For years now there has been a trend among games in general and MMORPGs in particular to make them more accessible by lowering the difficulty of their content. A recent game launch and a patch highlight this trend. With the release of Patch 4.1, Final Fantasy XIV unveiled a new dungeon. This new 24 man raid was not meant to [...]
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If being a knight or a hunter in The Black Death isn’t quite doing it for you, maybe being a plague doctor might be more to your liking. The plague doctor profession will be available when the next game patch rolls out. As a plague doctor, you will be dropped into the middle of plague-infested medieval Europe where you’ll get [...]
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Last week, the unconventionally-named Battle Royale shooter PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds recorded nearly 2 million concurrent players, proceeding to break the 2M mark on October 11, and peaking at 2,279,084 concurrent players on Saturday, October 14th. Along with a steadily-growing playerbase, the widely-popular shooter has also seen a rise in cheaters. According to a Tweet by BattlEye, the anti-cheat software has banned [...]
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Soulbound Studios has brought in a new team member to work on Chronicles of Elyria. Adam “Snipehunter” Maxwell is now working as the Lead Designer for Soulbound’s upcoming fantasy MMORPG. Here’s a few excerpts from MMORPG.com’s interview with Maxwell: “[Chronicles of Elyria] felt like it could deliver on the MMO dream of a true multiplayer evolving online world and realizing [...]
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PvP? In my Final Fantasy XIV? It may be more likely than you think - get a FREE PvP Scan Today! Memes aside, FFXIV isn't really known for its PvP. The game has a strong story, beautiful music, fun fights in the form of Raids and Trials, but a sorely lacking PvP scene. That won't stop Square Enix from really pushing [...]
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This just in folks - Vindictus has announcing it will be merging three of its servers - US-EAST, US-WEST, and AUS into one, massive "NA" server. This could mean a number of things, but first, lets break down the details and simplify them as they come to us. EU to be unaffected As it stands, players can have up to [...]
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The annual All Saints Wake is here! Final Fantasy XIV's annual Halloween Celebration comes around for another round, and the Continental Circus are up to their usual tricks once more. Join the Adventurers Guild of Gridania to make sure that the Continental Circus doesn't end up turning children into vampires...or what-have-you that they tend to do. The rewards for this [...]
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At 7 AM UTC time (3 AM Eastern Time, 12 AM Pacific), Fate/Grand Order will finish a scheduled maintenance, and The Adventure of Singing Pumpkin Castle - Mad Party 2017 will be live! "Trick or Torture" - please calm down there, Elisabeth Bathory. Anyways, we finally have proper details regarding the NA version of this event. Running from 3 AM [...]
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MMOs.com Weekly News Recap #117 October 16, 2017Watch this video on YouTube Weekly MMO News Recap #117 - October 16, 2017 by Omer A look at MMO News and updates for the week ending October 16, 2017. This is episode 117 in a weekly series every Monday that will cover all major MMO news and updates. The games mentioned this [...]
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Riot Games has always been a bit of a misnomer as there's only ever been 1 game under the "Riot Games" banner for the last 8 years, but that may be changing in the near future. Founders Brandon “Ryze” Beck and Marc “Tryndamere” Merrill posted this week on the Riot Games blog that they'll actively be working on making games [...]
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