Media personalities are insane. They are digitized egos yearning for validation in the black hole of opinion. No light escapes, but sometimes there’s a paycheck—unless the writers busy learning to code. Video game critics (who will be called by their appropriate designation, “bloggers”) arguably exhale the largest gravity sucking spheres of nonsense. Either their editorial meetings race to the bottom [...]
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Can’t get enough of game crossover events? Well, here’s a new one for all you PC players out there. Geralt of The Witcher series will be setting up shop in Astera when the Monster Hunter World / The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt crossover event goes live on May 9th. PlayStation 4 and Xbox One players were given the chance to [...]
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The time has come for the brave martial artists of Blade and Soul to test their mettle against The Lord of the Inferno and the Sacred Longgui as the Legends Reborn event kicks off today. The Ring of Reckoning, the Desolate Mausoleum, and the Burning Mausoleum are now live and unique achievements, titles, and rewards await those who successfully defeat [...]
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In this day and age, content is king when it comes to the world of online games. Players are always hungry for ne content, new adventures, and new things to do. A fact that Sea of Thieves Executive Producer Joe Neate admits was very challenging for him and the Rare team with the pirate-themed MMORPG being their first-ever live service [...]
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Neowiz Bless Studio, an independent subsidiary of South Korean online game company Neowiz and the developers behind the controversial PC MMORPG Bless Online, will be merging with its parent company on June 19th to “enhance management efficiency” and “enhance corporate value”. MMOCulture broke the news today, adding that there should be minimal effect on the company’s shares since Neowiz Bless [...]
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As of today, Albion Online is officially free-to-play and hordes of new players are already queuing up to get into Sandbox Interactive’s PvP-heavy fantasy sandbox MMORPG. The game’s Premium Subscription system, however, remains in place for those who need that extra boost. Players can purchase Premium Status using either real-world cash or in-game currency. “Today is the day! With a [...]
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Black Desert Online has earned over $1B in total revenue across all platforms (PC, Mobile, and Xbox One) since launch according to Pearl Abyss, the game's developer. While the game's mobile release has been a huge hit in South Korea, Japan, and elsewhere in Asia, it's not yet available in English. Fortunately, that's set to change this year. Pearl Abyss [...]
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Skyforge launched its latest expansion today titled "New Horizons" which introduces a brand new planet called Terra. The expansion is available today on PC and is launching on PS4 on April 10th and Xbox One on April 11th. There's a whole lot of new things to do in Skyforge with New Horizons. Check them out below: Largest In-Game Map To [...]
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Long before Monster Hunter World, Tencent and Capcom partnered up to produce the China-only MMORPG Monster Hunter Online. Now that experiment is coming to an end. Built on the CryEngine, Monster Hunter Online first released into open beta in 2015. The game was poorly supported and the launcher required to play the game came loaded with Chinese malware. Despite these [...]
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Pearl Abyss revealed today that Shadow Arena, the Black Desert Online Battle Royale mode, would be shuttered on April 10th. The short notice caught many off guard, but the BDO team promises compensation packages to make up for that. Shadow Arena was first revealed in a Developer Letter published on January 8, 2019 and has thus proved a short-lived experiment. [...]
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