The start of the Phantasy Star Online 2 open beta is finally close at hand. Well, at least for Xbox One users it is. The North American open beta test kicks off at 9pm EDT tomorrow, March 17th. Players can now pre-load the game in preparation for open beta. According to the official press release, the open beta build will [...]
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Here’s more COVID-19-related news today. Over the past few months, a number of gaming companies and organizers have announced the cancellation of their events, including GDC, EVE Fanfest 2020, and more recently, E3. gamescom 2020, however, which is scheduled for August in Cologne, Germany, is still getting a green light from its organizers since it’s still a few months away. [...]
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Manticore Games has just begun Alpha testing today for their new game development platform called Core. According to the official press release, Core is a free all-in-one game creation, content sharing, and game-playing platform. “Core makes game design radically accessible, allows people to collaborate and remix shared content, and makes publishing games possible in a matter of seconds. The result [...]
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Calling all hardcore PvP fans, this one’s for you. A new PvP-focused MMORPG called High Treason has just appeared on Steam courtesy of indie developer Treason Corp. “High Treason is a massively multiplayer online PvP game set in a low fantasy medieval world. Create and level up your character by completing tasks such as hunting down player targets, completing quests, [...]
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Over the past year, a number of key Guild Wars 2 developers announced their departure from ArenaNet and the game, including the studio’s President and GW2 Executive Producer Mike O’Brien. Today, former Content Designer Matthew Medina returns to ArenaNet as Senior Content Designer for GW2. From what I'm seeing from my timeline, many of us are in serious need of [...]
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Starting the week off with COVID-19 news as per yoozh. Steam concurrent player numbers hit an all-time high this weekend at over 20 million players thanks to the quarantines currently in effect all over the world. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive also reached record-breaking numbers at one million concurrent players, the shooter’s highest player concurrency since it launched seven years ago. Other [...]
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MMOs.com Weekly News Recap #236 March 16, 2020Watch this video on YouTube Weekly MMO News Recap #236 - March 16, 2020 A look at MMO News and updates for the week ending March 16, 2020. This is episode 236 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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Path of Exile, the Diablo inspired isometric ARPG, launched its latest expansion yesterday titled Delirium on PC with consoles set to get the update next week. As with previous expansions, Path of Exile's playerbase jumped with the launched of Delirium from an average of 6,500 per day on Steam the day before to 132,500 the next day on March 13, [...]
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Sci-fi MMO Skyforge is celebrating its fifth anniversary with a new expansion simply called the Fifth Anniversary Expansion. According to the official press release, the expansion will feature a new Phynotide invasion, the Invasion Atlas, the new Wakan Divine Form, and Nightmare Challenges for endgame players. “Skyforge veterans may no longer be phased by the terrors of the cosmos, but [...]
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In light of the Entertainment Software Association’s decision to cancel E3, several video game companies have begun looking at alternative ways to showcase their wares. According to IGN, Ubisoft and Xbox have recently announced their plans to host their own digital events instead. “E3 has always been an important moment for Team Xbox,” tweeted Xbox Head Phil Spencer. “Given this [...]
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