World of Tanks recently got a new commercial in Japan. We've all seen the Japanese commercial reels—like this one—and are aware that these commercials can be a bit "out there" at times, seeming to lack any sort of relation to the product being advertised. Watching this commercial without "World of Tanks" in the corner would likely give a similar experience. [...]
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Two days ago, GTArcade launched Update 2.50 for their wildly popular browser-based MMORPG, MageRealm. Players weren't happy with it. That entire thread is full of players that are unhappy with changes to stats, leveling, and more. There are also a great many players unhappy with the fact that their wings—that they paid for—were taken away a week ago while the [...]
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Fable Legends was a cooperative MMO where players choose between the role of hero or villain. Players will choose one of four distinct hero classes and fight through a quest orchestrated by a player-villain who strategically tries to stop the heroes with traps, minions, and special abilities. [singlepic id=36116 w=428 h=240 float=none] Publisher: Microsoft Studios Playerbase: TBD Type: Fantasy MMO Announcement Date: August 20, 2013 Cancellation [...]
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Players and lurkers of the Haven and Hearth forum logged in yesterday to find something shocking. The developer Jorb had posted what looked like an abbreviated version of a trial. A village had discovered how to exploit a bug in the game to get over walls. They then used this exploit to raze two villages. As penance, the players that [...]
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The genre defining fantasy MMORPG Ultima Online celebrated its 18th birthday this weekend. Originally released on September 24, 1997, the official game servers are still up and running despite hundreds of new competitors in the online gaming industry. Based on the popular Ultima RPG series, UO took the franchise and perhaps the entire video game industry to new heights. Developed by [...]
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Project D Online's promised private servers are here. Announced via a Steam Community post detailing installation, players can now find the game's server application inside the game files once their game has updated. Let me be clear. This private server is not your average dedicated server software and takes quite a bit of setup. Shutdown dates for the official servers [...]
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Plarium, a premier free to play strategy game studio, is bringing the Alien vs Predator franchise to Facebook through its strategy title Soldiers Inc. Tel Aviv based Plarium is working with Fox to create a new campaign in the dystopian themed Facebook strategy game. Soldiers Inc has over 85 million registered players and was labeled one of the best new [...]
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Skyforge has released a new trailer offering players a tour through the Thais Temple instance. Originally a sanctuary for the Goddess of Love, the Thais Temple was built on Naori Island hundreds of years ago. Unfortunately, the temple was assaulted and captured by sea monsters. The peace loving goddess and several of her priestesses managed to escape, but the Thais Temple [...]
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With Shores of Hazeron's lag indefinitely fought off, Software Engineering turned their attention to another major issue in Hazeron, jerky movement. Smooth movement was previously impossible in Hazeron and it appeared at times that the game only updated every so many frames, giving the impression that not only was your player jumping around, but your aim, as well. The patch [...]
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Nexon launched a major re-design of their game launcher on September 24, 2015 which improved the overall look and feel of the launcher. Players can now easily see updates to their favorite Nexon games from the official Nexon launcher quickly and conveniently; each game page has its own news feed. The Nexon launcher is similar to Steam, except only features [...]
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