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Sci-fi sandbox MMO Dual Universe officially opens up the new Alioth Exchange hub as the Mercury Update rolls out on the live servers. As developer Novaquark previously revealed, the Alioth Exchange offers a centralized location where players can set up shops where they can showcase and sell all manner of player-created ships, goods, and services. “The Alioth Exchange in Dual [...]
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With Dual Universe steadily marching towards full release, Novaquark is now focusing on polishing up the space sandbox MMORPG in preparation for launch day. The team will be deploying a whole host of tweaks, improvements, and adjustments as part of the upcoming Mercury update, along with a new market place called the Alioth Exchange. “Catering to the entrepreneurs and shoppers [...]
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After two years in Beta, Novaquark is just about ready to move on to the next phase of development for Dual Universe – full release. “A game like Dual Universe is a never ending labor of love and ongoing development, but there is a point when you just need to assess if it is ready for a release. After close [...]
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When Dual Universe’s big Athena update rolled out late last month, it promised to set Helios ablaze with new PvP combat centered around the new Alien Core Units. Developer Novaquark is once again calling players’ attention to the resource-laden points of interest in a new feature spotlight video. “Alien Core Units are a PvP focused gameplay feature introduced into Dual [...]
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While most indie studios are content with offering virtual goods as backer rewards in their crowdfunding campaigns, Dual Universe developer Novaquark decided to reward higher-tier backers with actual physical items. These include various merch and swag items, including t-shirts, tote bags, flash drives, art books, and statues. While I applaud the studio’s dedication to their backers, they’re now in a [...]
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Dual Universe’s highly-awaited Athena update which promises to set Helios ablaze in battles is now live in the sci-fi space MMORPG’s servers. Named after the Greek goddess of war and wisdom, the update introduces new PvP content in the form of resource-generating Alien Core Units that players must claim and defend in order to continually reap its benefits. The update [...]
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Novaquark continues to tout the Dual Universe’s big Athena Update in a new dev blog that shines the spotlight on the new Aegis space market. The Aegis Market is the space sandbox’ first-ever market that’s conveniently located in space right in the middle of the safe zone at roughly equal distance from planets Alioth, Madis, and Thades. “With the introduction [...]
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The Dual Universe update that promises to “set Helios ablaze” is close at hand as developer Novaquark gears up for the update’s final round of testing. The third and final playtest for the PvP-centric Athena update is set to begin on April 14th and will run through April 19th on the Public Test Server. The final beta test will give [...]
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Novaquark has published another preview blog that offers a bit more information about the new PvP content coming to Dual Universe in the Athena update. The blog mainly focuses on the new alien core units that players will have to claim and defend to be able to extract resources using the new Space Mining units and the Relic Plasma Extractor. [...]
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Novaquark is gearing up for the release of Dual Universe’s PvP-focused Athena update with a massive PvP event on the Public Test Server. The event, called A Fool’s Defense, will pit players against the development team with the goal of destroying the Novaquark space station for a chance to earn a variety of prizes and help the devs test out [...]
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