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What’s better than four-man squads? Five-man squads? What about 20-man squads? Fortnite has just announced that they will be introducing a “Teams of 20” Battle Royale mode via a free update rolling out later today. Basically, that’s five teams of 20-man squads fighting it out for their chicken dinner. Oops sorry. Wrong game. The 20-man game mode will only be [...]
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Patch 66.03 is now live on the TERA servers which opens up the heavily-armored Brawler class to Male Humans. Don’t worry though, Gameforge is giving away free character slots so you don’t have to delete any of your old toons, along with a handful of consumables to help get you started. Veterans can also look forward to the reopening of [...]
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Novaquark began selling "Supporter Packs" today for their upcoming "civilization building" sci-fi MMO Dual Universe. Even after raising over $500k on Kickstarter, Supporter Packs will allow Novaquark to continue funding the game's development. Pledge packs are available from $60-$180 and feature beta keys and in-game cash shop coupons. Dual Universe is different from most other MMOs. It looks a lot [...]
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The previously announced Rift subscription progression server Rift Prime officially launched today. To play on Prime players will need to purchase patron status with Trion Worlds which runs anywhere from $8.33 a month (full year paid upfront) to $14.99 (paid monthly). The main reason to play Rift Prime is to re-experience Rift the way it used to be from the [...]
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Robocraft's take on Battle Royale is almost here. Freejam announced today that Robocraft Royale will be launching on Steam Early Access on March 26th as a standalone game and will be available for $19.99. Those who want to check the game out for free will be able to do during the free public alpha test which runs on March 8th [...]
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Revelation Online is celebrating its 1st birthday and will be showering the brave adventurers of Nuanor with a boatload of gifts during the month-long celebration. “We’d like to say a big thank you to our community for sticking with us through thick and thin. The first year of Revelation Online has certainly been a rollercoaster, but we still had plenty [...]
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We’ve journeyed to the trenches of France and Belgium in Battlefield 1 and returned to the beaches of Normandy in Call of Duty: WWII. This time around, multiplayer shooter War of Rights takes players back to the battlefields of the US Civil War. War of Rights is the flagship project of Danish indie game developer Campfire Games. The game promises [...]
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If you’re an avid part of the Escape From Tarkov community, you’ve probably been expecting Battlestate Games to release their annual video report for quite some time now. Unfortunately, that’s not going to happen. The team explains in a recent dev blog: “We know that you have been expecting the 2017 annual report from us, since we promised it. Unfortunately [...]
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Battlerise's Pre-Season officially came to a close today and Season 1 has just begun. Rankings have officially been reset and players can earn new rewards by climbing the ladder once again. Since this is the first official season of Battlerite it'll serve as an outline for future seasons. Each season will run for 2-3 months and average about 10 weeks. [...]
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Fishing has been a staple of MMOs for years. It’s a good way take a break from the monotony of killing and questing. Not that it’s any less frustrating though. Medieval fantasy MMORPG Albion Online plans to implement their own fishing system with the Lancelot update scheduled to roll out next week. “The waters of Albion are open for intrepid [...]
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