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Grimoire: Manastorm – Open(ish) Alpha & Key Giveaway (Steam)

September 8, 2018January 9, 2015 by Calum Fraser

Grimoire: Manastorm is a wizard-centric multiplayer third/first person shooter with MOBA-esque battles between two powerful factions, full of fast paced spell-casting combat.

There’s a focus on team-based combat, and gameplay that has been inspired by Day of Defeat, League of Legends, Counter-Strike, and Skyrim. Grimoire features a wide variety of game modes which include Arena, Conquest, Team Deathmatch, Free-For-All, Capture the Grimoire, … Read More

SMITE – Beta Sign-Up (Xbox One)

June 18, 2016January 7, 2015 by Calum Fraser

SMITE is very cool mythology themed 3rd person MOBA that pits Gods against each other in epic arena based combat.

Perspective is everything in SMITE. Pitting the likes of Thor, Hercules and Poseidon against each other, the overall goals are similar to DoTA or LoL, but the 3rd person perspective adds a sense of immediacy and spectacle to the proceedings. Also, the change … Read More

Dead Island: Epidemic – Open Beta (Steam)

July 25, 2015December 6, 2014 by Calum Fraser

Dead Island: Epidemic is a fun multiplayer hack and slash arena bawler with tons of zombies and lots of comically excessive brutality. At it’s core is a MOBA, but don’t expect the sombre, structured gameplay of DOTA, Dead Island: Epidemic is is more about chaotic multiplayer hack and slash action than strategic combat.

Dead Island: Epidemic features two core modes – allowing you to … Read More

Heroes Of The Storm – Technical Alpha Sign-Up

June 18, 2016October 18, 2014 by Calum Fraser

Blizzard have announced more Alpha Sign-Ups for Heroes Of The Storm, their impressive new MOBA that allows you to play as characters from all your favourite Blizzard games, from Diablo to StarCraft.

The game has a host of exciting features, such as different Battlegrounds affecting the gameplay, mercenary camps, Towns, some campaign style map modes, lots of customisation options and mounts. They’re also … Read More

Shards Of War – Beta Sign Up

July 25, 2015October 14, 2014 by Calum Fraser

Shards of War is an intense, fast-paced combat MOBA with WASD controls for tight manoeuvrability, shiny visuals and a cool dystopian Sci-fi setting.

As with most MOBAs, the rules are simple: Two teams of five players attempting to destroy the enemy base, fighting enemy drones, turrets and warriors over short 20 minute rounds. The big difference here is the WASD control scheme, which allows for … Read More