Path of Exile's latest expansion titled Lake of Kalandra is officially live on PC and will be coming to consoles next week on the 24th. Details surrounding the new league were revealed last week, but now that the update has dropped on PC, we can see how well the game is doing on Steam. As with every previous Path of [...]
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Untamed Isles, a blockchain crypto MMORPG that raised NZ$ 840,994 (~$525,000) on Kickstarter, announced that the game is on "hiatus" after funds ran out. This bit of news arrives as the game was scheduled to begin early access on Steam on October 6th. That is no longer happening. Refunds are also not happening. While the developer's behind Untamed Isles didn't [...]
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The web3 blockchain MMO Blocklords announced that they're accepting pre-registrations. No word on an actual release date yet, but given the ambitious nature of the game it's likely far into the future. Blocklords bills itself as an MMO grand strategy game with play 2 earn and NFT elements. “What we’re trying to do is have the first MMO grand strategy [...]
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Tencent, the parent company of Riot Games, released their Q2 2022 earnings report today and in it was a bit of detail surrounding Valorant's performance. For the April-June period Valorant "achieved record-high MAU (monthly active users) and quarterly grossing receipts". Tencent also called out Valorant specifically as a strong a top performer in their International Games segment with the game's [...]
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Guild Wars 2 is celebrating its 10th anniversary by launching on Steam on August 23. This will be the 1st time it will be available on a third party platform and should help expand the game's audience. The core Guild Wars 2 experience is free to play, but it's more of a free trial as the expansions must be purchased [...]
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Mu Online, the classic isometric MMORPG by Webzen from 2003, launched its latest update today which introduced 2 new maps: Old Kethotum (level 700) and Burning Kethotum (level 1,160). Mu Online's level cap has also increased to level 1,400. There's also a ton of limited time events going on to help players as they level with a 30% XP boost [...]
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Lost Ark's latest update, titled 'Under the Arkesian Sun', is scheduled to launch on August 24 and with it comes the game's highly anticipated Pet Ranch system. Pet Ranches' are an instanced Stronghold location where players can create, train, and play with their pets. As pets level they unlock new abilities which can enhance players while they're in combat. The [...]
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KurtzPel, the anime action PvP game by KOG Games, completed server mergers between its global and South Korean servers earlier this month (August 2). The merger was essential to the game's continued operation as the Global version's playerbase on Steam has been dwindling since its early access launch in early 2019. The game averages just 205 players online over the [...]
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Richard Gariott's newest NFT MMO project finally has a name and it's 'Iron and Magic' and it bills itself as a 'Web 3.0 open world sandbox MMORPG' according to its sparse website. There's practically zero information about the gameplay and given the state of other crypto NFT games, there likely won't be any actual gameplay for years to come. Like [...]
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ArcheAge is launching a fresh start server with accelerated progression on September 15th. ArcheAge launched in 2014, so anyone who hasn't been playing for years may feel a bit 'behind' on regular servers, but this new fresh start server will put everyone on the same footing. XP and drop rates are also enhanced by 2x on weekdays and 3x on [...]
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