It’s a sad day for Orcs Must Die! Unchained fans as Robot Entertainment announces the game’s closure on April 8, 2019. The announcement was made through a letter by Robot Entertainment CEO Patrick Hudson. Hero Academy and Hero Academy 2 will also be shutting down on the same dates. “It's painful to even write this. We are sorry to say [...]
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If you’re the kind of gamer who likes to dive in to a game’s lore then you’ll want to take a look at the new Overwatch short story written by Michael Chu, the senior lore and story designer for Blizzard’s popular shooter. The short story, titled Bastet, features the support healer Ana’s backstory and her friendship with Jack Morrison, a.k.a. [...]
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OK, so BioWare has been pretty stingy when it comes to news about their upcoming multiplayer shooter, Anthem. Thanks to IGN, however, we’ve got 15 minutes’ worth of mission gameplay featuring the Collosus, Interceptor, and Storm Javelins. EA has also released the official system requirements for the game on the EA Support Site. As expected, you'll need a pretty decent [...]
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There’s probably nothing more satisfying in a medieval fantasy game than seeing a castle’s walls crumble with a well-placed catapult or trebuchet shot. A feeling that Camelot Unchained beta testers will probably be familiar with as they test out the game’s “Saturday Siege Night” scenario last week. “While this is still very much a work in progress, it’s been awesome [...]
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If you think that life as a pirate in Atlas is all work and no play, then you’ll want to check out this bit of news. Wildcard and Grapeshot make life as a pirate a whole lot easier when the massive balance patch rolls out tomorrow. The patch tones down the game’s hardcore mechanics to make gameplay a lot less [...]
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Despite being scheduled to come out in 2017, RuneScape's long requested mining and smithing overhaul is finally out now in January 2019. The leveling process is made easier, lowering the level requirement of many smithing recipes. Each smith also takes more time but gives more experience, with the option to manually interact with the forge to speed up the process. [...]
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Star Conflict, an Eve Online like sci-fi MMO but with a greater emphasis on action combat, launched its 'Rise of Giants' update late last month which is primarily PvE focused. We forgot to cover it then, but given that its a huge update, better late than never! This latest update introduces new PvE scenarios with scaling difficulty levels as well [...]
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Black Desert Online finally has a release date for its long awaited Xbox One launch and that date is March 4, 2019, though players who purchase the game's Ultimate pack can begin playing on March 1st. Pre-orders are open as of today and start at $29.99 for Standard, $49.99 for Deluxe, and $99.99 for Ultimate. While these prices are higher [...]
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Final Fantasy XIV Patch 4.5 is almost here; servers are down for maintenance currently and will be back up at 2AM PST on January 8, 2019 with the patch deployed. As previously discussed, Patch 4.5 brings with it quite a bit of new goodies, most importantly: Patch 4.5 New Features: New Main Scenario Quests – The first half of the [...]
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The upcoming action-RPG Breach shows off its new class, Elementalist, which uses nature spells to deal damage and protect allies. The class can summon meteors on enemies, use Quake to knock them back, and even revive and heal allies with Elemental Quintessence. Breach - Elementalist Class TrailerWatch this video on YouTube Breach is a third person co-op action RPG with [...]
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