Earlier this month Kotaku published an investigative piece uncovering a culture of sexism at Riot Games. Interviews with dozens of current and former employees painted Riot Games as a hostile work environment for women. In the weeks following the Kotaku piece, several other former employees, including Barry Hawkins, have gone public with their own stories. On August 29, Riot Games [...]
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Over a month since the game's Steam store page appeared, Runes of Magic is finally live on Steam. Runes of Magic was one of the earlier free to play MMORPG success stories since it launched back in 2009. The game's claim to fame back in the day was its unique multi-classing system as well as it's art style that's unusually [...]
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We’ve got good news and bad news for Worlds Adrift fans. The good news is that Bossa Studios is getting ready to roll out a massive content update this September. The bad news is that the servers will be wiped in the process. The devs are also looking at merging servers to better accommodate the current number of players. “The [...]
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Having a hard time taking on a solo objective in Final Fantasy XI? Well, you might just be able to cross them out of your things-to-do list when Square Enix rolls out their lineup of in-game campaigns this September. From September 11th through the 30th, your Alter Egos will receive a 50% boost to their HP and MP and will [...]
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Pokemon GO may not be the talk of the town the way it was at launch, but despite slowing down the game has never stopped being popular. According to mobile analytics firm Sensor Tower, the game is earning $2.5 million a day, which is up 39% over the last 2 months thanks to the game's recent trading update. Pokemon GO [...]
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This Asian Games 2018 is the official debut of Esports at a mainstream sporting event, running from August 26th to September 1st, the five day demonstration event showcases top Asian Esports talents representing their country in the industry's most popular games. Games that were chosen for the much hyped event include Arena of Valor, Clash Royale, Hearthstone, League of Legends, [...]
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On August 24, 2018 Daybreak Games announced that Just Survive, the survival based spinoff of H1Z1, will be shutting down on October 24. That leaves only the more popular Battle Royale mode to carry on the H1Z1 name on PC and consoles. Daybreak Games cites the games dwindling population as the primary reason for the closure. The rise and fall [...]
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GameForge announced this week at Gamescom that a big update for their anime action MMORPG SoulWorker is set to launch on September 6th which will introduce the following changes: An increased level cap from 55 to 60 8 new dungeons New hub city named Grasscover Camp New class advancement for Haru Estia which adds 6 new skills, a secondary weapon, [...]
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Astonia relaunched on Steam this week as Astonia Reborn. If you haven't heard of this one until now, you aren't alone - this one is a real oldie. The game originally launched back in the late 90s but couldn't compete with juggernauts like Ultima Online and EverQuest and eventually shut down. The code became open source in the mid 2000s [...]
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Battle Royale has taken the video game industry by storm and Allods Team and My.com are jumping into the bandwagon. Their sci-fi MMORPG Skyforge has just gotten a standalone Battle Royale mode as of today and you don’t even need to have a Skyforge character to get in on the player-killing action. Simply launch the game and select the new [...]
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