Atelier 801, the publisher behind the quirky title Transformice, has a new MMO coming out this month! Dead Maze, a zombie survival MMO with an oldschool 2D isometric view is set to release on Steam Early Access on February 13. Dead Maze encourages players to work together across various maps set in California following a zombie outbreak. Players will need [...]
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Nintendo revealed their 5th mobile title today: Mario Kart Tour. The game is expected to be released sometime between March 2018 - March 2019 though we'll likely see it sometime this year for both Android and Apple's iOS. The venerable racing series got its start back in 1992 with the release of Super Mario Kart for the SNES. Mario Kart [...]
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In an official statement posted today Perfect World Entertainment announced the upcoming closure of their action MOBA Gigantic. This month's update will be the last for Gigantic, though the servers will remain open until July 31, 2018. The news won't be much of a shock to those who have been following the troubled game's development. Perfect World already closed Motiga, [...]
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With so many promising MMORPGs in the pipeline, its easy to go through cycles of hype and indifference towards various projects. Whether its a game still in development or an existing game releasing a new patch or expansion, we want to know when the last time you felt hyped for a MMORPG. We've highlighted the fact that games like Star [...]
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The last few months of 2017 were ablaze with Crypto news. We even saw a few projects reltaed to gaming. Both Neverdie coins and Crycash hope to integrate into multiple games and promise to reward gamers for their time investment. While neither of these projects has gained much traction, the crypto mining craze continues to cause GPU shortages worldwide. The [...]
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Sandbox Interactive, the studio behind the PvP focused MMORPG Albion Online, has confirmed a significant round of layoffs. Albion Online enjoyed a successful launch back in July of last year, with active character numbers peaking at nearly 150,000. Those numbers soon spiraled down to under 25,000 within five months. Sandbox Interactive has since disabled the feature which allowed players to [...]
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In a frank post on the Paragon subreddit this week Epic Games laid out how things stand for their 3D MOBA Paragon. The main issue facing the game is that despite continued updates, it has failed to attract a large enough audience to make the project viable. While this has been the case for months now, the breakout success of [...]
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City State Entertainment made a major announcement today concerning their PvP focused MMORPG Camelot Unchained. The studio has secured a $7.5 million financing round with GF Capital Management & Advisors. Mark Jacobs, founder and CEO of City Statement Entertainment, took the time today to stream a Q&A session regarding this investment round. We learned that GF Capital Management and Mark [...]
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In their most recent State of Elyria post (dated Jan 17), Soulbound Studios confirms rumors that the Chronicles of Elyria team has had to let several staff go after failing to secure additional funding. Chronicles of Elyria initially raised $1.3 million via Kickstarter back in 2016 and has continued to raise additional funds through their website via Pledge Packages. Despite [...]
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I don't know about you, but I love me some Black Mirror. Season 4 started with a bang with a plot that could be said to involve a MMORPG of sorts. As per Black Mirror custom, a new technology product was quickly shown to be a hidden horror. But does it have to be that way? Can MMORPGs be used [...]
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