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Pokémon GO's paying population has dropped off by 79%, according to analytics company Slice Intelligence, since the number of purchases peaked on July 15, 2016. But it's no big deal. GO is still the lucrative mobile money maker, earning "28% of in-game revenue across all mobile games in August 2016." Wow. Data indicates that Niantic’s hit introduced nearly two times as [...]
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In the latest Revelation Online blog post the team details the Falmari, children of the sea god (not Poseidon). It's the latest teaser—following the Occultist—leading up to the game's Closed Beta set to begin sometime in October. The Fulmari are a race dwelling near coastal regions, often seen visiting the sea capital Sulan. They're the cosmopolitan people of Revelation Online, [...]
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Cryptic Studios and Perfect World Entertainment announced today that Neverwinter has reached the milestone of 12 million players across all platforms. According to Venturebeat, the breakdown of that number is 7 million players on PC, 3 million players on Xbox One players, and 2 million players on the PS4 version that launched a mere two months ago, but the press release [...]
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At long last, Black Desert Online's Sorceress has received her awakening. The new weapon that she receives is a scythe, which I don't believe we see enough of in MMORPGs. The scythe "allows her to engage multiple foes and create veritable whirlwinds of destruction." Today's update also includes a new boss named Kutum. Details are scarce, but it is said [...]
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Nexon America announced today that Riders of Icarus will be receiving a new update entitled "Rift of the Damned" on September 28th. The update will introduce the previously announced Tritael Rift zone, a new dungeon, The Breach, new familiars, and more. Highlights from the patch include the following. New Zone: Floating high above a black and bottomless sea, filled with the [...]
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Ubisoft will be holding a For Honor Closed Alpha test from September 15th to September 18th and today, the company unveiled details about what you can expect from said Closed Alpha test. The following six heroes will be playable: Berserker, Conqueror, Kensei, Orochi, Raider, and Warden. Three game modes—the 1v1 Duel mode, the 2v2 Brawl mode, and the 4v4 Dominion mode—will be [...]
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League of Legends estimates 100 million players log-in to Summoner's Rift each month, as the game celebrates its 10 year anniversary, according to an article on Polygon. League is the behemoth of the industry, the Godzilla you can't help but root for as it stomps on every other game. To gain some perspective, DOTA 2 had about 10 million players in the [...]
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MercurySteam, the creators of the Castlevania: Lords of Shadow games and Scrapland, announced today that its latest game, an "online 4 vs 1 asymmetric sci fi adventure" entitled "Raiders of the Broken Planet," has entered Closed Beta. Currently, only PC users can take part in the Beta, but PlayStation 4 and Xbox One users will be able to take part in [...]
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Those of you waiting for Aeria Games to bring Bless Online to the West are going to have to wait a bit longer, as "the project is bigger than expected" and the companies involved will need more time to localize it. The news comes via a forum post made by Aeria employee Carsomyr on the Bless Source forums. According to Carsomyr, [...]
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Following a month behind the PC release, Warframe's The Silver Grove update has gone live on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The update brings with it a new Warframe called "Titania," a new Glyph system, Lunaro improvements, the first set of user-created TennoGen Customizations on either platform, and more. The full set of new features is as follows. NEW WARFRAME [...]
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