Last week, Catnip Games announced that they will be running a bonus in-game event in Shroud of the Avatar to encourage players to stay home and play their game. The event featured a main storyline quest reset and a 10x XP boost on top of the 2x XP already in place. Unfortunately, the developers were forced to temporarily remove the [...]
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KingIsle Entertainment announced their plans to roll out a test realm for their fantasy MMORPG Wizard101 this Spring during a developer livestream last Friday. According to the devs, the test realm will go live with a host of new features including a Pet Mastery system where players get to play a pet mini-game and climb up tiers once they rack [...]
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In October last year, Riot Games unveiled a list of new games in development including a class-based competitive tactical shooter called Project A. A few months, and a few leaks later, Riot officially announced the game as Valorant. The studio is now gearing up for the game’s first closed beta test and have opened registrations on the official site. The [...]
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The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross is an online mobile 3D turn-based gacha RPG based on the Seven Deadly Sins manga and anime series. The game features unique card-based battles fought with random attack and skill cards as well as entertaining mini-games, real-time co-op, PvP, and beautiful cel-shaded graphics. [singlepic id=78492 w=428 h=240 float=left] Publisher: Netmarble Playerbase: Medium Type: Mobile [...]
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Last week, ZeniMax Online Studios brought the press back to Skyrim with an exclusive hands-on preview of Greymoor, the next chapter in The Elder Scrolls Online and the second installment in the year-long Dark Heart of Skyrim storyline. Greymoor will be launching in just a few months and the developers are hard at work fleshing it out from the safety [...]
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Things are looking good for Daybreak Games and Rogue Planet Games, as PlanetSide 2 breaks its own Guinness World Record for “Most Players in a Single FPS Battle”. According to Executive Producer Andy Sites, 1,283 players participated in an epic battle on Esamir during the weekend and breaking their 2015 world record of 1,158 players. The sci-fi shooter also saw [...]
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Here’s today’s dose of COVID-19-related MMO and gaming news. Eighteen game companies, including Activision Blizzard, Riot Games, Unity, and Twitch among others, have teamed up with the World Health Organization to launch the #PlayApartTogether campaign in an effort to combat the spread of the deadly virus. “It’s never been more critical to ensure people stay safely connected to one another,” [...]
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When it comes to game launches, popularity is always a double-edged sword. Every developer dreams of launching a game that players will flock to in droves, whether the servers can actually handle the massive influx of players is another thing. The most recent example is Donkey Crew’s post-apocalyptic nomadic survival game, Last Oasis. The game officially launched into Steam Early [...]
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MMOs.com Weekly News Recap #238 March 30, 2020Watch this video on YouTube Weekly MMO News Recap #238 - March 30, 2020 A look at MMO News and updates for the week ending March 30, 2020. This is episode 238 in a weekly series every Monday that will cover all major MMO news and updates. The games covered this week were: [...]
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Legends of Runeterra is a 2D online collectible card game set in the League of Legends universe. Players battle using customizable decks with different playstyles and features champions, mobs, abilities, and spells inspired by the popular MOBA. [singlepic id=78413 w=428 h=240 float=none] Publisher: Riot Games Playerbase: Medium Type: 2D Online CCG Release Date: January 24, 2020 Pros: +Great artstyle and [...]
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