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En Masse Entertainment will be rolling out another character when the next major update hits Closers on July 3rd. Violet is the final member of the Wolf Dogs, completing the initial roster of the anime-themed online beat ‘em up RPG. “Arriving July 3, gamers will be able to select the greatsword-wielding Violet, who utilizes her Phase Force abilities in conjunction [...]
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Crowfall developers posted a their mid-year founder's update today highlighting progress the game has made so far in 2018 and what's in store for the highly anticipated crowd funded MMO. The big takeaway is that while alpha testing is still set to happen later this year (end of Summer), the game's soft launch has been pushed back to 2019. This [...]
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Bluehole announced today that their hit battle royale game Playerunknown's Battlegrounds hit an epic milestone this week: 400 million total players. The data is broken down as such: 400 million total players 227 million monthly active users 87 million daily active users While Playerunknown's Battlegrounds has been steadily bleeding users (down 50% since January, 2018) on the PC, the game [...]
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How hard is it to release a new game based on “classic” systems and mechanics while still using modern coding architecture? Apparently, it took weeks of research before Blizzard Entertainment figured out how to pull it off for their “new” World of Warcraft Classic game. “Greetings! Development of World of Warcraft Classic is underway, and we’re very excited to share [...]
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DayZ developer Bohemia Interactive has just announced their next game at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo. Considering the success of DayZ, it’s no surprise that the Czech studio will be rolling out yet another multiplayer survival shooter called Vigor. “1991. The nuclear war is over. Central Europe is devastated, Norway has become the last stand. You start as a nameless [...]
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South Korean game developer Playwith Interactive, best known for Rohan Online and Seal Online, announced today that they'll be re-launching ELOA as Warlords Awakening on Steam sometime this summer with early access set to begin in July. It will be available as a buy to play title starting at $11.99. The game is launching with 5 playable classes: Blood Knight, [...]
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Japanese game studio Asobimo Inc, which is best known for titles like Avabel Online and Toram Online, launched their newest mobile MMORPG called Alchemia Story in English this week. Unlike most mobile MMOs which have auto-play elements, Asobimo games are known to play much more like PC MMOs, as they tend to have no auto-play. アルケミアストーリー TGS2016 プロモーションムービー Alchemiastory TGS2016 [...]
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Mining in MMORPGs is a tedious chore at best but can be very rewarding for players with a whole lot of patience and time on their hands. Especially once you finish smithing those raw materials into usable and sellable gear. Jagex, however, is working on improving the mining and smithing system in Runescape to make it more intuitive and easier [...]
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Trion Worlds announced earlier this week that the remake of their sci-fi MMORPG shooter Defiance, titled Defiance 2050, will be launching on July 10, 2018 for the PS4, Xbox One, and PC. While the core gameplay mechanics between the original and remake are largely the same, Defiance 2050 features slightly improved graphics and simpler more streamlined game mechanics. Open beta [...]
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While we still don't know know exactly when closed beta 2 is set to begin for MapleStory 2, Nexon did say that it will for sure be in July sometime. Nexon didn't commit to any specific dates because they're apparently still fine tuning the game, but promised to reveal an exact date in the coming weeks. For those wondering why [...]
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