SmileGate, the South Korean gaming company behind Lost Ark and CrossFire, launched CrossFireX globally today exclusively on Xbox. CrossFireX is a free to play tactical FPS game. The multiplayer content is free to play, but the story content must be purchased to access. If the game does well on Xbox, I expect a PC release in the near future. Watch [...]
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Another day, another NFT announcement from a gaming company. This time its Krafton, the South Korea gaming company behind Tera, Elyon, and PUBG (Playerunknown's Battlegrounds). Krafton announced today that they're working on an "NFT metaverse platform" in partnership with Naver Z (which runs ZEPETO, a social virtual world with 290 million users worldwide). Krafton will be handling the development of [...]
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The latest update to Sega's sci-fi MMORPG Phantasy Star Online 2 launched today and it added the following to the game: Increased level cap to 40 2 new concerts (Song of War and Song of Mourning) Chapter 2 side story Rank 2 Battledias New Urgent Quests (Dark Falz - 8 player Urgent Quest) New enemy type (Megalotix) New cosmetics (Hairstyles [...]
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Lost Ark's head start launched today, meaning anyone who purchased a founders pack can begin playing the hit Korean MMORPG today and it looks like a lot of people bought founders packs. The game has over 532,000 concurrent users on Steam as of this post going live, which is incredibly impressive for an MMO at launch. The game is currently [...]
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The mobile anime RPG Genshin Impact is launching its 2.5 update on February 16, 2022 and with it comes a brand new playable character - Yae Miko. Another important feature with 2.5 is the introduction of cross-save which allows players to continue their game across platforms (PC, Console, and mobile). Genshin Impact 2.5 introduces the following new features: Yae Miko [...]
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Square Enix reported their latest quarterly earnings report last night for the 4th quarter of 2021 with profits up 22% year over year thanks partly due to the successful launch of Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker, the latest expansion for the critically acclaimed MMORPG. Besides strong sales of the expansion, the game had a "Sharp Rise In The Number of Monthly [...]
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The wait is almost over, Lost Ark's head start program begins at 8AM PST on February 8 and the official launch kicks off on February 11th for everyone else. The 3 day head start is available for anyone who purchases a founders pack. Players will be able to pre-download Lost Ark starting on February 7th, to ensure they'll be able [...]
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Webzen announced today that their classic MMORPG Soul of the Ultimate Nation will be relaunching in March, 2022 as SUN Classic. The original Soul of the Ultimate Nation launched back in 2006 (2009 in the U.S.) and shut down in 2013. No word on a North American launch yet though, but the launch in Asia will be in English and [...]
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Pearl Abyss announced yesterday the launch of the new Solaris Class for Black Desert Mobile. The new Solaris class joins the game's roster of 22 playable classes and with her launch, the game is hosting a series of events to celebrate the occasion. Players who create a Solaris character and reach level 70 will receive rewards along the way. Check [...]
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Aion Classic launched its 1.8 update today which introduced the Abyss Treasure Room, a new Wardrobe System, new PvP arenas, and much more. As with many other older MMORPGs, one key aspect of this update is to speed up the leveling process to get players to level 50 quicker. Aion Classic is a free to play classic server for the [...]
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