I’ve always felt that the Arma franchise, Arma 3 especially, is a bit underrated and doesn’t get a lot of coverage because, unlike competitive shooters like Counter Strike: Global Offensive or Valorant, the game’s audience is very niche. Since Arma 3’s launch in 2013, the military simulator has added new features and content through a series of DLCs. These include [...]
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We probably won’t be seeing Blizzard Entertainment’s Warcraft Arclight Rumble for quite a while, but it looks like lucky Australian players already got first dibs. The upcoming Warcraft mobile game is currently undergoing closed beta testing in the land-down-under, hot on the heels of its official reveal earlier this month. For those who missed it, Warcraft Arclight Rumble is a [...]
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While most indie studios are content with offering virtual goods as backer rewards in their crowdfunding campaigns, Dual Universe developer Novaquark decided to reward higher-tier backers with actual physical items. These include various merch and swag items, including t-shirts, tote bags, flash drives, art books, and statues. While I applaud the studio’s dedication to their backers, they’re now in a [...]
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Kakao Games is preparing to roll out a new class on the western version of Elyon later this month in the form of the mighty Paladin. Equipped with a sword and a shield, Paladins are stalwart Light attribute melee fighters that can swap between support and tank roles on the fly using the power of their auras. “As ancient guardians [...]
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Back in February, Big Picture Games announced their plans to launch Darkfall: Rise of Agon on Steam and the promise of a fresh start for the PvP sandbox MMORPG. The studio is taking that promise seriously with various gameplay and system overhauls lined up prior to the game’s Steam release. One of the features that will be getting revamped is [...]
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Toxicity and disruptive behavior has always been a problem in virtually any platform with a global chat feature, whether it’s on Discord or your favorite MMO. Blizzard Entertainment is looking to address this in World of Warcraft by requiring players to accept a social contract upon logging in. Here’s what is says: Hail, traveler, and welcome to the World of [...]
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Since Kakao Games took over as Archeage and ArcheAge Unchained’s new publisher, the studio has taken a very hard stance against exploiters, botters, and real-money trading. Over the past few months, it’s banned tens of thousands of accounts and removed over 200 billion in in-game currency. They’ve apparently softened that stance a bit with the reversal of permabans on accounts [...]
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It’s been a month since Fractured Online started 24/7 closed beta testing. So far, testers have been able to test out the various gameplay features, including the crafting system and use crafting stations for free. Unfortunately, the days of free crafting in the sandbox MMORPG are now over, no thanks to the addition of crafting fees and taxes in the [...]
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Final Fantasy XIV players who were affected by the housing lottery bug will finally get to build the house of their dreams. After a month of working on a fix, the dev team is now ready to deploy them and restore the lost lottery data on May 16th. Once the servers come back online after maintenance, the winning lottery numbers [...]
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Albion Online’s quality-of-life-focused Into the Fray update is now live on the test server with its new portal towns and visual upgrades to magic staffs. Magic Staff users will benefit from various improvements to the Fire, Nature, Cursed, and Holy Staffs, including new animations, visual effects, and audio to add more variance and help players easily differentiate the spells being [...]
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