Earlier this week, Lost Ark players were surprised to see captcha prompts popping-up randomly while in the game following the release of the Under the Arkesian Sun update. Fail to enter the correct string three times and you were automatically banned. Obviously, the measure was designed to deter bots which continue to be a huge problem in the fantasy MMORPG [...]
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Gravity Interactive’s reboot of the post-apocalyptic horror MMORPG Requiem Online, now known as Requiem: Desiderium Mortis, is now live following its low-key relaunch on Steam yesterday. As announced earlier this week, the latest version of the 15-year-old game shifts the focus of the game from all-out PvP to a more PvE-centric experience. The game’s original open-world PvP mechanics have been [...]
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Creative Assembly, the studio behind the Total War series of strategy games, is moving out of its comfort zone and into third-person action territory with its new game. The project was announced on the studio’s official website earlier today but there’s not much to be gleaned from the announcement except that it’s being developed using Unreal Engine 5 and that [...]
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Fractured Online, a dynamic open world MMORPG from Dynamight Studios and Gamigo, is ready to make its biggest announcement yet: its Early Access release date! Fractured Online will be available via Early Access on Steam on September 15, 2022. Described as the “first truly dynamic MMORPG,” Fractured Online aims to offer a modern sandbox MMO experience. Inspired by games like [...]
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For nearly two decades, it was virtually impossible for World of Warcraft players of different factions to group up and take on PvE content together, all in the name of keeping with Warcraft lore. With cross-faction grouping now a thing, players are now waiting on the chance to form guilds with members of the opposite faction. That might just be [...]
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Over the past few years, there have been increasing concern about the serious security threats posed by kernel-mode anti-cheat systems. It turns out that the threat is very, very real as Genshin Impact’s anti-cheat driver is reportedly being used by a malicious actor to spread ransomware by stopping all antivirus processes. According to a whitepaper written by Trend Micro, mhyprot2.sys, [...]
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Cinderstone Online, the 2.5D MMORPG formerly known as Fioresia Online, will be kicking off a limited-time free open beta next week starting from September 1st to September 8th. The week-long beta test will give fans a chance to test out and provide valuable feedback on the game’s latest beta build. The open beta will include access to three playable classes, [...]
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One week after the release of Path of Exile’s new Lake of Kalandra expansion and Grinding Gear Games is still working to get the perfect balance between difficulty and rewards. After adjusting the quality and frequency of item drops in both league and non-league content, which unfortunately landed them in hot water with the community, the team is now planning [...]
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Skull and Bones will finally be launching in just a few short months after what seemed like an eternity waiting for the pirate MMO. With the game’s launch looming on the horizon, the big question weighing on PC players’ minds is will their rigs be able to run the game on its highest settings. Worry not because Ubisoft has revealed [...]
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Elite Dangerous is moving on to a new saga following the cliff-hanger of a conclusion to its two-year-long story arc with the launch of Update 13 earlier this month. The climactic ending featured the destruction of a superweapon when it failed to destroy the Thargoids allowing the alien insectoid race to launch a quick counterattack. Players were able to watch [...]
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