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Albion Online, the hardcore PvP MMORPG, is launching its latest update, titled Lancelot, on March 12th and with it comes Fishing; the almost ubiquitous trade skill found in every MMORPG. Besides fishing, Lancelot introduces a whole lot of other changes to the game, including the following: Guild Quality-of-Life Improvements - With a new management system, guilds can assign roles and [...]
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Trion Worlds made a massive announcement this morning with the announcement of Defiance 2050, a total overhaul of their sci-fi shooter MMORPG Defiance. Unlike the original, the new version will be free to play from day 1. According to Trion, Defiance 2050 is not quite sequel, more of a remake with today's technology. The game is slated to release this [...]
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The instanced anime action MMORPG Soul Worker officially launched into open beta today in the West through Gameforge. Unlike most open betas though, Gameforge noted that they may reset all accounts prior to the game fully launching. While this isn't set in stone at the moment, it remains a distinct possibility. Players who participate in the open beta will receive [...]
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ESTGames announced today that Cabal 2, the ill fated sequel to the original Cabal Online, will be shutting down. While there's no road map for closure just yet, I suspect it'll be shutting down in the next 2 months. A roadmap of the closure is expected to be released soon. Anyone following Cabal 2 shouldn't be too surprised to see [...]
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Robocraft developer FreeJam announced today that they partnered with GhostShark Games to help develop Robocraft Royale, a battle royale game built on Robocraft's engine and gameplay elements. GhostShark will be at first responsible for the optimization of the resources streaming and rendering systems. These systems are super important to ensure a stutter free experience, especially on a large map with [...]
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Tale of Toast, the hardcore open world MMORPG inspired by classics like Ultima Online and Runescape, officially launched into early access today on Steam. While the game has been in development for some time now and has been playable before, this is the first time anyone can just download and play the game immediately. Tale of Toast promises a return [...]
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Who says pillaging is just for the guys? Viking-themed sandbox survival MMORPG Valnir Rok has just moved up to Alpha 3 and received a huge content update to boot which includes playable female characters. Hooray! Update 0.5.0.1590 also introduces horse mounts, farming, a new totem system, new quests to complete, and new tattoos and hairstyles to choose from. The update [...]
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A few weeks ago, Bungie released a development roadmap for Destiny 2 which listed the features that they were working on and the dates that they were scheduled to be released. But, as we all know, developmental roadmaps aren’t necessarily set in stone which Game Director Christopher Barrett admits. “A few weeks ago, we shared a Destiny 2 Development Roadmap [...]
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If you’re a Warframe veteran, you probably remember a time when Beam Weapons were king and were probably a little bit upset when the devs decided to change the whole system. Digital Extremes has just brought back the Beam Weapons of old with the latest update – Hotfix 22.13.3. “Beam Weapon behavior was originally changed to help with performance but [...]
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En Masse Entertainment announced today that the open beta for the console version of Tera is set to launch on March 9th, 2018 for both Xbox One and Playstation 4. Open beta will run from March 9th 6AM PST until March 12 12:00 Am PST. Players can access the beta via the PlayStation Store or Microsoft Store beginning on the [...]
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