Valve CEO Gabe Newell shook up the Dota 2 Shanghai Tournament when he controversially fired eSports commentator James “2GD” Harding and called him an ass to boot. Harding is a former professional Quake 4 player turned popular eSports personality who has a reputation for spouting offensive remarks on air for entertainment purposes. Harding was promptly let go when he used the word [...]
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Avabel Online has received an unexpected Ghost In the Shell: Stand Alone Complex crossover. From now until March 28th, players of the mobile fantasy MMORPG can purchase costumes that will make them look like one of the various members of Section 9. Pets can even be turned into Tachikomas. Players that return to the game before March 28th will receive [...]
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MMOs.com Weekly News Recap #32 Feb 29, 2016Watch this video on YouTube Weekly MMO News Recap #32 - Feb 22, 2016 by Omer A look at MMO News and updates for the week ending February 22, 2016. This is the thirty-second episode in a weekly series every Monday that will cover all major MMO news and updates. The games mentioned this week [...]
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Just under a week after the end of CBT2, Black Desert Online's Conqueror's Package head start began today at 3 AM EST/12 AM PST. All servers are open, each with six—currently "Crowded" or "Overrun"—channels available. More of the nine channels per server will be opened as needed. The launch is currently experiencing a few issues, but fixes are on the [...]
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Bierzerkers Gameplay - Sunday Funday Round 40Watch this video on YouTube Bierzerkers Sunday Funday Gameplay Video Bierzerkers is a free to play melee arena MOBA game with soccer elements. It plays a bit like Overpower, but with a Rocket League like soccer objective. Oddly the game didn't launch with a deathmatch game mode which seemed like a lot more fun [...]
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Boundel is an open-ended MMORPG that is currently trying to get through Greenlight. It was initially meant to be a proof of concept for new MMO server software that the developer is creating, but it ended up becoming its own game. When released, the game will be buy-to-play with no cash shop. Boundel features non-targeting combat and full loot PvP. [...]
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Black Desert Online's third PM Diary was posted earlier today, announcing a number of details about the game's launch version. Perhaps most important are the changes being made to the cash shop. "Functional costumes," such as the Ghillie Suit and Fish costume, are being put under the category "Costume." "Vanity Costumes," such as the Conqueror's Package armor, are being put [...]
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Hex Gameplay First Look HD - MMOs.comWatch this video on YouTube Hex Gameplay First Look by Omer Hex: Shards of Fate is a free to play trading card game MMO published by Gameforge and is similar to games like Magic: Duels, Hearthstone, and Chronicle: RuneScape Legends. Unlike these other titles though, Hex bills itself as a "MMO Card Game". The MMO elements [...]
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Daybreak Game Company has been fairly bad at communicating the status of H1Z1 in the past. Executive Producer Chris Wynn wants to change that, though, with weekly Producer's Updates. The first Producer's Update was posted yesterday, providing a status update for both Just Survive and King of the Kill. The current focus of Just Survive development is zombie variety. Three [...]
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The Repopulation's survival spin-off, Fragmented, was previously announced to be entering testing in February. Earlier this week, closed testing sign-ups went live, allowing users a chance at playing an early version of the game. The test version will be distributed via Steam and will require a 64-bit OS and DirectX 11 support. A quad core CPU, 8GB of RAM, 10 [...]
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