It's the only show on Earth where 5 people come very close to murdering each other and than laugh off their disdain moments later: the MMOs.com podcast! The passion is real. Where: https://www.twitch.tv/mmosdotcom When: That depends on where you live: 7PM EST 4PM PST On tonight's episode we're not allowed to discuss our opinions of movies, but we will talk quite [...]
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Star Citizen's FPS game module Star Marine has been shown off in a new demo trailer ahead of its imminent arrival with the Alpha 2.6 update on December 08, 2016. In the trailer we see two teams firing bullets and chucking grenades at each other while trying to control objective points: laptops they have to hack to secure. Star Marine's [...]
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While I don't have access to the analytics myself, 2p is reporting that App Annie's mobile market statistics for the month of October 2016 are showing that NetEase Games has surpassed Tencent in terms of mobile games revenue. The two Chinese gaming giants have been in an unspoken battle for the top spot for some time now, with Tencent dominating [...]
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Following a short Pre-OBT and two days of maintenance, the Hyper Universe Open Beta has officially begun in South Korea. Nexon's side-scrolling MOBA is launching with a set of three new characters, alternate skins for each character, a revamped website, and more. The new characters are Brawlers named Hongduk and Mugenhardt and a Technician named Olga. Hongduk is a medium [...]
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Two new job listings have appeared on Blizzard Entertainment's Careers site, looking for new Lead Software Engineers for both an Engine and Tools. You may be thinking "so what? You generally need those for game development," but these listings are significant because they are for an unannounced first-person shooter project. Blizzard is looking for two new hires to "work on [...]
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Japanese gaming media site Game Watch is reporting that Black Desert Online's Japanese publisher, Pmang, has begun previewing some the game's upcoming content updates, including the Dark Elf class and Kamasilvia. The Dark Elf will use a large sword and be able to dart around and high speeds. She will also be able to make use of dark magic in [...]
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After a successful Kickstarter campaign Dual Universe is giving more people a chance to hand over cash through their very own crowdfunding portal. The next stretch goal is €650,000—having raised €565,000 through KS. Before anyone calls shenanigans—due to some other crowdfunded projects—I want to point out that the stretch goals are just stretch goals; they're not necessary to create the game. The [...]
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In a silent move, Blizzard has stripped the subtitle "Heroes Of Warcraft" from Hearthstone. It's not the first name Blizzard has parted ways with. Back in September the company announced Battle.net was being sent to a retirement home. Blizzard seems to be in the midst of rebranding: simplifying their IPs. To solidify the change Blizzard even asked the admins at [...]
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This past Sunday EVE Online's Tranquility server broke 50,000 concurrent players. It's not an all-time record but it is an impressive high in recent months. The current record is still set at just over 65,000 players, set back in May of 2013. It doesn't look like we'll be breaching that one just yet but the Ascension update has certainly given [...]
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AreaNet announced today that Guild Wars 2 Living World Season 3 Episode 3: A Crack in the Ice has gone live. Players can now venture into a new map in the Northern Shiverpeaks known as "Bitterfrost Frontier." The new map is sufficiently cold and imposing, limiting your vision with a near-constant haze of falling snow. A new five-player Nightmare Fractal in [...]
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