Neowiz today confirmed via Korean 'webzin' Inven that Aeria Games has canceled the publishing agreement for Bless. Rumors of the cancellation began circulating in December 2016, but were temporarily put to rest when Aeria reaffirmed their commitment to the game. Aeria Games is expected to make their own announcement soon. Bless has been cursed by setbacks since its beta back [...]
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Earlier today My.com announced a variety of server changes for their free to play MMORPG Revelation Online. While the official post is titled 'Server Merge', the story is actually far more optimistic than the headline makes it sound. My.com correctly predicts that the planned launch of French and German language servers will likely hive away players from the existing English [...]
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E3, perhaps the best known video gaming conference took place this week June 13-15. While the event was dominated by the big three console, there was something for everyone. What are you most excited for from this year's E3. Is it the new $499 Xbox One X? How about Bethesda's paid mod platform Creation Club? For me its twofold. First, [...]
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Ever tried RuneScape but felt limited by the game's F2P restrictions? Today's your lucky day! To celebrate the launch of the venerable fantasy MMORPG's first expansion, Menaphos, Jagex is offering all players free Premium Member status over the weekend. Starting on June 9th and running until the 12th, all players will have the opportunity to opt-in and explore the new [...]
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Few MMORPGs have had as rough a time as Neowiz's Bless Online. Despite a development budget of over $60 million, making it one of the most expensive MMORPGs ever, the game suffered a series of server mergers in its home market leaving it with a single Korean server. But its not just in the home front that Bless is reeling. [...]
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We may be halfway through 2017, but even half a map is better than none! Star Wars The Old Republic has published a roadmap that highlights many of the development team's goals and areas of focus in the coming months. The most telling line in the lengthy post comes rather early: We have been saying for a while now our [...]
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As part of Tera's 5th year anniversary celebrations (which wrap up at the end of the month), En Masse has released an infographic highlighting some of the major milestones the Korean MMORPG has crossed over its lifespan thus far. Key highlights from the infographic include: 6.6 Million Accounts Created, 21 Million Characters Created, 10 Billion Monsters Killed. A very special [...]
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Earlier today John Riccitiello, the CEO of Unity Technologies, revealed to Bloomberg LP that the game engine maker had raised $400 million from private equity firm Silver Lake. The investment values Unity at $2.6 billion, up from $1.5 billion just last July. The meteoric rise in Unity's value is largely due to the continued dominance of the engine in the [...]
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We try to cover every MMORPG release here at MMOs.com. Sometimes that involves shiny new games or expansions. But too often these days the MMORPGs that "launch" are years old and are on their second, third, of even forth re-release. Its almost like a game of MMO hot potato with old games bouncing from one publisher to the next. Most [...]
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In an another set back for the Unreal Engine 3 based fantasy MMORPG by Neowiz Games, the Korean version of Bless Online has announced its 4th round of server mergers. At least this will be the very last. The two current servers: 'Gaius' and 'Lumen' will be combined to form 'Elpis' on June 14th, 2017. This latest merger follows a [...]
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