Ahead of MU Legend's second closed beta test Webzen has released a very short teaser clip, that you can see below. It's a rather odd clip, like the editor dragged whatever elements he had available and spliced them into a 26 second clip. We see the CGI character classes walking away from us, a brief moment of gameplay, and then [...]
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My.com released another infographic but this time the data covers information collected from all three Revelation Online Closed Beta tests. The most interesting takeaways? Occultist and Swordmage were the most played classes (18%), whereas Vanguard was the least played (14%). Though the distribution was fairly even for all six. Looking at the numbers it seems like a lot of players [...]
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Ahead of The Exiled's Steam launch on February 23rd, studio Fairytale Distillery has revealed its Founder's Packs, available in three tiers which you can view below. Keep in mind, everyone can play The Exiled for free for 7 days, but after that they'll need to buy a Supporter Pack to keep playing, beginning at $19.99. It's an interesting monetization. And [...]
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Valve is working with machine learning to detect cheaters in Counter-Strike, as a means of replacing player reports and anticheat software. You could call it an "AI Watchdog." So, watch out aimbotters, spinbotters, flying dutchmen, and wallhackers, HAL may be monitoring everything you do. Of course implementing such a system is no easy task. "The process of parsing, training, and [...]
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Party Pete always throws the best bashes and he's celebrating the 4th birthday of Old School RuneScape. Better hand over your keys, ol' Petey needs your help. Players can head to the Falador party room and ask Pete what he needs to get the dance floor grooving. Helping out Party Pete will grant all the rewards from previous birthday bonanzas: [...]
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Mirage: Arcane Warfare will be making its European debut at the PC Gamer Weekender convention in London this weekend, February 18-19th. It's also Mirage's first expo demo. And the first glimpse of Mirage since Torn Banner Studios launched their game into Alpha back in September, 2016. Lot of firsts. And I'm pretty excited to see how it's shaped up. If [...]
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Despite 2016 being a year of flat growth, Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen told reporters that 2016 is the company's "best year so far." I think I would be happy too if my stagnation meant only reeling in $2.3 billion. But Supercell raked in $1 billion before taxes, up from $897 million from the previous year. I'm sure Tencent is pleased. Supercell faced stiff [...]
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Funcom has been fairly consistent about releasing updates for Conan Exiles, and the latest patch fixes a number of bugs and introduces the PTR. The experimental branch will be used to test future patches before transferring them to live servers, and should help identify issues before their implemented. If you own a private server you can opt-in to the PTR [...]
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Devilian is still chugging along and has released a Valentine's update introducing a new dungeon and a new raid: The Terror of Totames. Even mummies need a little love. The Dimensional Fortress Dungeon can be challenged twice every day, pitting players against mini-bosses, which when defeated fast enough grant buffs. And you'll need them. The final boss is chosen at [...]
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Players will soon customize their commander's appearance in Elite Dangerous, making the perfect you: from handlebar mustaches to high top haircuts. There's an impressive variety of options (sliders). Although you wont be able to get out of your ship and walk around. The characters are holograms, representations of the tiny person sitting in the cockpit. The livestream—that you can watch [...]
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