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When PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) launched in 2017 it catapulted the niche Battle Royale genre into the mainstream. Its success was quickly followed by Fortnite which grew so fast that it transcended the video gaming industry and became a cultural phenomena, not unlike Pokemon in the early 1990s. With so much hype around Fortnite and PUBG, it was easy to assume [...]
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KOG Games announced today that closed beta for Kurtzpel is set to begin on February 20th, 2019 4PM PST and will run until February 25. An initial batch of closed beta keys were already sent out, but if you didn't get one yet, don't worry, as MMOs.com and numerous other sites will be hosting closed beta key giveaways in the [...]
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MMOs.com has partnered with My.com to give away 200 closed beta keys for the upcoming MMO Conqueror's Blade. Closed beta 1 begins today on February 7 and runs until February 15th. Grab your key below: Conqueror's Blade Closed Beta Key Giveaway Redemption Instructions 1) Head to the My.com Website (https://my.com/) 2) Log into your My.com account 4) Click on your [...]
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Final Fantasy XIV held its European Fan Festival today and some new details about the upcoming Shadowbringers expansion were revealed: Pre-orders begin February 6, 2019 Official Release is on July 2, 2019 New Gunblade job confirmed (Gunbreaker) New playable race, the Viera, confirmed New Alliance raids (Nier: Automata crossover) New Primal, Titania New beast-tribe: Pixies No word on what the [...]
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Astellia, the upcoming South Korean Unreal Engine 3 powered MMORPG, will be buy to play in the West according to the game's developer, Barunson Entertainment. At a panel at PAX South earlier this last weekend, representatives for Barunson promised that the Western version of Astellia won't be pay 2 win and that the micro-transactions in the South Korean version of [...]
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Less than a week after announcing that Rose Online would be shutting down, WarpPortal made it known via the official forums that development on Ragnarok Online 2 has ended as of January 16, 2019. The forum post made it clear that while development would cease, the game is not closing down. Players will be able to continue enjoying the game, [...]
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MapleStory 2 just launched its Skybound Expansion phase 2 earlier this month, but the game still has several serious issues and the game's developers are looking to work directly with the community to solve them. Going forward MapleStory 2 will launch a 3 month project where developers will try to better communicate with players and incorporate their feedback. The process [...]
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Remember Record of Lodoss War Online? The isometric MMORPG launched in the West back in April 2017, following a successful release in Korea and Japan back in 2015. As of Jan 15, 2019, the free to play MMORPG is available through Steam. While the graphics and slow paced progression wont' appeal to everyone, its clear Record of Lodoss War Online [...]
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En Masse, the Western publisher for Closers, made an announcement today that they would be merging the European and North American servers for the game on January 29, 2019. The official announcement includes a lengthy FAQ which contains most of the usual merger related instructions: delete unused characters to ensure character count doesn't exceed max slots (20), name priority, rank [...]
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Anime inspired action MMO KurtzPel launched a Steam store page today. Developed by Korean studio KOG, the same company behind Elsword and Grand Chase, KurtzPel promises fast paced gameplay in both PvP and PvE missions. As with previous KOG titles, Kurtzpel will make heavy use of instancing and stage based missions. While the Steam page is currently sparse on details, [...]
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