When Albion Online's Galahad update goes live next month, it will introduce Biome Cities, cities that have a specific look based on the biome that they are located in. The reason for the change is that cities are "the social and trading hubs of the game with players being ever-present." Right now, they all have a similar look to them, [...]
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Netmarble Games had a pretty strong year in 2016. Lineage 2: Revolution alone brought the company over $41 million over a period of two weeks. But it's not just Lineage 2: Revolution that is doing well. The entire company has seen a sales increase of 40.4% year-over-year, totaling 1.5 trillion won or approximately $1.3 billion, as well as an operating profit [...]
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Summoners War isn't what I'd consider a "prime candidate" for the MMORPG treatment, but its developer, Com2uS, seems to disagree with me there, as it announced today that it will be making a mobile MMORPG based on the franchise. The company's goal in creating the MMORPG is "to further expand the unique IP power of 'Summoners War,' which is recognized as [...]
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NCSoft reported their Q4, 2016 earnings report today and the company's headline number was good; sales increased 17% year over year. The company also broke down their sales by game franchise as they normally do, but one game was missing this time around: Wildstar. It looks like whatever revenue Wildstar did have is now being clumped into "Other Sales" along [...]
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How frustrating it must be for traditional game studios to spend years developing a triple-A title which only sells for $60 while fly-by-night mobile studios can get away with $100+ "micro" transactions via their Bejeweled clones. You could almost sympathize with a company like Electronic Arts for finally succumbing, through seething envy, to the Dark Side. As reported by redditor /u/AlbertMyers, EA [...]
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In his first livestream on his own channel, League of Legends pro Faker (Lee Sang-hyeok) shattered Twitch's concurrent viewer count record with nearly 250,000 concurrent viewers. It's no surprise. Faker is one of the only two players in the world to have won the League of Legends Championship twice. “We’ve believe Twitch to be the ideal platform to best showcase our [...]
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Yahoo eSports recently gave Terry Crews a mock audition to voice Overwatch's character Doomfish, who may or may not show up in the game in the near future. This isn't the first time Crews has vocalized his interest. He visited Blizzard headquarters not too long ago, which I thought meant for sure Crews was chosen. But apparently not, at least [...]
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In the never ending story of old MMORPGs looking for a second wind, 9Dragons is coming to Steam on Valentine's Day, February 14th. No need for flowers. No need for chocolate. Just hop back into the martial arts game that "stands above the average F2P MMORPGs." And if you're looking for a special someone what better place to look? If [...]
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Bandai Namco is running another Humble Bundle and it's got quite a decent lineup. The bundle includes Project CARS, Tales of Zestiria, and Warhammer 40K: Eternal Crusade, as well as several others. Eternal Crusade typically retails at $49.99, but, given its as-yet lack of success in capturing the Heroes and Generals-esque experience that it originally boasted, perhaps you'd be more inclined [...]
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GunFleet has been available as a direct download from its official website for some time now, but it became significantly more convenient to play today, as it has gone live on Steam Early Access. The naval combat game is a bit like World of Warships, except that user reviews have stated that it is faster paced and there is the [...]
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