Three years ago, a dream team of veteran developers decided to start up a new fully-remote development studio called One More Game (OMG). Last April, they announced that they were working on a real-time multiplayer tactics game called Spellcraft and proceeded to run private alpha tests throughout the year. The team is now kicking things up a notch with a [...]
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Blizzard is coming up with the weirdest marketing campaigns to hype up this month’s Diablo 4 weekend beta tests. For last week’s pre-order beta, the studio partnered with KFC to give away beta codes with chicken sandwich purchases. For this weekend’s open beta, the big blue has teamed up with ThumbTack and is giving away free credit for household services [...]
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Might and Delight has opened up a new test branch for Book of Travels’ next leg of beta testing. The upcoming beta test will focus primarily on addressing the tiny MMO’s memory consumption issues and will exclusively be available to players in Europe through Steam. “In terms of functionality and content, [the test branch] isn’t any different from what you’re [...]
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Tower of Fantasy will soon be welcoming another Simulacrum character into its growing roster when Update 2.4 arrives at the end of the month. The said character is a dimension-hopper from Domain 9, named Lan, who can unleash powerful flaming attacks using her special weapon, a fiery parasol called Vermilion Bird. Lan can charge up her parasol to ignite enemies [...]
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New World’s latest Forged in Aeternum video dives into its upcoming Fellowship & Fire update that’s set to launch next week on March 28th. Fellowship & Fire will mark the open-world MMORPG’s first seasonal content update and the introduction of its first battle pass in addition to the new Empyrean Forge Expedition and the Fire Storm Heartrune. The latest episode [...]
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The fight against the Primal Incarnates continues as World of Warcraft Patch 10.0.7 officially hits the live servers. The update follows the events after the defeat of Raszageth, sending players back to the Forbidden Reach to take on the remaining Primalists. “[The] zone includes new content for max-level players delving into the troubles left behind by the meddling of the [...]
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You’d probably think that Square Enix would have given up on its plans to dabble in blockchain gaming, but it’s still moving forward with its plans to launch an NFT game called Symbiogenesis. The game’s website has just gone live with more information about the upcoming blockchain title that’s being billed as “narrative-unlocked NFT entertainment.” The website talks up the [...]
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Amazon has laid off another 9,000 workers, including 400 Twitch employees, in addition to the 18,000 that the company let go earlier this year. The news comes just a few days after Twitch CEO Emmet Shear resigned from his post after 16 years to reportedly spend more time with his family, whether the layoffs and his resignation are connected is [...]
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Crafting isn’t exactly one of Lord of the Rings Online’s strongest suits, a fact that Standing Stone Games is well aware of and is hoping to remedy this year. In a recent post on the official forums, Lead Designer Allan “Orion” Maki outlined the team’s plans to improve the classic MMORPG’s crafting system to make it more worthwhile and allow [...]
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It’s the small luxuries in life that you’ll likely miss should a virus outbreak bring about the apocalypse, like soaking in a hot tub or bathing in your own sweat in a sauna. In The Day Before (or whatever it’s going to be called in the aftermath of its ongoing copyright battle), you’ll apparently still be able to indulge yourself [...]
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