Netmarble has had a busy year. After successfully launching Lineage 2 Revolution globally, the Korean mobile games studio had a slew of announcements and updates to make at this year's G-Star convention. Among the most exciting was a new trailer and gameplay stream for Icarus M, the mobile sequel to PC MMORPG Riders of Icarus. The trailer shows a mix [...]
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Japanese Card Game/MOBA hybrid Lord of Vermilion Arena is making a comeback. The game was shut down last year in its home market of Japan before ever making it to the West. It seems now that the game was not abandoned, instead developer Square Enix has taken the time to completely remake the game. The new Lord of Vermillion Arena [...]
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Grinding Gear Games is on a tear this year. The New Zealand based studio behind the action RPG Path of Exile has just announced their next expansion -- War for the Atlas -- and its slated to release on December 8 2017. Fall of Oriath, the previous expansion launched just 3 months ago and added a whopping 6 new Acts [...]
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In a Founders' Update posted November 15, the Crowfall team stated that the game would miss its 2017 soft launch window and was drawing a "line in the sand" to launch in 2018. The official update was very direct with readers and mentioned that Crowfall was initially slated to launch by December 2016 which will make the game at least [...]
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The narrative around the Star Wars Battlefront 2 lootbox controversy took another interesting turn today. The Belgian government has opened an investigation against Electronic Arts and Activision Blizzard over loot boxes. On November 15th when the Belgian Gaming Commission announced it had launched an investigation to determine if loot boxes in Star Wars Battlefront 2 and Overwatch constituted gambling. Companies [...]
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Earlier today Kotaku broke the story that Disney has ended their relationship with Marvel Heroes developer Gazillion Entertainment. As Disney owns the rights Marvel, that effectively means Marvel Heroes is shutting down. The message Kotaku claims they received from Disney reads: “We regret to inform our Marvel Heroes fans that we have ended our relationship with Gazillion Entertainment, and that [...]
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Netmarble has officially launched their mobile MMORPG Lineage 2 Revolution in the United States and Europe. First released in South Korea back in December 2016, Lineage 2 Revolution has been one of the top grossing mobile games this year. The game generated over $170 million during its first month in South Korea, and has garnered plenty of attention in the [...]
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World of Tanks is a 3D WWII MMO shooter where players take part in epic tank battles. World of Tanks emphasizes strategic gameplay and teamwork and supports up to 30 players per match. [singlepic id=6556 w=428 h=240 float=none] Publisher: Wargaming Playerbase: High Type: Shooter PvP: Teams / Clan Wars Release Date: April 12, 2011 (NA/EU) Pros: +Hundreds of vehicles to [...]
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Flanked by the ever increasing market share of mobile games and the lack of interest among the major publishers in bringing a new MMORPG to market, things look grim for the PC MMORPG genre. That's not to say its all bad news. We're still getting a steady release of smaller titles. Just this week we saw the reveal of Ascent: [...]
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Elyon, previously known as Ascent: Infinite Realm, is a 3D fantasy MMORPG with a strong steampunk aesthetic. Battle on land or soar through the sky on airships to take on even greater challenges! [singlepic id=71970 w=428 h=240 float=none] Publisher: Kakao Games Type: Fantasy MMORPG PvP: Airship Battles, Guild Wars & More Release Date: October 20, 2021 (NA/EU) Pros: +Unique aesthetic. [...]
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