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Dauntless players will finally get the chance to complete their Radiant elemental gear sets when the latest Return to Light season update launches today. Patch 1.10.3 features the new Radiant Escalation encounter where the shape-shifting Behemoth, Chronovore, awaits in the final arena. The new Escalation will also be the first one with a puzzle mechanic that will grant players a [...]
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Fantasy MMORPG Elyon welcomes the new Paladin class to its roster together with new events as the latest patch officially rolls out on the live servers. As previously noted, the Paladin is a sword and shield class with the ability to channel the power of Light and switch between tank and support roles using auras. “As ancient guardians of Harth, [...]
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When Dimensional Ink Games CEO Jack Emmert jumped Daybreak’s ship to head up NetEase’s first U.S. studio earlier this month, there have been worries about what that might mean for his untitled Marvel MMO. Well, the time worrying is over as Enad Global 7 has just revealed in their Q1 2022 financial report that its already canceled the game. EG7 [...]
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Eden Falling developer Razor Edge Games has joined the NFT craze and is now selling NFT art in partnership with Epik Prime. The fully-animated artworks can be bought and displayed inside player houses in the post-apocalyptic multiplayer game and will also come with additional in-game benefits such as access to hidden points of interest and cosmetic upgrades. The team, however, [...]
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It’s only been a little over a week since Warcraft Arclight Rumble kicked off closed beta testing in Australia but Blizzard Entertainment is already hard at work to appease its currently-limited playerbase. The latest closed beta update has increased XP scaling for low level players and fixed a bug that didn’t allow some players to complete the tutorial. Gold rewards [...]
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Amazon Game Studios talks up the design process that went into New World’s upcoming 3v3 Arena in their latest dev blog. The original design was apparently much bigger but was scaled down to remove the advantage that ranged players would get in large open areas. Pillars were also added to break ranged players’ lines-of-sight and force them to move around [...]
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Jagex is showing long-term RuneScape subscribers some love with new Crowns of Loyalty for years 2021 through 2025. The ultra-exclusive cosmetic is granted to players who’ve had a continuous active subscription without lapses. “Have you been with us from the start? Time to show your commitment with a touch of glamour! Crowns of Loyalty are a snazzy wearable for members [...]
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Last year, Square Enix implemented a 30-minute AFK timer in Final Fantasy XIV to deal with extremely long queue times caused by a massive influx of players ahead of the Endwalker expansion’s release. With queue times and login issues now under control, the team has decided that it’s high time to remove the feature and have done so in the [...]
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The last that we heard from Artificial Core was that several of their employees and their families were hunkered down in bomb shelters in Kyiv as Russia bombarded the Ukrainian capital. Most of their staff, however, had already relocated to safer regions in Europe and are continuing to work on Corepunk even while the studio is in “emergency mode.” The [...]
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Lineage 2 Aden, the solo-friendly version of the classic MMORPG (in case you get confused with all the other versions), is getting new endgame content in today’s update in the form of the Giran Seal system. Giran Seals are used to craft endgame equipment and spellbooks and can be purchased from the cash shop in other versions. Once the update [...]
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