Ubisoft dropped a new dev blog that offers firsthand accounts of Skull and Bones’ endgame content, penned by its very own writer and editor Brittany Spurlin. While we expect there to be some bias in her tales of life on the high seas, it does give readers a good idea of what the multiplayer pirate game has in store for [...]
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Tencent shovels more coal into the Tarisland hype engine with the release of its official story trailer. The trailer looks to have been lifted straight from one of the upcoming MMORPG’s in-game boss intro cinematics as it transitions smoothly to an actual boss fight at the end of the cutscene. The trailer reveals the origin story of a demonic boss [...]
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Fractured Veil has finally made the leap to early access after being delayed four times within the past two years, including a last-minute delay due to a server outage. The Hawaiian-themed survival sandbox MMO invites players to “kill, chill, and build” in a post-apocalyptic, zombie-infested version of the island of Maui. The game comes with everything you’d expect from a [...]
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Mortal Online 2 has thrown open the creaky doors to its new Undercroft dungeon in its latest game update alongside a new combat mechanic and a whole host of improvements, tweaks, and fixes. Surprisingly, the patch notes don’t reveal anything about the new instance except that its located somewhere in the heart of Myrland. However, judging from the dungeon’s name [...]
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Nexon has announced that it will be shutting down Warhaven after two pre-seasons and just six months after the medieval PvP warfare game launched into early access. Unfortunately, despite Nexon’s best efforts to address bugs and balance issues, it looks like the game is no longer sustainable and the studio has decided to throw in the towel and will be [...]
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You can now add Avatar: Reckoning to the growing list of in-development games that have been canceled over the past year. Developer Archosaur Games that its terminated development on the Avatar-licensed mobile MMO after its split with Tencent subsidiary Level Infinite earlier this month. The game was initially announced in January 2022 in partnership with Disney and Tencent and was [...]
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Even the mighty Microsoft isn’t immune to the massive layoffs sweeping across the video game and tech industries as it announces plans to reduce its gaming division’s workforce 8%, affecting roughly 1,900 employees from recently acquired Activision Blizzard, ZeniMax Online Studios, and even Xbox. “As we move forward in 2024, the leadership of Microsoft Gaming and Activision Blizzard is committed [...]
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Final Fantasy XIV fans eagerly awaiting its live-action TV adaptation will be disappointed to know that the project has officially been cancelled. The FFXIV TV series was first announced in June 2019 by Sony Pictures and Hivemind, the production company behind Netflix’s The Witcher and Amazon’s The Expanse. Apparently, the project was too big of an undertaking and was immediately [...]
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Funcom is back with another Dune: Awakening teaser reel starring yet another member of its dev team. This time around, lead game designer Leo Welter shares a preview of the open world survival MMO’s building system. As in the real world, building a shelter is one of the keys to surviving the harsh climate of Arrakis, particularly its nasty sandstorms. [...]
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The big bosses of Clockwork Labs sat down for a new Bitcraft developer video where they dive into the intricacies of the upcoming sandbox MMO’s design. The video doesn’t include gameplay footage, but it does offer insight into what players can and can’t do within its terraformable world, courtesy of game director Carter Minshull and CTO Alessandro Asoni. According to [...]
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