A mere 12 days after AvA Dogtag launched on May 2 the game announced that its shutting down on May 15, with the servers scheduled to shut down on May 28. Apologies for not covering this earlier, as it didn't hit my radar until today, but it's remarkable that this game shut down so quickly. This is like the fourth [...]
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Square Enix release released the launch trailer for Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers at E3 yesterday and also announced that the game is currently at an all time high in active subscriptions (which exclude free trials). This is noteworthy because the period in between expansions is typically the low point for most MMORPGs. Shadowbringers is set to launch on July 2, [...]
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Ever since Pearl Abyss announced that Black Desert Online was coming to Xbox One in June, 2018 at last year's E3, we knew the game would make its way over to PS4 eventually, just as soon as their exclusive contract with Microsoft expired. And it looks like it just did. Pearl Abyss announced today that Black Desert Online will be [...]
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Just 3 weeks after its May 31, 2019 launch, Dauntless more than quadrupled its playerbase from its PC open beta, largely thanks to Epic's push of the game on PC and additional distribution on Xbox and PS4. While 10 million total players is impressive, without concurrent player data, it's not clear how sticky those players are. Anyone who registers for [...]
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Heads will roll and as the Hitokiri take center stage in the Shadows of the Hitokiri Year 3 Season 2 event in For Honor. The event celebrates the recent addition of the Hitokiri as a playable class in Ubisoft’s medieval sword-fighting game. As part of the event, players will be able to participate in a limited-time game mode called Soul [...]
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Ubisoft is on a roll at E3 in Los Angeles. The French video game developer has unveiled another game set in Tom Clancy’s world, but this time it’s on mobile. Tom Clancy’s Elite Squad is a mobile RPG featuring iconic characters from the Tom Clancy universe and games including Ghost Recon, Splinter Cell, Rainbow Six, and The Division. “For the [...]
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Ubisoft has definitely brought out the big guns at E3 this year as they reveal the latest installment in the Rainbox Six franchise. Tom Clancy’s Rainbox Six Quarantine is a brand new three-player tactical coop shooter with a sci-fi twist. “Developed by a new dedicated team at Ubisoft Montreal, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Quarantine is set several years in the [...]
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New game reveals are a dime a dozen as E3 continues full swing in Los Angeles. This time we’re shining the spotlight on Outriders an original AAA sci-fi co-op shooter from Square Enix and Gears of War Judgement and Bulletstorm developer People Can Fly. “Outriders is a very exciting project for us at Square Enix External Studios,” said Square Enix [...]
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No development roadmap is set in stone and there’s bound to be changes and unexpected delays. But having a set schedule to follow is always a good thing especially for big-name games like Tom Clancy’s The Division 2. Ubisoft has just revealed an updated Year 1 roadmap for the post-apocalyptic shooter which features three episodes, the first of which will [...]
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If you’ve ever thought about what it would be like to run dungeons with your friends in Minecraft, then Minecraft Dungeons would’ve probably shown up on your radar at some point. Microsoft first announced the four-player voxel dungeon crawler at E3 last year promising a 2019 release. “Discover an all-new action-adventure game, inspired by classic dungeon crawlers and set in [...]
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