Mortal Online 2 has just received a major makeover as it officially makes the switch to Unreal Engine 5 with the release of Update 2.0. Players can now enjoy improved textures, enhanced lighting, and a better-looking game overall. The visual upgrade, however, comes at the price of increased load on GPU’s. Developer Star Vault noted that they tried to keep [...]
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EverQuest 2 rolled out Ballads of Zimara today, the 19-year-old fantasy MMORPG’s 20th expansion. The expansion sends players soaring to the Plane of Sky where they’ll take on a powerful Djinn and his ruthless army to rescue the Alcazar of Zimara. “Calamitous impacts upon Norrath were but an overture to the songs of strife and oppression ringing out from the [...]
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Sony Interactive Entertainment and NCSoft have entered into a strategic partnership to explore “global collaboration opportunities” across various fields of business. There aren’t any solid plans at the moment, but there’s speculation that Sony might be diving headfirst into the mobile gaming market. The partnership agreement might also have something to do with Microsoft’s recently completed acquisition of Activision Blizzard [...]
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Unity Technologies has shuttered Weta Digital to refocus on game development after acquiring part of the VFX studio back in December 2021. In line with the studio’s closure, Unity has also ended its services agreement with Weta FX and laid off 265 employees which equates to 3.8% of its total workforce. That’s on top of the 8% that were given [...]
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It’s business as usual over at Wayfinder as Airship Syndicated officially assumes development and publishing responsibilities for the early access title. Despite being hung out to dry by Digital Extremes following layoffs at the studio, the action MMORPG’s developer remains optimistic about its future as it works to transfer data over from its former partner. “It’s an exciting time here [...]
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It appears as if Electronic Arts is quietly winding down Rocket Arena after its developer, The Final Strike, ended support for the game last week. The explosive arena shooter and its DLCs has since been pulled from sale on all storefronts and platforms with no prior announcement, presumably due to its virtually non-existent playerbase. Rocket Arena, however, isn’t shutting down [...]
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Amazon Game Studios has successfully completed its planned New World server merges without a single issue rearing its ugly head, at least from our point of view. Six of the new servers that were added to compensate for the Rise of the Angry Earth launch rush has now been merged into four existing servers and the US East and Asia [...]
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NCSoft is taking players back to the glory days of Blade and Soul with its soon-to-open Neo Classic remaster server. The server promises updated gameplay mechanics and enhanced Unreal Engine 4-powered visuals. Information about the new server is a bit scarce at the moment aside from what we could glean from the Neo Classic landing site. It will apparently feature [...]
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The parade of Tarisland class previews isn’t over just yet even with the fantasy MMORPG’s second beta test now in full swing. In the latest preview, we get to take a closer look at the Paladin, a hammer-wielding “divine incarnation” and warrior of justice. “During Battle of the World's End, the gods granted the elven warriors divine power, making them [...]
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Wild Blood Patch 2 is now live in Albion Online, bringing with it a sweeping weapon balance update that includes tweaks to the recently added Shapeshifter Weapons. The adjustments mostly came in the form of nerfs to the new Shapeshifter Staff weapon line. “Distortion is the baseline damage spell for Shapeshifter Weapons, which alone offers very high damage. This has [...]
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