Guild Wars 2’s ongoing Kryptis invasion story arc continues next week with the launch of the third quarterly update for the Secrets of the Obscure expansion – The Realm of Dreams. The update will open up a previously undiscovered region of Nayos and introduce two new legendary Convergence bosses. The update will also introduce the new weapon proficiencies that ArenaNet [...]
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Crema Games hasn’t given up on its Temtem spinoff dreams just yet as it announces a “bullet heaven” co-op game set in the same universe, called Temtem Swarm. The studio’s first attempt at a spinoff came in June 2023 when it launched Temtem Showdown, a PvP battler that allowed players to jump right into multiplayer Tem battles. As with most [...]
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Tencent and Inflexion Games’ Victorian-era survival game, Nightingale, officially launched into early access this week and the community’s reactions was... well, meh. While Steam players acknowledged the game’s potential, they feel that it would benefit from various quality-of-life improvements, a more complex combat system, and more challenging puzzles. The main complaint, however, is the lack of an offline mode and [...]
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Activision Blizzard is one again in the legal limelight for allegedly requiring Call of Duty esports players to submit to monopolistic tournament terms and policies. Professional esports players Hector “H3CZ” Rodriguez and Seth “Scump” Abner recently filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming that it introduced exploitative policies when it exclusively took over all Call of Duty esports tournaments. The [...]
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It’s been a tough year for video game companies the world over as sales continue to drop in the aftermath of the pandemic boom. Bandai Namco’s digital entertainment division in particular saw a whopping 98% drop in gross profit and an 6.7% dip in net sales year-over-year, according to the company’s Q3 2023 financial report. In a follow-up statement, the [...]
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Star Wars Jedi and Apex Legends developer Respawn Entertainment is looking to leverage the popularity of The Mandalorian with a first-person shooter inspired by the live action TV series. As you can probably guess, it will drop players into the metallic boots of a bounty hunter during the Galactic Civil War, the timeline of the original Star Wars film trilogy. [...]
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Amazon Game Studios whipped out its mighty banhammer last week and swung it hard at real-money traders in Lost Ark. The studio didn’t give specifics but revealed that the “major ban wave” specifically targeted RMT accounts that were found to have traded large amounts of gold. Amazon also shared their general policies on real-money trading in the game to address [...]
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Kickstarted MMORPG’s have had a bad rap these past few years due to the fact that some, if not most of them, barely make it out of early access, if they even make it out of testing at all. Last Epoch seems to be breaking the mold as the multiplayer ARPG prepares to make the leap to full release when [...]
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Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen marks a major milestone in its development as the high fantasy MMORPG officially moves from pre-alpha testing to seasonal testing. Season 1: Into the Pass kicked off this past weekend, opening the borders to the Avendyr’s Pass region and introducing new gameplay systems, class abilities, balance tweaks, better animation, and other quality-of-life improvements. Seasons will [...]
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After numerous delays, Skull and Bones officially set sail for the vast, unforgiving world of live service last Friday. Unfortunately, it looks like players who paid for the ride aren’t impressed with what Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot described as a “quadruple A game.” While the multiplayer pirate game’s ratings on Epic Games average at a solid 4.2, it’s Metacritic score [...]
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