Star Conflict, an Eve Online like sci-fi MMO but with a greater emphasis on action combat, launched its 'Rise of Giants' update late last month which is primarily PvE focused. We forgot to cover it then, but given that its a huge update, better late than never! This latest update introduces new PvE scenarios with scaling difficulty levels as well [...]
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Black Desert Online finally has a release date for its long awaited Xbox One launch and that date is March 4, 2019, though players who purchase the game's Ultimate pack can begin playing on March 1st. Pre-orders are open as of today and start at $29.99 for Standard, $49.99 for Deluxe, and $99.99 for Ultimate. While these prices are higher [...]
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Final Fantasy XIV Patch 4.5 is almost here; servers are down for maintenance currently and will be back up at 2AM PST on January 8, 2019 with the patch deployed. As previously discussed, Patch 4.5 brings with it quite a bit of new goodies, most importantly: Patch 4.5 New Features: New Main Scenario Quests – The first half of the [...]
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MMOs.com Weekly News Recap #181 January 7, 2019Watch this video on YouTube Weekly MMO News Recap #181 - January 7, 2019 A look at MMO News and updates for the week ending January 7, 2019. This is episode 181 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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Bethesda has a big reveal planned for Elder Scrolls Online on January 15, 2019, but players have already data mined the biggest reveals: a new zone, the homeland of the Khajiit and the new necromancer class. Venture to the land of the Khajiit in The Elder Scrolls Online: Elsweyr, our newest chapter, an epic story in an all-new zone. Face [...]
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Despite steadily losing players (currently averaging 996 concurrent), Bless is continuing to push out updates regularly. The game is launching an update on January 9th which will introduce the new Sapiens Mausoleum Dungeon (Elite) as well as the Basel Gorge Certificate of Valor Event. The new dungeon is aimed at level 50 players and a full party of 5 is [...]
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Ragnarok M: Eternal Love, the mobile version of Ragnarok Online, launched its cash shop auction house a little less than a week ago and its already breaking new records. A day after the auction house launched several items sold for over $5,000 but a new auction broke all records today when the Key of Heaven mount sold for 360,000 Big [...]
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While Nintendo is still relatively new to the mobile game scene, the company hit $348M in mobile game revenue in 2018, led by the massive success of Fire Emblem Heroes. Fire Emblem Heroes has been a runaway success for the company, bringing in a whopping $230 million last year, or 66% of the company's mobile gaming revenues. Nintendo's first mobile [...]
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While we don't cover Fallen Earth too often, the post-apocalyptic sci-fi MMORPG is looking to make a splash in 2019 with some kind of rebuild or possibly a complete reboot. The game along with the entire GamersFirst.com platform was acquired earlier in 2018 by Santa Ana, California based game developer Little Orbit. Since the acquisition much hasn't changed for the [...]
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World of Warcraft's newest raid, Battle of Dazar'alor, begins unlocking on January 22, 2019, at least for normal and heroic modes. Mythic launches on January 29 along with Raid Finder for the first wing. The raid features a unique encounter for each faction, but players will be able to transform into members of the opposite faction to experience both Horde [...]
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