SEGA has announced the first updates of 2025 for Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis, including the Super Genesis Festival Part 2, new Scratch Ticket campaigns, limited-time quests, and an intense solo boss challenge. What caught my eye was the collab with Frieren: Beyond Journey's End where players can get login Bonuses including Frieren, Fern, Stark, Himmel, Heiter and Eisen [...]
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Path of Exile 2 launched into early access on December 6 and hit a peak concurrent playerbase of 578,562 in the 3 weeks its been out. To put that number in context, the original Path of Exile has a peaked at 228,398. What makes Path of Exile 2's number even more impressive is that the game is buy to play [...]
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Snail Games launched the mobile version of their hit survival franchise "Ark" earlier this week and hit over 1 million downloads in 24 hours. The mobile version, called ARK: Ultimate Mobile Edition, is free to play and includes the following expansions: Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Genesis Parts 1 & 2, and fan-favorite maps like Ragnarok. This isn't a new game. [...]
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Papaya Play, a global publisher of free to play games, announced earlier this week that they will be merging their Brazilian (Kepa) and North American (Popolion) servers for Tree of Savior with the Brazilian server (Kepa) being the surviving one. The merger is scheduled to happen on January 7, 2025. Keep in mind the Papaya Play version of the game [...]
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It's been 2 weeks since Marvel Rivals launched and the game has averaged 300,000 concurrent players on Steam alone (the game is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox, and Epic Game Store as well). Given the similarities in core gameplay, many have claimed the rise of Marvel Rivals means the death of Overwatch. While there's definitely some overlap, it's a bit [...]
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The sandbox MMORPG Mortal Online 2 is currently on sale for 60% off on the official website until January 2nd, 11:59 PM. Additionally, from January 3rd to January 6th, players with existing accounts can log in and play for free during a special event. Mortal Online 2 is a subscription based MMORPG, and this free event is only open to [...]
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The latest Genshin Impact update, Version 5.3: "Incandescent Ode of Resurrection", arrives on January 1, introducing Mavuika, the Pyro Archon, as a playable character, alongside new story content, characters, and the annual Lantern Rite Festival in Liyue. The update features generous freebies with 1,600 Primogems and a new glider through a daily login event as well as a free 4 [...]
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Zenless Zone Zero, the urban fantasy ARPG from HoYoverse, launched Version 1.4, "A Storm of Falling Stars," on December 18 for PS5 Pro, PS5, PC, and mobile platforms. This update introduces new story stages, combat gameplay modes, and enhanced visuals on the PS5 Pro. While Zenless Zone Zero's launch has been weaker than HoYoverse's other titles (namely Genshin Impact and [...]
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The buy to play action MMORPG Corepunk has been offline for over three days following a server optimization update that caused widespread technical failures. Developer Artificial Core continues to address the issue, which involves an unidentified infrastructure component disrupting server stability. Timeline of Events Monday: Artificial Core released a server optimization update. Shortly after, servers went offline as too many [...]
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The 2D sidescrolling MMORPG MapleStory introduces its latest content update, "The Dark Ride: Limbo," expanding the game's challenges and customization options with a powerful new boss, improved progression systems, and seasonal events. Aside from events tied to the launch of Dark Ride part 2, the popular hyper burning event returns. Hyper burning grants players 2 bonus levels per level up [...]
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