Lore up for Portalarium’s Shroud of the Avatar soft-launch this summer with the newly-released prequel-novel The Sword of Midras: A Shroud of the Avatar Novel. The prequel novel, which came out June 21st, was co-written by the game’s creative director, Richard Garriot, and Fantasy Author/Lead Story Designer, Tracy Hickman and published by Tor Books, a publishing company known for their [...]
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Still hungover from the myriad of content that ZeniMax dropped on our heads when The Elder Scrolls Online: The Dark Brotherhood DLC rolled out last month? Well, here’s a few more to look forward to with the upcoming Update 11. According to the devs, “As with our previous updates, The Elder Scrolls Online's Update 11 will come in two parts: [...]
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Update 27.1 for Epic Games’ upcoming MOBA, Paragon, goes live today. With it comes the feral skull-headed ganker, Khaimera, yet another addition to Paragon’s steadily growing roster of heroes. According to the dev blog: “[Khaimera] is a melee fighter who excels at singling out enemies. He is a great duelist which allows him to lock down solo Heroes in order [...]
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Hero Machine, a new studio founded by former SOE (now known as Daybreak Games) developers, has recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the development of their flagship game, Kinetik. The devs hope to raise $150,000 and are planning on a Steam Early Access release early next year. The upcoming shooter focuses on cooperative squad-based gameplay that will have players [...]
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This year’s E3 is just around the corner and Square Enix has a whole lot in store for Final Fantasy XIV fans that will be attending the event. The highlight being a live Letter from the Producer event where Naoki Yoshida, affectionately known as Yoshi-P, will be answering questions from the game’s official forum including the upcoming Patch 3.3. He [...]
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Cutesy anime-themed MMORPG’s, like Ragnarok Online 2 and Aura Kingdom, have taken a backseat over the past couple of years in favor of more “realistic” games. Hopefully, Aeria Games changes that trend when they port X-Legend’s Twin Saga to western shores later this year. The game promises players a freely swappable class system, mobile personal housing, and a large immersive [...]
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Daybreak Games announced yesterday that Jack Emmert, co-founder and CEO of Cryptic Studios will now be heading their Austin Studio as CEO. Daybreak’s Austin Studio is responsible for DC Universe Online and will be part of Emmerts new responsibilities as its new head, along with the development of future titles. In a brief Q&A with Daybreak, Emmert is asked about [...]
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The third round of Closed Beta testing for the upcoming MMORPG Riders of Icarus has come to an end. This phase of testing featured many firsts for the game, the highlight of which was the removal of the NDA, allowing beta testers to freely stream the game and post content. Developers also implemented a non-targeted Action Mode and a sprint [...]
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Star Trek Online celebrates the summer with Risa’s annual Lohlunat Festival. This year, players joining in on the festivities will have a whole list of new rewards to look forward to, not the least of which is the new Tier 6 Vorgon Xyfius Heavy Escort ship which can be acquired in exchange for 2016 Lohlunat Prize Vouchers. Aside from the [...]
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On 6/6/06, and on an ominous date no less, the otherwise peaceful world of Runescape was beset by a malicious glitch that allowed players to retain their ability to attack other players outside of designated PvP zones. This resulted in an hour-long mass-PK event that resulted in the permanent loss of items and gold and which came to be known [...]
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