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Shayalyn

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Latest Articles by Shayalyn

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    5 Reasons to Play TERA
    The gaming industry will be throwing new MMOGs at us hard and fast in 2012. How will you pick the best ones? You could spend hours researching upcoming titles, or you could let us boil the most impressive upcoming games down to their essences and help you match them to your gaming style. This week, we’re taking a look at TERA, the Korean import coming to North America and Europe in May, 2012. Will it be the game for you? Read on and decide for yourself.
    Features
    Wed, Feb 08, 2012
    Shayalyn
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    Top 3 Mobile Fantasy RPG Games

    The world of mobile gaming is rapidly expanding as the quality of handheld devices continues to improve. We took a closer look at three well-crafted offerings for the Apple and Android markets, starting with a fun and addictive little app and moving up the scale to a fully-realized mobile MMORPG. Which games met our criteria for fun and functionality? Read on!

    Features
    Wed, Feb 01, 2012
    Shayalyn
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    Standing Out from the Crowd - An Interview with the Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Developers

    38 Studios and its subsidiary, Big Huge games, recently paved the way for the early February launch of their premier title, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, with the release of a PC and console demo. We sat down with Mike Fridley, Executive Producer, Ken Rolston, Game Designer (of Elder Scrolls fame) and some other members of the BHG team to learn more about what players can expect from this single-player action RPG.

    Interviews
    Thu, Jan 26, 2012
    Shayalyn
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    RIFT In the New Year - Win One of 5 Boxed Copies of RIFT
    CONTEST ENDED

    Trion Worlds delivered a slick, fun, and infinitely playable fantasy MMOG into the hands of gamers everywhere in early 2011. Now Ten Ton Hammer is giving away five boxed copies of RIFT to some lucky premium members. If you haven't yet played RIFT, here's your chance. Or if you already play and you'd like to convince a friend to join you, let a fresh, unopened game box entice like your own personal candy van. Enter today!

    Premium Bonus
    Contests
    Mon, Jan 16, 2012
    Shayalyn
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    Most Anticipated Game of 2012 Winner Announced

    Ten Ton Hammer readers have spoken! Not only did our network become a battleground for warring gaming communities, but we logged thousands upon thousands of reader votes. Read on to discover Ten Ton Hammer's Readers' Choice for Most Anticipated Game of the Year!

    Features
    Tue, Jan 03, 2012
    Shayalyn
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    Cast Your Vote for Best MMOG of 2011

    Our Members Only vote for the Best MMOG of 2011 has ended. Many thanks to our Premium Members for giving us their expert opinions and helping us determine a winner!

    Our winner and runners up will be announced soon, so stay tuned!

    Premium Bonus
    Miscellaneous
    Tue, Dec 27, 2011
    Shayalyn
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    Most Anticipated Game of 2012 Finals Poll

    We've wrapped up our voting for the Most Anticipated Game of 2012. Many thanks to the thousands and thousands of gamers who took the time to vote for their favorites! Want to know who won? Of course you do. Check out your choice for Most Anticipated Game of 2012!

    Miscellaneous
    Tue, Jan 03, 2012
    Shayalyn
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    Free Games for a Year Winner Announced!

    Many entered, but only one could win. We've concluded our most epic giveaway of 2011--our Win Free Games for a Year contest. Without further ado, we'd like to announce our winner, who will be basking in the glow of free games for all of 2012, compliments of Ten Ton Hammer:

    Contests
    Fri, Dec 23, 2011
    Shayalyn
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    Most Anticipated Games of 2012 Finalists Announced

    At the end of November, we asked Ten Ton Hammer readers to tell us which PC games they couldn't wait to get their hands on in 2012. The developers of many of the games we'd nominated for the voting process informed their fans, and the rallying cry went out amongst opposing factions. After a few weeks, we sat back and counted nearly 78,000 votes. Our results prove what the power of community can do. Take a look and see who won in our MMOG and PC RPG categories!

    Miscellaneous
    Thu, Dec 15, 2011
    Shayalyn
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    Win Free Games for a Year!
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    Contests
    Thu, Dec 15, 2011
    Shayalyn

Comments by Shayalyn

Submitted by Shayalyn on Wed, 02/08/2012 - 22:19.

Well, I alluded to the sexy sexy...and the ripped pecs, too. And check out the side boob in the first screenshot! ;)

Submitted by Shayalyn on Mon, 02/06/2012 - 22:04.

And you can't beat the price!

Submitted by Shayalyn on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 18:56.

For those of you saying that SWTOR lacks innovation, what sort of innovations would you like to see MMOGs embrace in the future? What could SWTOR, for instance, have done better, in your opinion?

Submitted by Shayalyn on Thu, 12/29/2011 - 02:00.

So, our pick for MMO of the year should have been: "None of the above. They all suck."?

No one comes to check out editors' picks for the top MMOGs of 2011 to hear that they suck. Personally, I agree that there's plenty of room for innovation (while also, in some respects, no need to reinvent the wheel.) But of the games in 2011, Rift shines for me as the one that launched smoothly, played solidly, and pretty much offered what it said it would after you stripped away any trace of spin/hype.

I chose Rift because it's a solid game. I just didn't feel I'd seen enough of SWTOR to make the same determination, despite my faith in BioWare.

Submitted by Shayalyn on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 18:59.

For the record, the vote between editors wasn't unanimous. And we definitely did give consideration to the fact that TOR hasn't been released for long (although our editors have been playing it in beta for much longer.)

Opinions are going to vary--that's the beauty of it; no one opinion is the right one. But overall, our editors leaned to the side of The Old Republic, and all of us believe it's a solid, respectable choice. I agree with it, even though TOR wasn't my first choice. I voted for Rift. ;)

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