Our latest coverage of Columns.
Kingdom Under Fire 2 is finally here. The game is launching later today through GameForge's official website and is set to launch on Steam later this month. It's been over 10 years since Kingdom Under Fire 2 was first announced and after becoming one of the most expensive MMOs ever developed, it's finally here as a buy to play title. [...]
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Dark Age of Camelot, or DAoC for short, has been a subscription based MMORPG since its release way back in 2001. A pioneer of faction based PvP, DAoC is still remembered today for its large scale Realm Wars. Now both new and old players can experience the 18 year old MMORPG for free thanks to a new account tier called [...]
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At Blizzcon this last weekend Blizzard announced the next expansion to World of Warcraft titled "Shadowlands". The highlights of Shadowlands includes a new continent, new NPC factions players can join, as well as a new player choice and "covenent" system. The latest expansion is set to launch sometime in 2020 (likely in the summer) with new raid content available at [...]
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Final Fantasy XIV's 5.1 update titled "Vows of Virtue, Deeds of Cruelty" was officially announced today and with it comes a whole host of new content. The update is set to launch later this month on October 29. 5.1 features the following new features: New mainstory content New Dungeon - The Grand Cosmos New Alliance Raid Dungeon "YoRHa: Dark Apocalypse, [...]
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After a week of headstarts for founders pack owners, Astellia Online is finally just hours away from official launch. The rest of the Western world can finally jump into the highly-awaited Korean-made fantasy MMORPG on September 28th at 5pm PDT (that’s later tonight). Of course, the game is buy-to-play so you’ll have to either shell out $40 for the base [...]
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Travian, one of the world's earliest browser based strategy games, is celebrating it's 15th anniversary with its 'Codex Victoria' event. While we don't often cover strategy games often, Travian is a bit special because it's one of the earliest, if not earliest, browser strategy game. Celebrating the game’s 15th anniversary, the Codex Victoria event has provided to be a huge [...]
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Barunson E&A, Astellia's developer and publisher, announced a new payment option for those interested in trying the game, but don't want to purchase it for full price ($39.99). Anyone who wants to play Astellia can play it at launch on September 27th by paying $9.99/month. While $9.99/month is cheaper than buying the game upfront for $39.99, it is definitely a [...]
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Just as Peria Chronicles was starting to make real progress towards release (it held its first beta test on May 9th, 2019), Nexon announced that the game has been cancelled (as reported by Inven.co.kr). Check out the Google translate of the short Inven article below: Nexon has stopped developing the 'Peria Chronicles'. Nexon said on Wednesday, "After much discussion, the [...]
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Astellia's second round of closed beta has already started and runs until August 5. Anyone who participates in this round of closed beta testing is eligible to win a brand new Razer Blade 15 Laptop. Players can earn up to 3 entries by doing the following: Ticket #1 - Create a Character & Login Ticket #2 - Reach level 50 [...]
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Astellia's second closed beta test is set to begin on July 30th and will run until August 6 with the game client available to download on the 25th. This round of closed beta testing will feature the game's PvPvE battleground system called Avalon as well as the game's loyalty and cash shop systems. Given that this is a closed beta, [...]
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