It’s time to catch up on all your MonsterVine content with this week’s news round-up. After you’re done catching up on all your MonsterVine news, what games will you be catching up on this weekend?
Along with your daily dose of news, we have several features for you to check out, including two reviews and a preview.
The Walking Dead game from Telltale Games came out last year, but that hasn’t stopped us from reviewing it now. With it’s emotional story telling and intriguing characters, the game received high praise from critics and the public. Check out Plamen Jeliazkov’s short review to read his thoughts on The Walking Dead game:
The Walking Dead: A Short Review
More and more free-to-play and MMO games are flooding the market and it’s getting harder for consumers to navigate through them. Which titles are worth the time? Should you invest in this MMO or that MMO? The latest free-to-play title is Neverwinter, and it might be worth your time, and investment. Check out Diego Escala’s review of Neverwinter:
The multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) is a fledging genre with new titles hitting the market every year. One of the most anticipated titles is DOTA 2, and its release is coming very soon. Bill Chen brings you a preview of the game before its launch in August:
With the Major League Gaming spring championship going on right now, it’s a perfect time to get into the competitive gaming scene. Plamen wrote up an opinion piece on why the spirit of competitive gaming is on the same level of professional athletic sports:
On The Spirit of Competitive Gaming
The video game industry in the last few years has pumped out titles that rival some of the biggest Hollywood summer blockbusters. As games like Call of Duty, Halo, Uncharted and Gears of War have proven in the current generation of consoles, the large action set piece moments are no longer exclusive to the movie industry. But these action scenes and power story lines are the only elements of the Hollywood indsutry that video game companies have mirrored. The economics powering the decisions on what games are released and not released are similar to Hollywood.
Bill Chen sits down to hammer out his opinion on why the Hollywood approach to video games may not be a sound decision for the future of the game industry. It’s an interesting read, and you can check it out here:
Chasing an Industry: The Economics of Videogames Turned Hollywood
Check out the news below:
Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep Launch Trailer
Black Ops 2 Vengeance Map Pack Trailer
Routine Shows the Scary Side of Robots
You Want Some Dragons? We Got 27 Minutes of Divinity: Dragon Commander
Teleglitch: Die More Edition Announcement Trailer
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified Lets You Call the Shots
Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection Trailer
Aarklash: Legacy Tactical Combat Screenshots
Civilization V: Brave New World Launch Trailer
Happy Gaming!
