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Trading in Last Epoch will involve much more than just selling and exchanging items as developer Eleventh Hour Games revealed ahead of the multiplayer ARPG’s full release next month. The game’s robust trading system ties in with existing lore and will give players the option of joining one of two trade factions: The Merchant’s Guild and the Circle of Fortune. [...]
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NCSoft has dropped the details of the Throne and Liberty server merges in Korea that’s going down later this week. The mass server merge will take place on January 17 during the game’s maintenance downtime, with 18 servers set to be squished down to just seven. The end goal is to maintain healthy server populations as the launch rush dies [...]
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RuneScape will soon be joining the growing list of MMOs who’ve abandoned traditional forums in favor of Discord. Jagex announced last week that it will be moving all communication to the messaging app and will permanently be retiring the forums on March 28. The game’s official forums have served as a vital space for discussions and social interactions between the [...]
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South Korean video game developer WeMade has opened pre-registrations for yet another play-to-earn blockchain MMORPG called Night Crows. The medieval fantasy game runs on Unreal Engine 5 while the blockchain side is supported by the WeMix GameFi platform. This will allow players to mint their characters into NFTs that they can then sell online and earn seven different tokens that [...]
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NCSoft has dropped a pair of new Blade and Soul NEO Classic trailers that offer a preview of the reboot server’s new features and improvements. The first trailer shows off NEO Classic’s visually updated version of the Moonwater Plains region, with a particular focus on texture and lighting improvements made to the Greenhollow zone, while the second one showcases the [...]
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Ravendawn Online, a 2D pixel MMORPG from indie developer Tavernlight Games, is officially launching tomorrow, January 16. The free-to-play title promises an open-world sandbox experience inspired by classic MMORPGs from the 90s, with a card-based open class system, player-driven economy, and an in-depth, build-anywhere player housing system. Version 1.0 will introduce two new mid-level gear grades and a new untradeable [...]
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Studio Wildcard has finally confirmed a launch date for ARK: Survival Ascended’s highly awaited Scorched Earth DLC. Unfortunately, the UE5 remaster’s community will have to wait a bit longer than expected before they can start their survival adventures in the unforgiving desert and get their hands on Wild West-styled gear. Scorched Earth was initially planned for release in March 2024 [...]
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CD Projekt Red is starting the new year with a brand-new project as it begins work on the sequel for Cyberpunk 2077 from its new Boston office. The sequel currently goes by the codename Orion and the developers are extremely optimistic about its future, saying that the original game was “just a warm-up.” While the optimism is understandable considering how [...]
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SMITE 2 may already be in development but Hi-Rez Studios isn’t done with SMITE just yet. The original game’s dev team is preparing a big update for its 11th open beta launch anniversary, aptly named the Year 11 update. The highlight of the update is the debut of the mythology-inspired MOBA’s 130th playable deity – the Egyptian sky goddess Nut. [...]
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Blizzard Entertainment is throwing a gigantic wrench into Overwatch 2’s core gameplay with the launch of Season 9 later this month. The proverbial wrench will come in the form of self-healing abilities for tank and DPS heroes, a first in the seven-year history of the hero shooter. “In Season 9, both Tank and Damage heroes will get a modified, tuned-down [...]
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