The Open Beta 34 patch for Paladins introduces the new hero Ying, the Illusionist and an additional game mode, escorting the payload. The official forum post goes over the patch's every little detail but we've got the juicy bits right here. I'm very happy to hear payload has joined Paladins as I felt the game needed some game mode diversity. If [...]
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Hi-Rez studios has released the final patch (1.4) for Tribes: Ascend once again, aptly titled Parting Gifts: "Hi-Rez giveth, and Hi-Rez taketh away." It was almost a year ago—January, 2016—that the studio refocused attention on their cult-classic shooter, only to turn around and say "sayonara," at least as far as patches are concerned. There are no plans to shut down [...]
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There are many, many, many, MMORPG worlds but if you could only choose one to live in, which would you choose? Are you the type of person who wants to live in a wuxia-inspired universe complete with buxom warriors à la Blade & Soul, or are you a Tolkien aficionado and would strive to complete your own hero's journey in [...]
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The latest champion to join the Nexus in Heroes of the Storm is Overwatch's Zarya, and she plays a lot like her OW counterpart. Aleksandra Zaryanova is one of the world's strongest women and was a promising athlete, but all that changed when the Siberian omnium reawakened. As a soldier in the Russian Defense Force, she now proudly uses her strength [...]
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Dual Universe will offer a subscription model analogous to Eve Online, whereby players can pay a monthly subscription with cash or earn enough virtual credits in-game to pay their dues. So if you got the moolah, then the game will be—in a sense—free-to-play. Just like everyday life, the rich get the perks. The information comes to us thanks to an interview [...]
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It's Donald Trump's favorite day of the week: MMOs.com Podcast Day! Where: https://www.twitch.tv/mmosdotcom When: That depends on where you live: 7PM EST 4PM PST Tonight we'll be asking ourselves what we should talk about and winging it to our maximum abilities as people who can rant about nothing and still look like they're saying something. If you can't make it you can [...]
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In a Business Insider interview Overwatch's game director Jeff Kaplan stated that the team wants to make changes to Symmetra to see her stick around all game. Symmetra is commonly used to drop a teleporter to quickly get her team back on the objective when defending. But after an initial objective players typically switch off Symmetra. I do it too. [...]
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The first Paladins Invitational will be held this January at Hi-Rez Expo in Atlanta, Georgia, when teams will compete for $150,000. Despite comparisons to other character-based shooters Paladins has been a success for Hi-Rez, even sitting as one of Steam's Top 10 games by current players for a bit. “The Paladins Open Beta had an explosive first weekend with well over [...]
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Russian developed Hired Ops is a first person shooter that will be debuting on Steam as an Early Access some time before the year's end. The game was formally known as Contract Wars Standalone, which apparently has "48 million players globally," according to developer AbsolutSoft. Hired Ops is a self-described "session-based online shooter" which pits mercenary groups in brawls across [...]
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Battlefield fans may remember EA's step into scifi warfare with Battlefield 2142 back in 2006. The server lights blinked off two years ago, but fans have revived the game to bring back epic futuristic warfare. Battlefield 2142 Revive has a few nearly full servers thanks to a few hundred players already fragging with mechs, including me. 2142 was my favorite Battlefield game [...]
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