Finally, here’s some news that we’ve all been dying to hear! After nearly a year of being console-exclusive, Red Dead Redemption 2 and its MMO counter-part Red Dead Online are finally making their way to PC on November 5th. “The first game in the Red Dead Redemption series to be featured on the PC platform, Red Dead Redemption 2 for [...]
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After spending more than two years in Steam Early Access, Citadel: Forged with Fire is just less than a month away from official launch. Aside from magic, spellcasting, building, and crafting, players will also get to tame a variety of mighty beasts including fire-breathing dragons. In fact, the majestic winged creatures are the stars of the online fantasy sandbox game’s [...]
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Earlier this year, independent developer ReadyUp Studios launched a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund the development of their action sandbox MMORPG, Oath. According to the game’s Kickstarter video, ReadyUp will use the funds for new content such as character model updates, animations, new enemies, and sound effects among others. That job went to Ocean Spark Studios who is now accusing [...]
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1000-player battle royale matches are all well and good on paper. Unfortunately, the average number of players logging in to PlanetSide Arena have fallen way below the number required to keep matches fast-paced and interesting. This has forced Daybreak Games to make a few changes to Safe Zones and the Pain Field along with a number of other improvements, all [...]
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Enplex Games is looking to stress the heck out of the Population Zero servers in this weekend’s second closed beta test. The studio has just sent out over 2000 more invitations for the upcoming test bringing the expected player-count to over 5000. We've selected over 2000 more testers for the upcoming CBT, so be sure to check your mail!If you [...]
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Apparently, mentors in Final Fantasy XIV aren’t living up to the standards and expectations set by Square Enix. With the release of Patch 5.1, the studio will be implementing new and stricter mentor qualifications which will not only apply to players who wish to become mentors but to current mentors as well. Patch 5.1 will introduce new mentor types and [...]
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ArenaNet President Mike O’Brien has just announced that he will be leaving the company to form a new studio with some of his friends. The announcement was made through a post on the Guild Wars 2 official website earlier today: “For the past two decades we’ve gotten to work with brilliant developers and advisors, we’ve enjoyed an amazing relationship with [...]
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MMOs.com Podcast - Episode 201: Monetization, Astellia, Luxury Skins, & MoreWatch this video on YouTube MMOs.com Podcast Episode 201 - Omer (@remotayx) and Erhan (@Ehaltay) This is episode two hundred and one of the MMOs.com Podcast and we look at the most recent news and happenings in the MMO and gaming world. This week we started by discussing our experience [...]
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Neverwinter: Uprising, the latest expansion to Neverwinter, is now available on Xbox One and PS4, after having been available on the PC since August 13. Given the game's action oriented combat, I suspect Neverwinter is doing quite well on consoles. The gap between PC and console updates is reasonably short as well at a little over a month. Uprising adds [...]
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Chinese tech giant Tencent will become even bigger as they enter into a share purchase agreement with Norwegian video game company Funcom. According to the official press release, Tencent has agreed to purchase 29% of Funcom’s shares making Tencent the company’s largest shareholder once the deal pushes through. Tencent also owns shares in many of the world’s top game companies [...]
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