Activision Blizzard reported their fiscal 2Q 2016 earnings today, the first earnings report from them to fully reflect the sales generated by Hearthstone, and the numbers are great. The company reported $1.57 billion in revenue for the quarter ended June 30, 2016, an increase of 50% from the same period last year. Overwatch's success was mentioned several times in the [...]
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If you've played Overwatch since the Rio 2016 Summer Games event went live, you may have noticed that the new event skins can only be obtained through special Summer Games Loot Boxes and that you can't purchase them with in-game currency. Players of Blizzard's wildly popular team shooter are concerned about this for a multitude of reasons. Perhaps the most [...]
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Remember how it was discovered that Bluehole Studio was hiring staff for a TERA console port? It seems that—unlike Uncharted Waters Online's various ports—said console port may very well be coming to the West when it is ready. as En Masse Entertainment sent out a survey to TERA NA players last night asking them about their usage of consoles. If [...]
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In today's episode, World of Warcraft's series of animated shorts, Harbingers, is introduces Illidan and the Illidari. The latest episode follows a new Illidari recruit as the group prepares "to engage the Burning Legion for the first time." The third part of The Tomb of Sargeras audio drama was also released. It was helpfully transcribed by the community, as the [...]
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Trion Worlds announced today that RIFT's latest expansion, Starfall Prophecy, will be launching this fall. The expansion will bring with it an increased level cap of 70, five "massive new zones," two new dungeons, a new raid, and two new types of content: Fortress Sieges and Rift Assault Adventures, in addition to plenty of other new and improved content and [...]
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Kakao Games Europe announced today that players of Black Desert Online NA/EU will be able to list items that are bought in the cash shop with Pearls on the in-game Marketplace as soon as next week. As Kakao is aware of how this could lead to pay-to-win situations where players effectively buy absurd amounts of in-game currency by flipping cash [...]
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ChronoBlade is a mobile action RPG available for iOS and Android. The game was originally released as a browser game. Choose from a variety of characters and master their combos, which are strung together with button presses much like combos found fighting games like Street Fighter. [singlepic id=57374 w=428 h=240 float=left] Publisher: NetMarble Type: Mobile Action RPG Release Date: January [...]
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While En Masse Entertainment's TERA US is going strong with an average concurrent user count of ~2500 according to Steam Charts, Gameforge's TERA EU has a much lower average concurrent user count of only 415. You know what that means. Server merges are on the way. On August 30th, TERA EU will merge down to a mere four servers—one PvP [...]
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Have you ever wanted to own an apartment in an inn situated on the back of a turtle? You're in luck, as Revelation Online will allow you to do exactly that. Once you hit level 40, you can purchase an apartment in the inn on the back of the giant turtle that you may have noticed wandering the world in [...]
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Shattered Skies Gameplay - Gumble's GrumblesWatch this video on YouTube Shattered Skies Gumble's Grumbles By Sean (Gumble) Big Gumble talks Shattered Skies this week, a buy to play persistent world open PvP shooter developed and published by Free Reign Entertainment - the same studio behind Romero's Aftermath. It has received mixed reviews on Steam since launching on July 21, 2016. Despite this, the game [...]
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