Elder Scrolls Online, originally released in early 2014 and re-released as Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited this year has launched a promotional video with an emphasis on "Freedom of Choice". The promotional video, while hyping their June 9th release of the Playstation 4 and XBox One versions, does offer us some insight into what the game is about on PC. [...]
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AeriaGames' Action MMORPG, Echo of Soul, has released a new PVP spotlight video onto youtube. The video details a lot of the PVP options that players will have and let me tell you... it's a lot. It's quite a throwback to old school carnage with their Guild vs Guild open PVP system, allowing guilds to declare war on other guilds [...]
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Oculus VR's Oculus Rift virtual reality headset has been announced to ship Q1 2016. While not immediate news pertaining specifically to MMOS, the implications of it's release are huge-- Delivering a highly anticipated virtual reality experience (with some games such as EVE Online already jumping on the bandwagon with EVE Valkyrie). Pre-orders are slated for the end of this year, and [...]
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Piercing Blow Gameplay video with commentary from Omer. Piercing Blow is a 3D tactical FPS shooter developed by the Korean company Zepetto. The game is a remake / relaunch of the original Project Blackout game and is also known as Point Blank in South Korea. The game was inspired by Valve's Counter-Strike game. In the video above, I play through [...]
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The latest module for Perfect World Entertainment's Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition MMORPG, Neverwinter, has been announced. Underdark will allow players to travel to Menzoberranzan where they will be able to meet and fight alongside the popular Drow hero, Drizzt Do'Urden. The game even includes a quest line written by Drizzt's creator, R. A. Salvatore. You can check out [...]
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Not long after their Chronomancer reveal, Guild Wars 2 has been keeping the hype-train rolling by unveiling the new Guardian Elite Specialization... the Dragonhunter. Dragonhunters will have access to the longbow as a weapon, but rather than firing mundane arrows, they will be focused on firing massive single projectiles at high velocity. The specialization also offers new benefits... [...]
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Oddonegames' sandbox MMORPG Tree of Life is coming to Steam Early Access this month, allowing players to experience a survival sandbox game that actually comes from eastern developers. This brings along with it an iconic eastern artstyle meets a typically western genre which is sure to be quite interesting. Tree of Life features a dynamically changing world that changes with [...]
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Nexon's highly popular 2D Side Scrolling MMORPG has announced 10th Anniversary Celebrations! Players with an account of level 31 or higher will be able to pick up an anniversary pack after the maintenance on May 7th through May 11th by logging on to the game. The gift back comes with the following items: Safety Charm (5): If this is in [...]
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Back in the day, MMORPGs were very rarely anything more than a constant lesson in abstract misery and pain. Leveling was often done in the most boring of fashions, making today's grinds look like rides on a candy-coated rollercoaster in comparison. If you wanted to reach maximum level, you really had to work for it. Achieving anything in these games [...]
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Activision Blizzard reported a record ~$703 million in revenue, partly due to ongoing success of Hearthstone, Blizzard Entertainment's wildly successful CCG. In 2014 Hearthstone was one of the most profitable MMOs of all time and we suspect that the game will do even better in 2015. World of Warcraft continued to perform exceptionally well too with 7.1 million active subscribers at [...]
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