Are you excited about Absolver's particular brand of online gameplay with melee-only combat? Excited enough to Beta test it? If so, you're in luck, as Sloclap announced today that Beta sign-up are now open. Absolver's claim to fame is the melee-only combat system that it utilizes. Players will have to learn how to chain their attacks, as well as build [...]
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Remember that Revelation Online animated movie that we reported on at the end of last year? It turns out that it's not a movie. MMOCulture is reporting that it is an animated series that will begin airing in China on April 26th. The series will follow the story of the game almost exactly. Akuta and Enchantress Nur go on an [...]
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If you fall into the tiny niche that is "looking for a new online tank battling game that isn't World of Tanks or Armored Warfare or War Thunder," this bit of news may be for you. Following a small delay, MoYi Technology's online tank battling game iStorm is now available on Steam. The game was greenlit earlier this year, but [...]
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Today is going to be a great day for some fans of The Elder Scrolls Online and a terrible day for others, for today is the day that the invite-only Morrowind Closed Beta event begins. Some players will be able to live out their dreams of becoming bear-taming Wardens today while others will have to wait until later this year. [...]
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Snail Games just launched Sword of Shadows here in the West, but that's not stopping it from announcing more mobile MMORPGs. The company announced today that it will be releasing a mobile MMORPG called Dragon Revolt here in the West at the end of May. Dragon Revolt is what would be considered an "orthodox" MMORPG. It makes use of the [...]
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You may remember that, back in December 2016, Crytek announced that it would be closing five of its studios after being unable to pay its employees for several months. At the time, it was rumored that, despite many others shutting down, Crytek Shanghai would remain open and turn its attention towards Crytek's VR efforts. Earlier today, Niko Partners Industry Analyst [...]
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Sometime in 2010, I tried out a top-down online multiplayer shooter called "Subvein." At the time, the game was a free, online-only experience reminiscent of the early Grand Theft Auto games, except utilizing competitive online multiplayer modes instead of a sandbox campaign. At the time, it didn't have much of a playerbase and it eventually faded into obscurity. Fast forward [...]
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Fate/Grand Order is finally coming to North America this summer. The game has seen an incredible amount of success in Japan, which Bloomberg stated last December rivals that of Pokemon GO. The game has even seen a significant amount of popularity with those outside of Japan and even the game's primarily English-speaking subreddit has an active userbase that posts regularly. [...]
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Indie development is tough; it's even more tough when your game is greenlit only to have victory snatched away from you right afterwards by a DMCA notice. That's exactly what happened to RPG Maker MMORPG Wing of Misadventure earlier today. The situation is a bit complicated. Wing of Misadventure makes use of a number of libraries and resources that were [...]
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When you finally get to play Rend, you will have options in regards to what class you play and how it is built. When you hit level two, you will begin to accrue talent points with each level; these can be spent on the game's "class paths," which are talent trees without branches. The game will feature four class paths, [...]
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