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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As expected, the free to play anime action MMORPG Closers went into open beta today. Prior to today players had to purchase the game on Steam early access to play it but its now available to everyone for free. Interested in playing Closers? To celebrate the occasion, En Masse released a new trailer for Closers showing what the game is [...]
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Aniplex of America has just wrapped up its first Fate/Grand Order livestream! Known in Japan as the "Chaldea Broadcasting Station," this is the Chaldea Broadcasting Station, U.S. Branch! In this livestream, Aniplex of America employees Rebecca Bolen and Anthony Poranda were joined by special guests Albert Kao, Localization Producer, and Erica Mendez, the Voice Actress of Mash Kyrielight in the [...]
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It seems that not even CS:GO is immune to the Battle Royale bug. Which could be a good thing, or a bad thing, depending on how you look at it. Keep in mind all the information we have available to us right now is rumors and speculation. It's no secret that as games like PUBG rise, CS:GO falls. Perhaps you [...]
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Hoping to cash in on the trending cryptocurrency craze led by Bitcoin, Crytek is backing a new project called CryCash. CryCash is billed as an "independent decentralized ecosystem of products for gamers fueled by an all-new gamer-centric cryptocurrency". The ICO (initial coin offering) for CryCash started on December 12 and runs to January 15. Like most ICOs, CryCash is built [...]
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