Kakao Games has rolled out a band-aid solution to fix the annoying ArcheAge bug that allowed players to reset boss health by moving them with vehicles. As of the latest patch, vehicles will now automatically be destroyed when they come within a certain distance of the Hound of Kyrios, Nightmare Blade, or Nightmare Bowstring bosses. While it doesn’t fix the [...]
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After over three months, the debut season of Lord of the Rings Online’s Legendary Items Reward Track has finally come to an end and with that comes the start of a brand new season. Season 2 is live as of today and will run until August 17th, which is roughly the same amount of time as Season 1. Succeeding seasons [...]
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Rare is introducing a new kind of narrative implement in Sea of Thieves, called Mysteries, in addition to the existing limited-time Adventures and Seasons. Mysteries will feature “live story-telling” where community participation will play a part in advancing a given storyline instead of the developers. “This week marks the start of the first Sea of Thieves Mystery, which is something [...]
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Aaaaand, that’s a wrap for the first Overwatch 2 beta test which introduced players to the new 5v5 matches, drastic hero changes, and various improvements to support heroes. Game Director Aaron Keller and the Overwatch team extends their gratitude to all the players who participated in the sequel’s month-long PvP playtest: “The Overwatch Team would like to take a moment [...]
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Atlas’ extremely hyped-up server wipe has been delayed to next week due to a last minute issue. The announcement was made just a few hours before the servers were scheduled to go down for maintenance. The server wipe is now slated for next Wednesday, May 25th along with the start of Season 9. Due to an unexpected issue, we’ve made [...]
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EverQuest 2’s new Varsoon time-locked expansion server (TLE) will officially be opening its doors on May 24th. As with previous TLEs, expansions and their associated content will be unlocked after a certain time has passed. For Varsoon, that’s 16 weeks with the exception of Desert of Flames. “Expansions will unlock approximately every 16 weeks, except for Desert of Flames, which [...]
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Sci-fi MMOFPS PlanetSide 2 is celebrating the franchise’s 19th anniversary with a double XP event that will run from now until May 26th for all players and until May 28th for active subscribers. Developer Rogue Planet Games is also giving away an NS-11C carbine and an NS Harrower melee weapon which can be redeemed using the code “LEGACY2022”. Players can [...]
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Typically, video game development studios release update overviews prior to an update’s launch or on launch day itself to drum up hype. The Allods Online dev team, however, has decided to launch another Gates of the Worlds overview nearly a month after the update went live. For those who’ve been following along or those who’ve actually jumped into the game, [...]
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Albion Online’s big quality-of-life-focused Into the Fray update now has an official release date and is headed for the live servers next month. The update will introduce various changes to Castles and Castle Outposts, new and safer Portal Towns in the Outlands, a visual rework of magic staffs, and the new Crystal Arena and non-lethal Crystal League mode. The update [...]
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It’s been a tough few months for Pearl Abyss as the South Korean publisher saw a significant drop in revenue for their first fiscal quarter of 2022. The company’s Q1 2022 financial report shows a 22.5% dip in revenue quarter-over-quarter at just KRW 914 million compared to Q4 2021’s KRW 1.18 trillion. Revenues also took a 9.4% hit year-over-year. Over [...]
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