Have you not been lucky enough to get into Quake Champions' ongoing Closed Beta? You'll definitely be able to get into upcoming "Large-Scale Tech Test," as everyone is invited. Anyone who signs up will get a code, but you will still have to sign up. The upcoming Large-Scale Tech Test will begin on May 12th and run until May 21st, [...]
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It's been around five weeks since Dynasty Warriors: Unleashed's worldwide launch and I'm sure that fans of the long-running hack-'n-slash series are wondering how it's doing. As it just so happens, the answer is "quite well." The mobile adaptation of Koei Tecmo's game of beating up thousands of enemy troops has been downloaded more than 5 million times, averaging approximately [...]
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Did you miss Shroud of the Avatar's last free trial test in March? Fear not, for a new free trial test is about to begin. Starting May 10th, Shroud of the Avatar will be free to play until May 31st, giving prospective players three weeks to try Richard Garriott's latest. Free players will have a set of fairly heavy restrictions [...]
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Yet another game is joining the list of MMORPGs that have been relaunched through Steam today. Over a decade after its initial release in the West, Metin2 has made its way to Valve's ever-popular digital storefront. Despite receiving "Mixed" reception in terms of reviews, it has already taken off in popularity, skyrocketing to a peak concurrent player count of nearly [...]
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It's been almost a year since Ofir Maimon's indie browser MMORTS Barons of the Galaxy entered Open Beta, but he announced recently that the game will officially launch on May 13th. After launch, it will continue to be free-to-play, supported by an optional subscription that allows players to be elected for various political roles, allows them to move their corporate [...]
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I've been looking forward to SF Team's Steam Hammer for some time now. Dubbed a "hardcore sandbox RPG" by its creators, the semi-survival game is one of a very small number of steampunk games to be released in recent times and perhaps the only steampunk MMO on the horizon. It has all the staples of the steampunk genre: Victorian architecture, [...]
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ARK: Survival Evolved Patch 257 arrived at the end of last week and I don't think it could have been more perfectly crafted for memes if Studio Wildcard had tried. The patch introduces the Apis Lithohermaea, or Giant Bee, which will construct hives that players can harvest honey from when tamed. And if you fail to tame them, you too [...]
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You remember Breakaway, don't you? Amazon Game Studios' debut MOBA title that is shaking up the genre by introducing various sports elements? It had its first Alpha playtest weekend last December? Yeah, that one. Amazon Game Studios announced recently that it will be returning on June 15th for more Alpha playtest weekends, with an "s." You may recall that many [...]
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Remember how, only two days ago, we reported that an English version of Lineage 2: Revolution would be launching next month? Yeah, it still doesn't have an official release date. But, as of yesterday, the Taiwanese version does. According to MMOCulture, Netmarble and its subsidiary based in Taiwan held a press conference yesterday, during which it was announced that the [...]
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Are you interested in playing Rokh, Darewise Entertainment's "adaptive" survival game set on Mars, before anyone else? The company has announced that it will be holding a Closed Beta test from tomorrow until Sunday ahead of the game's May 16th launch. This Closed Beta weekend will allow Darewise to make last minute preparations before opening the game to the public. [...]
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