The British software studio Improbable has raised $502 million in funding through a Series B financing round led by SoftBank. The young tech firm's core product is the game engine SpatialOS which promises to make it easier for game studios to scale persistent worlds with cloud-based server distribution. What's striking is how bullish the CEO Herman Narula is on the [...]
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Ashes of Creation's Kickstarter hit $1.75 million in funding this past Friday, which means that the Underrealm is happening. Once the game is completed, players will be able to head underground and venture through a "vast underground area." The Underrealm is described as a "rich environment" that will be lit primarily by the bioluminescence that is given off by the [...]
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Quake Champions Gameplay First Look - MMOs.comWatch this video on YouTube Quake Champions First Look by Omer Quake Champions is a free to play arena hero shooter developed by ID Software and published by Bethesda. This video was recorded in closed beta but the full game is expected to launch sometime in 2017. Quake Champions feels a lot like Quake [...]
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Lineage was one of the defining games of the MMORPG genre. Released way back in 1998, it is still NCsoft's main money maker nearly 20 years later. It continues to see regular updates along with its sequel, Lineage 2 which also is still performing well. Both games have inspired separate mobile spin-offs that have themselves gone on to attract huge [...]
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I'm going to be honest with you; I've not seen either of Allods Online's servers above "Low" population in quite some time. That's why, when I heard that My.com was going to be opening a second free-to-play server for the aging MMORPG, I was confused, but the company claims that the reason for opening a new server is that it [...]
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I’m a huge fan of cover shooters. I played through the first three Gears of War games as they were released—multiple times, even. I played through the first Kane and Lynch game within 24 hours and loved it, even though most people did not. I’ve played quite a lot of The Division over the past year, as well, even though [...]
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Square Enix announced yesterday via Twitter that it has brought back Final Fantasy XI's 14-day trial. The trial has a number of limitations, such as your character data only remaining for 90 days after the trial unless you pay, a limit of only three characters per account, you can only reach level 50, and you can only access content that [...]
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Kritika Online Gameplay Grindfest Friday - MMOs.comWatch this video on YouTube Kritika Online Grindfest Friday Kritika Online is a free to play fantasy action MMORPG developed by the South Korean developer All-M. It's similar to action MMOs like Vindictus and Soul Worker in that it has instanced dungeons and persistent towns. Visually it's a mix between Rusty Hearts and Arpiel. [...]
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It seems that Microsoft is planning to get in on the VRMMO craze. A new job listing points to the tech company creating a "mixed reality" MMO, as it is currently hiring a Senior Design Manager for the "Xbox Mixed Reality team." The job listing even specifies that said person would be working on "MR/VR," which clearly stands for "Mixed [...]
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SF Team's steampunk "hardcore sandbox RPG" Steam Hammer finally went live on Steam Early Access earlier today. Players can now jump into a world of airships, industry, farming, and more. It has been compared to Life Is Feudal in terms of depth, only in a steampunk setting, and Steam user reviews indicate that it is a game that truly requires [...]
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