It has been quite a while since the last major website update for MP1st. The roots of the current theme go back to just a few months after the site launched back in August 2011. Things have changed and evolved but the basics have remained the same. A few months ago I started writing down […]
In recent articles here on MP1st, there seems to be a lot of controversy about what makes a new game engine and what doesn’t. Is the engine of Call of Duty: Ghosts new, or is it a copy/paste job from the last generation of console hardware? In a very strict sense, no. It is not […]
ArenaNet discusses discusses Guild Wars 2 technical issues on Reddit. In arecent AMA (Ask Me Anything), 24 AreneNet employees acknowledged many of the technical limitations Guild Wars 2 currently faces. While not officially announcing anything officially, at least we know that he programmers are aware of this issues and are looking into ways to solve them. […]
Guild Wars 2’s developer ArenaNet has announced in a blogpost that they will be adding paid tournaments and rentable arenas in a future update. The paid tournaments will be an addition to the already available free tournaments. Like the name suggests they will have an entry fee in the form of a ticket. Tickets will be […]
The time has come. Five years after the official announcement, after years of rumors, hype, marketing talk and speculation. The one MMO that promises to change the genre forever. Goodbye World of Warcraft, long live the new king: Guild Wars 2. Or at least that’s the plan. Arenanet has promised a lot of things for […]
Valve has released their latest update for Team Fortress 2 today. The biggest addition is the all new “Doomsday” gamemode. In this mode one team tries to launch a rocket into space while the other team tries to stop them. Along with this gamemode, 11 new achievements have been revealed. At least 10 new community […]
PC gamers are becoming a minority. Not because less people play PC games, but because more people are playing on the consoles. 15 years ago, almost every gamer could be considered hardcore by today’s standard. Things have changed. The gaming industry is as big, if not bigger, than the movie industry and along with that, […]
A lot of new information about Battlefield 3 has come out today, including the minimum and recommended system specifications for the PC beta. These are the requirements for the beta so they might still change a bit, but don’t expect miracles. This late into the development cycle they probably won’t make drastic changes anymore. Enough […]
Finally, 3 weeks after the last update, which introduced Talon, Riot has come out with a new update. This week they introduced “Riven, the Exile”. Riven is an AD melee fighter with high DPS, perfectly suited for going solo top. While Riven may be new, she is not the biggest change. Champions like Brand, […]
