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The Cycle: Frontier has officially shut down today just over two years after the PvEvP extraction shooter’s early access launch. The decision to sunset the game was brought about by a continually diminishing playerbase, which ironically stemmed from Yager Development’s inability to handle the massive influx of players, fix bugs, and get rid of cheaters. The mass exodus of players [...]
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Final Fantasy XIV patch 6.5 "Growing Light" launches on October 3 with patches 6.51 and 6.55 coming late October and mid-January. While players are excited about the game's next expansion Dawntrail, the game continues to wrap up existing storylines. Growing light introduces new story content, a new trial, a new dungeon, and more. A full list of 6.5 content can [...]
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The free to play battle royale Ring of Elysium is shutting down. In a terse official notice posted on Steam, it was announced that the game would be closed on December 1, 2023. Ring of Elysium first launched in 2018 and offered a free to play experience inspired by PUBG: Battlegrounds. The game had several interesting mobility features including climbing [...]
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The developers behind the medieval open world MMORPG Gloria Victis announced that the game is shutting down after a final season. That final season is scheduled to end on October 31, 2023. Announced in 2012, entering pre-alpha in 2013, and full release in 2016, Gloria Victis has been a decade long journey for fans of the hardcore sandbox MMORPG. The [...]
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Amazon Game Studio has finally taken the wraps off the New World’s first expansion called Rise of the Angry Earth. As the title suggests, the expansion will revolve around Adiana, a.k.a. the Mistress of the Wild and her army of Angry Earth minions. Adiana used to be a questgiver NPC who’s sympathetic to your cause before she had a change [...]
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Back in 2019, Trion Worlds launched a separate premium, supposedly non-pay-to-win version of ArcheAge called ArcheAge Unchained. Three years and a new publisher later, its population is now so low that Kakao Games has finally decided to call it quits. Come November 30th, all of the Archeage Unchained and ArcheAge servers will be merged into just two servers, one for [...]
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We’re now a little over a month into Diablo 4’s inaugural season and Blizzard is now looking towards the online action role-playing game’s next season. Season 2: Season of the Blood is set to begin on October 17th, bringing new seasonal gameplay features and a brand-new questline where players will deal with a new vampiric threat. “At the behest of [...]
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We’ve got good news and bad news for our dear readers. The good news is that they’ve got another major game release to look forward to next year. The bad news is that it’s going to be Nightingale. Inflexion Games made the announcement that the shared world Victorian era survival sandbox’s launch will be delayed yet again during their Gamescom [...]
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We’re now roughly a day away from welcoming a brand new class in Lost Ark as Amazon Game Studio prepares to deploy this month’s big August update. Dubbed “Wield the Storm,” this month’s update will introduce the new Aeromancer advanced class along with new Legion and Guardian raids, a sweeping balance pass, new progression events, and more. “The Aeromancer is [...]
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Patch 1.0.17 goes live in Mortal Online 2 today and adds Territory Control, Siege Warfare, Elemental Spells, and more to the PvP-focused fantasy MMOPRG. Players will be able to battle for control over land, construct settlements, and increase their guild's influence over the realm. While the new territory control system is the signature feature of the patch, other additions include [...]
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