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Sega announced today that Phantasy Star Online 2 Global will be launching its Episode 5 update on September 30th which comes just a month or so after the launch of Episode 4 in August. Episode 5 continues the game's storyline and increases the game's level cap to 90. Also included are new ARKS missions, new areas to explore, enemies, new [...]
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Phantasy Star Online 2 in North America has been a financial success for Sega so far. It's still far too early to tell if the game will generate meaningful revenues in the West, but in Sega's last earnings report (April-June 2020), the North American version of the game was the #1 highest grossing game in Sega's Free to Play category: [...]
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Epic Games, the company behind the hit Battle Royale game Fortnite, has had enough with Apple's 30% App Store cut and essentially declared war on Apple by offering customers a way to pay directly, thus circumventing Apple and their 30% fee. Apple responded quickly by banning Fortnite from the App Store and Google did the same a few hours later. [...]
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Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis was revealed at today's Xbox Games Showcase event and will be a massive update to the existing version of PSO2 and will operate as a separate game (character data transfers over in some capacity). New Genesis looks beautiful and it's launching globally in English sometime next year in 2021. [4K] Latest Phantasy Star Online [...]
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EA's Star Wars: The Old Republic officially launched on Steam today for the first time. The game originally launched back in 2011 and up until now was only available on its own launcher. Distribution through Steam should expand the game's reach and bring in more players. The launch so far seems to be a huge success as the game hit [...]
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Magic: Legends Executive Producer Stephen Ricossa shares the details of the monetization system that they will be implementing in the upcoming Magic: The Gathering-inspired MMOARPG. According to Ricossa, the game will be free-to-play without paid DLCs, updates, or missions. “Our goal is for the entire game to be playable and fun from beginning through endgame and beyond without having to [...]
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Final Fantasy XIV producer and director Naoki Yoshida reveals the new release date for Patch 5.3 – Reflections of Crystal in his latest Letter from the Producer. The patch was originally scheduled to go live in mid-June but was delayed as the dev and QA teams adjusted to the new working conditions brought about by the pandemic. “We did everything [...]
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As promised, The Elder Scrolls Online Greymoor chapter officially rolled out on PC earlier this week but the highly-awaited chapter’s launch didn’t go as smoothly as ZeniMax and Bethesda had hoped. A bug reportedly gave players who hadn’t purchased Greymoor access to the new chapter while a large number of players who actually bought it were locked out. The servers [...]
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After more than four years in development and numerous delays, Crowfall developer ArtCraft Entertainment seems to be gaining momentum as the upcoming fantasy MMORPG/RTS officially transitions from pre-Alpha to Alpha build. According to ArtCraft Co-Founder and Creative Director J. Todd Coleman, all the major gameplay systems are now in place and the team is set to deliver on the promises [...]
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The upcoming Elder Scrolls Online Greymoor Chapter is packed with a myriad of new content that includes new zones, new quests, new dungeons, and new raids. Over the past few weeks we’ve been treated to a number of previews of what to expect when Greymoor launches next week. Today, we’re taking a look at the new 12-player Kyne’s Aegis trial. [...]
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