Trion Worlds' Glyph client received a new update today and it is promising "a faster, lighter experience." According to Trion, the client was taking up far too much memory previously. It used to use an average of 200 MB of RAM in the background, but could use upwards of 400 MB at times. As of today's update, the client will [...]
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OmniGames has taken to Kickstarter, seeking $10,000 to further develop its cooperative multiplayer VR "raid combat game" Age of Heroes VR. The game takes inspiration for MMOs, offering epic multiplayer battles in a VR setting, but eschewing all other elements of the genre. It does, however, boast "team focused combat, multiple classes, and [an] actual body movement system." OmniGames has [...]
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Can you believe that it's been five years since TERA's initial PC launch? I sure can't. It feels like only yesterday when it took entire groups playing in a fairly optimal manner to kill BAMs. It also feels like only yesterday that the game went free-to-play and players became able to solo BAMs soon after. Man, yesterday must have been [...]
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Today is the day that Big Picture Games' resurrection of the classic Darkfall experience, Darkfall: Rise of Agon, officially launches. It's a fairly momentous occasion, as the game beat its competitor-but-not-really Darkfall: New Dawn to the market. Darkfall: Rise of Agon, unlike Darkfall: New Dawn, is looking to retain Darkfall's original mechanics. It boasts the same seamless open world, skill-based [...]
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My.com announced today that the newly-released PlayStation 4 version of Skyforge is already set to receive an expansion on May 16th. Dubbed "The Risen Exiles," the expansion will introduce the following new content. The Monk, Necromancer, and Witch classes. The Inghar Test Area Group/Pantheon dungeon. The Phoreus Test Area 5-player dungeon. The Antean Wasteland, which is a new explorable area. [...]
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Robert Basler announced earlier this week via Twitter that his seamless MMORTS The Imperial Realm: Miranda is set to enter Early Access on May 9th. You may remember from our interview with Basler that the game is intended to be somewhat of an evolution of the Command and Conquer formula set in the massive, seamless online world of Miranda. No [...]
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GunZ 2: The Second Duel has had a pretty rough go of it. First, players didn't find it nearly appealing as its janky, but far more enjoyable, predecessor due to the lack of "K-Style" gameplay. Then, its developer MAIET Entertainment went under. Now, it's suffering from low player numbers, averaging less than 100 players at any one time according to [...]
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En Masse Entertainment announced today that the long-awaited Closed Beta for the North American version of Kritika Online will begin on May 24th. The Closed Beta test beginning on May 24th will run until June 13th and players can get in by either signing up for the Beta key waiting list and hoping they get in or purchasing a Founder's [...]
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Steam seems to be becoming somewhat of a refuge for older MMORPGs in recent times. So many MMORPGs have relaunched on the ever-popular digital storefront that we were able to make a substantial list of them. Unsurprisingly, this week brought two more games that are attempting to make it onto Steam with it: DK Online and MixMaster Online. For those [...]
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America's Army launched back in 2002 as not only the first game developed and published by the U.S. Army, but also as one of a small number of tactical shooters that were available to Mac users. The early free-to-play FPS immediately gained traction for both being free and teaching its players a bit about what it was like to train [...]
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