Activision Blizzard has been hit with another lawsuit with the Microsoft merger looming on the horizon. The New York City Employees’ Retirement System and pension funds filed the lawsuit (technically a 220 complaint) in Delaware last week to gain access to the company’s books and internal documents as one of ABK’s shareholders, as news site Axios reports. The city claims [...]
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AdventureQuest 3D developer Artix Entertainment is currently in the midst of a sexual harassment scandal that has potential lawsuit written all over it. Former Community Manager Taini Flaremist has accused a fellow developer of using private conversations to take advantage of her emotional vulnerability and making inappropriate and sexual comments towards her, as she recounted on Twitter. She also claimed [...]
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Amazon Game Studios rolled out a small New World update that fixes several known issues, but the icing on the very short cake is that the team has removed deleted character names from the pool of “in-use” names. If you weren’t able to secure your go-to character name, then now’s the time to check if it’s available. The rest of [...]
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Blizzard Entertainment offers an update on the state of the ongoing Overwatch 2 PvP beta test one week into testing. The latest dev update touches on several topics, including player feedback and response to the shift from 6v6 to 5v5, a format typically used by most competitive shooters, and the new Push game mode. “We believe 5v5 is a significant [...]
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It’s been a rough year for Frontier Developments ever since the release of Elite Dangerous’ problematic Odyssey expansion. Problems that still haven’t been completely fixed a year after the expansion’s launch. Consequently, the studio has decided to stop all future development on the sci-fi MMORPG’s console version to focus their full undivided attention on the PC version. Console players were [...]
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As far as the past Lost Ark monthly content updates are concerned, they’ve always consistently arrived around the third week of the month. While Amazon Game Studios doesn’t have a hard date for the May update, they’ve confirmed that it will likely roll out around the same time. According to the team’s latest dev update, they’re currently working on finalizing [...]
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Next week’s Star Trek Online Stormfall update will not only introduce new story content, it will also give players a chance to acquire a new armor set by way of the Heart of the Storm event. During the event, players will be able to take on specific episode missions and Task Force Operations to earn daily progress towards unlocking the [...]
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Aside from thwarting the plans of a secretive knightly order and politicking with nobles, Elder Scrolls Online players will also get to engage a whole host of other activities during their time on the Systres Isles. ZeniMax Online Studios offers a preview of these activities in their latest dev blog. “Upon reaching the shores of distant High Isle, you’ll quickly [...]
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How’s the weather over at Fractured Online? Well, there’s going to be a high chance of rain with the addition of a dynamic weather system in the sandbox MMORPG’s latest beta update. The new weather system will work in tandem with the existing temperature system, precipitating temperature changes depending on the weather event. “The weather is determined by a dynamic [...]
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Lord of the Rings Online tweaks Fate of Gundabad Instances and fixes up Yondershire quests in its latest patch. The bulk of the patch is aimed at reducing the difficulty of Den of Pughlak with various nerfs to damage-over-time skills as well as reduced stat scaling and lower health, damage, and defense mitigation for sub-bosses. Several mob and boss skills [...]
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