It’s safe to say that Square Enix and PlatinumGames didn’t quite get the reception that they’d hoped for when Babylon’s Fall launched back in March. All-time concurrency barely reached 1200 players on launch day with less than two dozen players online as of this writing. That probably had something to do with the team’s decision to extend the co-op action [...]
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It’s been over a month since the last The Cycle: Frontier beta test and developer Yager Developments is now working to act on the data and feedback gathered during the previous round of testing. In the team’s latest dev update, Executive Producer Jonathan Lindsay described the playtest as intense, with over 600,000 players joining the fray throughout its six-week run. [...]
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Zenith is getting a small patch later this week that, while not heavy on content, will introduce important backend upgrades that will benefit the VR MMORPG in the long run. Aside from improving overall gameplay and network performance, the update will also add new internal tools that will allow developer Ramen VR to introduce more interactive content and roll out [...]
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After a short stint on the test servers, EverQuest 2’s annual Gnome-themed Tinkerfest event will officially be kicking off next week followed by two other seasonal events, Scorched Sky Celebration and Oceansfull Festival. All three events will be merged into one new season-long celebration called Summer Jubilee, which will run from June 2nd to August 24th. Each event will still [...]
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Apex Legends Mobile quietly launched last week on Android and iOS devices all over the world featuring the new Overflow map and a new Legend from another dimension, Fade. “Ignacio Huamaní was the youngest in a family of military-tech hunters. Working together, they made a living ‘recovering’ weaponry and selling it to the highest bidder. As the youngest, he was [...]
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Electronic Arts is apparently hoping to sell itself to the highest bidder. According to Puck, the video games publisher recently held potential merger talks with various companies, including Amazon, Apple, Disney, and NBCUniversal. The latter was reportedly the furthest along in negotiations but ultimately fell through when the companies couldn’t agree on a price. Insiders report that the failed merger [...]
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Last month, Blizzard Entertainment officially announced a June 2 release date for their mobile Diablo game, Diablo Immortal. Unfortunately, that’s only true for most regions of the world as most of the Asia Pacific region won’t be getting the game until an unspecified amount of time later. In a follow-up post, Blizzard clarified that they’ll be launching the game on [...]
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Now that we’re way past the zombie survival stage (or are we?), vampires seem to be the next big thing in the survival genre. Mix it up by making the main character vampires instead of fighting them off and you’ve apparently got a very popular game, as is the case with Stunlock Studio’s recently-released vampire-themed survival MMOPRG, V Rising. The [...]
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Swedish video game holding (more like grabbing) company Embracer Group apparently has big plans for the Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, and Thief franchises following its recently-announced acquisition of Eidos Montreal, Crystal Dynamics, and Square Enix Montreal. All three franchises have had various spinoffs made over the past few years but are now languishing in development limbo. The new Tomb Raider [...]
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Paradox Interactive’s sci-fi 4X strategy game, Stellaris, is celebrating its 6th anniversary on PC with a free weekend event on Steam. Players can now download the game on the platform for free and give it a good spin until May 23rd. “Explore a galaxy full of wonders in this sci-fi grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studios. Interact with diverse [...]
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