Open world survival MMO Pangaea: New World recently made its way to Kickstarter and I had a chance to interview project lead Victor Martianov about the game. The project promises to blend FPS combat with dynamic environments that evolve in response to player actions. I was lucky enough to test the game's engine, as seen in the video below, but I was [...]
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Fate/Grand Order has unveiled their latest event which will release later tonight called the Fate/GUDAGUDA Honnoji Event. The event will last from November 25th through Decmeber 9th and features a free 4★ Oda Nobunaga Servant that all players will be able to obtain through the event through completing the Event Storyline. Free Quests will also open up in which players [...]
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Christmas isn't quite here yet, what with December just starting today, but that isn't stopping Jagex from prepping RuneScape for the holidays. The ever-popular sandbox MMORPG unveiled several events spread across its various versions today that are all themed around the Christmas holidays. RuneScape's lead designer, David Osborne, was quoted saying "celebrating the annual festivities with our players is something [...]
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Final Fantasy XIV’s 3.15 update is on the horizon, and Square Enix has only confirmed a couple things thus far. According to Live Letter XXV we will be seeing the first step in the new Relic weapons for every job, called Anima. Not to be confused with Animus, as we know this Relic will be separate from their 2.0 counterparts. [...]
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With back to back projects, presentations, and the impending doom of finals season looming over their heads many students are bound to be searching for some form of relief to keep themselves from going insane. What better way is there to get some much needed and deserved rest and relaxation other than letting loose in an MMO, and here’s why! [...]
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I recently had the chance to sit down with Judy Tyrer, the CEO of 3 Turn Productions, the company behind the Jane Austen-inspired Ever, Jane. The game was successfully Kickstarted in December, 2013 to the tune of $109,563. We talked about how development has gone since the Kickstarter, where the game is at now, what some of the overall goals [...]
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Budding MMO players are spoiled nowadays. Grinding isn’t nearly as bad as it used to be. A lot of games hold your hand to max level with massive questlines, events, and various experience buffs that make the climb from level one to max a cake walk compared to the MMOs of yesteryear. That isn’t to say newer MMOs don’t have [...]
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Soccer Spirits is an sports CCG/RPG on mobile devices with anime-inspired artwork, a lengthy single player campaign with lots of character dialogue, unique soccer-themed card battles, hundreds of voice-acted cards to collect, and a variety of modes including Galaxy League and asynchronous PVP. [singlepic id=42332 w=628 h=275 float=left] Publisher: Com2uS Playerbase: High Type: Mobile CCG/RPG Release Date: August 21, 2014 [...]
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Crusaders Quest is an online hero-collecting RPG on mobile devices with cute 16-bit pixel graphics, over 200 Heroes to collect, a unique Match-3 puzzle-based combat system, many stages to fight through, Hero evolution and weapon upgrade systems, asynchronous PVP, and many additional modes. [singlepic id=41714 w=628 h=275 float=left] Publisher: NHN Entertainment Playerbase: High Type: Mobile RPG Release Date: December 11, 2014 Pros: +Cute 16-bit [...]
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HIT (Heroes of Incredible Tales) was a hack-and-slash action RPG on mobile devices with high quality graphics made with the Unreal 4 engine, fast-paced action combat, many stages to fight through, 4 different classes, lots of equipment to collect, real-time PVP and Co-op Boss Raids, and additional modes including Tower of Trials and Sanctuary. [singlepic id=40768 w=628 h=275 float=left] Publisher: [...]
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