The latest free update for Conqueror's Blade titled 'Scorpio' is launching on November 24th. The update is focused on ancient Persia and includes new units, seasonal campaigns, and map revamps. Perhaps the biggest part of the new update weapon class, the Chain Dart & Scimitar, which is launching a bit later on December 8th. Watch this video on YouTube Conqueror's [...]
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Square Enix revealed Final Fantasy XIV Patch 6.3 "Gods Revel, Lands Tremble" in their most recent 'Letter from the Producer livestream. The update is set to go live sometime in early January 2023 and will feature quite a bit of new content including new story quests and changes to the game's housing system. Full List of Patch 6.3 Changes: New [...]
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Nexon reported Q3 earnings earlier this week and revenues were up 28% year over year largely driven by the strong performance of MapleStory, FIFA Online 4, Dungeon Fighter Online Mobile, and HIT2 (Heroes of Incredible Tales 2). Q3 Revenues were a record breaking 97.5B Yen (~ $680m) with profit clocking in at 43.3B Yen (~ $300m). South Korea performed particularly [...]
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The next major update for Star Wars: The Old Republic was revealed in a livestream earlier today on the SWTOR Twitch channel. The 7.2 update is coming soon and its titled 'Showdown on Ruhnuk' and introduces the new planet Ruhnuk as well as new story content and Daily Area. This is a major update for SWTOR and you can read [...]
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Amazon Games revealed some additional details about the advanced Reaper class which launches on November 16th. Similar to other advanced classes, the Reaper has 2 class engravings that allow specialization into either Chaos Mode (Hunger Class Engraving) or Persona Mode (Lunar Voice). The Reaper’s skill categories consist of Dagger, Shadow, and Swoop skills. Dagger and Shadow skills charge up Persona [...]
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Icelandic game studio Arctic Theory announced today that they're working on a new non-combat MMO codenamed 'Annex' which will launch into early access sometime in 2023. Arctic Theory was founded by Matthías Guðmundsson (CEO), Gísli Konráðsson (Creative Director), Snorri Sturluson (Chief Architect), and Jón Bjarni Bjarnason (CTO). The co-founders of the studio have experience working at CCP Games (Eve Online). [...]
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Activision Blizzard reported their Q3 2022 earnings today with top line revenue coming in at $1.78B (down from $2.07B from last year) and net income (profit) of $435m (down form $639m). Weaker results this quarter were due to the timing of their biggest release, Modern Warfare II which launched on October 27 (which is in Q4). Highlights for Activision: Strong [...]
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Kingshunt, the 5v5 free to play action MOBA developed by Vaki Games, launched into Early Access on Steam yesterday. The launch was fairly lackluster as the game peaked at just 573 players on its first day and 153 on its 2nd day. While these numbers don't inspire much confidence, its still early. The core gameplay in Kingshunt is similar to [...]
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Those proclaiming the death of New World may be a bit early with their predictions. New World experienced a huge surge in players today and is on sale (50% off) for $19.99 until November 8th. The game also launched fresh start servers today which have been extremely popular leading to a huge increase in active players. Steamcharts is reporting over [...]
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Sega Sammy reported their Q3 2022 earnings today and there were a few interesting tidbits of information. Firstly, the top 3 free to play games for the quarter were: "Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE! feat. Hatsune Miku", Phantasy Star Online 2, and Sega Net Mahjong MJ. Free to play sales also hit a quarterly high of 16.2 billion yen (approx $109m). [...]
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