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Dark and Light, the highly anticipated sandbox survival RPG with persistent elements, launched on Steam early access today to mostly negative reviews. The game's aggregate score at the time of this post is 3/10 with 617 reviews. One of the biggest complaints seems to be the game's lack of optimization. Even powerful GPUs like the 980 GTX can't seem to [...]
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There's been a lot of mobile MMORPG news this week. Albion Online launched Monday (July 17), Nexon Korea revealed Mabinogi Mobile, and Jagex announced cross-platform mobile versions of both Oldschool and current RuneScape in the works. I've played and been modestly impressed by several mobile games over the years, namely Clash Royale, Cookie Run, and Pokemon Go. But none of [...]
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No, not a RuneScape Mobile spin-off game that companies like to do sometimes. Jagex has announced a full-blown Mobile client for RuneScape. Now, lets not be under any false pretenses here. Mobile phones have been getting more and more powerful as technology advances, and with that power, they can play more and more complex games. With that statement out of [...]
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MMOs.com Weekly News Recap #104 July 17, 2017Watch this video on YouTube Weekly MMO News Recap #104 - July 17, 2017 by Omer A look at MMO News and updates for the week ending July 17, 2017. This is episode 104 in a weekly series every Monday that will cover all major MMO news and updates. The games mentioned this [...]
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Governments in Asia have been imposing various restrictions on underage users for years, but Tencent has upped the ante with their recent changes to the mobile MOBA Strike of Kings. Following criticism from The People's Daily (a Communist Party affiliated newspaper), Tencent has implement severe restrictions on underage gamers. Those under 13 will be able to play for only 1 [...]
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Update 2022: The federal court in California dismissed Riot's claims about this lawsuit ultimately ruling that the case should be heard in China, not the United States. Riot has little chance of winning in China as they chose to sue in the U.S. knowing they had a better shot here. Tencent, Riot's owner, filed a lawsuit in China against Moonton's [...]
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MMOs.com Weekly News Recap #103 July 10, 2017Watch this video on YouTube Weekly MMO News Recap #103 - July 10, 2017 by Omer A look at MMO News and updates for the week ending July 10, 2017. This is episode 103 in a weekly series every Monday that will cover all major MMO news and updates. The games mentioned this [...]
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Tencent's hit mobile game Honor of Kings (called Strike of Kings in the West) is apparently getting a bit TOO popular for its own good. So much so that it's widespread popularity (over 50M daily active users) led to some harsh criticism from The People's Daily, a Chinese language publication known to be affiliated with the Communist Party government. This [...]
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Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire has officially launched on Android and iOS yesterday and it's not a traditional Final Fantasy game. It's a mobile empire building strategy game that looks and plays almost exactly like Game of War and Mobile Strike except with a Final Fantasy XV skin. The similarity between it and Game of War / Mobile Strike [...]
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La Tale is officially live again through Papaya Play and players can once again enjoy this charming 2D side scrolling MMORPG. As mentioned during OGPlanet's closure announcement, player data cannot be transferred to the new server, but players can still mark their accounts as "legacy" accounts by filling out a "transfer form" over at Papayaplay. Legacy accounts get exclusive Legacy [...]
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