Nexon announced today that Myeong-jin Yun, the man leading oversight at Project BBQ and Mobile DFO, will take over the leadership position on Dungeon Fighter Online (alongside his other responsibilities). The goal with the leadership shuffle is to bring forth new ideas to keep the now 16 year old game fresh. Myeong-jin Yun joined Neople in 2008 to work on [...]
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Activision Blizzard is having a rough week. Ever since the State of California filed a lawsuit on July 22 alleging violations of equal pay and fair employment laws amid a 'sexist culture' at the company, Activision Blizzard's stock price has dipped about 6% (from $90 per share to $85). This may not seem like much, but a 6% drop for [...]
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Mobile gaming is taking up a larger and larger share of the gaming market according to Newzoo and now accounts for 52% of the $175.8B global gaming market. Not surprisingly, this means more and more of the highest grossing games are mobile games. In 2019 PC games took 4 of the top 10 spots for highest grossing games. Fortnite, Dungeon [...]
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Grand Chase, the free to play 2D MMORPG from that shut down back in 2015, officially relaunched today on Steam and is available globally. Grand Chase first launched in the West in 2008 and was eventually shut down in 2015 after its developer decided to focus on its other title, Elsword Online, instead. Given the huge success of classic servers [...]
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Neverwinter launched its latest update, titled Jewel of the North, today on PC which with the console update scheduled to release sometime next month. The update features the first new class (Bard) to be introduced to the game since 2016 and a major overhaul of the game's leveling system. Jewel of the North features the following new content: New Bard [...]
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Webzen announced today that the Season 16 Part 1 update for its classic MMORPG Mu Online officially went live today. The update brings with it a whole host of event to celebrate the launch of its newest character, the 'Gun Crusher', along with a new Speed Server. Players who create a Gun Crusher and level up on the new server [...]
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SEGA announced today that the first class update to Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis is launching on August 4th, 2021 with the Braver class making its debut. The Braver uses 2 new weapons, the Katana and Photon Bow. The Katana features the "Katana PA Combo" with 3 levels of action changes when the same Photon Art is used repeatedly. [...]
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ArenaNet and NCSoft announced today that the third expansion to Guild Wars 2, titled End of Dragons, is launching sometime in February, 2022. Alongside the announcement comes a brand new trailer for the expansion: Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons Expansion TrailerWatch this video on YouTube While all the new features and content for End of Dragons hasn't been revealed [...]
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Bless Unleashed from Neowiz officially launches on PC on August 6th, 2021. The game has been available on consoles (Xbox and Playstation) for some time through Bandai Namco, but the PC version is finally launching on Steam in less than 2 weeks (no cross-play). Bless Unleashed - PC Launch Trailer FinalWatch this video on YouTube Bless Unleashed is free to [...]
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Kakao Games announced today that the second closed beta test for their upcoming fantasy MMORPG Elyon will begin on August 18th and run until August 23 with the full launch of the game slated for 'early fall 2021'. Closed beta 2 signups are open from now until August 11th and pre-orders for the game are also open now. Pre-orders include [...]
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