The Korean version of Bless will be receiving a big ol' content update starting on April 11th (and a big ol' infographic along with it, in Korean), with the introduction of a new dungeon called the Urdata War Fortress. Thanks to MassivelyOP for bringing this news to our attention. Bless has not done well in Korea, having undergone several server [...]
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I have been an Early Access winner, backing games that found the right combination of elements to become massive successes, even while still wearing their "pre-alpha" nametag. Doesn't happen often. Doesn't happen much at all. Most Early Access titles die with a whimper, and today, I'm watching two games I backed slip into obscurity and irrelevance, Project Genom and Fragmented. [...]
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Heroes of the Storm's 2.0 update is adding loot crates and a library of cosmetics, giving it a rewards systems that looks like its cousin Overwatch. Every time player's level up they'll earn loot chests, brimming with random skins, sprays, bannners, voice lines, etc.; everything you could imagine being in a shiny box. Lead game designer Travis McGeathy told GamaSutra [...]
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Cryptic Studios and Perfect World Entertainment announced today that Star Trek Online Season 13: "Escalation" will be going live on April 25th. The new Season will see players take "a journey to discover where the previously isolationist Lukari came from" before encountering "a Tzenkethi fleet" that "[presents] an immediate threat." The update will also introduce the "War Games" system, which [...]
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RIFT 4.1: Forged in Flame went live earlier today, bringing with it an assortment of new endgame content for owners of the game's Starfall Prophecy expansion. The update introduces a new, 10-person raid called the "Tartaric Depths"; a Life Fortress Siege called "Cracking Xarth's Skull," in which players attempt to siege the Xarth's Skull fortress where Queen Una reigns; and [...]
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Those of you that have kept up with Black Desert Online likely know by now that Kamasylvia is a forest region that is the home of the Elves and also the next region that is set to be introduced to the NA/EU version of the game. It's been out in Korea for some time now, but, despite having received the [...]
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Sergey Titov and his company Free Reign Entertainment are back and they're attempting to ride a new hype train. You see, survival games are out. They're yesterday's news. Boring. Sad. What's really hitting it big these days is battle royale games. With this knowledge in hand, Titov has done what he does best; repurposed the same engine he's used for [...]
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World of Warcraft's The Tomb of Sargeras update is now live and it is being hailed as the game's "biggest content update" yet. The update introduces a new story Scenario set in the Broken Shore, featuring " a region-wide, cross-faction effort to construct buildings that open new content." It also introduces a new dungeon called "The Cathedral of Eternal Night," [...]
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Funcom, the Oslo, Norway based games studio, has published more information on the upcoming "relaunch" of their conspiracist themed, modern era MMORPG The Secret World. The Secret World, originally released in 2012, will relaunch this Spring as Secret World Legends. Tellingly, the studio is labeling Secret World Legends as a story-driven, shared-world action RPG rather than using the previous MMORPG [...]
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Guardians of Ember's sixth class, the "Dark Knight," has officially arrived. The new class is focused on "corrupted abilities," giving players a combination of both black magic and poison attacks. InselGames CEO Patrick Streppel had the following to say about the announcement. We know that balancing this new class is crucial because nothing is more frustrating than something that overpowers [...]
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