MMOs.com Weekly News Recap #187 February 18, 2019Watch this video on YouTube Weekly MMO News Recap #187 - February 18, 2019 A look at MMO News and updates for the week ending February 18, 2019. This is episode 187 in a weekly series every Monday that will cover all major MMO news and updates. The games covered this week were: [...]
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Anyone with an Origin Access subscription (PC) or an EA Access (Xbox One) can begin playing Anthem today with everyone else having to wait until the official launch on February 22. Since early access began the game's servers quickly became overloaded resulting in errors for players trying to log in players being unable to begin missions. While these issues will [...]
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While CityWars Savage has been in development since 2017, we didn't hear about it until today. The game already has a Steam page up and is aiming for a launch in December, 2019. The game is based on a popular Minecraft server and offers open ended gameplay. Players gather resources, craft weapons, fight enemies, and even build an entire city. [...]
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Despite its declining playerbase, Bless is still regularly introducing content to keep existing players engaged. The game is releasing the 'Urdaata War Fortress' dungeon on February 20th which is a level 50 dungeon that can be entered once per week. The update also adds several new cosmetic items in the game's cash shop including the regal Winter Sky costume (2600 [...]
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Nexon reported their Q4 2018 and full year 2018 earnings report recently which showed that revenues increase 8% year over year from ~235B Yen ($2.12B) to 254B Yen ($2.29B). The jump in growth can largely be attributed to the following: MapleStory revenues increased a whopping 67% year over year thanks to the game's successful Summer update in South Korea Dungeon [...]
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NCSoft reported their Q4 2018 earnings report today that showed ~$354M in revenues for the quarter, which was flat quarter over quarter. NCSoft also released their Q4 2018 sales by franchise figures as well as their year end sales by franchise figures. Mobile games and Lineage were flat quarter over quarter while Lineage 2 sales soared (likely due to a [...]
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Super Evil Mega Corp, the developers behind the Vainglory, released a cross platform compatible PC client for their hit 5v5 MOBA. The game is already available on Steam and has hit over 800 concurrent players in the first day. Kristian Segerstrale, CEO of Super Evil Megacorp, stated that they want to give gamers the chance to experience Vainglory on any [...]
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KOG Games announced today that closed beta for Kurtzpel is set to begin on February 20th, 2019 4PM PST and will run until February 25. An initial batch of closed beta keys were already sent out, but if you didn't get one yet, don't worry, as MMOs.com and numerous other sites will be hosting closed beta key giveaways in the [...]
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Daybreak Games announced a new episode for their superhero themed MMORPG DC Universe Online titled 'Justice League Dark' which is set to launch on March 28, 2019. The update begins with a giant rift opening above the sky in Gotham City with Daemons pouring through. The update will launch on all platforms on the same day, March 28, 2019. Justice [...]
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Activision Blizzard reported their Q4, 2018 earnings report today which missed analyst estimates; revenues came in at $2.84B while analysts expected $3.04B. The company also laid off ~8% of its total employees (775 employees) in non-development positions, mostly in publishing and eSports. On a more positive note, the company has committed to increasing its development budget with the total number [...]
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