Nexon’s latest earnings reveal a solid second quarter, with its long-running franchises doing most of the heavy lifting. The Tokyo-listed South Korean developer & publisher reported revenue of ¥118.9 billion ($810 million) for the three months ending June 30, 2025. That figure is down 3 percent year over year in yen terms but up 6 percent once currency swings are [...]
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Nearly two decades after its original 2005 launch, the Hindu-mythology themed MMORPG Tantra Online is back in circulation, this time under the name Kathana on Steam. While the original version was developed by South Korea’s HanbitSoft, the new build is handled by Uruguayan based GameOlic. Given the age of the original game and little support from the original developer, it's [...]
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World of Tanks is officially hitting the 15-year mark, and Wargaming is marking the occasion with a month-long schedule of in-game events that begin on August 8. The free-to-play armor sim first rolled onto PC in 2010, popularizing a session-based model built around historically inspired tanks and competitive team play. A decade and a half later, it still draws a [...]
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Nexon has rolled out the Breakthrough update for its free-to-play looter shooter MMO The First Descendant on PlayStation 5, Xbox, and PC. The Season 3 patch introduces a new open zone, fresh playable character, and the game’s first licensed crossover, giving long-time players more to chase while offering newcomers an easier on-ramp. Key Changes: New zone- Axion Plains: A large [...]
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Abyss of Dungeons, Krafton’s mobile extraction RPG from TERA developer Bluehole Studio, rolled out its August update in North America and several other regions today. The patch opens a new season titled “A Chilling Harmony” and introduces the game’s first dedicated support role: the Bard. The Bard leans on music-based buffs rather than raw damage, giving party-focused players a clear [...]
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ArenaNet has pulled back the curtain on the final trio of elite specializations coming with Guild Wars 2: Visions of Eternity, the next expansion for the decade-old MMO. Long-time players will recognize the pattern: every expansion adds a fresh twist to existing professions, and today’s reveal completes the nine-profession set with new options for the elementalist, engineer, and revenant. Elite [...]
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Blizzard has rolled out the Ghosts of K’aresh patch for World of Warcraft: The War Within, expanding the MMORPG’s ongoing Worldsoul Saga with a fresh zone, a new storyline chapter, and several systems designed to keep veteran players busy ahead of Season 3 on August 12. The update returns players to the shattered Etherial homeworld of K’aresh, a location teased [...]
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Chrono Studio has mapped out sweeping changes for its upcoming cross-platform MMORPG Chrono Odyssey after digesting feedback from June’s global closed beta. The Korean developer says the next build will feature tighter combat, denser exploration, and a reworked main story in an effort to address the most common player complaints. Slated for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox, Chrono Odyssey has [...]
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Square Enix has pushed live Patch 7.3, The Promise of Tomorrow, for Final Fantasy XIV. The update continues the post-Dawntrail storyline and expands the ongoing crossover raid series, Echoes of Vana’diel, which pays homage to 2002’s Final Fantasy XI. Players can dive into new main scenario quests, tackle a fresh dungeon, and square off against Seiryu in a revamped Unreal [...]
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Pearl Abyss has released a sizable update for Black Desert Mobile, the mobile spin-off of the long-running action MMORPG Black Desert Online. The new content, called Land of the Morning Light: Seoul, finishes the expansion arc that first introduced players to Korean folklore earlier this year. Alongside the fresh story threads, the patch tweaks end-game PvE, overhauls PvP arenas, and [...]
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