The PC-mobile merger is inevitable—nice little shill link for myself—and we can see the process in action by looking at the Steam storefront. Mobile games keep popping up. Most recently, World of Tanks Blitz found its way onto my recommended for you list, a game that is performing much better than I would have expected. People play mobile games on [...]
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ORION has been out on Steam Early Access for almost a year now. In that time, it has become about what ORION: Prelude was before it: an entertaining, but incredibly janky shooter about shooting hordes of dinosaurs in the face. But developer Trek Industries has continuously aspired for more. Since the project began, they've intended for it to be an [...]
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Reto-Moto announced today that the latest Heroes and Generals update, "Hallowes - XP for Friends," is now live and it brings with it some major news: the game's browser client has been ditched. In its place will be a standalone client that can be downloaded from the official website. According to Reto-Moto, there are three core reasons that the browser [...]
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Paragon can't stop—won't stop releasing heroes, and the latest melee fighter is arriving Tuesday, November 15th, aptly named Crunch. His introduction trailer, which you can view below, is my favorite yet. The Microsoft Sam-sounding bot uses his massive fists to slam opponents into the air. Crunch is a melee fighter (Fury/Order) with a unique combo system. Utilizing each of his [...]
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Update: According to Digital Extremes' Rebecca Ford, the update has not gone live yet. It will, however, be live sometime today. You may be seeing some folks around the web saying The War Within is out now (we sent them a today release date), but it's ALMOST here! Soon — Rebecca Ford (@rebbford) November 11, 2016 Warframe's largest update of [...]
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Bossa Studios announced today that sign-ups are now open for Worlds Adrift's "biggest playtest ever." From now until November 18th, you can sign up for the playtest on the official website. The playtest itself will begin "later this month." Major additions and changes being introduced during this playtest include the Shipyard, which allows players more control over their ship designs, improvements [...]
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Nexon posted a job opening for a "Production Manager - MapleStory 2" for the company's office in El Segunda, California. This is the first bit of news we've seen that leads us to believe that MapleStory 2 may finally be coming to the West. The game never reached blockbuster status in South Korea and has been missing in recent Nexon [...]
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Netker announced today that its online competitive brawler, Versus: Battle of the Gladiator, has gone free-to-play. The game hit Steam Early Access in June, launching two months later in August to moderate reception. It hit a peak of 76 concurrent players right after it went live on Early Access and another lesser peak of 65 concurrent players at launch. In the past month and [...]
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Bluehole and PLAYERUNKNOWN announced today that PLAYERUNKNOWN's BATTLEGROUNDS' second Alpha test will begin tomorrow. The servers will open for a limited time every Saturday and Sunday from tomorrow until December 4th. If you are located in Europe, that time will be 5 PM to 1 AM CET, whereas those of you in North America will be able to play from [...]
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Astellia is a fantasy MMORPG where players are invited to protect the lives of innocents as one of five character classes, and summon mythical creatures called Astels (pets) to help save the world. [singlepic id=63118 w=428 h=240 float=center] Publisher: Barunson E&A Type: Buy to Play MMORPG Release Date: September 28, 2019 Shut Down: October 29, 2021 Pros: +Five character classes [...]
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