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In case you’ve forgotten, the Blade and Soul Forgotten Souls update officially dropped today. The update features the new Stonescale Passage 6-man Heroic Dungeon for players level 60 and up. The dungeon also requires a Hongmoon Level (HM) of 22 and above. “Amasa and Amayun, two powerful malevolent spirits, have been capturing souls transitioning from the Earthen Realm to the [...]
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Last week, ArenaNet rolled out the Visions of the Past: Steel and Fire episode which features a new type of Living World content for Guild Wars 2. In the new episode, players get to know Ryland Steelcatcher a little better through the eyes of a member of the infamous Steel Warband, and as Ryland himself. Living World Content Designer Chloë [...]
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Perfect World Entertainment and Ecthra Games has just unveiled the newest class in their upcoming multiplayer ARPG Torchlight 3, formerly known as Torchlight Frontiers. Equipped with ranged weapons, the Sharpshooter, a.k.a the Elusive Explorer, uses precision skills and ancient magical trinkets to take down enemies before they can even get close. The Sharpshooter will also be the only class that [...]
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Apparently, standalone spin-offs are all the rage as Fish Tank Studios, in tandem with publisher Black Eye Games, officially announces Gloria Victis: Siege, a medieval siege game featuring survival and resource management mechanics set in the Gloria Victis world. Players will take on the role of civilians trying to stay alive and helping the defenders of a besieged castle until [...]
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Riot Games will be rolling out a number of progression changes with an update coming later this month. The upcoming changes are based on player feedback and are aimed at speeding up overall gameplay by removing the limitations to Vault Rewards, XP, and the purchase of Wildcards. “[. . .]We’re seeing lots of positive results overall from the progression system. [...]
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Since top-tier scaling starships were introduced into Star Trek Online last year, the lower tiers naturally took a back seat. This, however, meant that the variety of starships exploring the far reaches of space were lessened to some extent. Arc Games is looking to change that with an update that makes Tier 1 to Tier 4 ships more accessible to [...]
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In a shocking development, it seems Chronicles of Elyria is no more. Caspian, the founder of Soulbound Studios, made an announcement titled: Chronicles of Elyria: Into the Abyss which starts by chronicling some of the progress the game had made over the years. It isn't until towards the end of the post that we learn that the entire staff has [...]
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Bandai Namco has been pretty quiet on the Bless Unleashed front since the game officially launched earlier this month. Today, the studio breaks the ice with a new trailer showing off the Xbox One-exclusive MMORPG’s combat system. “Combat is a key feature in Bless Unleashed and with a unique combo system, players can dive deep into making their character unleash [...]
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The heavenly gates of Voras, the Skyfeather Kingdom, are now wide open with the official launch of the Revelation Online Skyward World free expansion today. Skyward World is the fantasy MMORPG’s biggest expansion to date and features new quests, a new 10-player demonic raid, new class abilities, new Battle Companions, cross-server weddings, and more. “A new world brings new evil. [...]
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Enplex Games has just published a new Population Zero dev vlog which gives fans some insight into the game world’s design philosophy along with a sneak peek at the different biomes that players will get to explore when the game officially comes out. “We spent quite some time considering how to divide the gameworld into regions,” says Creative Producer Denis [...]
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