A colorful new indie multiplayer online RPG called Skyclimbers is now making waves on Kickstarter. The project has raised over $259,000 as of this writing, with 6 days to go until the end of the crowdfunding campaign. Skyclimbers touts itself as an anime-themed cross-platform multiplayer open-world city-building ARPG where players can choose from five playable classes, build their kingdom, and [...]
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Hidden Path Entertainment, the other studio behind Counter Strike: Global Offensive, reveals in a recent tweet that they’re currently developing a new Dungeons & Dragons open-world RPG. The said tweet is a job posting for developers to work on a “AAA, third-person, open-world fantasy RPG” set in the D&D universe. The game’s narrative director, Whitney Beltràn, also confirmed the news [...]
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The Elder Scrolls Online characters will essentially be given a brand new start with the release of Update 29 and its Champion System revamp. To celebrate the occasion, ZeniMax Online will be running a two-week Heroes Reforged mini-event that will give players unlimited free respecs throughout the duration of the event. “While the changes coming with Update 29 impact only [...]
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It looks like Titan Reach is steadily inching closer to its Early Access launch with a series of small updates which includes setting up the indie MMO’s server infrastructure in preparation for the big day. “We are now all setup ready to launch and update our servers quickly and easily,” wrote Square Root Studios in their latest dev blog. Square [...]
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NC’s plans to transition Blade and Soul to Unreal Engine 4 will apparently be pushing through despite the company’s decision to shut down the Frontier World server in South Korea. The new server launched in February 2020 and was specifically made for Blade and Soul Complete, a UE4 version of the game with the addition of several enhanced features. Yesterday, [...]
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Black Desert Online is celebrating its 5th anniversary this week, their first anniversary with Pearl Abyss as publisher. To mark the occasion, the team hosted a 5th anniversary livestream last Tuesday where they dropped a couple of big reveals. Of particular note is the new Ataraxion co-op dungeon and the new Sage class. The Ataraxion dungeon will be part of [...]
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Sandbox Interactive is all about changing the PvP meta in Albion Online with the upcoming Call to Arms update which is scheduled to arrive a few days after the start of Season 12 on March 13. The team also did a little tinkering under the hood in yesterday’s patch in anticipation for Season 12. The changes are meant to encourage [...]
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Here’s the latest update in the Epic Games vs. Apple legal battle. After months of motions, subpoenas, lobbying, and posturing, both parties will finally be going to court on May 3. According to MacRumors, the trial date was set by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, the US District Judge overseeing the case, during a management conference earlier this week. Judge Rogers [...]
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Following the recent string of acquisitions within the game industry, Zynga has just announced today that it has acquired Echtra Games, the studio behind Torchlight 3. While Torchlight 3 is the only game that the studio has released so far, Zynga says that its Max Schaefer and his team’s impressive resume that bolstered the company’s interest in Echtra Games. Max [...]
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Netflix follows up the Dota: Dragon's Blood unveiling last month with the first full trailer for the upcoming Dota-inspired anime series. The new trailer teases bits and pieces of the plotline and gives us a look at some of the show’s locations and main cast of characters, including Mirana, the Princess of the Moon; Luna, the Moon Rider; and Carl, [...]
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