Considering the overwhelming demand circulating the web for CBT2 keys I can't help but wonder what it is about Black Desert that so many people are drawn to. Is it just curiosity? Or, is there something about Daum Games' MMO that's irresistible? I'll admit I was hyped months before I experienced any gameplay thanks to awesome character creation videos, exhibiting some of [...]
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This week’s hottest eSports news and highlights for League of Legends, CS:GO, and Dota 2. Expect spoilers! Contents (Click to Jump to Section) League of Legends NA LCS EU LCS LCK LPL Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Dota 2 League of Legends NA LCS: Immortals continues to be undefeated and Cloud9 looks like the 2nd best team in the League. EU LCS: H2k, [...]
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NCSoft, the Korean MMORPG juggernaut, released Q4 2015 earnings today and they reported $196.7M in revenue, the highest in over a year, largely thanks to Guild Wars 2 (the Heart of Thorns expansion launched in Q4). Every single other major NCSoft franchise showed quarter over quarter revenue growth too as pictured below: The biggest contributor to top line growth this [...]
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It's not a good time to be a Nexon investor. After reporting a 10% increase in top line revenue and overall decent operating results, the stock is trading down over 14% in Japan today. Nexon's stock closed at 2,065 yen per share on February 1st, 2016 and is currently trading a tad below 1,400 yen as of this post (over [...]
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Heavenstrike Rivals is a mobile 2D fantasy-themed turn-based tactical MMORPG developed by Square Enix featuring character design similar to Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. The game features over 700 collectible and trainable units, a story-based single player campaign, and real-time PvP battles. Publisher: Square Enix Type: Mobile Turn-Based Strategy Release Date: August 29, 2013 Shut Down: May 01, 2018 PvP: Real-time [...]
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Motiga, the studio behind the yet unreleased Windows 10 and Xbox One multi-platform MOBA Gigantic has announced another round of layoffs. On Febuary 9, the studio said that it had to layoff a significant percentage of its staff. The official blog post claims the layoffs are "temporary" and can be reversed if ongoing talks with potential investors pan out. Gigantic has been in [...]
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Crossout is an upcoming vehicular combat game created by Targem Games—the creators of Hard Truck: Apocalypse, Sledgehammer, and more recently, Blazerush—and published by War Thunder developers Gaijin Entertainment. The game boasts a modular system of vehicle creation made out of parts that are salvaged, bought, or crafted, and an advanced damage model to match. I was recently given the chance [...]
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9Dragons has had its fair share of troubles. The game was initially published by Acclaim alongside The Chronicles of Spellborn before being shut down. It was later reopened by GamesCampus. Now, it is one of three titles that are to be published in the West by a new company called RedFox Games. Tonight at 6 PM PST, it also has [...]
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Funcom appears to be trying to usher in a new era of Anarchy Online. There's the new rendering engine. There's a new website. And now there's the new Rubi-Ka region, The Reck. The Reck is part of a content update that went live yesterday. You can enter the region through Tir and Omni-1 Trade The primary purpose of the zone [...]
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Activision Blizzard has released their final quarterly results of 2015 and the numbers have led the company's stock to take a -16% dive. Quarterly revenues were down compared to 2014, $1.35 billion in 2015 compared to $1.58 in the previous year, at earnings of $0.81 per share (and missing the estimated $0.83). But the company did show off quite a [...]
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