The Weekly Raid: Is Lineage Eternal Cursed?

This week saw yet another delay for NCSoft's ambitious cross-platform MMORPG Lineage Eternal. First announced at G-Star 2011, Lineage Eternal promised mobile and PC cross play. We saw screenshots, trailers, and even a Korean closed beta since then. Nowit seems the whole project is now up in the air. NCSoft has decided to scrap the current engine Lineage Eternal was [...]

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Blizzard Backtracks, Renames Launcher Blizzard Battle.net

Earlier this year, Blizzard announced that they would be retiring the Battle.net brand. The company claimed that "there’s been occasional confusion and inefficiencies related to having two separate identities under which everything falls—Blizzard and Battle.net." The renamed launcher was titled Blizzard App. The move was met with indifference by new players and derision by old fans. In the end, the [...]

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Tencent Buys Stake In Bluehole, May Publish PUBG In China

Update: Bluehole has denied these rumors. No investment has been made. Bluehole commented “These reports are not accurate. Tencent didn't make an investment into Bluehole.” Last week, Chinese news sources reported that Tencent had taken a stake in Korean MMO studio Bluehole. According to the report, the Chinese tech giant tried to buyout the privately held Korean firm but was [...]

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Crossout

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Crossout is a free-to-play vehicle-based action MMO set in a post-apocalyptic world. Players craft customized war machines and take part in team-based combat across desolate terrains. [singlepic id=18251 w=428 h=240 float=none] Publisher: Gaijin Entertainment Playerbase: Medium Type: Vehicular MMO Shooter Release Date: May 30, 2017 (Open Beta) Pros: +In-depth sandbox vehicle customization. +Multi platform play. +Awesome core gameplay. Cons: -Grinding [...]

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Overwatch Adding Deathmatch Modes

Objective based gameplay helps built team spirit. But sometimes you just want to frag people. To help meet that itch, Overwatch is adding two new game modes: Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch. Both modes ditch payloads and control points, allowing players to focus on getting as many kills as possible. The free for all mode (Deathmatch) has a maximum of 8 [...]

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Lineage Eternal Delayed Again, Will Use Unreal 4

We've been waiting for the third mainline Lineage MMORPG, aptly titled Lineage Eternal, ever since it was first revealed back in 2011. That wait just got longer. Citing a Korean source, Steparu reports that NCSoft has decided to scrap the existing Guild Wars engine that Lineage Eternal was using and start over with Unreal Engine 4. While the news of [...]

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Valve Reveals DOTA Card Game

Valve, the studio behind Half-Life, Portal, Counter-Strike, and the Steam platform, just revealed their latest game during the Dota 2 International World Championships. We're incredibly short on details, but we do know the game is called Artifact and that it is a card game based on the Dota franchise. All we have to work with so far is a brief [...]

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