It's that time of year where we decide to put away our selfishness and try and be a little thankful for things in our life: friends, family, communities. But c'mon what we're really thankful for is games, cause we wouldn't be here if it wasn't for them. So I want to show my thanks for a few aspects of MMORPGs [...]
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Infestation: The New Z rose up on Steam today, but it's not published by the same company as its predecessor Infestation: Survivor Stories. Instead, developer Fredaikis AB has redeveloped Survivor Stories and released the spiffied up version for free. The New Z is touted as a "brand new infestation title." As a result, Survivor Stories will shut down on December 15, 2016. [...]
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It's the only show on Earth where 5 people come very close to murdering each other and than laugh off their disdain moments later: the MMOs.com podcast! The passion is real. Where: https://www.twitch.tv/mmosdotcom When: That depends on where you live: 7PM EST 4PM PST On tonight's episode we're not allowed to discuss our opinions of movies, but we will talk quite [...]
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Star Citizen's FPS game module Star Marine has been shown off in a new demo trailer ahead of its imminent arrival with the Alpha 2.6 update on December 08, 2016. In the trailer we see two teams firing bullets and chucking grenades at each other while trying to control objective points: laptops they have to hack to secure. Star Marine's [...]
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After a successful Kickstarter campaign Dual Universe is giving more people a chance to hand over cash through their very own crowdfunding portal. The next stretch goal is €650,000—having raised €565,000 through KS. Before anyone calls shenanigans—due to some other crowdfunded projects—I want to point out that the stretch goals are just stretch goals; they're not necessary to create the game. The [...]
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In a silent move, Blizzard has stripped the subtitle "Heroes Of Warcraft" from Hearthstone. It's not the first name Blizzard has parted ways with. Back in September the company announced Battle.net was being sent to a retirement home. Blizzard seems to be in the midst of rebranding: simplifying their IPs. To solidify the change Blizzard even asked the admins at [...]
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This past Sunday EVE Online's Tranquility server broke 50,000 concurrent players. It's not an all-time record but it is an impressive high in recent months. The current record is still set at just over 65,000 players, set back in May of 2013. It doesn't look like we'll be breaching that one just yet but the Ascension update has certainly given [...]
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Amazon is inviting mobile players to compete in the first ever casual eSports tournament, called the Champions of Fire Invitational—"no pros need apply." But, don't get ahead of yourself. This isn't a tournament for just anybody. No, no. These casuals are streamer-celebrities, and 16 of them will bang their heads together competing for their cut of a $100,000 prize pool. [...]
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Rocket League is opening the flood doors, adding custom training sequences that players can create and share with the community. With the next update you'll be able to help, or taunt, others with your own ridiculous creations. I imagine it's going to play out something like Super Mario Maker, with people creating and completing mind-boggling tricks in training exercises. But [...]
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At G-Star 2016 developer Netmarble announced Star Wars: Force Arena, a mobile MOBA developed in cooperation with Lucasfilm. Hold on. What? So, it wasn't really announced. We reported that Star Wars: Battlegrounds had soft-launched in Singapore and Australia at the beginning of the month. Between then and now, the word "Battlegrounds, was dropped and replaced with "Force Arena." Fine by [...]
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