That's right, Phoenix Labs' upcoming co-op ARPG Dauntless is accepting Alpha sign-ups, and you can test your luck to test the game by filling out the Alpha test form. Remember that "Alpha" is almost synonymous with the words "unfinished" and "bugs." So you'll have to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA): no screenshots, streams, videos, or even whispers about the state [...]
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Conan Exiles has introduced a big patch today, adding in the much-awaited dye system, new weapons, updated feat leveling, and more. Collect pigment-holding plants, mash them up, and turn them into dyes to apply to armor sets so you now longer have to yell, "Is that you?" when looking for allies. Also added, is eight new weapons: bows, maces, axes, [...]
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Betting website Unikrn recently added Rocket League to their roster of eSports titles where users can place bets, and Psyonix is not happy. VP of Publishing Jeremy Dunham told Gamespot "Psyonix is not affiliated with Unikrn, nor do we support or endorse online betting for our game." Unikrn is not an illegal service. The Australian government approved Unkirn's request to [...]
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Facebook wants to compete directly with Twitch and Youtube by offering their own livestreaming tools for games. Good luck. According to Gamasutra, Facebook describes their service as, "this new feature makes it easier than ever to stream your PC gameplay to friends and followers and engage with them while you play." The social media giant is banking on their billion—or [...]
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If you've joined a guild you've probably dealt with a guild leader, and many guild leaders—at least in my experience—have embodied similar personality traits. And so I'm wondering if people who become leaders in MMOs are also leaders in their everyday life: a Commander in Natural Selection 2, a raid leader in World of Warcraft, a corporation manger in EVE [...]
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Overwatch's newest hero Orisa has gone live—which also means there's a new trailer to watch below—in all versions of the game, but the robotic tank will not be available in Competitive Play. Principal Designer Scott Mercer took to the forums to say: When patch 1.9 releases tomorrow, Orisa will not initially be available for Competitive Play. We want to give [...]
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For World Poetry Day, tonight's MMOs.com Podcast will be shared entirely in Free Verse: a normal Podcast with a rhyme or two here and there. Where: https://www.twitch.tv/mmosdotcom When: That depends on where you live: 7PM EST 4PM PST On tonight's episode we're talking about the Navy's big-budget-no-product-singularity-combating-MMO, Pathfinder Online's ambitious release schedule, a new studio formed by ex-WoW devs, and [...]
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Welcome to a new weekly editorial (maybe), where each of the MMOs.com crew discusses what we've been playing since the last Podcast. Though we're the MMOs site, we don't only play MMOs in our free time—hence this article's banner—and we want to share those games with you guys and hear about what you've been playing. Especially since we don't always [...]
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Cloud Imperium Games, the studio behind Star Citizen, announced that they are considering parting ways with DirectX completely in favor of Vulkan. The graphics API would make Star Citizen compatible with Windows 7,8, and 10, with the possibility of making the game playable on Linux computers. Whereas DirectX requires players to be running Windows 10. “Years ago we stated our [...]
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Gravity's YouTube page posted a cryptic video that may point to a new title called Ragnarok R, or it may just be an already released game. The video is a hand wielding a pencil drawing the Ragnarok logo and then throwing an "R" underneath. What does that "R" stand for? Steparu points out the "R" may mean "Revival" which would [...]
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