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Overwatch is turning two later this month and Blizzard Entertainment is all set for their online shooter’s second birthday bash. The festivities start on May 22nd and will run until June 12th for the PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. “Overwatch Anniversary will bring in a host of new content, including more than 50 fresh cosmetic items and the newest [...]
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Movie adaptations of popular video games have been reeling in the big bucks and topping box office charts over the past couple of years. Capcom and Constantin Films’ Resident Evil: The Final Chapter alone grossed more than $300 million worldwide in 2016. According to Variety, Capcom will be teaming up with Constantin Films again for the movie adaptation of the [...]
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The Elder Scrolls Online is giving away a free pet. Yes, that’s right. It’s free. The only requirement is that you have to own a copy of the Morrowind expansion. All you have to do is login to the game to claim your free Dozen-Banded Vvardvark. “Vvardvarks might be the ill-advised result of Telvanni experiments, but they sure do make [...]
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Last week, the Blade and Soul Korean website released a “New Update” teaser with what looks to be a new class silhouetted in the background with a massive sword reminiscent of Cloud’s Buster Sword in Final Fantasy VII. The image sparked a hefty round of rumors and speculation on the game’s subreddit page. The popular theory is that it will [...]
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Cliff Bleszinski announced on twitter today that Boss Key Studios is officially shut down. The company's 2 products Lawbreakers and Radical Heights will be shutting down in the near future. Check out the full statement below: Link to original tweet Anyone following Lawbreakers or Radical Heights should have seen this coming. Lawbreakers wasn't able to gain traction and quickly lost [...]
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On May 10, 2018 Nexon released their Q1 2018 earnings report. A more digestible Investor Presentation slide deck was also released and is filled with interesting charts and figures. The headline figures show that Nexon had a great quarter: revenues were up 21% year over year, due significantly to the stronger than expected results of Dungeon Fighter Online in China. [...]
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As some of you may already know, Blade and Soul was built on Unreal Engine 3 and that engine has long been left in the dust since the introduction of Unreal Engine 4 in late 2014. Fortunately for Blade and Soul fans, NCSoft is pushing to get transition the game to Unreal 4 and with that should come some sweet [...]
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In case you're not quite tired of battle royale just yet, Trove is adding their own take on it titled "Bomber Royale" this summer. Bomber Royale features 20 players who must fight to the death using bombs and grappling hooks in an ever shrinking map. One aspect of Bomber Royale that should help differentiate it from other battle royale games [...]
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Neowiz announced today that their highly anticipated buy to play fantasy MMORPG will be launching into early access on May 28th, 2018. The game has undergone a lot of changes since it launched in South Korea and Russia with the Steam version featuring overhauled combat, performance optimizations, and much more. Neowiz's CEO seems to be pretty excited: “It’s been a [...]
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Standing Stone Games launched update 22.2 this week which overhauled 6 of the game's classes as well as introduced anniversary and summer events. The 6 classes overhauled are the Champion, Guardian, Hunter, Lore Master, Minstrel, and Warden. Some classes got changed quite a bit more than others but these are some big tweaks. Tactical relics also got some serious rebalancing [...]
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