Ever since WildStar went free to play in the West on September 29, 2015, hopes of a turnaround for the ailing franchise have remained high. Servers were slowly filling back up again and the game world felt "full" for the first time since release. This hasn't stopped Daewoo Securities, South Korea's largest Investment Bank, from issuing a dire prediction for [...]
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MMOs.com Podcast Episode 35 - Featuring Omer (@Remotayx), Erhan (@ehaltay), Sean (@Sean_sulliva), Shurelya (@Shureria), and Matt (Mattchuranu) This is the thirty-fifth episode of the MMOs.com Podcast and we look at the most recent news and happenings in the MMO and gaming world. We also talked a lot about the recently launched MMORPG Blade and Soul from NCSoft. Although it recently launched in [...]
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Following his leave from Sony Online Entertainment/Daybreak Games, former CEO John Smedley's new company, Pixelmage Studios, has been unveiled. Their first game is called Hero's Song, a "open world rogue-like fantasy game" that can be played either offline or online—via a server you can host and modify—with hundreds of others at once. The world will supposedly be "uniquely shaped by [...]
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MixMaster Online is a 2D MMORPG in which players tame and raise monsters that aid them in combat, with over 1,000 monsters to collect. Level up with your companion, work with other players to tackle formidable foes, and duel other players. Publisher: Joyple Playerbase: Low Type: MMORPG Release Date: October 14, 2005 Pros: +Over 1,000 monsters. +Aimed at teenagers. +Colorful [...]
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Hydrant Games' Overpower is a game we rather liked here at MMOs.com. It's a unique, fantasy take on arena shooters that mixes elements of MOBAs into the shooter formula. It is a fun, fast-paced game that offers quick respawns and a good amount of build diversity between the four existing classes. It also has the benefit of having been well [...]
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The Nutaku gaming portal that is slowly bringing DMM's large catalogue of titles—as well as some other titles—to the West has officially been open for a year. To celebrate, they are holding a Hyper-Super Ultra-Mega Celebration Contest. One grand prize winner will win a paid flight to Los Angeles and 4-day stay at a hotel for Anime Expo 2016, which [...]
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Perhaps sparked in part by my playthrough of The Witcher 3, the game that I believe simply outdid every story-based RPG ever created, I have recently begun to question story elements in MMOs. Stories are great for linking together structured content and providing some sort of “purpose” for taking part in this structured content. “It isn’t just a quest grind!” [...]
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Character creation is the defining moment of an MMORPG player’s beginnings. It takes pieces of who we are and molds them into who we want to be—to create another entity that represents the core of our selves. Without the weight of the real world to burden us we are given a chance to re-envision ourselves, and to exist in a [...]
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After a long period of silence on the matter following the last Closed Beta, Daum Games Europe has announced that Black Desert Online Closed Beta Test 2 will begin February 18th. All players who bought in at the $50 Explorer Founder's Pack tier or higher will have access to this test. Specific details, such as end date and improvements made, [...]
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It's been four years, but Blade and Soul has finally launched in North America and Europe. The launch concludes a long period of waiting in which it was uncertain whether Blade & Soul would ever launch in the West. But better late than never, right? Anyone can head over to the official website, download the game, and play for free [...]
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