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It is Summer Game Fest and Guild Wars 3 has been officially announced! We already know it is being developed, didn’t we? But here we are now, with a brand new trailer even. Right after they announced the game, the official website for Guild Wars 3 went down. I guess there is a huge interest in the next game! I am not sure yet whether I am personally excited or not because – apart from a few…

I have been very quiet for a long time now. Usually, I keep my private life away from this blog because I want it to focus on my gaming experiences and our shared interest in enjoying virtual worlds far away from reality (or close to some kind of reality that we want to face… depending on the games we choose to play). And I know that I do not owe an explanation to a mostly anonymous crowd (or…

For me, it has been a really good year when it comes to discovering new games!  I looked at the games that I got in 2025 which are not necessarily games released in 2025 – but as it turns out, when checking for the release dates, all of them actually are from 2025! I did not realize how many of these games are in Early Access. I guess it is a lot more common with smaller or indie games and since…

Ever since I first heard about Tales of the Shire, I wanted to have it! When it finally released, I still waited and checked the reviews before deciding to buy it. It is currently sitting at 80 % “Very Positive” reviews. But I usually don’t trust the overall score. I actually particularly like reading the negative reviews. This gives me a chance to check whether the things that bother other…

I recently read an article about Kickstarter projects for MMORPGs in the past 13 years and whether they were successfully released or not. It is a German article, but I am not going to write about all these MMORPGs now anyway. The author concludes that out of 24 games, only 3 were actually released. Three more are in Early Access. 12 games are offline with apparently 7.5 million Euros raised and…