World of Tanks recently got a new commercial in Japan. We've all seen the Japanese commercial reels—like this one—and are aware that these commercials can be a bit "out there" at times, seeming to lack any sort of relation to the product being advertised. Watching this commercial without "World of Tanks" in the corner would likely give a similar experience. [...]
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Two days ago, GTArcade launched Update 2.50 for their wildly popular browser-based MMORPG, MageRealm. Players weren't happy with it. That entire thread is full of players that are unhappy with changes to stats, leveling, and more. There are also a great many players unhappy with the fact that their wings—that they paid for—were taken away a week ago while the [...]
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Players and lurkers of the Haven and Hearth forum logged in yesterday to find something shocking. The developer Jorb had posted what looked like an abbreviated version of a trial. A village had discovered how to exploit a bug in the game to get over walls. They then used this exploit to raze two villages. As penance, the players that [...]
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Project D Online's promised private servers are here. Announced via a Steam Community post detailing installation, players can now find the game's server application inside the game files once their game has updated. Let me be clear. This private server is not your average dedicated server software and takes quite a bit of setup. Shutdown dates for the official servers [...]
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With Shores of Hazeron's lag indefinitely fought off, Software Engineering turned their attention to another major issue in Hazeron, jerky movement. Smooth movement was previously impossible in Hazeron and it appeared at times that the game only updated every so many frames, giving the impression that not only was your player jumping around, but your aim, as well. The patch [...]
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Season One of Alice and Smith's new-age alternate reality game, The Black Watchmen, has ended. With the end of the season, the team have seen fit to release most of the Season's stats. Some of the stats are quite impressive, such as an average of 41 hours played per player that finished Season One—they have skillfully omitted the number of [...]
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After a year-long battle in court, starting in May of last year, it was announced today via press release that Magic the Gathering rights holder Wizards of the Coast and Hex developers Cryptozoic Entertainment and Hex Entertainment have settled out of court. The terms were undisclosed. You will recall that Wizards of the Coast originally filed a litigation for "willful [...]
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First Wonder, Rogue Rocket Games' spiritual successor to Giants: Citizen Kabuto and MDK, has hit Kickstarter. Asking for $500,000 to bring their goal to life, the team boasts a pedigree of work on MDK, Giants: Citizen Kabuto, Earthworm Jim, and Armed and Dangerous. Nick Bruty, Co-Founder of Rogue Rocket Games, was quoted saying this about the campaign; "Giants and MDK hold a special [...]
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Mad Otter Games announced today via press release that their free-to-play sandbox MMORPG, Villagers and Heroes, received a new update that is taking it to an environment not yet seen in its Seven Realms. The update, entitled "Sands of the Equinox," or just "Equinox," adds a new world, The Oases of Anuk'Amon. This new world is a "magical desert land" [...]
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Larian Studios announced today via press release that Chris Avellone would be joining the Divinity: Original Sin II team as a contributor. The "RPG legend" who has worked on titles such as Fallout 2, Planescape: Torment, and, most recently, Pillars of Eternity, will be "[helping] bring the characters of Divinity: Original Sin II to life." Quotes from Chris Avellone and [...]
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