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League of Legends gets adorable new shopkeep in Summoner’s Rift graphics update

You can never have too many Yordles, as proven by our own Owen Hill’s acute obsession with only playing characters of that tiny, furry creature species in League of Legends. A new Yordle has made its way into Summoner’s Rift, along with new textures and animations, as a part of Riot’s graphics update for the entire map.

Playing for keeps in Planet Cyrene’s real-money arenas

You know what would add shame to that 0-10 death streak you just went through in Counter-Strike? Realizing that you lost real money while doing it. Oh, and the sniper that just blew your face off? He’s raking in riches like Scrooge McDuck.

Deathmatch has higher stakes than ever in the newly-launched MMO shooter Planet Cyrene, which adds PvP arenas to Entropia Universe’s domain, where everything has a direct real-money value.

Naked men, freaky horses and snails named Sleepy in free-for-all MMO Salem

During the twenty minutes that I played Salem—the upcoming free world, free-form MMO from Paradox—I stole a snail, got ditched in the wilderness by homesteaders, rode a freaky horse, and was stalked by an army of naked settlers. It’s safe to say that Salem is a weird place, but it’s not really to blame for that: it’s wide open, sandbox nature makes it a mere reflection of the players that populate it.

Age of Empires Online: Premium Celtic Civilization review

My half-naked Woad Raiders leap into a formation of Roman archers with axes whirling around them. Meanwhile, in a serene forest far from battle, my Augur sacrifices a sacred fawn to Andrasta, goddess of war. Lightning crashes and my army glows with magical energy as the goddess’ boon charges their devastation of the Roman outpost.

The Celts, the newest civilization added to Age of Empires Online’s free-to-play roster, is the best one released yet, adding several new mechanics that advance the game’s complexity and will appeal to RTS gamers who crave more micromanagement. The first major addition is activated abilities on individual units, like the four different animal sacrifices available to the Augur to buff your army in various ways, that raise the skill ceiling for managing troops in battle.

Super Monday Night Combat review

The original Monday Night Combat existed in limbo between the third-person shooter and MOBA genres, with the lane-pushing of Defense of the Ancients saddled onto shootouts between a scant six classes. Super takes everything that was good about the first game (constant activity, dynamic quips from a clichéd play-by-play commentator, and irreverent character design) but puts more of its chips into MOBA design.

RaiderZ preview

RaiderZ wasn’t on the top of my “Must See” list when I went to PAX East a couple weeks ago. I knew a few things about it, but I was really excited to see other games like Neverwinter, Smite, and DDO. But while I was at the Perfect World meeting room talking about Neverwinter, RaiderZ’s producer Mark Hill came over and told me a bit about their upcoming monster hunter MMO. It sounded fairly intriguing, so I decided to give it a shot.

Indie Gala Bundle IV goes lIVe

Although we think pay-what-you-want indie bundles are great for charities and skint gamers, we can’t help but wonder if the supply of games is rapidly diminishing. The Indie Gala Bundle IV includes some OK-ish games such as Steel Storm: Burning Retribution (65% according to us), A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda (79%) and Altitude (79%) alongside ageing but-apparently-OKish games like Alien Shooter and 2002′s Disciples II.

Disciples II is only available if you pay more than the average, which is currently sitting at £3.29. Pay this much and you’ll also get decent indie ‘shmups Altitude and Really Big Sky thrown in, as well as Alien Shooter 2, Wake (not as in Alan), Lunnye Devitsy and one more mystery title. A little bit of your money will go to the Child’s Play and Save the Children charities, too, although you can choose how much goes to each. Which is great if you hate the thought of helping poor children. It’s a whopping nine games for a minimum of 36p each, but it still begs the question: where are they going to get the next nine games from?

Should you join League of Legends’ new referral program, or stay in the old one?

“Go big or go home” is a motto that’s doomed many a board game night for me. I want the big prize or nothing at all—it is my curse. But those more eager for mid-tier rewards are going to be excited about League of Legends new referral program, which removes the top-tier real-life rewards of the original program, but makes it significantly to get the in-game perks. Transitioning to the new referral program is optional, but permanent, so take a careful look at what each offers before you decide.

Cryptic announces that hackers stole account info in 2010

Cryptic, the dev studio behind Champions Online, Star Trek Online and the upcoming MMO Neverwinter, has just released a notice that some of their servers that contain users’ personal information were hacked in 2010 and that the encrypted data had been compromised. But the good news is that if you follow good internet practice and have changed your passwords sometime in the last two years, you probably don’t have to be worried by the bleak letter that just appeared on Cryptic’s website, or the cautionary email you may have just received.

DC Universe Online maps show you where to find everything

A while back, an OCD DCUO player put together a detailed map of the game’s main hub for heroes, The Watchtower. Today, another industrious fan took it three steps further by building detailed interactive maps for all of DCUO’s two major cities, Gotham and Metropolis, inside of Google Maps. And now he’s in the process of adding icons to help you locate everything you could possibly want to find in the urban sprawl.