South Korean publisher 4:33 Creative Lab announced three mobile games that will soon be headed to the United States: Plants War 2, Cubicar Adventures, and Champion. But the first mobile game headed to the U.S. Market is Blade: Sword of Elysion, launching on Android and iOS later this year. Powered by Unreal Engine, it held fourth place on the Google Play [...]
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The Exiled is a PvP-centric MMORPG set in an open world battle arena where players combat each for supremacy. Join with your friends or fight alone, with abilities that require skill to use successfully. Publisher: Fairytale Distillery Type: PvP MMO Release Date: Feb 23, 2017 Shut Down: August 23, 2022 PvP: Open Persistent World PvP Pros: +Dozens of skillshot abilities. [...]
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A rudimentary guild system has been added to Project Gorgon with skeletal features, featuring rankings, message of the day, and chat. At least players will finally be able to talk smack and coordinate withing their community. For, now there's no cost to creating a guild as the developers want players to experiment and give feedback on the system. Several posts have [...]
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Magic Duels: Origins is the digital version of the trading card game Magic: The Gathering. Defeat opponents in story mode or test your luck against other players, earning coins to buy booster packs to expand your library and construct your own deck. Publisher: Wizards of the Coast LLC Playerbase: Shut Down Type: TCG Release Date: July 29, 2015 PvP: Duels [...]
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Elite: Dangerous began the beta test of their new close quarters combat (CQC) mode, taking place in cosmic deathmatch arenas. Jump into the cockpit of a fighter ship and duke it out for rewards and glory. The beta test also includes new starships: the Imperial Eagle, Federal Gunship, and Federal Assault Ship. The combat inclusion is part of the 1.4 [...]
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The second phase of Wildstar's closed free-to-play beta test begins around 1AM PDT on September 03, 2015. In a post on the Wildstar forums, Carbine Studios' Community Manager stated "the purpose of Phase II is to focus all testing on the financial aspects of free-to-play, and we’ll be asking players to spend real money to purchase NCoin." So, pry open [...]
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In Manifest Destiny style, players will fight for land ownership once server mergers are complete, according to a Q&A on the ArcheAge forums. Most players resented the competitive rush but there seems to be no way around the landgrab. Post-merger characters will be placed in their racial starting zone with tutorials disabled, so that the swiftest feet can grab the [...]
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Wild Terra is a top-down survival MMO where players collect resources, build weapons, and forge their home in a landscape inhabited by animals both docile and fierce. But the most dangerous game is other players. Build your base, team up, and fight, and discover how long you can survive. Publisher: Juvty Worlds Playerbase: Low Type: Sandbox Survival RPG Release Date: [...]
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Following the trend for earlier testing phases, Crowfall has kicked off their Pre-Alpha testing—exclusive to backers with the Pre-Alpha reward. The test will largely focus on combat in Crowfall's Hunger Dome (a pun that needs no introduction), where players will slaughter each other in a deathmatch. Three archetypes will be available for the test: Knight, Confessor, and Legionnaire. Expanding the test [...]
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Around the end of September EverQuest 2's servers will be consolidated by moving existing servers to a new one. Unlike server mergers, one server's data isn't being move to another. Instead, all of the designated server's (X, Y, and Z) data will be moved to a new server (A). Guild halls and player housing will be moved to the same [...]
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