Super Earth’s soldiers have won their fight against Sony’s tyranny as the Helldivers 2 publisher walks back its decision to implement mandatory PlayStation Network account linking. It was apparently a long overdue requirement that Sony decided to push back due to technical issues but has now decided to scrap entirely. “The May 6 update, which would have required Steam and [...]
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Electronic Arts reported their latest quarterly earnings today and inside the release the company mentioned that lifetime revenue for Apex Legends since its February 2019 release is $3.4B, which makes it one of the most successful games of all time. Just to put this number in context, RuneScape's lifetime revenue over its 23 year history is only $1.5 billion! Technically [...]
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Legends of Aria sprung back to life as Legends of Aria Classic this weekend with a surprise open beta test without the controversial blockchain features and a pre-2019 ruleset. So far, the playtest has logged an all-time peak of just 219 players, although there’s a chance that those numbers might increase after launch with no server wipe hanging over players’ [...]
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When Nightingale was first announced, it was originally billed as a full-featured portal-hopping survival MMO. It was then scaled down to a shared-world multiplayer game but launched with a whole host of server issues that players were all but begging for an offline mode if only to escape the persistent lag and frequent disconnects. Inflexion Games promptly got to work [...]
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NCSoft’s PangYa is now officially dead as the last running version in Thailand closes its doors after Initree Games kept it alive in the region for 19 years. The adorable golfing MMO first launched in South Korea in 2024, then in North America in 2005 as Albatross18, and in Japan and Thailand that same year. The NA and KR versions [...]
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Stunlock Studios has pulled V Rising offline for a 48-hour maintenance period in preparation for the vampire survival game’s Update 1.0 launch on May 8. As previously noted, the downtime will not affect player-run servers which will still be available in their current state until launch day when all servers will be reset and you’ll need to either start a [...]
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The Star Wars universe is once again crossing over to the Fortnite multiverse in celebration of May the Fourth, also known as Star Wars Day. This year, the massive crossover event brings Star Wars characters and goodies not only to the battle royale mode but also to LEGO Fortnite, Fortnite Festival, and Rocket Racing. “There’s something for every Star Wars [...]
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V Rising will soon be rising from the coffin of early access and out into the promising night of full release on May 8. Before it makes the leap, the vampire survival game is going to be taking a short break when Stunlock Studios pulls the servers offline for a two-day maintenance in preparation for launch day. The studio notes [...]
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Helldivers 2 players brings the fight for democracy to Arrowhead Games itself after the studio announced that a PlayStation Network account will be mandatory to play the game starting on May 30 for existing players and May 6 for new players. In protest, players are now review-bombing the popular squad-based shooter on Steam with recent reviews now plummeting to Mostly [...]
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Ubisoft is on track to release another multiplayer title next month as it confirms a launch date for XDefiant. The free-to-play arena shooter will be launching on May 21 with guns blazing as it plans to kick off a six-week pre-season to get players into the groove before the full seasons begin. XDefiant promises the classic Call of Duty multiplayer [...]
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