Star Trek Online is just about wrapping up their 10th anniversary celebration. Don’t worry, the fun doesn’t stop there as the developers prepare to bring back the Battle at the Binary Stars next week as part of their year-long Event Campaign. “Beginning on March 5th, 2020, captains from all factions will be invited to participate in a Featured Event version [...]
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Roblox Corporation, the makers of the extremely-popular custom game-making MMO Roblox, have just raised $150 million in their latest round of investor fundraising led by the Andreessen Horowitz investment firm. According to a press release, the company is also planning to open a tender offer of up to $350 million of common and preferred shares. Roblox says that the funds [...]
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It’s been a few years since NCSoft announced their plans to upgrade Blade and Soul to Unreal Engine 4. Since then, we’ve seen a number of trailers and teaser but no actual gameplay footage. Luckily, YouTuber RenderMax has been gracious enough to share his exploits on the UE4 Korean Frontier server and it looks awesome. Although RenderMax says that the [...]
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PAX East may be a little less crowded this year but that’s not stopping ArenaNet from getting the Guild Wars 2 hype train rolling with a new teaser video for the new Living World content called Visions of the Past. Visions of the Past gives players a different perspective on Ryland Steelcatcher as a member of the elite Steel Warband. [...]
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Pearl Abyss’ Black Desert Online battle-royale-mode-turned-standalone-game Shadow Arena has officially started closed beta testing on Steam earlier today. “Shadow Arena pits 40 players against each other in a ruthless fight to be the last person standing on the battlefield. Players can choose from nine playable characters in the beta, each with their own unique fighting style. To climb to the [...]
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Bandai Namco is gearing up for the start of the Blue Protocol Japanese CBT next week. But the question currently weighing on western gamers’ minds is when the MMORPG will launch in North America. Fans on Reddit translated a recent livestream confirming a North American, European release, and global release. “In the interviews, we have said that it was intended [...]
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PAX East began earlier today minus two more video game companies, Hi-Rez Studios and That Game Company. The two studios are the latest to announce their withdrawal from the event amid concerns over the spreading COVID-19 novel coronavirus. “After some internal discussion we’ve made the call to cancel our #PAXEast activities this weekend,” tweeted Hi-Rez Community Lead Isaiah Turner. “So [...]
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While Black Desert Online isn't technically "free to play", the game has gone on sale countless times since its launch back in 2017 and has also been given away for free on numerous occasions. Today is yet another one of those occasions. The game is available for free on Steam until March 2 and anyone who grabs it on Steam [...]
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Black Desert Mobile gets Ascension skills for all classes, Alchemy Stones, higher Black Stone and Silver drop rates, and the ability to level up weapons and gear. “Ascension allows Adventurers to enhance their characters using the same Main Weapons and Sub-Weapons as their base class,” explains Pearl Abyss. “Those who are level 60 and above can ascend to a new [...]
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Pearl Abyss has just rolled out another batch of Succession Skills in Black Desert Online. The Mystic and Striker classes now have access to their more powerful main weapon skills along with special leveling events to mark the occasion. Pre-anniversary celebrations also continue with the new Super Fever Time event which comes with bonuses to combat, skill, and Life Skill [...]
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