World of Warcraft's PTR was updated with Patch 7.3.5, and courtesy of Wowhead, the dataminers there have been able to decipher exactly what are the requirements for unlocking the new Allied Races - Highmountain Tauren, the Nightborne, Void Elves, and Lightforged Draenei. The specific requirements are - Highmountain Tauren - "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" achievement, reach Exalted rank with the [...]
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Fate/Grand Order has had a shaky London launch, to say the least. The Fourth Singularity, where players finally meet the true "big bad" of the story, has been a much-awaited addition to the main saga of F/GO. However, it was not without its bugs. Roughly twelve hours after Fate/Grand Order launched, players in the mobile game noticed that various items [...]
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Elsword Online just launched its biggest update of the year - The 3rd Job First Path Update which introduces a 3rd job class for each job path. Its the first of 3 updates that will be announced in early 2018. In addition to the new jobs, today's update also introduces the following: One new dungeon: Forgotten Elrian Sanctum First and [...]
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This one flew under our radar, but Final Fantasy XIV, in time for the holidays, is hosting a Starlight Starbright Screenshot Contest! Running until December 29th, 2017, at 7:00 PM PST (10:00 PM EST), players can submit a screenshot of them with the theme "Celebrating the Starlight Celebration seasonal event." Players can submit their screenshots here, with a discussion thread, prize there, [...]
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MapleStory continued its season long Nova update today with the introduction of yet another new character class, the Illium. The Illium character is a Magician class that utilizes a special item called the Lucent Gauntlet to craft magical weapons and "harness the power of the ancient crystal". Players who pre-made their Illium characters leading up to today's release can finally [...]
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OrbusVR is a VR MMORPG set in a massive persistent world that's over 10 square kilometers in size. Explore a vibrant virtual reality world, discover the secrets of the magical runes, delve into multiple instanced dungeons, and defeat enemies in challenging open world zones that feature open PvP. [singlepic id=72502 w=628 h=275 float=left] Publisher: Orbus Online Type: VR MMORPG Release [...]
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MMOs.com Podcast - Episode 130: Console MMOs, Development Cost, Crytek, & MoreWatch this video on YouTube MMOs.com Podcast Episode 130 - Omer (@remotayx) and Erhan (@Ehaltay) This is episode one hundred and thirty of the MMOs.com Podcast and we look at the most recent news and happenings in the MMO and gaming world. As always we jumped right into the [...]
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The unbelievably successful 5v5 mobile MOBA from Tencent, Arena of Valor, just soft launched in North America today and it's a big deal. Arena of Valor is easily the world's highest grossing game, earning a whopping $435M a month. Playerbase wise the game reported over 100 million daily active users, and that was back when it was only available in [...]
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MMOs and MMORPGs have generally been a PC based genre. The always on, constantly updated nature of the genre made them an ill fit on consoles with nascent internet capabilities. Sure, there were exceptions. Phantasy Star Online was released on the Dreamcast way back in 2000, and here in the West we got EverQuest Online Adventures in 2003. But these [...]
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Several sources covering the Chinese gaming market bring us a very interesting story this morning. A new PC title called Teemo's Adventure has been approved for sale in China. The official statement, screencapped by Mr. Ahmad, lists Riot Games and Tencent as the developer/publisher. Teemo is one of the most iconic champions in League of Legends. While there has been [...]
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