Palworld’s incredible success story continues to unfold as the Pokémon-inspired survival MMO breaks the 2 million concurrency mark. As of this writing, the record sits at 2,018,905 concurrent players. It’s still way behind PUBG: Battlegrounds’ all-time concurrency record, but it’s getting there. Developer Pocket Pair also reports that the game has sold over 7 million copies barely a week after [...]
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Keen Games’ new co-op survival sandbox game, Enshrouded, has officially launched into Steam Early Access today. The game popped up on our radar in May last year and is described by the developers as a cross between Valheim and Zelda with “light” survival mechanics, a voxel-based building system, and a vast open world continent to explore. “Enshrouded is a game [...]
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The hits just keep coming as another big video game company announces its own round of layoffs. Riot Games announced earlier this week that it was cutting 11% of its workforce, affecting a whopping 530 employees, most of whom reportedly work outside of the core development teams. The growing list of affected developers on Reddit begs to differ though, showing [...]
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Final Fantasy XIV is bringing back the Moogle Treasure event with a few slight changes from its previous runs. Traditionally, the special event had no set schedule and would run until the next major update came out. It’s latest iteration, however, has a definite start and end date with no update waiting at the end of its run. Moogle Treasure [...]
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The vast sandbox world of Albion Online can be a bit overwhelming for new players with hundreds of zones spread across two massive continents. Being a free-for-all PvP MMORPG, the wide world of Albion can also be extremely dangerous, especially if you suddenly find yourself somewhere you’re not supposed to be. To help new players find their bearings developer Sandbox [...]
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Amazon Game Studios is gearing up for another round of New World server merges as part of its efforts to keep server populations at a healthy number. It’s going to be a smaller merge than previous ones and will only three servers in Central EU and US East. Come January 25th, Central EU’s Hercules server will be merged into Canis [...]
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Star Trek Online kicks off its 31st season and introduces a brand-new episode as its Both Worlds update officially lands on PC. The new star-studded episode, dubbed Scorpion’s Abyss, follows the events from last season and will task players with infiltrating the Mirror Borg complex to repair the Reality Vortex and face off against the Borg King himself. “This episode [...]
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We’re now less than a month from the launch of Nightingale, one of the biggest and most anticipated games of the year. Surprisingly, there’s been a lack of gameplay previews that usually accompany big releases as the Victorian Gaslamp survival crafting game prepares to make its debut on February 22. Fortunately, IGN has got the video game community covered with [...]
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Overwatch 2 is returning to the esports scene after Blizzard Entertainment announced the end of its long-running Overwatch League a few days before Christmas. The studio has now partnered with Saudi Arabian video game and esports company Savvy Game Group to usher in the next chapter of the hero shooter’s professional tournament series. The new Overwatch Championship Series is a [...]
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The Day Before is now officially “The Day That Was” as the multiplayer zombie survival game officially shuts down. The game’s closure comes just six weeks after its disastrous Steam launch that made it the butt of memes and jokes for the better part of last month. Developer Fntastic’s troubles started when the game was pulled from Steam and YouTube [...]
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