It’s been a rough week for both the Mortal Online 2 developers and the sandbox MMORPG’s players after it was hit with a series of DDoS attacks that caused various login issues that persisted through the weekend. The hackers were also able to gain access to a game master’s account. The team says that the hackers only had access for [...]
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The Cycle: Frontier is gearing up for the start of its third season next week but developer Yager Developments has a few more things planned for the current season before it comes to a close. The studio is wrapping up Season 2 with an end-of-season event called Storm Divers and one last balance pass to see players through to the [...]
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Meet the Tonberries: they’re small, they’re green, and they’re prepared to stick a knife in you as soon as they’re slow little legs can get them close enough. The knife-wielding rascals will be taking center stage in Final Fantasy XIV’s upcoming Hatching-Tide event which will run from March 27th to April 10th. During the event, players will be able to [...]
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That’s a wrap for Diablo 4’s pre-order beta test. While it didn’t exactly go as smoothly as Blizzard (and players) would have hoped, it did give the developers much-needed data and feedback on things that they need to work on for next weekend’s playtest. Some of the more pressing issues that need immediate attention include long queues, server problems, and [...]
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After giving founder’s pack owners a five-day head start, Sandbox Interactive has officially opened Albion Online’s new East server to everyone else. The physical server is located in Singapore offering a lower latency experience and a fresh start for players in the East Asia and Oceania regions. Note that the server isn’t region-locked and is open to players outside of [...]
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Singularity 6’s vibrant social MMO Palia has caught the attention of hundreds of thousands of aspiring testers according to statistics released by the studio. Over 600,000 hopeful gamers have reportedly signed-up for a chance to receive an invite to the ongoing alpha tests, although only 20,000 have managed to get in so far. Together, they’ve accrued over 167,000 hours of [...]
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A group of former Blizzard Entertainment developers have founded a new studio called Gas Giant Games and are hoping to replicate the Diablo franchise’s success. The studio’s founders, Jay Wilson and Julian Love, previously worked on several games in the series, with the latter having worked on Diablo 4 before his departure. The pair is joined by ex-Disney and THQ [...]
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The World of Warcraft Classic community, particularly the more hardcore players, have come up with a way to up the ante on classic servers with self-imposed permadeath rules. To do this, players looking to start a hardcore run will be required to install an addon called Classic Hardcore which will track their progress, announce their deaths to the hardcore community, [...]
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In March 1999, Sony Online Entertainment launched what would become one of the pillars of the MMORPG genre, a game called EverQuest. Since then, hundreds, if not thousands, of MMORPGs have come and gone, some have been rebooted, remade, and remastered. Even Sony Online Entertainment has undergone drastic changes over the years. EverQuest, however, has remained virtually unchanged and is [...]
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Diablo IV's open beta night was less of a victorious descent into the inferno and more of a comedy of errors. Excited players encountered a trifecta of tribulations: long queues, frequent disconnects, and stuttering performance. Queue-pocalypse Now The night started off with a bang, or rather, a whimper, as players eagerly awaiting their descent into the fiery pits of Diablo [...]
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