The dev team for Neverwinter has just shown off their new area coming to the game, expanding upon their most recent addition, the Lost City of Omu. This new Undercity is a winding maze of tunnels beneath the city. Players will discover new and exciting monsters, shrines, and treasure. "Omu was once a jewel in Chult’s crown, rivaling even Port [...]
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When you think about blockchain, the first thing that comes to mind will probably be cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. Then you might think of this continuously growing list of blocks of records (that’s secured by cryptography) disrupting the healthcare and financial industry. Another area where blockchain-based technologies (and tokens) are starting to make a huge impact is the gaming industry. While [...]
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The U.S. Copyright Office is currently considering easing DMCA anti-circumvention provisions which come up for renewal every 3 years. One of the most important topics being considered this year center around the preservation of abandoned video games. Previous rulings have granted museums, libraries, and other archival organizations the right to use emulators and other tools to make old games playable. [...]
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MMOs.com Weekly News Recap #135 February 19, 2018Watch this video on YouTube Weekly MMO News Recap #135 - February 18, 2018 A look at MMO News and updates for the week ending February 19, 2018. This is episode 135 in a weekly series every Monday that will cover all major MMO news and updates Trove, Closers, Bless Online, Lineage 2, [...]
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Grinding Gear Games has announced the latest challenge league for their free to play Action-MMORPG Path of Exile. The Bestiary League adds a new monster capturing feature to the game. Players will be able to capture monsters while adventuring and display them for all to see in their very own menagerie! Path of Exile has had a grand 2017, with [...]
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The voxel-based MMO Trove is receiving a new big expansion, and it's theme is Super Heroes. Trion, Trove's development team, has announced today that Trove Heroes will arrive in spring, allowing players to take to the big city and fight evil! Trove Heroes brings with it Luminopolis, a sprawling technological metropolis inside the Neon City biome. This new area comes [...]
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Next week, players can look forward to a new hero coming to town in Closers. This new character is foul-mouthed and pretty edgy, according to his trailers and bio. His name is Nata, and his hobbies are revenge, reading, and carving. He was orphaned by war, and raised by the government as an experiment. He has been enslaved by Vulture [...]
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Extra Credits posted a video this week about their take on the whole lootbox controversy and whether lootboxes should even exist in video games. I found their view to be a lot more closely aligned with my own, while also acknowledging the counter points brought up by notable gaming commentator Jim Sterling. While we discussed the lootbox controversy in some [...]
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While many potential players have been yearning for more details on when the game will fully release, NeoWiz, the development team behind Bless Online has stated in a recent interview that they are planning for a 6-month Early Access. In their recent interview Bless' Game Director Jae-hoon Jeon explains that this Early Access period will act as a soft launch of [...]
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Much to the indignation of it's players, as seen on the announcement thread, Lineage 2 's new cash shop items have caused a surge of displeasure throughout the community. These new items, dubbed "Circlets of Power", are Best in Slot items...but in the cash shop. Sounds pretty Pay-to-Win, and that's exactly how the players are reacting to this recent announcement. [...]
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