After narrowing down the Blade and Soul 2 Korean launch date to August last week, NC is back with the exact launch date for the highly-awaited sequel. According to the studio’s latest press release, the game will be launching simultaneously on mobile and on PC via Purple on August 26. Purple is NC’s in-house emulator designed exclusively for use with [...]
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The Neverwinter annual Summer Festival is returning later this week, bringing a whole host of fun activities, including the soccer-inspired Sahha Ball matches, water battle contests, troll fights, hunting for golden chicken, and flower collecting. “The Summer Festival returns to Neverwinter! Gather under the sun to celebrate Sune, the goddess of beauty with events and rewards to satisfy your water [...]
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Final Fantasy XI is bringing back the annual Sunbreeze Festival next month to celebrate summer and to commemorate the various threats that have successfully been vanquished by the brave warriors of Vana’diel. During the event, players will have the chance to earn various rewards by participating in Mumor and Uka’s Superheroine Stage Show. They can also enjoy nightly music and [...]
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Hi-Rez Studios’ multiplayer hero shooter Paladins gets a new addition to its roster with the debut of Rei, the Scholar of House Aico. Rei is a support character who can use her Spirit Link ability to help teammates absorb damage and heal them for a sizeable amount of HP. “When Rei left her warren in The Burrows, she pointed her [...]
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Normally, Path of Exile would see a spike in player numbers following the launch of a new League. Last week’s Expedition expansion, however, saw player numbers decrease by nearly 25% compared to April’s Ultimatum expansion as shown in a chart created by one user on Reddit. The drop in player numbers is largely attributed to the widely unpopular changes introduced [...]
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Kakao Games announced today that the second closed beta test for their upcoming fantasy MMORPG Elyon will begin on August 18th and run until August 23 with the full launch of the game slated for 'early fall 2021'. Closed beta 2 signups are open from now until August 11th and pre-orders for the game are also open now. Pre-orders include [...]
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Amazon's open world MMO New World is off to an incredibly strong start hitting over 190,000 peak concurrent players on Steam and regularly hitting over 130,000+ according to NewWorldStatus. The game has servers in North America, South America, Europe, and Australia. If New World can maintain these numbers, it would easily be the most popular MMO on Steam and amongst [...]
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Standing Stone Games is hoping to encourage more Lord of the Rings Online players to run dungeons over the next few days with the new Treasure Bugan event. During the event, a Bugan (a goblin-like creature found in the game) will randomly spawn inside the dungeon carrying stolen treasure. Defeat the quick-footed thief to earn extra rewards in addition to [...]
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MechWarrior fans, this one’s for you. Simutronics’ mech-shooter Galahad 3093 has just kicked off a weeklong open beta test on Steam that will run until August 1. This round of testing will feature two new maps in addition to the three existing maps, bringing the total playable map count up to five. The Rig is a three-base map that features [...]
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It took a while for The Pokemon Company to finally get on the MOBA train, but Pokemon Unite has officially launched on Nintendo Switch. Players on Nintendo’s handheld console can now choose their favorite Pokemon and take on other players in 5v5 team battles that feature a more child-friendly twist to the age-old tower-destroying MOBA formula. “In Pokémon UNITE, players [...]
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