This week’s Torchlight 3 Spring Update will be the last update that Echtra Games releases for the online ARPG as they turn over development and publishing responsibilities to Perfect World Entertainment. The transition is a result of Echtra Games acquisition by Zynga back in March. Perfect World, however, owns licensing rights to the Torchlight IP which means that the game [...]
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We have now entered the home stretch of the historic Epic Games vs. Apple trial. Last week, Apple CEO Tim Cook took the stand to answer questions about the App Store’s policies, curation, and profits, reported Gamasutra. Cook was also asked to comment on the testimony of Epic’s expert witness who calculated that the App Store saw a 78% profit [...]
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ArenaNet is looking to get more players into Guild Wars 2 in preparation for the next Living World episode by giving players free access to two episodes from Living World Season 2, specifically Gates of Maguuma and Entanglement. All you have to do to claim the free episodes is to login anytime from now until May 31. “Catch up on [...]
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Here’s some controversial news from Amazon Game Studios. The studio came under fire from the New World community when they started testing the in-game cash shop earlier this month, which, contrary to the team’s earlier promises, contained a variety of boosters. Amazon was quick to comment on the leak to assure the community that all items in the cash shop [...]
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City Sieges are now live in the ongoing Fractured Spring Alpha test. The team acknowledged the late arrival of the feature, citing the complexity of the siege system as the reason for the delay. “We’ve largely underestimated all the issues that could arise from such a complex system,” admitted Dynamight Studios. “Having multiple developers work on this feature saw very [...]
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The Cursed Captain is now playable in Torchlight 3 as of the online ARPG’s latest update. As we reported last week, the new class is a mid-range summoner and the first full summoner class in the game. He uses a unique resource called Doubloons to power his combat abilities which includes summoning a crew of spectral pirates to fight by [...]
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If there’s one thing that you can count on in life, it’s that you can’t please everybody. A life lesson that Greg Street, the project lead on the unannounced and yet unnamed League of Legends MMO, is sticking to when it comes to the game’s features and design. “One thing I can say about ‘unannounced’ MMORPG is that you won’t [...]
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Star Trek Online’s Year of the Klingon story arc is coming to its epic conclusion with the release of today’s House United update for PC. House United is the fourth and final installment of the Klingon-centric story arc that kicked off in June last year with House Divided, followed by House Shattered in October, and House Reborn in January. “After [...]
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Patch 5.5 is now live in Final Fantasy XIV, setting the stage for Endwalker with new main scenario quests, new side quests, a new Chronicles of New Era quest, and the fourth installment of the Save the Queen arc featuring a new Bozjan battlefield encounter called Zadnor. “Like the Bozjan southern front, Zadnor is a new instanced encounter wherein players [...]
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Line Games has added a new hero to the Smash Legends roster, the fabled hero of La Mancha himself, Don Quixote. Don Quixote is a powerful new Vanguard tank with the ability to reflect damage back to his attackers. He can be unlocked by reaching 525 Medal Points which can be earned by simply playing the game. The latest update [...]
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