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The sidekick system in City of Heroes was a key feature of the superhero MMORPG. The system allowed casual and low-level players to team up with more experienced high-level players to accomplish quests. According to a Twitter post, Valiance Online, the game’s spiritual successor, will also be getting a sidekick system and it's already been coded. Unfortunately, there's no word [...]
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Originally broke by PCGamer, more information has come out of the UK Studio "Automaton Games," and their tactical MMO shooter known only as "Project X." This game doesn't have a release date yet, it doesn't even have a name, but it does have a very lofty goal. Two of them, actually. The first is 1,000 players, "in a world that [...]
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With Patch 4.1 less than a week away, Final Fantasy XIV has finally rounded out their Patch 4.1 Teaser Site! Additionally - thanks to Reddit user /u/Valfreeze, we have excerpts from a Famitsu interview with Producer & Developer of FFXIV himself, Yoshi-P! Lets dive right in. Rounding off the Special Site, we have new information on what more "Additional Updates" [...]
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Last week, Dungeons and Dragons Online revealed the juicy details of the Cleric and Favored Soul-centric Mists of Ravenloft expansion. If you’re waiting on word about the expansion, you’ll be happy to know that Standing Stone Games has just started testing a few of the planned changes that will be introduced into the game. The features available in the test [...]
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Last week, Fortnite debuted its free-to-play Battle Royale mode and recording a whopping 1 million players on the first night alone. Yesterday, that number has not only doubled, not even tripled, but septupled! (That’s x7 by the way.) Here’s the official Twitter announcement. Thanks to over 7 million of you who have played Fortnite! We want to keep the Battle [...]
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Not all games can say that they’ve recorded 10 million unique players which is exactly what Elder Scrolls Online did at E3 back in June. Bethesda Softworks is celebrating the milestone with a “#10MillionStories” campaign and asks players to share their most memorable stories. “Over the next few months, we'll be sharing some of the fantastic stories our players have [...]
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Time really does fly. One moment you’re trying to get your bearings in the Atlas Reactor Open Beta and the next thing you know they’re celebrating their first anniversary. And to celebrate the momentous occasion, Trion World will be giving away a ton of in-game goodies. These include a free anniversary thumbs-up emoji and banner emblem; free Freelancers, skins, and [...]
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One more week, folks, one more week. Final Fantasy XIV will soon release Patch 4.1 on October 10th, and with it will come a lot of changes and updates. But until we get the full patch notes, the FFXIV Dev Blog has posted an update - regarding some of the Job Gauge changes coming in Patch 4.1! Ever since Stormblood's [...]
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Veteran Rewards in Final Fantasy XIV have always been a nice touch. Being subscribed for a certain amount of days meant that players would receive special in-game bonus items, from mounts to minions to even special outfits modeled after previous Final Fantasy protagonists! However, a glaring flaw in this system meant that players only just starting out would have to [...]
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Overwatch has just announced on Twitter that the Halloween Terror event will be returning on October 10th. Unfortunately, aside from a brief 7-second teaser, Blizzard Entertainment is close-mouthed about the details of the event. But if it’s anything like last year’s Halloween event, we can probably expect new skins, sprays, voice lines, and other Halloween-themed cosmetics. Check out the teaser [...]
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