I had to do a double-take when I read that Sqaure Enix has signed-up Mobile Strike developer MZ to help develop a Final Fantasy XV MMO—for mobile. Yes, really. VentureBeat is the bearer of news today, and features an interesting quote in their article: “It is an honor to work on a franchise I have loved since I was a kid. [...]
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Planet Explorers, a sandbox exploration game, has finally launched after 2 and a half years of sitting as an Early Access title. Pathea's game has a special place in my heart: it was one of my first published game reviews, and I'm happy to see it finally release. In Planet Explorers, players crash land on an exotic planet filled with [...]
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SMITE is hosting a "Double Everything" weekend starting this Friday; players who hop online will enjoy double experience, double worshipers, and double favor. But only uintil Sunday, November 13th. So make sure you clear your schedule to take part in the B-B-B-Bonus everything weekend. Also in SMITE world, the newest god on the block, big-beaked Thoth, will join the fray [...]
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Over this past weekend Pokémon GO was updated—bringing with it some fixes and improvements—but the big news is Silph Road's data mining has revealed Generation 2 Pokémon and Ditto within the APK. Hold up. That doesn't mean Gen 2 Pokémon are in the game. Just that they're in the data (they're basically Digimon right now). Gen 2 will likely not [...]
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Let’s take a journey into the future, past World War III and AI that makes decisions without understanding humanity, past famine and Big Brother-style governments, to what really matters: the Steam Storefront. What will the Steam of the future look like? While I can’t outline all of the details—since I am a product of my time—I can make one prediction, [...]
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It’s been awhile since I’ve played a raw Closed Beta for an MMORPG, where I try to decipher noise like I’m tuned to a grainy television channel. I’ve grown used to test phases that are more like dirty teases: “the game’s complete but we just want to throw some coal on to keep the hype train going.” Not Revelation Online. [...]
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On this Sunday Funday, the MMOs.com crew is tackling Revelation Online—a bit of a repeat of yesterday's stream if you tuned in. We'll be rolling through content level 25 and up and decide if the hype-train will keep chugging or go off-course like the Montparnasse derailment. Where: https://www.twitch.tv/mmosdotcom When: That depends on where you live: 7PM EST 4PM PST If you can't [...]
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Blizzard co-founder Frank Pearce took to the stage to share Diablo 3 news some of us have suspected for the last week. Afteral, it is a big year for Diablo: “An event that in many ways represents the battle between good and evil, truth versus corruption, egomaniacal madness versus humanity's hope for the future" said Pearce. "I am talking, of [...]
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At MMOs.com we often scratch our heads wondering why so many pay-to-win games are successful. They’re everywhere. But we’ve never come up with an answer, until now. I need to be clear. By pay-to-win I don’t mean the debates that eat up forum space with cash shop dissections: players clawing at each other’s throats over whether or not bonus experience [...]
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Blizzard wants to take eSports to new heights, announcing The Overwatch League at Blizzcon today. [The Overwatch League] “represents a true next generation eSports experience. There will be a combine where players attend tryouts. Teams will be formed around major cities... There will be regular schedules, contracts, team leaders... for stability.” It sounds like an official sports league, like the [...]
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