There have been some comments lately about the scoring boost that Masochistic games have been given in the newest release. It seems many overlords are thinking the only way to compete within the Metaverse is to play Masochistic games. This is a flawed thought process, to say the least. By definition, the Masochistic difficulty level is very difficult. Though there are some players who have adopted some winning strategies, Maso difficulty was meant to be an almost unbeatable level. Many overlords...

The day has finally arrived! Many overlords waited anxiously all day for the XPack to be released, and though it took a bit longer than we all expected, everyone seems to be thrilled with it! The Galactic Civilizations Expansion Pack is the free expansion that has been promised by our good friends at Stardock. Those overlords who subscribed to Drengin.net were able to beta test the expansion for a couple of months, so some knew what to expect. But for those who couldn't subscribe to Drengin.n...

It has been said that silence can be deafening. The Metaverse has experienced a slowdown in activity of late, leading to some long periods of silence. There is an old adage that "no news is good news", but in the news business, the adage goes "no news means nothing to do". Though not much is being said in conversations, there are a few things going on that are newsworthy. There has been a slight increase in recruitment activity lately, probably due to the release of Galactic Civilizations in Eur...

The top two empires in the Metaverse continue to slug it out in an all-out war. Though this war has gone relatively unnoticed in the past couple of weeks, the two juggernauts battle daily. Though it appears the Fellowship has a solid lead in this war, the pirates of G.R.O.S.S. have been busy recruiting and submitting games. One of the pirates who sails the Southern Seas, Wild Wombat, has been especially busy in battle, and has managed to move into the second place spot, directly behind the Fello...

Today, Theoden of Rohan signed into GalCiv.com to find some exciting news! A new blog has been set up and could signal a new beginning for the Metaverse Review. Many changes have occured in this news service's short existence. From a humble start as the news source for the Fellowship of the Ring, we have grown to provide useful content on all the empires in the Metaverse, hopefully with balanced reporting and no-nonsense accuracy. The conversion to JoeUser.com may be the event that moves the Me...