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I know we’re all excited as MapleStory 2 excruciatingly inches towards its Western release. Well, here’s a bit of news that will get you hyped up even more for launch day. The MapleStory 2 official website is now live and is now accepting applications for the game’s closed beta test. Closed Beta is scheduled to start on May 9th and [...]
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PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is putting the new 4kmx4km “Savage” map through a second round of testing on the Closed Experimental Server. The upcoming PUBG map was initially put through its paces earlier this month and the developers have made adjustments and changes based on player feedback. “The feedback you guys gave us during the first round of testing taught us a [...]
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Another mobile zombie game has debuted on the market to satisfy your cravings for killing the undead. Dead Rivals, by Gameloft, has officially launched for iOS, Android, and PC. The game comes with features typically found zombie survival with MMORPG elements thrown in to the mix. “Enter the post-apocalyptic world of Dead Rivals. Gameloft’s new title is the first of [...]
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Square Enix revealed patch 4.3 for Final Fantasy XIV recently and there's a lot of new content in the pipeline. The most exciting of which (in my opinion) is a new ultimate difficulty raid. There's also a new 24 man alliance raid called The Ridorana Lighthouse, which should spice up Alliance roulettes. Square Enix also revealed the new FInal Fantasy [...]
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In just a few days, Blizzard Entertainment will be taking down the World of Warcraft remote auction house app. Community Manager Ythisens explains in a forum post why the app had to be shut down and why players shouldn’t expect it to return any time soon. “The Web/Mobile Auction had a lot more issues with keeping it up than it [...]
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Update: It's official. MapleStory 2 English closed beta begins on May 9th, 2018! Sign up on the official website here! CBT is running from May 9th - May 16th. Signups are open until May 6th. MapleStory 2 is all but confirmed after various internet sleuths dug up Nexon's newest social media accounts. Nexon already set up a page for MapleStory [...]
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SoulWorker Online is keeping high level players on their toes with a new PvP operation called Dimension Trip that went live just before the weekend. The operation will pit players against monsters and each other in a 10-minute free-for-all match. The operation is available three times a day and is accessible to player who’ve reached level 55. 4-8 player can [...]
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Last week, PUBG Corp. filed a copyright infringement suit against NetEase and their Rules of Survival and Knives Out Battle Royale games. According to the lawsuit filed in the Northern District Court of California, NetEase allegedly “cloned” PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and released Rules of Survival for mobile devices “at or below cost for the purpose of gaining market share before PUBG [...]
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Secret World Legends Game Director Romain “Tilty” Amiel has left Funcom after 11 years with the Norwegian game development company. Amiel bids the Funcom community farewell on the official forums: “Today was my last day at Funcom. After almost 11 years (8 of these on TSW!), I’ve decided to follow up on other opportunities. My top priorities over the last [...]
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When you’re the leader of a group, giving every member the freedom to come up with new ideas and think outside the box is definitely better than forcing a single idea on the whole group. This is probably what Korean gaming giant Nexon had in mind when it granted full autonomy to 7 internal studios. MMOCulture reports that Nexon restructured [...]
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