Last weekend was a big one for both Diablo 4 fans and Blizzard Entertainment as the studio opened up the highly-awaited game for public testing. According to a recently released infographic, testers accrued a whopping 61,560, 437 hours of playtime, setting the record for the biggest beta test in the Diablo franchise’s history. The infographic also touted 29 billion monsters [...]
Read more
Amazon Game Studios has delayed New World’s first season and seasonal update, Fellowship & Fire, for the fourth time this week as the team works to fix the last-minute issue that caused the initial delay. Subsequently, the current Seasonal Leaderboards end date was also extended, first to March 30th, then to March 31st, April 2nd, and now to April 4th, [...]
Read more
We’ve got some good news and bad news for Eden Eternal fans. The good news is that X-Legend has officially opened pre-registrations for its version of the classic MMORPG. The bad news is that the studio has decided to dabble in NFTs themselves and is offering an NFT Alpaca reward for completing a series of tasks which will be given [...]
Read more
Earlier this month, Darkpaw Games introduced a personal loot reward system for Renewal of Ro heroic zones that guaranteed individual loot rolls for each player who helped defeat the encounter. While the system itself is a welcome addition, the developers later decided to add keys that players could purchase from the cash shop to increase the number of treasure rolls [...]
Read more
The widely acclaimed mobile & PC action RPG Genshin Impact, developed by HoYoverse, is launching its 3.6 update called "A Parade of Providence" on April 12th. This update features the premiere Akademiya Extravaganza, an uncharted region in Sumeru, and 2 fresh playable characters, Baizhu and Kaveh. Sumeru Akademiya is organizing the Akademiya Extravaganza, a magnificent event where players can dive [...]
Read more
Final Fantasy XIV revealed its latest update today for Patch 6.4 titled 'The Dark Throne'. Details of the update were revealed in the 76th Letter from the Producer livestream and will include a new raid tier, story content, dungeons, and more. Patch 6.4 is set to launch towards end of May 2023. The new raid tier, Anabaseios, will be the [...]
Read more
Electronic Arts has announced its plans to lay off 6% of its workforce as the company restructures itself to better align with its new focus on bolstering existing game communities. According to its CEO Andrew Wilson, the restructuring required management to cut out personnel and project that didn’t align with the company’s new vision. “This is the most difficult part, [...]
Read more
Ubisoft Paris has come under fire several times over the past few years following complaints of “institutional” sexual harassment within its walls. Now, the studio is once again in the limelight after the French game worker union Solidaire Informatique accused its top brass of crunch culture and mismanagement during the time that the studio was working on Just Dance 2023. [...]
Read more
Path of Exile players eagerly waiting on news about Path of Exile 2 will be happy to know that Grinding Gear Games will be sharing more information about the sequel at ExileCon 2023. The event is still a few months away but fans can expect it to be chock-full of news about the highly-awaited game as well as Path of [...]
Read more
Path of Exile is welcoming the arrival of spring with the launch of the MMOARPG’s Crucible league on PC next week. The highlight of the new league is the ability to imbue weapons with their own passive skill trees and initiate extremely challenging encounters using the new Crucible Forges. “Crucible Forges are scattered throughout Wraeclast,” explains Grinding Gear Games. “When [...]
Read more