Players continue to flock to the Japanese version of Blue Protocol, with the much-awaited MMORPG logging over 600,000 players in the week since it launched. The game also set an all-time peak player concurrency of 200,000 players as reported by Bandai Namco in a recent post on Twitter. To celebrate the milestone, the Bandai Namco is handing out in-game goodies, [...]
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Age of Water, an aquatic MMO from Gaijin Entertainment’s Three Wales Studio, has just entered the second stage of its closed beta test. While the studio is calling it an early access launch, it’s technically another closed beta test, the first of which was held around the same time last year. “Age of Water is the story of a motorboat [...]
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One of the more interesting announcements out of Nintendo Direct 2023 yesterday was that Singularity 6’s cozy MMO Palia will be launching on Nintendo Switch later this year. The in-development MMO will officially be making its way to Nintendo’s portable console sometime this holiday season. “Coming soon to PC and now Nintendo Switch, players will step into a breathtaking new [...]
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Valve is making a big change to the Dota 2 monetization model as the current one apparently isn’t working out for them. To mark the popular MOBA’s 10th anniversary, the studio published a retrospective blog where they revealed that they’ll be doing away with battle passes since almost nobody buys them anyway and that players responded well to their decision [...]
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Earlier this month, BioWare made the worrying announcement that it was planning to pawn off Star Wars The Old Republic to a third-party studio. At the time, the studio was looking at Electronic Arts-subsidiary and Ultima Online developer Broadsword Online Games to take over development, although both parties have yet to come to an agreement as of this writing. BioWare [...]
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We all know that Tower of Fantasy will be heading to the PlayStation eventually following Perfect World’s controversial announcement earlier this month, but there’s still the question of when it’ll be launching on Sony’s console. Apparently, that’s going to happen in a little over a month as its publisher confirms a launch date of August 8th. The PlayStation version promises [...]
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World of Warcraft players have eagerly awaited the next patch, and the wait is almost over. Scheduled for release on July 11th, Patch 10.1.5: Fractures in Time will bring new Dragonflight content along with various quality-of-life improvements. One of the highlights of Patch 10.1.5 is the introduction of the new Evoker Augmentation specialization, which will offer fresh gameplay options for [...]
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Exciting news for Harry Potter fans and mobile gamers! Warner Bros. and NetEase have officially announced the global launch date for Harry Potter: Magic Awakened, a magical mobile MMOCCG based on the iconic franchise. Set to debut on June 27th, the game offers a unique twist on the beloved IP, blending trading card game mechanics with the open-world exploration of [...]
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Evercore Heroes is a new competitive multiplayer PvE game that promises a unique experience that takes a page from MOBA’s, tower defense, and ARPGs. Developer Vela Games, however, insists that it’s not a MOBA, although it plays and looks like one. “Each EVERCORE Heroes match is a pulsating competitive PvE session between four teams of four mighty heroes aiming to [...]
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Unlike most MMOs and live service games, the V Rising dev team is taking its sweet time with its updates. It’s apparently going to be another long wait for the vampire survival game’s next major update which will also mark its transition from early access to full release. “We’re aiming to make the next update V Rising’s full release, THE [...]
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