Gamescom just started and with it should come some big announcements. HoYoverse, the company behind Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail, and the upcoming Zenless Zone Zero showed off all 3 games during opening night of Gamescom. Zenless Zone Zero showed off a new trailer: Special Participation Video | gamescom 2023Watch this video on YouTube Zenless Zone Zero bills itself as [...]
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The 23rd playable character for Vindictus arrived today and he's Achel, a spear wielding warrior based on celtic mythology. As with previous character launches, players who level up Achel to level 10 from now until September 19th get various in-game goodies. Players can learn more about Achel on the game's official website. While Vindictus isn't Nexon's most popular game, it [...]
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Guild Wars 2 launched their 4th expansion today titled "Secrets of the Obscure" today which introduces a ton of new content for players to enjoy. The expansion adds 2 new maps (Skywatch Archipelago and Amnytas), 2 new Strike Missions, and a new central hub. Like previous Guild Wars 2 expansions, it does cost money ($24.99) and will include future updates [...]
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The latest update for Honkai: Star Rail, version 1.3 "Celestial Eyes Above Mortal Ruin", is launching on August 30. With it comes a brand new area called Aurum Alley, a major update to the Simulated Universe, as well as several new characters. The game's Trailblaze Power limit, which serves as a level cap, is also increasing. The new characters are [...]
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While the long running Nexon vs Iron Mace legal drama isn't over, Iron Mace won a big victory yesterday when Nexon's lawsuit against them was dismissed on grounds of "forum non conveniens." Many news outlets incorrectly reported that the judge dismissed Nexon's lawsuit on the grounds that they couldn't prove copyright infringement, but in reality the court didn't even consider [...]
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Wayfinder, a fast paced looter shooter/slasher RPG, launched into early access today on Steam and PlayStation. The game bills itself as an MMO and is published by Digital Extremes, the company best known for Warframe. While the game's early access requires a founders pack, the full game will be free to play when it launches next year. The core gameplay [...]
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Aika Online shut down on September 15th, 2021 after running for 10 years, but it looks like the game is coming back. The game's official Facebook page announced the following: It's finally here! We're launching Aika Online Global with HANBITSOFT in the 4th quarter of 2023! Until then, stay tuned on Facebook page! The game's official website CBMGames shows a [...]
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Ankama Games, the French developer best known for Dofus and Wakfu, launched their newest game today titled Waven onto Steam early access. While Waven doesn't bill itself as an MMO, it's an RPG with online co-op and a PvP arena. While Waven is currently available on PC and Mac through Steam, it will be launching on mobile devices (both Android [...]
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Nexon reported a strong Q2 today with earnings for the quarter coming in at a record 94.4B JPY (~$646M USD). Operating income (profit) came in at 27.6B JPY (~$192M). Nexon's CEO, Owen Mahoney attributed the quarter's success to strong performances from Fifa Online 4, FIFA Mobile, Wars of Prasia, HIT 2 (Heroes of Incredible Tales 2), Blue Archive. The continued [...]
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The long running classic MMORPG Mu Online launched its 2nd phase of its Season 18 Part 1 update today and with it comes a brand new map called Ignis Volcano and several new limited time events. The update also brings with it an increase in level cap to 1,450. Starting today until September 29th, players can collect Elemental Symbols from [...]
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