The internet has been rife with virulent chat about how PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale is nothing but a horrendous rip-off of Nintendo’s Smash Brothers series, even before it was officially announced. Regardless of Nintendo fans’ questionable claims that they created of the genre, there’s good reason to be riled up; I don’t think...

So last weekend, Guild Wars 2 finally had a beta event without an NDA surrounding it. I’d been waiting for this since I got a key from PAX East, and I was quite excited to finally log in and play. The question is, how did it stack up against my expectations? As far as basic MMO gameplay went, I had a very good time. The combat was fun, the leveling...