Tencent’s Chimeraland has turned out to be a mere flash in the pan as the novelty of being able to combine monster parts to create an entirely new monster quickly wore off. The monster-smooshing survival MMO is now preparing to close its doors at the end of March, barely two years after its extremely successful launch. Developer Pixel Soft broke [...]
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Back in 2022, a group of veteran Mythic Entertainment developers, including co-founder Rob Denton, founded a new studio called Loric Games with plans to develop a multiplayer survival sandbox game. Another big name in the video game industry has now joined the studio as Jeff Hickman takes on the role of Chief Production Officer. “Joining the talented team at Loric [...]
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Blizzard Entertainment was one of the companies that were hit hard by the mass layoffs at Microsoft’s gaming divisions last week. While Microsoft promised severance packages for all affected employees, former product lead Adam Holisky decided to sweeten the deal by cashing in his World of Warcraft subscription codes for 10 years’ worth of free game time. “Once I realized [...]
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New World is ushering in the Lunar New Year with feasts, fortune sacks, and fireworks in its upcoming Year of the Dragon event. The festivities will take place at Ebonscale Reach from February 7-20 where players will be able to cook up buff-granting spicy hotpots, offer tributes to receive fortune sacks, and watch nightly fireworks displays. “Before corruption plagued the [...]
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After nearly two decades, the games that launched the expansive Warcraft franchise is finally available in official digital form. The original Warcraft: Orcs and Humans and its sequel Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness are now available on Battle.net along with the first Diablo game. “If you’ve ever wondered what it was like to fight the real-time strategy battles at the [...]
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Commander Shepard and the crew of the spacecraft Normandy will be joining forces with the Guardians as Bungie and BioWare announce a Destiny 2 and Mass Effect crossover event to ring in the most romantic day of the year. The event will kick off on February 13, bringing with it a special limited-time collection of premium Mass Effect-themed cosmetics and [...]
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Ravendawn Online’s servers are now filled to the brim as players continue to flock to the recently released free-to-play MMORPG. Meanwhile, developer Tavernlight Games on fixes for ongoing issues including a ship bug that some players have been exploiting to extend the effects of various buffs. Players who were caught abusing the bug have been issued bans ranging from three [...]
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Luna New Year celebrations have officially begun in Palia featuring the reopening of the Maji Market with an assortment of new food items and appropriately themed decorations for sale. You can also earn a bunch of free stuff, including more Lunar New Year-themed decorations, by filling up your Maji Market stamp card. Delaila’s stall at the Maji Market also sells [...]
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Elder Scrolls Online may have shifted away from year-long narrative arcs, but its update schedule has remained relatively the same. That means that we’ll soon be diving into the fantasy MMORPG’s first major update of the year, the Scions of Ithelia DLC, featuring two new four-player dungeons: the Oathsworn Pit and Bedlam Veil. The Oathsworn Pit serves as a training [...]
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Tower of Fantasy ushers in the next chapter of its ongoing storyline and opens the borders to a new region as Version 3.6: Beyond Horizons goes live. The update takes players on a gravity-defying sci-fi fantasy journey to the picturesque mountain region of Aquaville in a new story arc called Impending Storm where they’ll face off against two new bosses. [...]
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