It's only a few weeks until the end of October and Halloween events are taking the MMO world by storm. Earlier this week, SMITE released their Terror of the Night 3.19 patch which introduced a new god befitting the season. Camazotz, the Deadly God of Bats, is a vampiric mind assassin with a myriad of skills designed to leech health [...]
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After more than a decade with the World of Warcraft Team, Tom Chilton steps down as Game Director and hands over the reins to Lead Game Designer, Ion Hazzikostas. Chilton, however, will still be staying with Blizzard Entertainment to work on a different project, saying that “new adventures” await him “just down the hall”. In a farewell note to WoW [...]
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Fancy turning into a blood-thirsty vampire? What about a ferocious werewolf? ARK: Survival Evolved introduces the sequel to last year’s Halloween event, ARK: Fear Evolved 2. From October 27th through November 6th, survivors on The Island will get to tame Snakes while having Rabid Dire Wolves and blood-sucking Vampire Bats to deal with. One bite from these creatures will turn you [...]
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Speculation is rife when it comes to Daybreak Games’ mysterious unannounced online shooter. To add fuel to the fire, they've also recently registered the domain Mythwarden.com. While the URL doesn’t lead to anything yet, it raises a lot of questions on what exactly the San Diego based company is working on in their studios. Not the least of which is, [...]
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In keeping with Halloween tradition, EverQuest II is holding their annual Nights of the Dead event. This time around, however, players from the Time-Locked Expansion (TLE) server Stormhold, also get to join in the spooky festivities. “As the most daring and ghost-hunter-y among us know, Nights of the Dead returned to Norrath in early October! If you haven’t been skulking [...]
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Surprisingly, since The Elder Scrolls Online was released in 2014, the good citizens of Tamriel have never had a holiday event. ZeniMax changes things up this year with The Witches Festival, a Halloween event that will run from the 13th of Frost Fall (that’s October 13th in normal speak) until the 1st of Sun’s Dusk (November 1st). Here’s how players [...]
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Film, TV, and video game adaptations of best-selling fantasy novels have become somewhat a trend during the past decade. This ever-growing list of adaptations include Harry Potter, A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones), and of course J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings which has inspired not one, but two movie trilogies, along with a number of [...]
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Daybreak Games Company has recently posted several job openings on their Careers page for an unannounced title. Job openings include: Creative Director/Lead Designer, Senior Game Designer, Product Manager, Senior Environment Artist, and Senior Game Designer. Here’s one for Senior Game Designer: The Daybreak Games San Diego Studio is looking for a Game Designer to join a development team working on [...]
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The Lord of The Rings Online Update 19 comes out this month and finally takes players to the doorstep of the infamous Black Gate of Mordor almost a decade since the game was first released in 2007. The Black Gate is the most direct route into Mordor and Mt. Doom within. It is also the most fortified and defended entrance [...]
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Having a hard time training your Pokemon at your local gym? Well, 6vs1 isn't exactly favorable odds for even the strongest Pokemon. Worry no more, dear trainers! The latest update to Pokemon GO will now allow players to battle with six Pokemon in friendly gym battles instead of just one. The defending Pokemon’s CP will also automatically scale to your [...]
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