Rocket League's Dropshot mode is set to go live later at 3 PM PDT / 6 PM EDT today, allowing players to take on the challenge of having to create their own goal by hitting the ball into the ground on the opposing team's side. The mode takes place on a new hexagonal map and should provide an experience that [...]
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Fans of Square Enix's Bravely Default series or just Square Enix in general will be happy to learn that the company's latest mobile game, Bravely Default Fairy's Effect, is now live in Japan. The game brings the Bravely Default series to mobile, offering a new, active time battle-esque combat system that utilizes three rows that players can switch between at [...]
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Snail Games USA's latest release is here and, unfortunately, it's not Dark and Light. Instead, it is a mobile MMORPG by the name of "Sword of Shadows." Those of you that have been following Snail Games' Chinese releases probably already know the game as "Age of Wushu 3D." Those of you that don't follow Snail Games' Chinese releases are probably [...]
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SuperData Research has published a new report that includes news about several Chinese companies, including news about Perfect World's 2016 annual report. In 2016, Perfect World reported revenues of 6.1 billion RMB, or approximately $885 million, 4.7 billion RMB, approximately 77% of their earnings, of which was brought in by the company's "gaming department." Both the company's overall 2016 revenues [...]
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Going free-to-play isn't always the best option for a game, but it seems that it is working out for Warhammer 40K: Eternal Crusade. While we only get a look at concurrent users when we look at SteamCharts, which have doubled since the game went free-to-play last Thursday, Behaviour Digital has stated that the Daily Active User count has also seen [...]
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The time has finally come. Nexon announced recently via Facebook that its mobile rendition of the Dynasty Warriors series, Dynasty Warriors: Unleashed, is set to launch worldwide on March 30th. The game brings Dynasty Warriors' signature hack n' slash gameplay to mobile devices, allowing players to cut their way through dozens of enemies at a time in a stage-based format. [...]
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Million Arthur is a fairly large franchise in Asia. The Square Enix-published series of mobile games has even received manga and web anime spin-offs. That being said, the series has gained almost no traction here in the West. In fact, neither of the series' games that have been released are available on the North American Google Play store. The third [...]
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It's been a while since the last Master X Master playtest, hasn't it? The last one was in, what, November? Fortunately, we won't have to wait long for the next one; NCSoft announced today that the next playtest, which will mark the beginning of Beta, will begin on April 6th and run through April 27th, giving players a full three [...]
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It's been more or less a year since Blade and Soul first launched in the West. As such, NCSoft Game Producer Nico Coutant starts the March 2017 Producer's Letter off by recapping the past year. As part of the recap, he notes that "over 4 million players have joined the Hongmoon Clan to pursue revenge." While it is not specified [...]
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Blizzard has a long-standing history of including map editors in its games. The inclusion of said map editors even spawned multiple genres that are commonplace today, such as MOBAs and tower defense games. Given that, it's no surprise that Overwatch players are increasingly curious to know if Overwatch will ever receive its own map editor. Fortunately, yesterday, Game Director Jeff [...]
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