EverQuest has just opened up two new progression servers – Vaniki and Yelinak, each with its own rulesets. Vaniki is a Level Locked Progression server with fast leveling, progression, and expansion unlocks until level 60. From there content unlocks will follow the normal 8 or 12-week schedule. Yelinak, on the other hand, is a traditional Timelocked Progression Server with a [...]
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Hello Games takes No Man’s Sky players on another intergalactic trip as it pushes out the new Leviathan Expedition with Patch 3.90. Leviathan is the sci-fi survival MMORPG’s seventh Expedition and will trap players in a time loop where they’ll get to run and rerun through procedural-generated loops in roguelike gameplay. Here’s how it works: “Difficulty is tuned to survival-mode [...]
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Update 2.0: Stormwing’s Defiance is now live on the Aion Classic progression server bringing with a boatload of new content. These include the new Balaurea zone, new field bosses, seven new dungeons, four new fortress sieges, a new PvP battlefield dungeon, new Abyss items, a level cap increase to level 55, and more. “Aion: Classic brings you back to historic [...]
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Cryptic Studios will be making significant balance changes to gear stats when the Dragonslayer expansion comes out next month as revealed in their latest dev blog. Of particular note is the Ruthless Might passive granted by the Bone Devil’s Rib Cage and the Tactful Leathers of the Dragon Hunter. With the expansion’s release, the 2.5% Critical Strike and Critical Severity [...]
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Over the past few weeks, Studio Wildcard and Grapeshot Games have been hyping up a full server wipe in Atlas which will mark the start of a new technological age for the pirate-themed survival MMO. Unfortunately, they had to delay the wipe and the Industrial Wonder update at the eleventh-hour due to last-minute issues. As promised, the servers have now [...]
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After being teased for several weeks, New World’s big May update is now live featuring a new episode in the Varangian Knights storyline, Expedition Mutators for The Depths, and the highly-awaited 3v3 PvP Arena. The new game mode is open to players level 20 and above and can be accessed from anywhere in Aeternum through the Modes menu. “Step into [...]
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Valofe Global is jumping on the blockchain bandwagon as the South Korean publisher announces its plans to introduce play-to-earn mechanics in Riders of Icarus. Players will be rewarded with Rania Token and will be able to trade them through the WeMix blockchain gaming platform. “Riders of Icarus PC is going P2E! It’s still the same game we know and love [...]
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PAX event organizer ReedPop has confirmed that PAX West will be returning to Seattle this year as an in-person event despite the COVID-19 breakout at PAX East 2022 last month which resulted in at least one death. Attendees will be required to show proof of completed COVID vaccination and will need to adhere to a strict mask requirement. “We implore [...]
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Destiny 2 has kicked off its 17th season, Season of the Haunted, which comes with a big list of gameplay changes for the multiplayer first-person shooter. Of significant note is the addition of new daily and repeatable bounties and a new intro quest as well as major changes to weapon crafting, archetypes, exotics, perks, abilities, individual weapons, and classes. Season [...]
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In The Lord of the Rings novels, the Riders of Rohan were majestic and highly-skilled soldiers that rode to combat and fought atop their mighty steeds. Standing Stone Games sought to capture this when they rolled out the Lord of the Rings Online expansion of the same name in 2012. Unfortunately, the game’s dated engine couldn’t quite handle the nuances [...]
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