, has recently embraced the free to play phenomenon recently gaining popularity in North America and is now offering this genre an outlet. With games like Champions Online, Spiral Knights, and Global Agenda all feeling resurgence in their populations from this new spotlight its only natural for Valve to try their hand at the F2P model.