Quick, when you hear eSports coverage, what sources come to mind? Team Liquid? Gosugamers? How about Yahoo? That's right, eSports fans can party like its 1999 on the newly launched Yahoo eSports portal. Buoyed by the growth of streaming services like Twitch.tv and multi-million dollar tournament prize pools, eSports revenues are expected to reach $2 billion annually by 2018. That sort of money [...]
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The now massively popular Vanilla WoW progression server Nostalruis Begins celebrated its first year anniversary last Sunday. Launched on February 28th 2015, Nostralruis has become the most popular World of Warcraft private server in service. The server launched with 4k-5k concurrent players and never stopped growing. Just last month the server hit 13.1k concurrent players during peak time. What makes [...]
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A new patch went live today for Blizzard's casual friendly MOBA Heroes of the Storm. The most notable change was the addition of the previously announced Diablo 2 inspired Necromancer. Xul is sure to please Blizzard veterans who grew up playing Diablo 2. He can raise skeletal soldiers from fallen corpses, recreating the skeletal army many fans remember from Diablo 2. [...]
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City of Heroes was a 3D superhero themed MMORPG with an in depth character creation process that allowed players to play as heroes or villains. Publisher: NCSoft Type: Superhero MMORPG Release Date: April 27, 2004 Closure Date: November 30, 2012 Pros: +Highly detailed character creation. +Tons of content updates. +Grouping with large level range. Cons: -No traditional loot or equipment. -Unbalanced, neglected PvP features. -Lacks crafting [...]
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Hero Plus, previously known as Hero Online, is a 3D Fantasy MMORPG set in an oriental world. Chose from five unique character; each with different weapon specializations. Players make the first job change at level 10, the second at 50 and have plenty of opportunities to fight one another in this fast paced MMORPG. Publisher: Netgame Playerbase: Low Type: MMORPG [...]
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Motiga, the studio behind the yet unreleased Windows 10 and Xbox One multi-platform MOBA Gigantic has announced another round of layoffs. On Febuary 9, the studio said that it had to layoff a significant percentage of its staff. The official blog post claims the layoffs are "temporary" and can be reversed if ongoing talks with potential investors pan out. Gigantic has been in [...]
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On February 8th 2016 at 4:47 PM (PST) the official GameTrailers twitter account posted this tweet: After 13 years, GameTrailers is closing down today. Thank you for your continued support over the years. It has been an adventure. — GameTrailers (@GameTrailers) February 9, 2016 After 13 years of operation, GameTrailers is shutting down. The news came as a shock to many, [...]
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Earlier today, Daum Games revealed March 3, 2016 as the release date for the highly anticipated Western version of Black Desert Online. In the same announcement, the company started accepting applications for Closed Beta 2, scheduled to begin on February 18. Eager players can reserve their CB2 slot by pre-ordering the Explorer's ($49.99) or Conqueror's ($99.99) tier of the game's Founders Packs. Black Desert Online [...]
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Jumpgate Evolution was slated to be a 3D sci-fi MMORPG with twitch based spaceship gameplay. The game focused on large scale RvR battles between the three factions. Publisher: Codemasters Type: Sci-Fi MMORPG Release Date: Cancelled Closure Date: Cancelled Pros: +Action oriented cockpit combat. +Pilot ships of any faction.+Open and instanced PvP options. Cons: -Never saw the light of day. -Would have required a monthly subscription. [...]
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Rose Online Music & Soundtrack Rose Online is free to play anime inspired 3D Fantasy MMORPG. The game was developed by TriggerSoft which was later taken over by Gravity Interactive of Ragnarok Online fame. The Rose Online soundtrack was composed internally for use with the game. The Soundcloud embed features all of the BGMs, tracks, and music from the Rose Online [...]
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