While we here in the West were busy with the 9Dragons Steam launch on Valentine's Day, Neowiz used the auspicious holiday to try and boost sagging player numbers for Bless, the Korean studio's high fantasy MMORPG. The 'Up Project' event kicked off on February 16th and is offering both new and veteran players many reasons to check the game out. [...]
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Record of Lodoss War Online is a fantasy themed MMORPG based on the classic JRPG series. The game features four character-locked classes, an isometric camera view, point & click gameplay, and a vibrant fantasy world. Publisher: GameOn Playerbase: Low Type: Fantasy MMORPG Release Date: April 6, 2017 Shut Down Date: October 31, 2019 Pros: +Based on a well known franchise. [...]
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We reported Nexon's Q4 and FY2016 earnings last week, but its worth revisiting the subject to take a closer look at their North American results. Nexon helped introduce Western gamers to the Free to Play (F2P) model way back in 2005 with the release of MapleStory. The tsunami of F2P Korean and Chinese MMORPGs that followed not only upended the [...]
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How frustrating it must be for traditional game studios to spend years developing a triple-A title which only sells for $60 while fly-by-night mobile studios can get away with $100+ "micro" transactions via their Bejeweled clones. You could almost sympathize with a company like Electronic Arts for finally succumbing, through seething envy, to the Dark Side. As reported by redditor /u/AlbertMyers, EA [...]
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Multiple sources are reporting that Perfect World Entertainment, also known as Arc Games, issued a wave of layoffs earlier in the week. Among the ~30 let go was Community Manager @LaughingTrendy whose responsibilities included Star Trek Online. See ya later PWE — M (@LaughingTrendy) February 2, 2017 An official statement from PWE states implies this was a routine action and [...]
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Splash Damage, the developers of online team shooter Dirty Bomb have acquired the publishing rights for their free to play title from Nexon. Nexon has been publishing the game since 2015, but all publishing responsibilities including marketing, servers, management, and anti-cheat will move over with the new agreement once the ink dries. This move was in part motivated to address one [...]
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Caravan Stories is a Japanese cross platform fantasy MMORPG with anime inspired graphics. Chose from 6 playable races and recruit characters & monsters to join you in battle! Publisher: Aiming Playerbase: Medium Type: Anime MMORPG PvP: Colosseum PvP Release Date: September 10, 2019 (NA/EU), 2017 (JP) Pros: +Gorgeous visuals. +PC and mobile cross play. +Capture and train monsters. Cons: -Asynchronous [...]
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Hi-Rez, the studio behind Smite and Paladins, announced a new mobile card game at its annual convention earlier this week. Gamers and press attending the Hi-Rez Expo event had a chance to get a hands on demo of the upcoming SMITE Rivals. Rivals keeps the traditional 3-lane MOBA layout but the gameplay mechanics are drawn from Supercell's smash-hit Clash Royal. Players [...]
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Daybreak Game Company (formerly SOE) has announced that Landmark will be shutting down on February 21, 2017. The sandbox MMO has had a troubled history since hitting early access way back in 2014. The game was originally pitched as a complimentary title to Everquest Next where players could construct buildings and other assets for the main game. When EQ Next was canned, [...]
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It must have been a grim Christmas over at Pixelmage Games. This morning their CEO, John Smedley, tweeted that development on the early access title had ceased: It breaks my heart to have to do this 🙁 https://t.co/pTWymRiYn3 — John Smedley (@j_smedley) December 26, 2016 The Hero's Song saga began early this year when the game appeared on Kickstarter on [...]
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