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Nexon announced the upcoming Midnight Monster Bash event for MapleStory which is set to begin on October 18th, 2017. I've personally played MapleStory on and off since its beta back in 2004 and one thing the game does really well is its events which do a great job of keeping things fresh. Check out the trailer for the upcoming event [...]
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Dragon Age Senior Creative Director, veteran writer, and lead designer, Mike Laidlaw leaves BioWare after more than a decade with the Canadian video game company. During his fourteen-year stint with BioWare, Laidlaw also worked on other games such as Jade Empire and Mass Effect. Laidlaw didn’t explain his reason for leaving but other than that he plans to spend his [...]
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When Digital Extremes first released Warframe a few years ago, the game resembled a lobby-based shooter more than an MMO with each update bringing it one step closer to being a full-fledged MMORPG. The Plains of Eidolon expansion tipped the balance even further when it launched for the PC earlier today. The highly-awaited expansion introduces open-world environments, day/night cycles, new [...]
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Fortnite has just released a new patch which will benefit both Battle Royale and Save the World players. Update 1.7.1 introduces Battle Royale stats, balance changes to hero and monsters in Save the World, and improvements to Challenge the Horde progression. Veterans will now start Challenge the Horde depending on how far along they are in Save the World instead [...]
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Revelation Online has brand new endgame content in store for the veteran adventurers of Nuanor. My.com and NetEase just added three new difficulty modes to the Eternal Chasm raid. Starting today, level 79 players will have access to the Eternal Chasm 5-man, 10-man, and 10-man Legendary difficulties. Three new modes and nine bosses (including two hidden ones) are waiting in [...]
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Final Fantasy XIV is finally working to address the game's house shortage problem. Naoki Yoshida posted on the game's official forums yesterday that additional housing wards will be introduced to the game in Patch 4.2. New wards will be available for all of the game's housing districts (Lavender Beds, The Goblet, Mist, and Shirogane). Housing has always been an issue [...]
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Secret World Legends opens the doors of the ominous Orochi Tower and the final chapter of the Tokyo storyline in its latest update. “The colossal Orochi Tower features hours of new story and gameplay content across over 20 sections exploring all 8 Orochi subsidiaries. Fight to the top and uncover dark secrets behind the Orochi Corporation’s experiments. Come face-to-face with [...]
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The highly anticipated Planes of Eidolon expansion for Warframe is set to launch later today on PC. The update features a brand new open world persistent zone, new weapons, items, armor, and more. Planes of Eidolon will be launching on Playstation 4 and Xbox One later this year. I'm personally excited to see how much the playerbase jumps. After all, [...]
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The e-sports scene may be dominated by PC players but that doesn’t mean that console players can’t have their own e-sports tournaments. Hi-Rez Studios has just announced the details of the highly-awaited $250,000 Paladins Console Series for Xbox One and PlayStation 4. The matches will kick off on Saturday, October 21st and will culminate in a head-to-head match at the [...]
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The game that Epic Games promised would be rooted in PvE is turning out to be a PvP phenomenon. Fortnite Battle Royale peaked at over half a million concurrent players over the weekend, around the same time that Battle Royale frontrunner PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds peaked at nearly 2M concurrent players. Epic Games published an infographic on Twitter today showing off just [...]
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