Fantasy MOBA SMITE is turning three this year and is holding a week-long birthday bash to celebrate the occasion. From March 21st to the 27th, players logging in to the game during the celebrations will earn Double Login Bonuses. They’ll also be to earn a free Birthday Global Emote by getting their “First Win of the Week” during the week-long [...]
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Rocket League's Dropshot mode is set to go live later at 3 PM PDT / 6 PM EDT today, allowing players to take on the challenge of having to create their own goal by hitting the ball into the ground on the opposing team's side. The mode takes place on a new hexagonal map and should provide an experience that [...]
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Going free-to-play isn't always the best option for a game, but it seems that it is working out for Warhammer 40K: Eternal Crusade. While we only get a look at concurrent users when we look at SteamCharts, which have doubled since the game went free-to-play last Thursday, Behaviour Digital has stated that the Daily Active User count has also seen [...]
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Overwatch's newest hero Orisa has gone live—which also means there's a new trailer to watch below—in all versions of the game, but the robotic tank will not be available in Competitive Play. Principal Designer Scott Mercer took to the forums to say: When patch 1.9 releases tomorrow, Orisa will not initially be available for Competitive Play. We want to give [...]
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It's been a while since the last Master X Master playtest, hasn't it? The last one was in, what, November? Fortunately, we won't have to wait long for the next one; NCSoft announced today that the next playtest, which will mark the beginning of Beta, will begin on April 6th and run through April 27th, giving players a full three [...]
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Blizzard has a long-standing history of including map editors in its games. The inclusion of said map editors even spawned multiple genres that are commonplace today, such as MOBAs and tower defense games. Given that, it's no surprise that Overwatch players are increasingly curious to know if Overwatch will ever receive its own map editor. Fortunately, yesterday, Game Director Jeff [...]
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Blizzard is bringing the banhammer and currently seeking a hefty $8.5 million in damages against German-based hack distributor and creator "Bossland GmbH". The ongoing lawsuit, first filed by Blizzard in California on July 1st, 2016 - accuses Bossland of trafficking "circumvention tools" and copyright infringement under the DMCA, as well as unfair competition from the profits of these violations. Despite [...]
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Grim Dawn's next expansion is apparently shaping up nicely, and today developer Crate Entertainment announced the Necromancer mastery. That's right Diablo 3, Grim Dawn will have their very own undead summoner. Who's skeleton army will reign supreme? The aforementioned linked post has plenty of lore to absorb: The art of necromancy has always come with a certain amount of revulsion [...]
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Cloud Imperium Games, the studio behind Star Citizen, announced that they are considering parting ways with DirectX completely in favor of Vulkan. The graphics API would make Star Citizen compatible with Windows 7,8, and 10, with the possibility of making the game playable on Linux computers. Whereas DirectX requires players to be running Windows 10. “Years ago we stated our [...]
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Battlestate Games announced today that it will be lifting the NDA on its MMOFPS, Escape From Tarkov, on March 24th. At that time, players will be able to freely publish images and videos from the game, as well as livestream it. Battlestate Games Studio Lead Nikita Buyanov had the following to say about the announcement. We have refrained from lifting [...]
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