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After taking down the servers for a good portion of the day, Broadsword put Dark Age of Camelot back up with some new changes. The most notable one being the addition of the "Casual Group Finder". This new system “will allow players to queue for either an RvR or PvE group and be automatically placed in one once enough players in [...]
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After various delays and reassurances, Marc Jacobs and the rest of the crew at City State Entertainment have finally launched the alpha phase of Camelot Unchained. Last night, Jacobs announced that the alpha testing had begun and that there would be "regularly scheduled tests of [the] game." In addition, Jacobs stated that testers will not only be able to play in [...]
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Ar:piel Online (formerly known as Project AX) has been progressing steadily to its next stage in development. Ngine Studios just recently announced that there would be an upcoming mini test held from March 13th to 19th in order to gauge development progress. It is estimated that around 1500 players will be chosen for the test and Ngine showed off a [...]
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In their latest live stream, the Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade development team talked about the Eldar faction and its subfactions. They also went a little bit into the topic of stealth in the game and mentioned that it would be included in some way. The staff also made sure to tell viewers that there would be more gameplay to be revealed [...]
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Funcom has their eyes set on another crazy idea for The Secret World, this one in the shape of a forum game. This is no ordinary forum game, as the staff themselves claim that they want to "make this EPIC." On their forums, the community manager made a topic asking for volunteers to sponsor a prize package. There seems to [...]
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After the unfortunate post from Marc Jacobs yesterday, there was an update posted late last night. In this evening update, Jacobs stated that all tests were running very well and that the staff would be able to go ahead for a live streamed testing session today in order to test server stability. If all goes well during that test, the [...]
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BioWare has recently announced that Star Wars: The Old Republic's first and perhaps only attempt at the world of e-sports would be withdrawn. Community manager Eric Musco stated that they would be canceling their previously planned ESL "Operation Victory" competition for Star Wars: The Old Republic. There is no confusion as to why they pulled out as Musco himself stated [...]
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After previously teasing at their upcoming ability crafting system, the staff at Camelot Unchained became the bearer of bad news earlier today. In a news post on the official site, Mark Jacobs of City State Entertainment stated that the anticipated alpha would have to be anticipated for a little while longer. Jacobs wrote that the team worked from 10 am [...]
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A new promotional video has been released for the upcoming space-themed Star Citizen. It features the boss of Cloud Imperium, Chris Roberts, and shows lots of behind-the-scenes footage. From development scenes to in-game action, the aptly titled "The Vision Behind Star Citizen" has producer Travis Day and community director Ben Lesnick explain what they wanted this game to accomplish. For [...]
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After announcing that players would be able to zoom into first-person view, Arena Net has also revealed a new feature that they call "collision sensitivity". On the latest dev diary, programmer Branden Gee went into detail about how the new camera system would improve gameplay all around. He mentions that the staff knows about issues with camera claiming that, "[they've] [...]
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