Phoenix Labs announced their Monster Hunter-like PC game Dauntless last month, and today Polygon has shared some exclusive gameplay footage, showing players tackling fearsome beasts called Behemoths. You can see the two videos below. Like Monster Hunter, players band together from cities and head into the wilderness to hunt Dungeons and Dragons inspired beasts, such as the bearish-owl called the Shrike. [...]
Read more
Free-to-play games show no sign of slowing down according to SuperData's December 2016 report detailing the digital game's market. But don't misinterpret. The F2P market rides on the backs of three Titans: League of Legends, Crossfire, and Dungeon Fighter Online, contributing to the 7% year-over-year rise. In other digital game's news: In the US, this shift toward digital has fundamentally [...]
Read more
Thanks to the persistent pestering of Business Insider's Dave Smith, we now know that Elon Musk's terrible "dark secret" is that he mains Solider 76 in Overwatch. For weeks now, Smith has used every available opportunity to question Musk on Twitter. And Musk finally caved in yesterday: @redletterdave Ok, fine. Soldier 76. My dark secret is out ... — Elon [...]
Read more
Hi-Rez studios has a formed an interesting relationship with a platform called Uproar to maintain and bolster its Paladins playerbase. Uproar gives players points for completing daily quests, which are then be used to win raffle prizes. So, if I play Skye today I'll earn 50 points, which I can save and put towards a $10 PayPal gift card, a [...]
Read more
In an interview with Glixel, Randy Pitchford of Gearbox Software talks about what success and failure means in the gaming industry, a highly interesting read. And, he touches on Battleborn, it's inevitable comparisons to Overwatch, and the vision that guided the character-shooter's development. If you think about new IP at the blockbuster scale, there's just two. It's Overwatch and Battleborn. [...]
Read more
The desert is beating back against civilization in Riders of Icarus' Sandstorm update, live on the servers, and it's a hefty one. The major addition is the field boss "Sandstorm," a stony goliath who hurls tempests at players. He roams the dunes of the Cloying Wastes, and only players level 50 or higher should dare to tackle him, and you'll [...]
Read more
Revelation Online has released a guide to help players refine their equipment along their journey for maximum effectiveness. Improving your gear grants additional stats, so a +10 weapon will deal far more damage than a +1—obvious, right? To start the process you have to find the Refinement NPC, one is available in every major city. Each equipment pieces has its [...]
Read more
Looks like I owe Reddit for this one. We've talked about it before; there aren't many big MMORPG releases coming out this year, but there are many games continuing to receive support from their developers/publishers, including WildStar. Maybe it's apt to call 2017 "The Year Of The Return," as redditor loanwolf88 suggests. I could see myself returning to Black Desert [...]
Read more
Pre-orders are now available for Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood, the upcoming expansion set to release on June 20, 2017. As always there are multiple editions for sale, beginning with the base game at the typical $59.99. Or, if you like, you can purchase the Collector's Edition for $199.99, which features goodies—shown below. It includes a high-quality statue of Zenos yae Galvus, [...]
Read more
Originally only available to play in Japanese, Sword Art Online: Memory Defrag has made its way to the Android and iOS stores. You can go ahead and download it right, so long as you're in the United States. There's no global release yet, but it should follow shortly—fingers-crossed. Players follow the original SAO storyline, along with a new narrative [...]
Read more