PCZone UK

Picked up another PC games magazine, the March 2005 issue of PCZone UK. Not only because it has another rave review of World of Warcraft, rating it with 95%. But mainly because to my surprise they now have an "Online Zone" part of the magazine, with over 20 pages. A news section reporting on EQ2 adventure packs, WoW battlegrounds, and the European release of City of Heroes. A preview of The Matrix Online. And lots of reviews.

For comparison of the World of Warcraft 95% score, Lineage II got 61%, and EVE Online 91%. They even wrote a whole page on A Tale in the Desert 2, but wisely refrained from giving it a review rating.

I'm afraid mainstream has caught up to me. The magazine even *start* with a huge double-paged ad for World of Warcraft, making fun of the competition, saying "No. I'd rather kill rats." The time where MMORPG were reserved for us geeks are over. Is that good news? Good and bad both, more likely.
- posted by Tobold @ 11:36 PM Permanent Link