Following the success of World of Tanks Blitz, Wargaming have decided to form a mobile division that they are calling WG Cells. This new division will be led by Marat Karpeko, a "Wargaming management team veteran," and David Bluhm, the former CEO of DropForge Games. WG Cells currently has studios in Kyiv and Seattle—the latter is being headed by Bluhm—with [...]
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Prehistory is aiming to do something different within the survival genre. The Spanish team making the game, Games 2 Learn, are aiming for a "100% historically accurate" representation of the life of a caveman in the Paleolithic era. Ecosystems, flora, fauna, survivability, crafting, and more will all be modeled as accurately as they possibly can be. They want players to [...]
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Fedeen Games announced today that Forsaken World Mobile would be receiving a major content update called Babel Ascending later this year. The update will feature the Babel dungeon, a new 100-floor dungeon said to "put even the most skilled players to the test." Three new world bosses will be introduced at the same time the Tower of Babel rises. The [...]
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Eyedentity Mobile announced today that Exos Saga has broken one million downloads. It has only been about three weeks since the game released globally in 136 countries and it has already passed this milestone. Eyedentity are also reporting a stunning 51% player retention rate over the course of that, meaning that approximately 510,000 players around the globe are playing Exos [...]
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The Lithuanian developer Game Insight announced today that their game X-Mercs has hit the App Store. Featuring turn-based combat in a massively multiplayer setting, it is said to be their "biggest turn-based strategy release." The game achieves turn-based tactical combat in a massively multiplayer setting by mixing elements from several different subgenres of strategy game. Players will build and train [...]
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Jack Shade has come to the world of WildStar and that means that it is time for Shade's Eve. Players can now join in on the Halloween festivities in a number of ways. A new questline tells the story of Angel and Jack Shade. A new Expedition, Quiet Downs, allows players to venture to a town in which Jack Shade might [...]
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After having been previously announced late last month, the Soviet Tech Tree is now available for use. The Izyaslav, Gnevny, and Tashkent headline the new tree. The Soviet ships are intended to be the "sharpshooters of the sea." They have an unyielding combination of good accuracy and high firepower. Their destroyers are said to be fast, as well as featuring [...]
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Gloria Victis v0.4.7 is the patch that adds the promised headshot functionality to PvP combat. Along with it, players can now earn experience through PvP combat. But that's not all. Black Eye Games have made a few other changes. Several additions were made to the world. A new town—Fangsborough—was added in "the northwest part of Stoneholm." A raiders camp and [...]
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Persistent ARG The Black Watchmen had a problem. During the time between in-game Seasons of content, nothing was there to hold players' interest. It could take several months after the end of one Season before development of the next was complete. By then, players might have moved on. So the team at Alice and Smith decided to add Community Missions. [...]
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I recently had the chance to sit down with Josh Grafton of Strangely Interactive to discuss their FPS Angels Fall First. We talked a bit about the previous Angels Fall First game, the mod that Angels Fall First evolved out of, and development philosophies. Me: Is Angels Fall First a direct evolution of Angels Fall First: Planetstorm? Grafton: It is [...]
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