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The Blade and Soul Rage of the Hive Queen update has just gone live, opening the doors to the Temple of Eluvium’s mysterious inner chambers where the Hive Queen awaits those brave, or foolish enough to enter her lair. As we mentioned in a previous post, today's update will also include new Fallen Aransu School quests along with a number [...]
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The stylish cartoony action MOBA Gigantic launched its Season of Souls update today on all platforms (PC / Xbox One). The update introduces a brand new playable hero to the game called Ezren Ghal the Necromancer along with a new map called Ember Grove. Also included in the update are some other small additions like new profile icons, text chat [...]
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Sandbox Interactive announced yesterday that they just revamped their Invite-a-Friend program by introducing 7 day trial keys which can be purchased and given to friends. Previously players received a gold bounty (premium currency) for inviting new players to the game who purchased the game. The only real difference now is that players can purchase and send 7 day trial keys [...]
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Unreal Engine powered 3on3 FreeStyle launched on Steam today from Joycity - the company best known for FreeStyle Street Basketball 2. 3on3 FreeStyle is very similar to FreeStyle 2 but features improved visuals and more polished gameplay. The game has been available on PS4 since late 2016 but only launched on PC just on October 16th. If you're curious what [...]
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If being a knight or a hunter in The Black Death isn’t quite doing it for you, maybe being a plague doctor might be more to your liking. The plague doctor profession will be available when the next game patch rolls out. As a plague doctor, you will be dropped into the middle of plague-infested medieval Europe where you’ll get [...]
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Last week, the unconventionally-named Battle Royale shooter PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds recorded nearly 2 million concurrent players, proceeding to break the 2M mark on October 11, and peaking at 2,279,084 concurrent players on Saturday, October 14th. Along with a steadily-growing playerbase, the widely-popular shooter has also seen a rise in cheaters. According to a Tweet by BattlEye, the anti-cheat software has banned [...]
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Soulbound Studios has brought in a new team member to work on Chronicles of Elyria. Adam “Snipehunter” Maxwell is now working as the Lead Designer for Soulbound’s upcoming fantasy MMORPG. Here’s a few excerpts from MMORPG.com’s interview with Maxwell: “[Chronicles of Elyria] felt like it could deliver on the MMO dream of a true multiplayer evolving online world and realizing [...]
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PvP? In my Final Fantasy XIV? It may be more likely than you think - get a FREE PvP Scan Today! Memes aside, FFXIV isn't really known for its PvP. The game has a strong story, beautiful music, fun fights in the form of Raids and Trials, but a sorely lacking PvP scene. That won't stop Square Enix from really pushing [...]
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This just in folks - Vindictus has announcing it will be merging three of its servers - US-EAST, US-WEST, and AUS into one, massive "NA" server. This could mean a number of things, but first, lets break down the details and simplify them as they come to us. EU to be unaffected As it stands, players can have up to [...]
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The annual All Saints Wake is here! Final Fantasy XIV's annual Halloween Celebration comes around for another round, and the Continental Circus are up to their usual tricks once more. Join the Adventurers Guild of Gridania to make sure that the Continental Circus doesn't end up turning children into vampires...or what-have-you that they tend to do. The rewards for this [...]
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