Chronicles of Spellborn: Anatomy of a Failure

No other game looked like Spellborn The Chronicles of Spellborn seemed to provide a wish list of what people want in an MMO. You could look cool from day 1; the gear you chose at character creation could be upgraded by slotting in runes to increase their power. You could still find or craft items with more or better slots, but there was never a time when your character would have to look anything but cool as sheets. ...

August 19, 2010 · 5 min · 860 words · Tipa

Spellborn vs Runes of Magic CAGE MATCH

There’s two MMOs out there you have probably not heard of. There’s HUNDREDS of those, right? Once you get out of the calm, safe, bathwater-warm surf of the current crowd of big budget MMOs, it’s a wild tide of MMOs with names you can’t remember and details you can’t recall. None of them will challenge WoW, so you WoW-ians can get back in your chairs. I am not going to say anything negative about the current crop. ...

July 23, 2008 · 3 min · 538 words · Tipa