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Six Games You Might Not Know Were Spiritual Successors

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See, sometimes an honest-to-god sequel simply isn’t in the cards. There are many reasons for this. Perhaps the studio that originally made the game is now defunct, and the rights are lost – in this case, the only choice is to create something entirely new. Perhaps the developer has already told the story they wanted to tell, and feel that it’s time to move on to something new – all while retaining the feel of the series they’ve come to know and love as much as their fans.

Or maybe they were just inspired by someone else to make something grand. Whatever the case, there are quite a few games out there which draw heavy inspiration from – and are considered successors to – the games of yesteryear. Some you might know better than others.

Top 10 MMORPG Expansion Packs

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The video game industry is constantly innovating the way player’s experience MMO gaming. Regardless what MMORPG tickles your fancy, it probably has undergone many changes through additional content known as expansion packs. Some merely add bonus content, but many make changes to gaming mechanics and add increased leveling capabilities. With a majority of MMORPGs releasing additional content at one point or another, there’s a horde of expansion packs that have inspired an invigorating passion toward online gaming. Here are 10 of the most game-changing MMORPG expansion packs ever released.

Seven Video Game Weapons that could Easily Ruin your Day

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Ever since some ancient barbarian first figured out how to stab someone with a pointy stick, human beings have been constantly coming up with new and inventive ways to kill one another. This drive for creative destruction isn’t limited solely to the real world, obviously: we’ve designed some downright devastating methods with which we can inflict violence upon our foes.

These are the weapons that every gamer wants. They’re the reason many of us play – the reason so many of us scramble our way up the food chain: to bring to bear one of these devastating devices against our foes. Today, let’s commemorate some of the most memorable, most powerful weapons of mass destruction in gaming.

Top 10 Best Sci-Fi MMO Games

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Let’s face it, the gaming community is overloaded with a whole mess of self proclaimed science fiction geeks, whose passions have no doubt inspired the drastic influx of new MMOs over the years. With so many rehashed Fantasy titles flooding the MMO market, it can sometimes be difficult finding an online game worth playing over the rest. Sometimes a bright and vibrant fantasy world just pales in comparison to the vast emptiness of the dark reaches of space. If you are one of those many sci-fi geeks looking for a great MMO, these are the games to choose. Here are ten of the absolute best sci-fi games the gaming industry has to offer.

Eight of Gaming’s Most Memorable Eldritch Abominations

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Ever since H.P. Lovecraft strolled along with the Cthulhu mythos; eldritch abominations – cosmic monstrosities that generally exist outside of time and space – have had their place in popular culture secured, particularly where video games are concerned. Cosmic horrors have been a mainstay of gaming ever since the industry’s nascent stages. After all, what better way to show all the chips are down than to stick the player up against something that laughs at the laws of physics and warps reality just by being? From Chaos to Gigyas, from Jenova to Jack of Blades, these beasties have existed almost as long as gaming itself.

It’s about time they got their due, don’t you think?