The story of New World’s successful launch and immediate crash is by now well documented. Amazon’s first big launch title was (and still is) plagued by bugs, missing content, and balance issues. From a high of over 900,000 concurrent players, New World now sits at an average daily player count of 13,600 with no floor in sight (as of June, [...]
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No Man’s Sky has just received a huge update called Sentinel that adds a ton of cool new things that should prove useful when exploring the survival MMORPG’s vast sci-fi universe. These include jetpacks, a cloaking device, the new heavily-armored Sentinel battle mech, and an AI autopilot system for Exomechs. Oh, and jetpacks! “Travellers may now install a Minotaur AI [...]
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Late last year, blockchain company Blue Monster Games bought out Citadel Studios along with their flagship game Legends of Aria and its proprietary game engine. Naturally, this brought up concerns on the future of the game and whether or not it will have blockchain mechanics built-in. The time for speculation is over as Reaper Games (formerly Blue Monster) CEO Joseph [...]
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It’s undeniable that Lost Ark has had “an amazing first week” as Amazon Game Studios reports, despite the launch issues that continue to plague the game. The recently-released fantasy MMORPG continues to dominate on Steam, securing the second spot on the platform’s Most Played Games list and setting an all-time peak concurrency record of 1,325, 305 players over the weekend. [...]
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Last Friday, indie developer Square Root Studios announced that they were closing shop and will be ceasing all development on their flagship MMORPG TitanReach. This is just six months after an anonymous angel investor decided to fund the project with absolutely nothing to show for it. Studio co-founder Unravel said that the reasons for the closure were private and that [...]
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The Destiny 2 team is paving the way for The Witch Queen’s launch next week with the official launch trailer for the expansion. “Savathûn has gifted her soldiers with the powers of the Light. As the Knight you’ve struck down rises from the dead for the second time, a feeling of betrayal washes over you and you can’t help but [...]
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It’s moving day in New World as Amazon Game Studios issues another round of free transfer tokens. All active players will receive the said tokens regardless of whether they just created an account yesterday. Note that transfer tokens are account-bound and can only be used on one character on the account. In preparation for the tokens’ release, the team has [...]
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After months of dealing with long queues and login problems, the Final Fantasy XIV servers are finally starting to cope with the massive influx of players brought about by the Endwalker expansion’s release last December. Over the past few weeks, Square Enix has been re-enabling features that were temporarily disabled due to congestion issues. One of those disabled features is [...]
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In October 2021, Jagex announced that they would be making changes to Old School RuneScape’s PvP Arena to crack down on real-money trading and scamming within the instance. As a temporary fix, the team placed a 10 million limit on GP stakes and added two new duel option presets based on commonly used duel settings. As of today, a revamped [...]
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After being delayed for two months, Star Wars The Old Republic’s highly-awaited Legacy of the Sith expansion is now live. The expansion was first announced in July 2021 and comes with a boatload of new content, including the new Combat Styles system, a revamped character creation screen, the new planet Manaan, a new Flashpoint, and a new campaign narrative. “The [...]
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