Project D Online was an ill-fated action MMORPG by a lone, Korean developer that went only by the name of "Megayuchi." The game was removed from sale and announced to be shutting down just over two months after launch. The developer cited financial pressures as the primary reason for the impending shutdown. Running an MMO costs money and it seems [...]
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Pathfinder Online, based on the popular tabletop game— Pathfinder, has found itself in dire financial straits. According to the official Pathfinder Online website— almost the entirety of Goblinworks' staff have been laid off. A mere three core members remain—"CTO Mark Kalmes, Art Director Mike Hines, and Designer Bob Settles." These three will continue to develop the game for at least [...]
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Ecosystem Survival Simulation MMO, Eco, is nearing their 150,000 USD milestone for land ownership, taxation and building rights. In light of this, they've updated their 200,000 USD milestone to include a PvP Criminal Justice System. It's an interesting system that brings consequences to a genre riddled with "no-consequences"— players will create laws, and rather than automatically disallowing players from breaking [...]
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High Seas Ship Battler, World of Warships, has announced their official launch of September 17th. Players will be able to dive right into the first season of Ranked Battles for some 7v7 Domination matches. World of Warships - 2015 Closed Beta Cinematic TrailerWatch this video on YouTube You can check out the official website and play for free here.
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Nexon seem to really be trying to gain a greater foothold in the Western market. First, they partner with Cliff Bleszinski's Boss Key Productions and now, they are partnering with Dallas Dickinson's QC Games. For those of you who don't recognize him by name, Dallas Dickinson served as senior producer on Planetside, Shadow Realms, and Star Wars: Galaxies, and director [...]
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Crown of the Gods is a bit of an odd duck. If you haven't been watching it, it's a "free-to-win" browser-based strategy MMO by Gaming Addict Studios that succeeded in bringing in over $21,000 on Kickstarter based on the concept alone, a shocking feat, all things considered. The game has been in testing on and off for a while, mostly [...]
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Counter Strike Global Offensive has released a Steam Workshop call for new skins for the next Weapon Case. In order to facilitate better creativity— the case's weapon loadout has been revealed: Covert M4A1-S G3SG1* Classified USP-S AK-47 SSG 08* Restricted M249* P250 MAG-7* Galil AR* Mil-Spec Glock-18 Dual Berettas* FAMAS* SCAR-20* XM1014* MP7* MAC-10 Every weapon skin has an [...]
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Valve released a huge patch for the Dota 2: Reborn beta client on September 1, 2015. Now that The International 5 is over, porting Dota 2 to the new Source 2 Engine is the top priority for the development team. The new update includes bug fixes, and the complete port of all cosmetic items to the engine. Going forward, all [...]
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A rudimentary guild system has been added to Project Gorgon with skeletal features, featuring rankings, message of the day, and chat. At least players will finally be able to talk smack and coordinate withing their community. For, now there's no cost to creating a guild as the developers want players to experiment and give feedback on the system. Several posts have [...]
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Blizzard Entertainment is really taking advantage of their broad IP base. Starting now and until September 8th— all players who own Diablo III on PC or Mac will permanently receive the Diablo hero for free after logging into the game. Thats 5,500 gold or 7.49 USD for free! Reaching level 12 in Heroes of the Storm will also reward a [...]
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