Obsidian Entertainment and Xbox Game Studios have announced the official launch date for their Honey I Shrunk the Kids-inspired co-op survival game, Grounded. After two years in Early Access, players will officially be able to start their tiny adventures in the full release version on PC via Xbox Game Pass and Steam and on the Xbox family of consoles on [...]
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Dr. Disrespect’s new studio, Midnight Society, has officially put a name to their upcoming multiplayer vertical extraction shooter codenamed Project Moon. The game, now officially known as Deadrop, is set in the year 2020.b where competing factions fight over resources and control of the towers that produce them. “40 years into the Climate Wars, population and pollution levels skyrocket. Cities [...]
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Warpportal, Gravity Interactive's publishing division, is relaunching Requiem soon and pre-registrations are open now. No word on an exact release date just yet, but I suspect it'll be launching soon. Requiem shut down in February 2022 and promised a 'revised' version of the game later in the year. Since posting a developer diary a few days after shutting down, the [...]
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As various video game companies come under fire for their so-called bro culture and abusive workplace practices, Rockstar Games has risen to the occasion and has been earnestly cleaning up its act. The Grand Theft Auto developer has been working to improve its workplace practices since it received criticism for making its employees work 100-hour work weeks leading up to [...]
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Ezio Auditore da Firenze will be dropping down into the battlegrounds of PUBG as Krafton and Ubisoft team up to bring Assassin’s Creed to the popular battle royale shooter. The cross-over event kicks off on August 17th and will run until September 22nd with new Assassin’s Creed cosmetics and items to earn and unlock, including costumes, bag skins, a parachute [...]
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Gravity-defying battle royale game Naraka: Bladepoint will be kicking off a new season next month with a massive update that includes a new map and a whole host of new gameplay features. The new Holoroth map will feature five distinct areas: Plumed Castle, Salvation Podium, Mehtaab, Emyreal Village, and the City of Tang. The first two areas will come unlocked [...]
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Last week, Icy North Games revealed its plans to launch its Kickstarted sandbox MMORPG Past Fate into Early Access in August. Apparently, that’s not the only thing that the studio has planned for next month as it announces a week-long open alpha test for the upcoming game starting on August 15th and running until August 21st. While the open alpha [...]
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With the Gambit-like Arcanist now throwing cards around in Lost Ark, Smilegate and Amazon is now bringing their own version of Iron Man into the fantasy MMORPG. Garbed in his futuristic mecha-suit, the Machinist will be arriving in Arkesia this September as the Gunner’s fifth advanced class. “The Machinist arrives in Arkesia armed to the teeth with highest-tech machine guns, [...]
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Elteria Adventures, a voxel sandbox MMORPG from a team of highly-committed Ukrainian developers who continued to work on the game despite being holed up in bomb shelters, is making the switch to a play-to-earn model with NFTs, in partnership with blockchain company Catheon Gaming. In spite of this, the developers promise to keep the focus on gameplay rather than simply [...]
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Back in March, play-to-earn pet battling game Axie Infinity was hacked and drained of cryptocurrency tokens worth over $600 million in what could be the biggest cryptocurrency heist in history. Following the hack, developer Sky Mavis was forced to shut down the system and freeze all user assets as they began their investigation into the matter. In a perfect example [...]
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