MMOs.com Weekly News Recap #30 Feb 15, 2016Watch this video on YouTube Weekly MMO News Recap #30 - Feb 15, 2016 by Omer A look at MMO News and updates for the week ending February 15, 2016. This is the thirtieth episode in a weekly series every Monday that will cover all major MMO news and updates. The games mentioned this week are: [...]
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According to a video released earlier today, Trion Worlds' "refreshingly unique" simultaneous turns strategy game Atlas Reactor will be holding an Alpha Sneak Peek from February 18-24. "It's time to make your move," the trailer states. Alpha originally started on September 9, 2015, but news regarding the game's status has been fairly scarce. Now it seems that everyone will have [...]
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Blackwake is an upcoming naval action MMO where players command 18th Century ships as members of a crew, working together to fire cannons and undertake tactical maneuvers. Take to the high seas as one of numerous roles and blow your enemies out of the water. [singlepic id=45725 w=428 h=240 float=left] Publisher: Mastfire Studios Playerbase: TBA Type: Naval Action MMO Release Date: February 24, 2017 Pros: +Dynamic roles. [...]
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EVE Online's Skill Trading feature has been out for less than a week and there is already drama surrounding it. A post on Reddit showed up yesterday to explain that a character named IronBank had used the new feature to earn 473,334,000 Skill Points in less than an hour, skyrocketing his SP/hour to 6,414,527.22 right after the incident occurred. It was [...]
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Ragnarok Online will be shutting down in China on February 19th,as reported by MMOCulture. It's interesting to note that since it's 2003 Chinese release RO passed between three separate publishers, most recently Kalends (or Kunlun Games) in 2013. RO continues to be popular elsewhere in the world, most notably in Japan. China's closure isn't necessarily a signal that the game will [...]
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The new "networked" publisher behind Titan Siege's western release, GAMESCO, announced the other day that they will be publishing an "online-only, free-to-play" game called Grimm: Dark Legacy later this year. Yes, Grimm like the TV show. The title will be developed by Artplant, the company behind Battlestar Galactica Online, Block N Load, and the as-of-yet unfinished Entropy. Grimm: Dark Legacy [...]
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As of Thursday, the relationship-building MMORPG Lucent Heart is live on Steam. Players can now take part in matchmaking, a marriage system, various relationship-themed events, and more. According to the Steam page, housing and the Faith system—which allows players to unlock skills by earning Light or Dark Faith Points—were also added recently. V10 was launched recently, as well, bringing a [...]
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Gotham City Impostors Gameplay First Look HD - MMOs.comWatch this video on YouTube Gotham City Impostors Gameplay First Look by Omer Gotham City Impostors is a free to play DC comics based shooter set in a world where players are dressing up and fighting as Batman / The Joker. The game originally launched as a $15 game on consoles but [...]
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Insurgency Gameplay - Sunday Funday Round 38Watch this video on YouTube Insurgency Sunday Funday Gameplay Video The week's game is Insurgency - a realistic buy to play shooter built on the Source engine by New World Interactive. We have the full MMOs.com crew (Omer, Erhan, Sean, Matt, and Shurelya) and dive right into Insurgency. The core gameplay feels like a mix between super realistic shooters like [...]
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World of Antra Gamma Build 10 released yesterday. As part of "2016: The Year We Make Content," it includes the beginnings of a new map and a number of new quests. The new map is called "Outside the Walls" and, while the location isn't specified, I am assuming it is right outside the main city. "Gil, Nif, Iyo, and Frod" [...]
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