Crytek has shut down five of their studios around the world after reports that the company was unable to pay their employees: studios in South Korea, China, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Turkey, according to VentureBeat. Should've seen this coming. It's never a good sign when checks aren't handed out on time. Crytek created a name for itself with its in-house developed engine: [...]
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Update: It has since been announced that player run servers are not happening. It remains to be seen whether the community can or will step in and create a private server of their own. When Turbine announced yesterday that it was handing off both Dungeons and Dragons Online and The Lord of the Rings Online to an indie studio made up of [...]
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BioWare's first MMORPG Star Wars The Old Republic turns 5 today. In those 5 years the game has had undergone dramatic changes. Initially launched as a subscription based title, SWTOR sold an astonishing 2 million copies within two weeks and had over 1,700,000 active subscribers in early 2012. Those subscriber numbers quickly plummeted as the game's dearth of end game content became apparent. [...]
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GWENT's Closed Beta began a mere two months ago, but it's never too early for a complete redesign of player progression, right? The latest update introduced a whole new system of progression in which player progression is measured by both crown halves, which are earned by winning matches, and experience points that are awarded based on how well you do [...]
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MMOs.com Weekly News Recap #75 December 26, 2016Watch this video on YouTube Weekly MMO News Recap #75 - December 26, 2016 by Omer A look at MMO News and updates for the week ending December 26, 2016. This is the seventy-fifth 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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La Tale is getting a bit more divine with the release of the Demigod update. Players can now choose to start out as Monks, which will advance to "Battle Lords and Avengers" before becoming Demigods. The new class brings with it a unique "style of battle that is dependent on their mode." The update also adds two new zones, Marin Islands [...]
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The sci-fi genre at large has produced a number of bizarre and awe-inspiring spacecraft over the years, but I don't think I've ever seen any quite as bizarre as those found Star Conflict's new Ellydium Corporation branch in playable form. The new vessels are part crew compartment and part actual crystal. Players can spend "Xenocrystals" to "evolve" the crystals that their [...]
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It's the only shown that's more entertaining to grandma than reruns of Jerry Springer, the MMOs.com Podcast. Today is a very special Podcast because we are giving away ~100 Revelation Online CBT2 keys. Seasons greetings. All you have to do is tune in. Where: https://www.twitch.tv/mmosdotcom When: That depends on where you live: 7PM EST 4PM PST On tonight's episode we're asking ourselves whether [...]
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Osiris: New Dawn's first major update, Dawn of Aziel, went live earlier today. The update introduces the frozen moon of Aziel, a proficiency and skill tree system, new craftable weapons, landmines, the Biodome structure, habitat furniture, a 3D printer, and more. Fenix Fire Entertainment CEO and Founder Brian McRae had the following to say about the announcement. With this major [...]
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Over the weekend the vanilla World of Warcraft private server Elysium relaunched Nostalrius' PvE and PvP servers, but it did not go smoothly. Dear community, we are working to address the lag and login servers. However, please be aware, we are undergoing 6 concurrent DDoS attacks. — Elysium Project (@elysium_dev) December 18, 2016 Not only were some trolls messing with the [...]
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