@Jag85: I haven’t taken notice of JRPGs bashing the Catholic Church. I am Christian so if any JRPGs attack my faith then I might have to look elsewhere.

@hardwenzen: I would love to see a handheld PS4 if Sony and AMD can reduce the chipset size down to that level. Imagine playing Bloodborne on the train…

How does this make any sense? Microsoft won’t make any money from Steam or Epic Games Store sales. Plus they already have placed their games on Steam. So what is this about? I’m sure there is more to the story than this.

If you want to try Neverwinter, I would recommend playing melee class such as warrior or rogue since these provide gameplay similar to Soulsborne-type games. If you play spellcaster or cleric the experience would be different from Soulsborne, but then again there are different styles of gameplay, even for the same classes. There is a newer class called Bard which I havent played before, not familiar with how this class would play.

Hope you enjoy it :)

Yes that is rather strange how they changed their minds like that. I believe Sony sold off SOE (now Daybreak) during the Kaz Hirai era, but something like this could never happen during the Jim Ryan era. Daybreak is now owned by a Swedish game company called Enad Global 7. Maybe Sony can re-purchase Daybreak from Enad Global 7, or even buy out Enad outright? Lol.

Yes Age of Conan had good combat and class variety, it was a pretty good WoW competitor. Sadly the population is very low, some people say its in maintenance mode.

Neverwinter is one MMO that I would suggest has Soulsbourne-like combat (I have over 1130 hours playing this game on Steam lol). It has plenty of emphasis on fast combat and dodging, plus it has a stamina system so you can't dodge too much, making it resemble Soulsborne even more. This game is also based on Dungeons & Dragons (just like Baldurs Gate), so if you are fan of the franchise then feel free to give it a shot.

@mrbojangles25: Yes I like subscription models. The only downside to subscriptions if you play several MMOs at once the subscription fees can stack on, meaning you have to be careful about it. Good news is that subscribing to EverQuest 1 will grant you access to EverQuest 2 benefits, so thats cool.

@R4gn4r0k: Haha yes I had a look at RuneScape but I haven’t actually played it. EverQuest looks much nicer IMO.

Back in 1999, Sony Online Entertainment released an MMO called EverQuest. It was one of the first 3D MMOs, and one of the longest running. I have played it many hours, and its pretty good if you don't mind the outdated graphics and steep learning curve. It was a big influence for many future MMOs, including World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy 11/14 etc.

Sadly, Sony sold off Sony Online Entertainment, the company is now called Daybreak. But it still has Sony's influence nevertheless.

It is EverQuest’s 25th Anniversary! | EverQuest

Fun Fact: In EverQuest (abbreviated as "EQ"), there is a city called Qeynos, which is "Sony EQ" spelt backwards.

Has anybody heard of a tiny company called Valve? Well, their Steam platform just reached over 36.3 million players online at the same time. Yeah, that number is pretty impressive, no questions about it.

On one hand, I am happy for Valve's success (I have been using Steam since 2009), but on the other hand I cannot help but feel this enormous number proves that Valve are a monopoly. I have spoken about this problem here on Gamespot on several occasions, but unfortunately most PC gamers tend to turn a blind eye to it and try to justify the monopoly.

Please don't give me the whole "Valve has massive success because they have better social features than other launchers" argument. Steam has been a monopoly well before it had any social features worth writing home about. If you look at Steam back in 2004 or 2005, it was just a simple launcher with barely any social features to talk about. Yet that didn't stop them from being a monopoly shortly afterwards.

36.3m of us were on Steam earlier today, and yes, that's another new record | Eurogamer.net

Anyways, congratulations to Lord Gaben on this huge number.