PC

Watch An MMO PC Gamer Shoot His Way Into An FPS Player’s Console Game

The clip here is short, but incredibly cool. On the left is Eve Online, a spectacular sci-fi massively multiplayer game, which you can play on a computer. On the right is upcoming first-person shooter Dust 514, which you will be able to play on a PlayStation 3.


March 9, 2012
PC

Ultima Online, EverQuest And World Of Warcraft Earn Their Place In The MMO Hall Of Fame

The MMO Hall of Fame was created to recognise massively multiplayer online games from 1996 on up for bringing “years of excitement to millions of fans”. Which games made it into the inaugural class of 2012?


March 6, 2012
PlayStation

Dust 514 Free To Play, No Cover Required

Upcoming shooter Dust 514 is doing a lot of unusual things. It’s a PlayStation 3-exclusive first-person shooter that ties into and relies on events in the world of PC MMO Eve Online.


February 15, 2012
News

Don’t Blame Your Crappy Marriage On Video Games

With every new day comes a new excuse for nasty people to crucify video games. This time it’s a study by researchers at Brigham Young University, as reported by U.S. News in a story today titled “Spouses Being Pushed Aside For Video Games” that claims gaming is ruining marriages.


December 24, 2011
PlayStation

Sign Up For Dust 514′s Beta… If You Play EVE

We’ve shown you armor, weapons and vehicles from Dust 514, the persistent online shooter from the makers of EVE Online. Now, a select few will finally be able to get their hands on the game and how all those elements feel.


December 20, 2011
News

Say Hello To Your Dust 514 Wardrobe

Dust 514′s the latest video game in a long line to try to re-envision armed conflict in a sci-fi future. So far, the developers at CCP have given us peeks at the game’s vehicles and their maybe-too-powerful-to-even-shoot weapons. Today brings a look at the dropsuit armour that warriors in the online shooter will be sporting. CCP describes the dropsuits’ variations like so:


December 9, 2011
PlayStation

Dust 514′s Weapons Are So Lethal You Could Die Firing Them

There are so many things I love about Eve Online, but almost all of it can be traced back to the game’s mystique. I guess that’s what I love most about Eve Online; I haven’t played it.


December 8, 2011
News

How Fan Revolt In EVE Online Gave Birth To Its Latest Expansion

2011′s been a year of unexpected protests. We’ve had the Arab Spring reconfiguring the political map of various Muslim governments and the Occupy movements calling for financial reform. This summer, a video-game equivalent happened on the servers of CCP’s cult sci-fi MMO EVE Online.


November 29, 2011
PlayStation

Dust 514 Wants You To Drive Two-Seaters Of Death Into Its Warzones

In most combat games, you get into a vehicle and you ride/drive it — often, it’ll have weapons for you to fire, too — until the wheels fall off. You might be able to upgrade the guns or armour in some instances but that’s generally the extent of it.


November 17, 2011
PC

Ship Spinning Triumphantly Returns To EVE Online November 29

Your long struggle is now over, EVE Online players, as CCP gears up for the November 29 release of its 15th free expansion, Crucible, returning your beloved spaceships to spinning in stations status following a brief period of madness.