Release the Kraken! Or in this particular case, the Kraken and the Abyssal Kraken, which will both be unleashed on ArcheAge seafarers in today’s update. The Kraken is a level 55 Eternal Grade world boss with over 8 million hit points and the ability to summon the Abyssal Kraken by chance when its health drops to 70%. Defeating the gargantuan [...]
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Among the things that MMO players dread the most is a server wipe. There’s nothing more frustrating than losing everything you’ve worked hard for in one fell swoop. V Rising, however, has just added a surprisingly highly-requested feature called Scheduled Wipes that’s designed to wipe the servers after a set amount of time so that everyone starts from scratch every [...]
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NCSoft has replaced most of the PvP arenas and battlefields in the European version of Aion with a new PvP game mode called Hero Battle in this week’s Update 8.3. In the new mode, players won’t be using their own characters but will instead choose from several pre-made heroes to fight other players in two new PvP instances: the 8-player [...]
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When it comes to survival crafting MMOs, the ability to stack boxes, chests, or other objects on top of each other is definitely a must-have feature and one that’s been missing from Wild Terra 2 up until now. The medieval sandbox MMORPG’s latest update introduces the ability to place crates on top of each other although the team failed to [...]
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Phase two of the big player vs monster play (PvMP) changes coming to Lord of the Rings Online is now live on the Bullroarer test server. The changes will arrive as part of Update 33.1 which will give players access to all the Monster Player characters for free and will revamp monster play mechanics to encourage more players to join [...]
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Krafton is giving Elyon players a leg up for the next two weeks with several global buffs as part of the Overclocked event. From now until July 20th, players will get to enjoy a 100% boost to EXP gains, 100 extra Attribute points, and 50 extra Rune Attribute points. Alongside the event comes with a handful of minor bug fixes, [...]
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So far, most blockchain games have been relatively simple games with low-quality graphics and little to no storyline. South Korean developer Ring Games, however, is looking to up the ante with its premium play-to-earn character collecting action RPG, Stella Fantasy. The upcoming game features high-quality anime-style visuals and gameplay elements similar to Genshin Impact with NFTs added to the mix. [...]
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Unlike other publishers that like to hype up in-development projects, Ubisoft is pretty secretive about what the titles that they’re working on. The French publisher was noticeably absent from last month’s not-E3 showcase as well as The Game Awards 2021 back in December. Last year’s Ubisoft Forward showcase was also a bit underwhelming although we did get treated to a [...]
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It looks like Mario Kart will finally be coming to PC after decades of Nintendo exclusivity. PCGamesN reports that dataminers have discovered strings of code that could be evidence of a possible Mario Kart Tour port for PC, including strings to recognize mouse inputs and a set of emulation code. As with datamined leaks, it’s best to not expect anything [...]
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Monster Hunter Rise has seen a big surge in its playerbase following the release of the Sunbreak expansion last week. Peak player concurrency rose to an all-time high of 231,360 players on Steam this weekend from 134,262 players the day that it launched on the platform and a 24-hour peak average of around 20,000 players just days before the expansion’s [...]
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