While eSports is growing incredibly quickly in the West, it's still a niche market. That's not the case in China though. According to Bloomberg, premier tournaments like the King Pro League get as many as 240 million daily views, which is 2x the audience of last year's Super Bowl. The King Pro League is the biggest tournament of the year [...]
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Riot Games Co-Founder Marc "Tryndamere" Merrill tweeted yesterday "Should we build a MMO? Yay or nay? The tweet comes after Riot released their map of Runeterra (the world of League of Legends) which revealed a lot of lore behind the game. Should we build a MMO? Yay or nay? https://t.co/doZs8zkLNX — Tryndamere (@MarcMerrill) July 25, 2018 While this tweet doesn't [...]
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MMOs.com Podcast – Episode 159: Cash Grabs, Bless a Scam, MS2, FFXIV, & MoreWatch this video on YouTube MMOs.com Podcast Episode 159 - Omer (@remotayx) and Erhan (@Ehaltay) This is episode one hundred and fifty nine 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 [...]
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July 26 will mark the Early Access launch of Warlords Awakening on Steam. The Korean fantasy MMORPG has a generic theme to it, but the action combat may tempt Diablo 3 or Path of Exile players to give it a shot between seasons. At least that's what publisher PLAYWITH Inc is banking on. But first, a bit of history. Originally [...]
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Sega announced a brand new game in the Phantasy Star universe today titled Idola: Phantasy Star Saga and it's for mobile devices. With the announcement comes a gameplay trailer which shows turn based combat similar to other Gacha hero collectors like Fate/Grand Order. 『イドラ ファンタシースターサーガ』ティザームービーWatch this video on YouTube Given Phantasy Star's JRPG roots, Idola will likely be heavily story [...]
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MMOs.com Weekly News Recap #157 July 23, 2018Watch this video on YouTube Weekly MMO News Recap #157 - July 23, 2018 A look at MMO News and updates for the week ending July 23, 2018. This is episode 157 in a weekly series every Monday that will cover all major MMO news and updates. The games covered this week were: [...]
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It’s a difficult time for Trion Worlds this week as the California-based studio is hit with a round of layoffs just a few days after the launch of Defiance 2050 and nearly a month after acquiring Gazillion Entertainment. A total of 15 employees have been affected by the layoffs including ArcheAge Associate Producer Seraphina Brennan and QA/CSR Jessica Pate. so, [...]
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Wizard City just got a major facelift with the release of the Wizard 101 July update. The overhauled features updated graphics for Wizard City, Unicorn Way, and Olde Town. The July update also introduces the revamped Character Creation, Character Selection, and Tutorials. NPC’s have also been given a makeover along with new talk animations. Players who prefer the old, less [...]
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Get your wallets ready Warframe fans because Digital Extremes has just announced the opening date for the Prime Vault. “Become the master of manipulation! The Prime Vault opens July 24 on all platforms. For the first time ever, the hypnotic Nyx Prime is leaving the Vault! Charging out beside her is Rhino Prime along with other high-demand Vaulted Prime Accessories, [...]
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Limited-time modes are Epic Games’ way of testing out new concepts and mechanics in Fortnite. While the past LTM’s have come and go without a hitch, the recently released Playground mode had some unforeseen and potentially game-breaking effects on the servers forcing the devs to temporarily disable the mode, fix it, and turn it back on. Epic explains what happened [...]
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