Maxroll Expands Gaming Coverage With New Mini Branches!
Maxroll's biggest passion is video games - playing them, while helping developers make and test them. This shines through our superstar teams who deliver top tier content to you every day. Which leads to the most common question we receive from you: “Why don’t you also cover <This Video Game>? I would love your guides on it!” The answer is the Major Branches we make with the high quality embeds, planners, tooltips, maps etc. require a lot of time and resources - making expansion a challenging and slow process. This required us to brainstorm a new way of doing things, and today we’re elated to unveil our answer - Maxroll Mini Branches.
Mini Branches allow us to do things that were previously impossible. The time, money and effort a full Major Branch demands slow down both their creation and upkeep. In the past, there were many games we didn't have the ability to cover. Now the doors are open to many possibilities. Going forward we can cover any game, publisher, and platform at a much faster pace. We are genuinely excited to expand across the entire gaming landscape!
We know this immediately raises questions on the future of Maxroll, so let’s clear the air on a few topics:
- Major Branches Are Staying. They are our foundation, and you can count on the same level of coverage going forward.
- New Major Branches Are Coming. We are not only adding new Mini Branches, they are simply an addition to what we offer. There are several exciting Major Branches coming soon such as World of Warcraft: The War Within so stay tuned!
- Mini Branches Are Highly Focused. While the initial volume of content will start slow, the information you can learn will be just as valuable. Our values haven’t changed here.
- Mini Branches Can Become Major Branches. Any game that “catches fire” and rightfully demands a full branch can become one within Maxroll.
- More Opportunities For You. Are you one of the best players / most passionate fans of <insert video game here>? Do you want to write for Maxroll? Contact us!
- Your Feedback Will Guide Us. It always has, and this step is no different. We will be paying attention to your thoughts and will make adjustments accordingly.
There are several other exciting things coming to Maxroll, but that’s all we can tease for now. We want to thank both you, our audience, and our family of writers/developers/designers for making our dream of covering video games a reality. Despite how far we’ve come, this is still only the beginning for us.
"Stay awhile and learn."
How Do Mini Branches Work?
All Mini Branches start with news posts that can contain the latest updates, patch notes, season information, or expansion reveals. You can find these posts on the Maxroll website's home page.
Once a game we cover has reached a predetermined threshold, a dedicated landing page is generated with dynamic categories. This further deepens the experience and our ability to deliver content to you, in a very real way!
To find a game's landing page, open up the left-side pop-out menu > Browse Games > select your game of choice.
Upon arriving on a Mini Branch's landing page, you'll have full access to the active categories including news, patch notes, guides, tier lists, builds and more via the branch's sub-menu. In the future you will be able to favorite this landing page and return to it daily for the latest information as it comes or new guides to help you smash your way to victory.
Drilling down even deeper, each category is tailored to the game itself. Did a new season drop and want all the info, a Guides category will be there to help cover it. Did a world championship just happen, an Events category for that will be created. The possibilities are endless for what we can do!
On top of all of this, we place high-priority posts at the top of each category as a Featured Post. This keeps the most current, need-to-know information easy to find. Be sure to return often as new games are covered and other games get landing pages. Feel free to explore and we truly hope you enjoy the Mini Branches.
The Fun Continues!
Even with Mini Branches out in the wild, we aren't done after this massive update to the site. We here at Maxroll have a lot more coming, some of it is already being built out now! When the time is right, we'll pull the curtain back once again.
