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Piggy-backing off of Live Letter XL, which you can read here, Final Fantasy XIV has launched the Patch 4.2 mini-site - known as Rise of a New Dawn. Based on the mini-site, the highlights of the Patch 4.2 series are- Main Scenario Quests Omega: Sigmascape The Jade Stoa New Dungeons Forbidden Land, Eureka Anemos The Feast (PvP) Beast Tribe Quests (Ananta!) [...]
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In a breath of fresh air, a powerful platform owner has updated their policy in a way that is beneficial to customers. An update to the Apple App Store Review Guidelines states that all apps offering "loot boxes" or similar mechanics must disclose the odds of receiving each type of item prior to purchase. The full text, from the official [...]
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Lets not kid ourselves here - PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is the butt of many jokes for being buggy, unoptimized, and at times, hard to play - most notably at the start of matches, when all 100 players are running around and looking for weapons to kill each other with. Despite its technical hitches, the people at Bluehole have decided that PUBG is [...]
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World of Warcraft's PTR was updated with Patch 7.3.5, and courtesy of Wowhead, the dataminers there have been able to decipher exactly what are the requirements for unlocking the new Allied Races - Highmountain Tauren, the Nightborne, Void Elves, and Lightforged Draenei. The specific requirements are - Highmountain Tauren - "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" achievement, reach Exalted rank with the [...]
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Fate/Grand Order has had a shaky London launch, to say the least. The Fourth Singularity, where players finally meet the true "big bad" of the story, has been a much-awaited addition to the main saga of F/GO. However, it was not without its bugs. Roughly twelve hours after Fate/Grand Order launched, players in the mobile game noticed that various items [...]
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Elsword Online just launched its biggest update of the year - The 3rd Job First Path Update which introduces a 3rd job class for each job path. Its the first of 3 updates that will be announced in early 2018. In addition to the new jobs, today's update also introduces the following: One new dungeon: Forgotten Elrian Sanctum First and [...]
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This one flew under our radar, but Final Fantasy XIV, in time for the holidays, is hosting a Starlight Starbright Screenshot Contest! Running until December 29th, 2017, at 7:00 PM PST (10:00 PM EST), players can submit a screenshot of them with the theme "Celebrating the Starlight Celebration seasonal event." Players can submit their screenshots here, with a discussion thread, prize there, [...]
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MapleStory continued its season long Nova update today with the introduction of yet another new character class, the Illium. The Illium character is a Magician class that utilizes a special item called the Lucent Gauntlet to craft magical weapons and "harness the power of the ancient crystal". Players who pre-made their Illium characters leading up to today's release can finally [...]
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The unbelievably successful 5v5 mobile MOBA from Tencent, Arena of Valor, just soft launched in North America today and it's a big deal. Arena of Valor is easily the world's highest grossing game, earning a whopping $435M a month. Playerbase wise the game reported over 100 million daily active users, and that was back when it was only available in [...]
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Several sources covering the Chinese gaming market bring us a very interesting story this morning. A new PC title called Teemo's Adventure has been approved for sale in China. The official statement, screencapped by Mr. Ahmad, lists Riot Games and Tencent as the developer/publisher. Teemo is one of the most iconic champions in League of Legends. While there has been [...]
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