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Sega announced today that their hit action MMORPG Phantasy Star Online 2 will be launching on Nintendo Switch in Japan. As-is the game is available on PC, Playstation Vita, and PS4. As with other platforms, the Switch version of the game will be free to play. Despite the wide availability of the game in Japan, there's still been zero word [...]
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Final Fantasy XIV ever-approaches Patch 4.1, and with it comes the ability to purchase housing in Shirogane. It will be the fourth residential area where players can own houses, alongside the Mist, the Goblet, and the Lavender Beds. Patch 4.1 also brings with it a new Relocation feature, where players who wish to purchase new plots of land, but currently [...]
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Master x Master update 1.3 has officially launched today and with it comes a brand new master, Titus - the "Death Defying Support Master". Also included in today's update is t he new game mode Natium Defense Line" which is a co-op challenge where players need to defend their base against 30 waves of increasing difficult enemies. As with any [...]
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Communication is key, whether you’re a couple having their first fight or a game developer working on a sandbox survival game like Conan Exiles. Say what now? Well, the point is, communication is important and Funcom confesses that they haven’t been updating fans as much as they should. “Unfortunately haven't been the best at communicating recently, something we're going to [...]
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If you think that Raids in Guild Wars 2 are far too difficult, it’s probably because they were designed to be difficult and ArenaNet, at least for the time being, intends to leave it that way regardless of how many requests they get for multiple difficulty options. Raid Team Design Lead Crystal Reid explains on the new Guild Wars forums: [...]
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Say hello to the Autumn season by cracking open a cold one with the boys or in this case with a high-pitched talking shadow demon. Black Desert Online celebrates Oktoberfest with the annual Beer Festival. From today until October 11th, players will have the chance to obtain Imperial Craft Delivery Invoices by completing the festival-themed chain quests and daily quests. [...]
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Gigantic, the brightly colored action MOBA from Motiga, launched the monk-themed Into Solitude update today which introduced a brand new hero to the game, Rutger as well as 2 new creatures. Players can learn more about the new hero in the video below: Gigantic: Hero Overview - RutgerWatch this video on YouTube More interestingly though, Perfect World Entertainment revealed that [...]
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Blade and Soul brings guns to a swordfight with the arrival of the tenth, and probably the most-awaited class in the game – the Gunslinger. The Gunslinger class makes its debut for Jin and Yun when Patch 3.4, a.k.a. the Rise of the Gunslinger update, hits the live servers later today. Players will also get a new character slot just [...]
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Bossa Studios, developers of the upcoming sandbox MMORPG Worlds Adrift, has recently secured a $10 million Series A investment from their latest investment round led by London-based international investment firm Atomico, with the participation of London Venture Partners, the studios existing investors. Atomico co-founder Mattias Ljungman and Executive-in-Residence Alexis Bonte will both be joining Bossa Studio’s board. “This new round [...]
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It’s been a few months since the Netherlight Crucible first came out on the World of Warcraft Public Test Regions back in June. Turns out that not everyone is a fan of the new artifact feature, prompting Blizzard Entertainment to make a few last-minute adjustments to make it more desirable. “We’ve made a final tuning pass on the Netherlight Crucible [...]
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