Requiem: Bloodymare

Requiem: Memento Mori Launches as Third Title in Requiem Series - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:35:22 -0400

Third Requiem title launches with community numbering over 700,000

Gravity Interative recently launched the third title in the Requiem game series titled Requiem: Memento Mori. Over 700,000 users make up the game's community which targets a mature audience with...

Summertime Gaming – Free-to-Play Games - Ten Ton Hammer

Savanja — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:35:29 -0400

Get great tips on what games you need to check out this summer!

Have you "been there and done that" with all the major titles on the market? Looking to fill the gaming gaps for these sometimes painfully long summer days? I have the answer for you!

I put...

How LEGO Universe Can Match the Success of Free Realms - Ten Ton Hammer

Ralsu — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:14:21 -0400

SOE's Casual MMO Has a Head Start on LEGO Universe

With Free Realms taking over his household, Danny "Ralsu" Gourley had almost forgotten that NetDevil is hard at work on a LEGO MMO titled LEGO Universe. The building block dynamic has mass...

Free Realms to Become Everybody's Second Subscription? - Ten Ton Hammer

Ralsu — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:58:29 -0400

Free Realms Could Clean up as a "Backup" Game

When Danny "Ralsu" Gourley got an urge to compete against another player in a hand of the Free Realms Trading Card Game, he realized that every minigame in Sony Online Entertainment's...

Pioneer Spirit - Ten Ton Hammer

Ralsu — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 22:30:47 -0400

Mabinogi’s Expansion Offers Adventure and Exploration

Danny "Ralsu" Gourley continues to hunt for quality free MMOs, but sometimes he has a hard time stopping playing his favorites long enough to try something new. This week, he examines the...

What is a Free MMOG? - Ten Ton Hammer

Ralsu — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:30:23 -0400

Does Free Apply to Any Game?

Danny "Ralsu" Gourley has been taking a lot of heat over his choices for the best free-to-play games. He thought it'd be easy to explain his selection criteria until he sat down to do it....

The Launch That Faced Thousands of Ships - Ten Ton Hammer

Ralsu — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:46:33 -0400

Story of Runes of Magic Launch the Stuff of Classic Literature in Gaming

Danny "Ralsu" Gourley got a taste of how astrologists who write for their local newspapers must feel when a Sagittarius finds a $5 bill after reading that "your finances will improve." This...

Building on Success: The Growth of Atlantica Online - Ten Ton Hammer

Ralsu — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:00:00 -0400

If Atlantica Can Do It for Free, P2P Games Have No Excuses

Danny "Ralsu" Gourley frequently tells Ton Hammer readers that games need to grow out and up at the same time to stay fresh. It's no small feat for a F2P game to do that since even P2P games...

Flaccid Launches Hurt F2P Performance - Ten Ton Hammer

Ralsu — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:44:41 -0400

F2P Games Could Benefit from Launch Enhancement

Nothing is more disappointing than a wimpy performance when it counts--at launch. As Danny "Ralsu" Gourley makes his way from one F2P title to another, he keeps finding the same lackluster...

Setting a New Bar for F2P? - The Impact of Atlus Online - Ten Ton Hammer

Ralsu — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:36:04 -0500

Ralsu to Atlus: "No Pressure or Anything."

News of the formation of Atlus Online has Ten Ton Hammer's F2P guru, Danny "Ralsu" Gourley, excited. He's been playing console games published by Atlus for almost two decades and has come to...

Is Bigger Really Better in MMOGs? - Ten Ton Hammer

Ralsu — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:17:05 -0500

Ghost Towns, Variety, and Size All Matter

A diminished economy means that companies have look for ways to decrease production costs. For MMOG fans, that spells smaller worlds at launch with less variety. Drawing from his experience...

Loading... Graphics Matter Most in MMOs - Ten Ton Hammer

Ethec — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:17:39 -0500

#1,020 - Quality graphics matter more for MMOs than even FPS or console games, and here's why!

Loading's new theory of the importance of graphics to game quality is that graphics matter least in TBS strategy games, more in RTS, even more in sports and FPS games, and (surprisingly) most in...

Top Ten Free-to-Play Games - Battle for the Children - Ten Ton Hammer

Ralsu — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:54:56 -0500

Future MMOG Players Need to Start Somewhere

With World of Warcraft dominating the MMOG market, a number of games try to appeal to children to raise the next generation of players with notion that there is more to life than WoW. This...

Top Ten Free-to-Play Games: Clicks for Kicks - Ten Ton Hammer

Ralsu — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:30:03 -0500

Is Twitchy Combat the Future of F2P?

Sometimes F2P guru Danny "Ralsu" Gourley worries that future gamers will find his corpse buried in a tar pit, a fossil of an old-school gamer who seeks to use his wit rather than his reflexes in...

Top Ten Free-to-Play Games - Car Shopping - Ten Ton Hammer

Ralsu — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:36:31 -0500

Don't Be Put off by the Cute Factor in F2P Games

Any connoisseur of free-to-play games would have to admit that there is a certain cute factor that goes with the territory. Even though a few

Top Ten Free-to-Play Games - Investment Opportunities for Developers - Ten Ton Hammer

Ralsu — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:33:04 -0500

After digging for what really motivates gamers to invest in free-to-play games last week,

Top Ten Free-to-Play Games - Investment Opportunities for Players - Ten Ton Hammer

Ralsu — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:36:22 -0500

Danny "Ralsu" Gourley thinks the trick to hooking players in a game is getting them to invest in it. Those who pay to play games invest money

2008 Best of F2P Awards - Ten Ton Hammer

Ralsu — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:00:50 -0500

Danny "Ralsu" Gourley played free-to-play (F2P) games almost exclusively in 2008, and he told Ten Ton Hammer readers about his best

Top Ten Free-to-Play Games - The Time is Now - Ten Ton Hammer

Ralsu — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 16:43:29 -0500

Danny "Ralsu" Gourley sifts through several free-to-play games each month to identify the best of the best for Ten Ton Hammer readers. F2P