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Hi-Rez Studios Officially Unveils UE5-Powered SMITE 2, Soft-Launching Later This Year

January 13, 2024 Marc Marasigan Comments

Hi-Rez Studios and Titan Forge have officially unveiled SMITE 2, the highly awaited Unreal Engine 5-powered sequel to the mythology-inspired MOBA. “The battleground of the gods has evolved,” touts the devs. The big reveal took place during the SMITE World Championship kick-off event yesterday, promising improved matchmaking and new game modes with the same core gameplay and mechanics as the [...]

Astral Tale Launches Into Open Beta, Promising A Classic JRPG Adventure Across The Stars

January 13, 2024 Marc Marasigan Comments

Space-faring anime MMORPG Astral Tale has officially launched into global open beta earlier this week after a slight delay. Developed and published by Chinese video game studio X-Legend Entertainment, the free-to-play MMORPG takes players on a voyage across the stars with classic JRPG and open-world mechanics. “Embark on cute adventures under the starry sky, heal your soul, become a one-of-a-kind [...]

Pantheon: Rise Of The Fallen’s Last Pre-Alpha Test Provided Devs With A Ton Of Data

January 13, 2024 Marc Marasigan Comments

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Visionary Realms reports that its gathered “a plethora of glorious data” from the last Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen pre-alpha test. This is despite the studio’s insistence that its now-cancelled 247 extraction mode would allow them to gather feedback faster. According to the January pre-alpha post-mortem report, testers managed to rack up a total of 7 years, 269 days, and [...]

Final Fantasy XIV Updates Growing Light Landing Site With Patch 6.55 Teasers

January 13, 2024 Marc Marasigan Comments

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Square Enix has updated the Growing Light landing site with more information on what’s coming to Final Fantasy XIV when the Patch 6.55 lands next week. Players can now browse new screenshots and game descriptions of the update’s contents, the highlight of which is part two of the Growing Light main scenario quests and the end of the Realm Reborn [...]

Crema Games Shuts Down Temtem Showdown And TemCS Esports Tournament

January 13, 2024 Marc Marasigan Comments

It looks like the PvP side of Temtem isn’t getting as much attention as Crema Games had hoped as it’s decided to shut down both its competitive eSports tournaments and the standalone free-to-play PvP battler Temtem Showdown. For context, Temtem Showdown was launched on Steam in June 2023 as a way for players to jump right into Temtem battles in [...]

Myth Of Empires Steam Relaunch And Version 1.0 Release Confirmed For February 21

January 11, 2024 Marc Marasigan Comments

Now that Angela Game and Snail Games have settled their copyright dispute, Myth of Empires will soon be making its way back to Steam next month. The medieval Eastern multiplayer sandbox game will be relaunching on the platform on February 21, which will also mark its Version 1.0 release. The relaunch date was originally set for February 5, but it’s [...]

Unity Technologies Dismisses Another 1,800 Employees Across All Departments

January 11, 2024 Marc Marasigan Comments

Downsizing continues at Unity Technologies as the Unity Engine developer lays off an additional 1,800 of its employees. That translates to roughly 25% of its current workforce, in addition to those who were let go in three separate rounds of layoffs last year. “Unity has made the difficult decision to implement a workforce reduction, targeting approximately 25% of our total [...]

Marvel Snap Studio Second Dinner Secures $100 Million Investment In Series B Funding

January 11, 2024 Marc Marasigan Comments

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Marvel Snap developer Second Dinner, a studio headed by former Hearthstone game director Ben Brode, has secured a sizable investment during its Series B funding round earlier this week to the tune of $100 million. The funding round was led by investment firm Griffin Gaming Partners who have now partnered with Second Dinner on future projects. The investment couldn’t have [...]

Eleon Games Partners With Funcom To Publish And Fund Space Survivalbox Empyrion

January 11, 2024 Marc Marasigan Comments

Eleon Game Studios has partnered with Funcom to publish its co-op space survival sandbox game Empyrion. The indie studio tried but failed to raise funds for the game via Kickstarter in 2014, but surprisingly still managed to launch the game to positive reviews in August 2020. Now, its managed to secure support from the Conan Exiles and Dune: Awakening developer. [...]

Lord of the Rings Online’s Ill Omens Event Returns With New And Adjusted Rewards

January 11, 2024 Marc Marasigan Comments

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Lord of the Rings Online brings back its Ill Omens skirmish event with its first update of the year – Update 38.2. The event is now live and challenges players to defeat a set number of “harbingers” per day to earn Tokens of Ill Omens until February 1. The said tokens can be used to purchase event-exclusive pets, including the [...]

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