If you’re a City of Heroes Homecoming server player who just loves to fiddle around with the game’s Costume Editor tool for hours on end, then this piece of news will definitely make your day. Previously, you could only design costumes with matching gloves and matching boots. The latest PTS update, however, gives players more options to mix and match [...]
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After years of waiting, Phantasy Star Online 2, Sega’s highly-awaited Japanese sci-fi MMORPG, is finally opening its doors to western players with the start of open beta testing next week. Unfortunately for PC users, the open beta will be exclusive to Xbox One players. Hopefully, we get word of a PC release soon. The time is finally here! The #PSO2NA [...]
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A few years ago, indie development studio Forged Chaos launched a Kickstarter campaign for a permadeath sandbox MMORPG called Trials of Ascension, not once but twice, both of which failed miserably. The second Kickstarter campaign was cancelled when one team member decided to leave the studio because of poor decisions on the owners’ part and an overly-ambitious $600,000 Kickstarter campaign. [...]
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The latest Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen developer livestream is up on YouTube. During the 35-minute long stream, the developers talk about the progression in the game, specifically levels, stats, and other values related to progression. According to Creative Director Chris “Joppa” Perkins, the next pre-alpha tests will focus on progression and making sure that the above-mentioned values are well-balanced. [...]
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Last month, Redditors leaked a video clip and cover art of a Call of Duty battle royale mode resulting in a number of copyright infringement claims and Reddit being subpoenaed by Activision to track down the source of the leaks. Earlier today, Polygon reported that an influencer “accidentally” leaked actual gameplay footage of the battle royale mode. Apparently, the new [...]
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Envision Studios’ Minecraft MMORPG Hegemony officially went live over the weekend. And like all live service game launches, faced a number of launch day issues including crashes and an overloaded database. Unfortunately, an issue with Objectives Saving required the developers to temporarily shut it down and re-launch the game at a later date. Here’s what happened: “Objectives are basically task [...]
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Another round of video game companies have announced the cancellation of their events in light of the COVID-19 global outbreak. First up is Swedish video game developer Mojang. The Minecraft developer has decided to cancel this year’s Minecraft Festival in Florida. The decision to postpone the event wasn’t a direct result of the outbreak, but because the planning had to [...]
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A lot of work goes into developing a game expansion, especially for a AAA game like Final Fantasy XIV. Square Enix has just published another episode of the Creation of Shadowbringers video series. The video highlights a few of the design inspirations that the developers used to bring the expansion. The developers also talk about sky details, lighting, and more. [...]
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Heads up World of Warcraft Classic players! Blizzard Entertainment has just revealed the exact date and time when Arathi Basin goes live. “At 3:00 p.m. PDT (6:00 p.m. EDT) on Wednesday, March 11, we will unlock the Arathi Basin Battleground in WoW Classic. Players who are level 20 or above will be able to queue after this time.” Just in [...]
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I don’t know if you’ve noticed but Daybreak Games has a history of releasing bad news on Friday nights. Tonight’s bad news? EverQuest and EverQuest 2 Executive Producer Holly “Windstalker” Longdale, has left Daybreak and the recently-established spin-off studio Darkpaw Games. Her farewell letter has been published on the Everquest official site. “It is time to bid ye all a [...]
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