It’s Star Wars Day and MMOs are celebrating one of the most influential pop culture icons in the galaxy with their own Star Wars-themed events. Here’s what’s happening: Star Wars: The Old Republic is running a double EXP boost for the entire month of May while Star Wars Galaxies rogue server, Star Wars Galaxies Legends is offering double boosts on [...]
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Colin Campbell, a veteran developer who previously worked on a number of big projects for BioWare, has taken a job at ZeniMax Online Studios as Lead Level Designer for a new game. This is the same game that the studio has been hiring for since 2018. Based on the job postings, it will in all probability be an MMO. Campbell’s [...]
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Over the past few weeks, Nintendo has received numerous reports and complaints of accounts being hacked and unauthorized credit card use. The company responded with a statement saying that they were investigating the problem and advised account holders to enable two-step authentication in the meantime. Nintendo confirmed today that there was indeed a massive security breach that possibly affected over [...]
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Last month, gamescom 2020 organizers maintained that the event will still be moving forward as planned in spite of the COVID-19 situation since August is still a long way off. A recent post on Twitter, however, reveals that the organizers have decided to switch to a digital format for this year’s event to show their solidarity with the world. “It’s [...]
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With Riot Games marketing Valorant as a competitive shooter, we’ll probably be seeing the game enter the eSports scene sometime after its official launch. In anticipation of this, Riot has laid down a number of ground rules for tournament organizers. It includes a requirement that the “Show Blood” option be turned off for all broadcasted eSports tournaments. Riot has also [...]
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Riot Games, the studio best known for League of Legends and now Valorant, announced that they acquired Hypixel Studios, the company developing Hytale, a Minecraft inspired game. Hytale is set to launch sometime in 2021, and with Riot's backing, could compete with Minecraft. “We’ve known the team behind Hypixel Studios for several years, and from the start they’ve been the [...]
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Last month, EverQuest and EverQuest 2 Executive Producer Head Holly “Windstalker” Longdale surprised the gaming community when she resigned her post as the newly-appointed head of Daybreak's mini-studio Darkpaw Games for what she said was a “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity. Now we know what that opportunity was. According to Longdale’s LinkedIn profile, she is now working for Blizzard Entertainment as Principal Game [...]
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The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) has just updated its rating system with a new “In-Game Purchases (Includes Random Items) label. The new label will appear in games that make use of lockboxes, item packs, gacha mechanics, treasure chests, prize wheels, card packs, and other randomized elements that can be purchased with real-world money. “[. . .] Since adding the [...]
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Last week, SuperData owner Nielsen Games reported that 39% of American gamers have been spending more on games over the past few months. Now, it’s not my place to tell you how to spend your hard-earned money but at least try to check whether the purchase is worth it. Spending hundreds or thousands of dollars on a powerful new weapon [...]
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The Gamesplanet Spring Sale 2020, powered by ASUS Republic of Gamers, is now in full swing if you’re looking for a new game to play while you’re locked down at home. “Gamesplanet's Spring Sale 2020 is now on - with epic discounts on your favourite PC titles including AAA and Indie hits from publishers such a Konami, Ubisoft, SEGA, 2k [...]
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