Nexon launched their 'Lab Server' for MapleStory today which is built on an entirely new rule-set than traditional MapleStory. The game's Lab Server is considered an ultimate test of skill as monsters are more powerful and the game has permadeath. Every death results in a complete reset of progress. In addition players won't be able to escape death easily by [...]
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Elsword Online launched an update today which introduced the new 3 part raid called Varnimyr which is located deep within the Demon Realm. All 3 parts: the Crimson Tower of Howling Flames, Never-Ending Darkness, and Crimson Cradle of Flames are out now. The game also introduced the new weekly raid ranking system where the top 100 players receive a special [...]
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Sci-fi Sandbox MMO Dual Universe unveiled their release roadmap today which reveals key dates for the game up until 2020. The first milestone is in November, 2018 and it will be the game's first round of alpha testing. Check out the development roadmap below: Dual Universe has so far raised over $11 million to date including over $600,000 through Kickstarter [...]
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The Chinese developed free to play fantasy MMORPG Revelation Online officially launched on Steam today and is off to a rocky start on the platform. Within 24 hours of launch reviews are "mostly negative" and the game has only attracted an average concurrent playerbase of 140 users. Revelation Online isn't a new game though. It's been available off Steam through [...]
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Mu Legend launched on Steam on Monday, August 6th and is off to a pretty strong start as its averaging over 1,300 players online so far. Despite its recent Steam launch, Mu Legend isn't a new game. It launched back in November of 2017, making it almost a year old already. To celebrate the game's launch on Steam the game [...]
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MMOs.com Podcast – Episode 161: Lore In MMORPGs, WoW, OSRS, & MoreWatch this video on YouTube MMOs.com Podcast Episode 161 - Omer (@remotayx) and Erhan (@Ehaltay) This is episode one hundred and sixty one of the MMOs.com Podcast and we look at the most recent news and happenings in the MMO and gaming world. As always we jumped right into [...]
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The mobile strategy game Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire earned a whopping $380 million so far since its release 13 months ago, significantly out earning every single Square Enix MMO combined. Final Fantasy XIV, Final Fantasy XI, and Dragon Quest X earn about $280 million a year combined according to Square Enix's publicly disclosed earnings reports. A New Empire [...]
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Final Fantasy XIV launched patch 4.36 today which included a number of new additions to the game including the previously announced Monster Hunter: World collaboration as well as the new Eureka zone Pagos. Aside from just these 2 goodies, the patch includes new side story quests, housing furniture, new triple triad cards, emotes, and much more. The new Eureka zone [...]
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MMOs.com Weekly News Recap #159 August 8, 2018Watch this video on YouTube Weekly MMO News Recap #159 - August 6, 2018 A look at MMO News and updates for the week ending August 6, 2018. This is episode 159 in a weekly series every Monday that will cover all major MMO news and updates. The games covered this week were: [...]
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Lineage 2: Revolution, the mobile MMORPG based on the Lineage franchise, earned over $1.3 billion in global spending since its Dec 2016 launch according to mobile analytics firm Sensor Tower. Remarkably, despite heavy advertising, the game only earned a bit under 3% of its global revenues from the U.S. (about $30 million). 57% came from South Korea and 26% came [...]
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