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Gamigo decided today was a good day to prune their MMORPG branches. In one fell swoop, the closure of Eden Eternal, Twin Saga, and Defiance were announced. In similarly worded posts on each game's respective website, it was announced that the servers would officially close on April 29, 2021. New registrations have already been disabled, but those who already have [...]
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Square Enix announced the latest expansion for Final Fantasy XIV today titled "Endwalker" for both PC and Playstation. Endwalker is set to launch fall 2021 and will wrap up the long running Hydaelyn and Zodiark storyline which began with the launch of A Realm Reborn. Endwalker features the usual elements of a new expansion, including an increased level cap (from [...]
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Since Genshin Impact launched worldwide on September 28, 2020 the game has succeeded where countless other mobile RPGs have failed in the West. It has remained consistently popular, something no other Asian developed mobile RPG has been able to do. Genshin Impact has remained in the top 20 highest grossing mobile games in the United States since launch. Shanghai based [...]
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On January 16, 2021 Media and Games Invest (MGI), the company that owns Gamigo and Aeria Games, announced its acquisition of KingsIsle Entertainment. KingsIsle, the developer behind Wizard101 and Pirate101, was acquired for $126 million with up to $86 million in additional payouts if the studio hits certain revenue goals in 2021. Released in 2008, Wizard101 combines turn based combat [...]
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The MMO version of Life is Feudal will be shutting down on January 18, 2012, shortly after the 3 year anniversary of the game's Steam release. The news was announced on the official site and on the Steam page on December 18, 2020 with a lengthy post describing how the shutdown came to be. It seems the developers largely blame [...]
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A new free to play MMORPG called Astellia Royal has launched on December 10, 2020. The Astellia name may sound familiar to keen readers of MMO news. Astellia Online was originally launched in the West as a buy-to-play game in 2019, but shut down in its native region of Korea several months later. It seems Astellia Royal is the latest [...]
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Final Fantasy XIV's latest updated Patch 5.4 'Futures Rewritten' launched its trailer today with the update itself set to launch on December 8th. This is a massive update to the game and will certainly bring players back to the game (I know I'll be going back!) FINAL FANTASY XIV Patch 5.4 - Futures RewrittenWatch this video on YouTube Patch 5.4 [...]
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Digital Extremes' robot space ninjas have just made their way to next-generation consoles with the official Warframe launch on the PlayStation 5. The PS5 version comes with better visuals and an added feature that's only available on Sony's next-gen console. “Running at up to 4k resolution and 60 FPS means no detail will escape your eye as you dive right [...]
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Cross-play support is fast becoming the norm for newly-released games. Older games, however, are still playing catch-up when it comes to the ability to play games across different platforms. TERA has recently patched in cross-play support for its PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions, and while PC players will probably still need to wait to play with their buddies on [...]
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Some unfortunate news for those that were looking forward to playing the new World of Warcraft expansion. Blizzard announced today that the upcoming Shadowlands expansion will be delayed to 'Later this Year'. It was set to launch on October 27th, but given the Coronavirus situation, it's not too surprising to see the game delayed, especially since Cyberpunk 2077, Magic Legends, [...]
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