League of Legends Routinely Hits 5 Million Concurrent User Mark

Posted on Mar 19, 2013

Five million. That’s certainly impressive no matter what way you shake it. Riot Games, creator of League of Legends and that’s it, has become a household name thanks to its wildly successful F2P multiplayer online battle arena. Now the number one eSports community, the firm is celebrating the fact that it routinely maintains 5,000,000+ concurrent players at

LoreHound Crier 1/14 – 1/18 At A Glance

Posted on Jan 18, 2013

  Well this has certainly been a headliner week. From gay planets to presidential violence studies, there’s been a lot of video games in the news the past few days. It’s rather depressing how sensationalized the media has become, that facts and information take a seat far, far behind glitz and outrage mongering. It’s weeks

Big Data Helping Riot Games Make a Better Community, Game

Posted on Dec 10, 2012

Last week, Riot Games made headlines across the eSports community by banning a pro gamer. After coming to trial in its Tribunal penal system nine different times, the pro gamer, IWillDominate from Team Dignitas, was permanently banned for repeated harassment. After suffering from eight previous punishments, the player clearly wasn’t getting the picture. The ban

Dailies – The Pinnacle of Lazy Gaming

Posted on Jun 18, 2012

When I started playing MMORPGs, there was no such thing as a daily quest, but as theme-park MMOs developed and became the standard, and leveling times shrunk, developers needed a way to keep players playing. So the Daily Quest was born. Here we have a system that is so boring and monotonous, I find it hard

Smite Closed Beta First Impressions

Posted on Jun 13, 2012

For the past couple of weeks I have jumped in and out of the closed beta for Hi-Rez Studios‘ highly anticipated MOBA, SMITE. SMITE is an amazing addition to this popular gaming genre, that also gives it an interesting twist. For those of you who aren’t that familiar with a Multiplayer  Online Battle Arena (MOBA),

Embracing the Endgame

Posted on Feb 17, 2012

Over at Bio Break, Syp wrote today about how he’s never been a fan of end-game content, finding it repetitive and entirely different from the journey to the level-cap.  He goes on to say that after finally hitting the level-cap with his Agent in SWTOR, he’s ready to re-roll with a new character and start over,

The Upcoming MMOGs of 2012

Posted on Dec 30, 2011

It’s not quite over yet, but 2011 was not a banner year for the MMOG genre. There was no massive success, no breakaway hit. Players did receive their handful of expansions and new content patches, but with the exception of the just-released Star Wars: The Old Republic – a title which may become that massive

Entering the Dominion of League of Legends

Posted on Sep 13, 2011

iTZKooPA traversed what was likely the largest booth at PAX Prime 2011 to chat with Travis George about League of Legends‘ new game mode, Dominion. The Shelled One and the Lead Producer discuss character builds, professional gaming’s possible adaptation of the new mode, five capping and environmental effects

PAX Prime 2011: Farming a Lane with Smite

Posted on Sep 02, 2011

iTZKooPA gets the skinny from the multi-talented CEO of Hi-Rez Studios Todd Harris on the company’s upcoming DotA-inspired third-person MOBA, Smite. Ride along with iTZKooPA to catch a glimpse of the title’s first public showing

PAX Prime 2011: Day 1 Photos

Posted on Aug 31, 2011

Continuing with giving you a teaser of photographic content to keep you thirsty for more as we polish off the content we have for you to grasp onto until release dates happen, here is Day 1 of PAX Prime 2011. Day 1 was filled with a busy schedule as we ran as a pack of