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Trion Worlds made a massive announcement this morning with the announcement of Defiance 2050, a total overhaul of their sci-fi shooter MMORPG Defiance. Unlike the original, the new version will be free to play from day 1. According to Trion, Defiance 2050 is not quite sequel, more of a remake with today's technology. The game is slated to release this [...]
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The instanced anime action MMORPG Soul Worker officially launched into open beta today in the West through Gameforge. Unlike most open betas though, Gameforge noted that they may reset all accounts prior to the game fully launching. While this isn't set in stone at the moment, it remains a distinct possibility. Players who participate in the open beta will receive [...]
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The Battle Royale genre turned from a niche game mod to industry leader in just one year. Playerunknown's Battlegrounds, developed by Bluehole, blazed that trail and hit a peak of 3.2 million concurrent players earlier this year. But what turned Battle Royale into a genre rather than a single hit was how quickly Epic Games was able to spin out [...]
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Black Desert Online introduced a new update today which introduced the "Blessing of Kamasylve" item, which increases loot gain by 20%, to the game's cash shop which led to serious accusations of "pay 2 win". Today's development is particularly egregious because in an interview with Docgotgame, Black Desert Online's community manager Jouska, specifically talked about the buy to play NA/EU [...]
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World of Warcraft revolutionized the MMORPG genre when it first launched in 2004. It quickly accumulated millions of monthly subscribers, dwarfing all previous records set my the genre. For years it has continued to retain its crown despite a wave of premium MMORPG contenders. Warhammer Online, Star Wars The Old Republic, and many others were billed as WoW killers whose [...]
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Fortnite hit a new peak of 3.4 million concurrent users this past weekend (Feb 3-4 2018) before suffering a major outage due to the high server demand. Epic Games posted an article on the outage earlier today titled Postmortem Of Service Outage At 3.4M CCU that goes into some of the details on how the meltdown played out. The post [...]
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On February 6, Mojang announced their decision to close down the official servers for their digital card game Scrolls. The game's servers will shut down on February 13, five years after the game's initial beta launch. To Mojang's credit, they are working on ways to allow the community to keep the game alive. Players will be provided a method to [...]
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With a new World of Warcraft expansion on the horizon, we are once again reminded that the subscription based MMORPG business model is far from dead. While the ratio of free to play to subscription games continues to favor the former, there are a number of interesting releases worth highlighting. Last week Rift announced the addition of a classic server [...]
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Do you know your way around Photoshop? If so, now's your chance to put your skills to good use! Kakao has released the schedule for their upcoming Costume Design contest for Black Desert Online. Players will be able to submit their designs between February 7th to March 5th for a chance to win the grand prize of $10,000. The top [...]
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An end of an era is soon approaching. MapleStory has started the process of winding down their Free Market zones. News of the Free Market's closure was first announced back in November 2017, but steps towards that closure only started to surface on the Global servers in the past week. For those who are not familiar with the Free Market, [...]
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