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July 13 marks the launch of Earthfall, a 4-player co-op shooter set in the aftermath of an alien invasion. The FPS is priced at $29.99 with free DLC updates promised every 4-6 weeks. Earthfall takes its inspiration from the Left 4 Dead, Killing Floor, and Payday franchises, but adds a few new twists to the familiar concept. Players can deploy [...]
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Guild Wars 2 writer Jessica Price was fired from her job at ArenaNet after posting a condescending and disrespectful tweet: Some context: Deroir was trying to discuss some of the writing in Guild Wars 2 with Jessica in a professional manner in a 3 part tweet. While it's clear from the tweets themselves that Deroir wasn't trying to tell Jessica [...]
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The last time we discussed the EU, the GDPR, a sweeping data privacy bill had just come in force. Starting on May 25, 2018 all companies serving the EU region had to offer users a simple way to view what personal data was being stored on them and an easy way to opt out of said data collection. The burden [...]
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At the end of each Overwatch match, players are shown a short clip titled 'play of the game' which highlights the best play during the match. The few seconds captured are usually pivotal moments in a match that swung the round in one team's favor. The Play of the Game feature has proven to be very successful, with players often [...]
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PitchBook, a financial data company, reports that Roblox is in the process of raising up to $150 million at a $2.4 billion valuation that rivals Minecraft's price tag. Microsoft purchased the studio behind Minecraft back in 2014 for $2.5 billion. Roblox is a free to play game that empowers players to create their own worlds and mini-games. The sandbox and [...]
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What happens when MMORPG drama leaks into the real world? This week a local issue in the Final Fantasy 14 community made headlines when outlets like PCGamer published a lengthy expose on the ongoing controversy. Dubbed MoogleGate, the story centers on a 30-something year old player with the in-game name OldBear. The allegations involve using his position as the head [...]
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Warframe continues its meteoric rise. The sci-fi action RPG by Digital Extremes is now the highest earning free to play title on Steam, surpassing Valve's own Dota 2 which has dominated the chart for years. What makes this accomplishment especially remarkable is the fact that only a portion of Warframe's playerbase connects via Steam. PC users also have the option [...]
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Valve's Steam platform has dominated the PC gaming market for years now. If you're reading this post, its likely you too are active on Steam. Despite publishers like EA, Ubisoft, and Blizzard creating their own launchers, most of us still prefer to use Steam. Part of the continued attraction of Steam as a platform are the constant sales Valve runs, [...]
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Bluehole announced today that their hit battle royale game Playerunknown's Battlegrounds hit an epic milestone this week: 400 million total players. The data is broken down as such: 400 million total players 227 million monthly active users 87 million daily active users While Playerunknown's Battlegrounds has been steadily bleeding users (down 50% since January, 2018) on the PC, the game [...]
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On May 29, 2018 a new MMO project launched its Kickstarter campaign and quickly shot past its modest $70,000 funding goal. While most MMO Kickstarter campaigns promise a litany of ground breaking features, Temtem stood out for a different reason. Crema, the Madrid, Spain based studio behind Temtem, is developing an unapologetic Pokemon clone with MMORPG elements. The Steam page, [...]
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