Planetside 2's latest update has shaken things up a bit. Previously, a faction could earn victory on a continent through capturing all of its territories within the time frame of Win Alerts, in turn locking it down temporarily. This update changes that, implementing a new system of Victory Points, which are now required to lock down a continent. Victory Points [...]
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It's been about a week since the launch of Guild Wars 2's first major expansion, Heart of Thorns. You know what that means. It's time for ArenaNet to tell us what's next! In a blog post that went out today, they do exactly that. Polish is a bit of a given, but what else is planned? At about mid-November, they [...]
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After a short beta period, Battle Battalions—Petroglyph's reimagining of their game Victory Command—is ready for launch. The game will be available through Steam at approximately 4 PM EST tomorrow. Tactical RTS combat in a MOBA setting is just a day away. In Battle Battalions, it is asserted that "teamwork [is] above all," as in many MOBAs. Players will need to [...]
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As one Arabic online games company launches a brand new MMORPG, another is losing its CEO. Fadi Mujahid, the CEO and founder of Game Power 7—a company founded eight years ago to "[promote] the Arabic gaming market to game developers and industry leaders worldwide"—has announced his intention to step down from his position at the company. He is considered to [...]
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Gocco of War is an instanced online chibi shooter MMO made by the Japanese company peakvox and published globally by AGM-Playism. The latest in a number of games that Playism have brought over from Japan, Gocco of War is closer to Dungeon Fighter Online than it is traditional MMORPGs. It is an online-only title that has 32-player lobbies from which [...]
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Yesterday, Areeb World was made available on the official site for 215 Saudi Riyals. According to Google's currency conversion calculator, 215 SR comes out to about $57. Perhaps this was just the local cost, however, and Steam's global pricing would be different. It was not. Having launched this morning on Steam, Areeb World is officially $54.99, a price point much [...]
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Update: Webzen's own IanGuy Lee, who is MU2's Studio Producer, issued this statement about the leak: "It is a true that the happening with the leaked video is MU2. The video was produced with the purpose of our internal beta test back to March 2015, not for any public promotion/marketing purposes. What the past video describes is completely different from [...]
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It may only be in Early Access, but Drago Entertainment set aside some development time in order to make sure that players of their cyberpunk MMORPG would be able to take part in seasonal festivities for the next week. Lambda Mall is covered in Jack-o-Lanterns and cobwebs for the event. A new questline will require players to hunt pumpkins before [...]
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As of this morning, Das Tal's first 24/7 test is now live with both European and North American servers. It is open to all Founders and you can still buy in for a minimum of €30. The test will run for nine days, until November 8th, before going offline again. This new test introduces a number of additions to the [...]
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Nexon and Respawn Entertainment announced a joint investment in mobile company Particle City today. This investment came out of a multi-game, multi-year partnership in which Nexon will be the "exclusive global publisher" of multiple Titanfall mobile games. Nexon has already invested in or formed partnerships with Cliff Bleszinski's Boss Key Productions, Big Huge Games, and earlier this year, even Electronic [...]
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