The last few months have been rough for the video game industry and the tech industry in general with thousands of employees being laid off as company’s try to cut costs. NCSoft West is the latest company to add to that growing number as the western branch of the South Korean developer and publisher lays off 20% of its workforce. [...]
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World of Warcraft’s new Trading Post cosmetic shop is back in business after Blizzard disabled it yesterday due to multiple bugs. After just a day of tinkering, it looks like the developers have managed to fix most of the known issues and are confident enough to re-open the Trading Post to its eagerly awaiting clientele. Note that I said most [...]
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With Overwatch 2 Season 2 coming to a close, Blizzard has offered a glimpse of what’s to come when the hero shooter’s third season begins. One of the highlights of Season 3 will be the return of Overwatch Credits which players can earn through the battle pass or as rewards to spend on various items including legendary skins. “These changes [...]
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A few years ago, several DICE developers and executives have decided to break off from the EA subsidiary to form their own studio called Wayfinder Games. The fully-remote video game development studio was founded in 2020 by former DICE Studio Director Fia Tjernberg, who now serves as the new studio’s CEO, and former Star Wars Battlefront Creative Director and now-Game [...]
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How much time and effort are you willing to put in to build up a character just to prove a point? For one Old School RuneScape player named NC State, the answer is pretty clear. NC State reportedly spent over 4,800 hours over eight years grinding the Brimhaven dungeon to earn thousands of XP-granting tickets which he then used to [...]
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With the exception of giving out quests and quest rewards, relationships with NPCs are usually one-sided affairs. Dauntless players, however, will get the chance to bond with their favorite NPCs and have them reciprocate that bond with various gifts during the upcoming Saint’s Bond event. From February 9th through February 23rd, players will be able to take on bonding quests [...]
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Sci-fi survival shooter Dysterra has kicked off its second season and drops its first major update since its early access in November. The Season 2 update adds two brand-new maps: The Bunker, which is a free-for-all PvP map, and The Hyena Den for solo PvE players. The meaty season update also introduces new map functionality, three new guns, a new [...]
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Pearl Abyss has something new for all of its Black Desert Online versions this week, including Black Desert Mobile. While they’re all minor updates, they do bring various quality-of-life improvements that should make life in each of the three versions that much easier. For PC, players will now receive individual rewards for participating in Node and Conquest Wars. These rewards [...]
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Frozen Flame has added a new weapon line for those who prefer melee combat but would rather have a longer reach than swords. Any guesses? No? It’s the spear. The new weapon type is highly-effective at -medium range, allowing spear-users to keep enemies away and even throw them to hit those that are farther away. “Spear is a perfect weapon [...]
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At the top of the week, we reported on an ambitious new MMORPG from Turkish development studio Vawraek Technology, called The Quinfall. The game is being touted as having the “the biggest MMORPG universe” and promises everything from a vast, open-world to player-run taverns, sailing, time-travelling, and steampunk robots. Vawraek Technology has followed up the said announcement with a tweet [...]
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