Nexon reported increased quarterly earnings today which showed revenues up 7% year over year (Q4 2016 vs Q4 2015) on a constant currency basis. On the yearly side 2016 full year revenues were up 17% compared to 2015. The company attributed strong earnings to stronger than expected results of key titles (think Dungeon Fighter Online and MapleStory) in China and [...]
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Activision Blizzard reported strong Q4, 2016 earnings today and the company's stock soared over 10% in after-hours trading. The company reported record 2016 revenues of $6.61 billion compared to $4.66 billion in 2015. The company reported 447 million monthly active users for the quarter, the highest ever monthly active users in the company's history, up a whopping 37% from 2015 [...]
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We've all come to a point in our lives where we've accepted that Ubisoft games will have launch issues, right? I mean, Assassin's Creed: Unity had the disappearing faces and The Division had the literal queues to get to a questgiver because players couldn't walk through each other. It should come as no surprise, then, that For Honor's Open Beta [...]
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In a new video published today, ArtCraft Design Lead Thomas Blair walks us through the powers that Crowfall's Templar class will have while showing off the class' special effects. Its powersare as follows. The Templar's basic attack is a sword slash that generates its resource, Righteous Fury. Its right click power is a block that "stops most incoming slashing damage" [...]
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We reported Nexon's Q4 and FY2016 earnings last week, but its worth revisiting the subject to take a closer look at their North American results. Nexon helped introduce Western gamers to the Free to Play (F2P) model way back in 2005 with the release of MapleStory. The tsunami of F2P Korean and Chinese MMORPGs that followed not only upended the [...]
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The time has come to begin your piratical career in the clouds of Sarnaut, as Cloud Pirates is now in Early Access. Anyone with a Founder's Pack can now jump into the game and take part in battles between skyships without fear of their progress being wiped. Early Access has begun with the release of the Gold Rush update. The [...]
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This Valentine's Day, Nexon America is giving Riders of Icarus players a once in a lifetime opportunity...to date a GM. Yep, that's right. If you play Riders of Icarus and you submit some form of artwork, a poem, a song, a Valentine's card, etc, and you woo your chosen GM, you could be going on a 1-hour date with them [...]
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Lineage M is a mobile fantasy MMORPG where players create a character by choosing from a variety of classes. Form parties with other players and slay monstrous bosses, tackle massive world raids, and transform to unlock special abilities and skills for a limited time. [singlepic id=65798 w=628 h=275 float=left] Publisher: NCsoft Playerbase: High Type: Mobile MMORPG Release Date: June 21, [...]
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Due to the fact that little has been said about it up until now, you may or may not be aware that NCSoft has had a mobile version of the original Lineage, aptly titled "Lineage M," in development for some time now. The company hasbeen teasing its existence for a while, but today, we get our first look at actual [...]
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Paladins seems to be on a roll when it comes to releasing patches. It’s barely been two weeks since Torvold was introduced in Patch 42, and now we have Patch 43 with yet another new champion to bolster the MMOs growing ranks. The pink-haired Rogue, Maeve, makes her grand game debut in Patch 43. Armed with dual-wield throwing daggers and [...]
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