Our latest coverage of WildStar.
As we reported last week, all is not well at WildStar financially. Despite its free to play conversion, Korea's largest investment bank predicts NCSoft's revenue from the Western developed sci-fi MMORPG will drop to $0, zero, zilch by the end of 2016. Its a grim appraisal, shared by popular MMORPG blogger The Ancient Gaming Noob in his 2016 predictions. To [...]
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Ever since WildStar went free to play in the West on September 29, 2015, hopes of a turnaround for the ailing franchise have remained high. Servers were slowly filling back up again and the game world felt "full" for the first time since release. This hasn't stopped Daewoo Securities, South Korea's largest Investment Bank, from issuing a dire prediction for [...]
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It's the holiday season once again and that means that a horde of Christmas events are on their way. Is your favorite game holding a holiday event? Is it something you feel you should make time for? What if there are several games you're playing that are holding events? Fortunately for you, we have created a guide specifically for all [...]
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From December 16th to January 1st, WildStar will be hosting its annual Winterfest celebrations. In full, it is called "Protostar’s Gala Winterfest Extravaganza," the "corporate-sponsored, consumer-driven holiday that celebrates the most profitable of seasons." The cities will be lined with snow, presents, and more, as the holiday cheer kicks in and Winterfest attempts to grab your cash. In addition to [...]
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Let’s talk Wildstar! Probably the most underrated MMORPG on the market in my opinion. Partly, due to its rollercoaster lifespan so far but also due to the competitive nature of the MMO market and the artstyle they chose to go with. Let me try to elaborate. Wildstar has been the new kid on the block, the new WOW-killer, the next [...]
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Now that the dust from the migration to WildStar's free to play transition is over Carbine is gearing up to release an update focused on bolstering the game's PvP. Titled "Enter the Cryo-Plex Arena," the update release will coincide with a new arena season. The Cryo-Plex Arena itself is an abandoned research facility set among "towering rock formations" and blue ice. [...]
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Wildstar Sunday Funday Gameplay Video #2 Played some Wildstar again with Erhan, and Sean for Sunday Funday; the video above is from Omer's perspective. We picked up from where we last left off with Shurelya MIA (I think she was sleeping). We completed one of the game's first instanced areas and commented as we played. We talked about Wildstar as well [...]
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Recently Gone Free-to-Play MMORPG, WildStar, has tipped their hat to Back to the Future day with the implementation of Hoverboard Races. Yesterday was October 21st, 2015 and was the day that Marty McFly travels into the future in Back to the Future II and perhaps he might be joyed (or maybe disappointed) that his iconic hoverboard is available in WildStar. [...]
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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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Wildstar Sunday Funday Gameplay Video Played some Wildstar with Erhan, Shurelya, and Sean for Sunday Funday; the video above is from Omer's perspective. The whole group is back again and we jumped right into some Wildstar: Reloaded, the free to play relaunch of the game. We made some comments about the game as well as some unrelated discussion about sci-fi movies [...]
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