March 2024 - Page 12 of 24

Palia Touts 3 Million Players Since Its PC Launch As It Preps For This Month’s Steam Launch

March 15, 2024 Marc Marasigan Comments

Three million players have dived into the community-centric world of Palia since the community-based free-to-play MMO’s PC launch in August 2023. That’s according to Singularity 6’s latest missive which also touts a Discord community that’s over 300,000 strong. “Singularity 6 is thrilled to announce that the cozy community sim Palia has welcomed more than three million players since the game [...]

Camelot Unchained Spinoff Final Stand: Ragnarok Launches Into Early Access Again

March 15, 2024 Marc Marasigan Comments

Final Stand: Ragnarok, a co-op hack-and-slash game set in the same universe as Camelot Unchained, has launched into early access for the third time since its initial “first access” launch in December 2020. That was followed by an actual Steam Early Access in November 2021 to an embarrassingly poor turnout, with an all-time peak player count of just over 37 [...]

Vindictus Action RPG Spin-Off Vindictus: Defying Fate Kicks Off Its First Pre-Alpha Test

March 15, 2024 Marc Marasigan Comments

Vindictus: Defying Fate has opened its doors publicly for the first time as the standalone action spin-off starts pre-alpha testing on Steam. The playtest will run until March 18, giving fans an early taste of the in-development title and the developers a chance to gather valuable data and feedback to point them in the right direction. Testers can choose to [...]

Paragon-Inspired MOBA Predecessor Kicks Off Free-To-Play Beta Test On March 28

March 14, 2024 Marc Marasigan Comments

It’s been six years since Epic Games pulled the plug on Paragon and added the third-person MOBA’s assets to the Unreal Engine 4 toolkit. Plenty of clones and recreations have popped up since then, nearly all of which failed to capture the attention of the masses. One such clone is Predecessor, the flagship game of London-based indie developer Omeda Studios [...]

Andrew Gower’s Crafting-Heavy MMORPG Brighter Shores Is Launching In Q3 2024

March 14, 2024 Marc Marasigan Comments

Jagex co-founder Andrew Gower’s studio, Fen Research, is currently working on a new point-and-click free-to-play MMORPG called Brighter Shores that’s set to launch in the third quarter of this year. The game gives off a distinctly RuneScape-y vibe and will feature three playable classes that deviate from the standard RPG tropes: the Cryoknight, Guardian, and Hammermage. It’s slim pickings compared [...]

Lost Arks Extends NA West Merge Downtime And Teases The New Breaker Advanced Class

March 14, 2024 Marc Marasigan Comments

Lost Ark has successfully completed nearly all of its planned server merges today with the exception of those in NA West. The downtime for the said server region has been extended to 27 hours from the original start time due to the amount of data that needs to be merged. NA West players will get the following items as compensation [...]

Elite: Dangerous Buffs Thargoid Titans After The Taranis’ Crushing Defeat Last Week

March 14, 2024 Marc Marasigan Comments

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Elite: Dangerous players scored a major win in the long-running Thargoid War last week when they successfully destroyed the first of the invaders’ Titan ships, the Taranis Titan. It took roughly a week to whittle the massive alien ship’s health down to zero, but it was a week well spent as everyone who engaged the ships’ heat source at least [...]

Tribes 3: Rivals Launches Into Steam Early Access And Unveils Its Q2 2024 Roadmap

March 14, 2024 Marc Marasigan Comments

Tribes 3: Rivals, the latest game in the sci-fi FPS series, has officially launched into Steam Early Access 12 years after the last game and 25 years after the first game in the series came out. The early access launch is accompanied by a development roadmap that spans the remaining months until the end of Q2 2024. The rest of [...]

Lord Of The Rings Online Serves Up A Buffet Of New Instances As Update 39 Goes Live

March 14, 2024 Marc Marasigan Comments

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Lord of the Rings Online opened up a brand-new set of instances for its Corsairs of Umbar expansion as Update 39: Arenas of Conflict officially goes live. The update features the final Umbar instances which include the Isle of Storms, Dahâl Huliz, The Arena, The Streets of Râhal Bakh, and The Depths of Mâkhda Khorbo raid. The Isle of Storms [...]

Old School RuneScape Outlines Skilling Changes Included In Its Project Rebalance Initiative

March 14, 2024 Marc Marasigan Comments

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Sweeping changes are headed for Old School RuneScape as Jagex begins work on its Project Rebalance initiative for the free-to-play fantasy MMORPG. The project’s goal is to expand on the existing skills and gear, taking inspiration from the studio’s annual game jam sessions where moderators are given free reign to test out potential new features and changes to the game. [...]

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