This weekend, Amazon Game Studios revealed that they were ditching their initial plans for an open-loot free-for-all PvP system in New World and making PvP an opt-in feature instead. Why the sudden change of heart? Well, apparently testers and devs ran into a little problem called griefing, and they weren’t too happy about it. “One of the problems we observed [...]
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Sandbox Interactive brings a number of big changes to Albion Online with the launch of the Queen update today. Queen is the fantasy MMORPG's “biggest-ever” update and features major changes to the Outlands, the new Hideout System, along with a powerful new faction called the Avalonians. “This update brings a complete rework of the Outlands continent along with fully revamped [...]
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It’s always a good habit to have some kind of plan for the year ahead, or at least the first half of it just like Black Desert Online developer, Pearl Abyss. The studio has just released a roadmap for the first 6 months of 2020 which includes the release of the Guardian class on January 22nd and the Guardian Awakening [...]
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Gameforge announced on Facebook and Twitter today that the action MMORPG Guardians of Ember will be shutting down on February 14, 2020. Developed by the Taiwanese studio Runewaker, Guardians of Ember was first published in the West in 2016 by incelGames. Gameforge picked up the license and re-launched the game as a free to play title in January 2019. Unfortunately, [...]
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Christopher Tolkien, the son of J.R.R. Tolkien, has passed away at the age of 95. Fireworks lit up Middle-Earth’s night sky last night as Lord of the Rings Online players flew kites to pay tribute to J.R.R.’s son and the guardian of his works. “I’ve just recently heard that Christopher Tolkien has died,” tweeted Corey Olsen, a.k.a. the Tolkien Professor. [...]
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Studio 8 and Bandai Namco haven’t been too forthcoming when it comes to the release date for Bless Unleashed. But, a planned stress test confirms that the X-box One-exclusive game is at least moving closer to actual launch day. “As we grow ever nearer to Bless Unleashed’s launch, we want to hold one more test to ensure that our servers [...]
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This gives players a little incentive to play while waiting for the Harrowstorm DLC to roll out on the PTS next week. Like paid subscribers, ESO Plus Free Trial players will get full access to all DLC game packs except Elsweyr along with a 10% boost to EXP and Gold, a Craft Bag, the ability to dye costumes, and double [...]
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Just when we thought that the ArcheAge Unchained ArchePass drama was over another issue pops up out of nowhere. Don’t worry, the ArchePass system itself is fixed, it’s the compensation that players are having trouble with. Apparently, a number of ineligible players were able to claim the Diligence Coin Compensation Package while some eligible players incorrectly flagged as ineligible. Some [...]
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CCP Games has just revived their PLEX for GOOD campaign to help raise funds for the victims and those affected by the raging Australian bushfires. The campaign allows EVE Online players to exchange their in-game currency for PLEX (30-day Pilot’s License Extension valued at $15) which can then be turned into donations. “PLEX for GOOD is a charitable program operated [...]
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For those of you who’d rather play Astellia Online on Steam, Barunson E&A has just revealed the Asian-made fantasy MMORPG's scheduled Steam release date. Astellia will be coming to Steam on January 30th, just in time for Steam players to catch the tail end of January’s in-game events. “The Steam launch of Astellia will feature the same extensive content that [...]
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