After discontinuing 32-bit client support in EverQuest last month, Darkpaw Games is now looking to do the same for EverQuest 2 in July. The studio revealed their plans to upgrade to 64-bit servers and clients with a tentative schedule set for July. Beta testing for the upgraded servers and clients starts on March 29th. “This update is going to allow [...]
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Black Desert Online has received a big quality-of-life update this week featuring improvements to various game systems and content. Of significant note is a new questline to help players learn the fundamentals of farming and the addition of a skill instructor in the Battle Arena. “Tachros, the Skill Instructor of Velia, has come to the Battle Arena so you can [...]
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Creepy clown costumes are making a comeback in Elder Scrolls Online with the return of the annual Jester’s Festival. The event kicks off on March 31st just in time for April Fool’s Day and will run until April 7th. “During this jovial romp, you can acquire buffs to XP gains and earn event-specific rewards by completing Jester’s Festival quests. To [...]
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Hi-Rez Studios’ mythology-inspired third person MOBA SMITE is celebrating its 8th birthday today and the team is marking the occasion with two new events, a new battle pass, and a new set of god skins. First up is the Heavenly Light event which comes with new skins for players to unlock or purchase as well as new questlines to complete. [...]
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Over the past few weeks, Amazon Game Studios has been teasing a brand new weapon coming to New World – the Blunderbuss. As part of their efforts to hype up the weapon, the team has released a new video that highlights its crowd control abilities and shows it in action. The Blunderbuss is a close to mid-range weapon that offers [...]
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Alongside the launch of the Competitive Proving Grounds, this week’s Lost Ark update also introduced new content for PvE players along with new bot and fraud prevention measures. Casual PvE players can now take on more relaxed and forgiving versions of Guardian Raids and still get honing rewards with the new Scale of Balance mechanic. Basically, it scales a characters’ [...]
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The World of Warcraft Shadowlands narrative is coming to its epic conclusion one and a half years after the expansion first came out. The epilogue, titled Judgement, will be coming out on March 29th, featuring the final battle against The Jailer and will reveal Sylvanas Windrunner’s ultimate fate following the Banshee Queen’s sudden change of heart. March 29th will also [...]
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Krafton has joined the parade of video game companies that have started to embrace blockchain technology for their games. The PUBG: Battlegrounds and TERA developer has signed a deal with Solana Labs to jointly develop, design, and market blockchain games and services. “Through this agreement, KRAFTON and Solana Labs are poised to build a long-term cooperative relationship for the development [...]
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It’s looking to be a busy year for Team17 as the British indie developer and publisher follows up its Ship of Fools reveal last week with another game announcement. This time around, we’re looking at a new first-person multiplayer looter shooter called Marauders that’s being developed by UK-based indie studio Small Impact Games. “Set in an early-1990s dieselpunk alternate future, [...]
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There seems to be no shortage of 2D roguelite games these days as another one appears on our radar. Asmodee Digital and Doom Turtle have announced a new entry into the genre, a 16-bit retro hack and slash game called Ember Knights that’s headed to Steam Early Access next month. “Featuring a retro pixel-art universe, Ember Knights will immerge players [...]
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