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Important note: This is a new batch of keys. If you got a key from our previous Mu Legend Closed Beta 2 key giveaway, you will need a new key, as the previous keys were invalid. We apologize for the inconvenience. This batch should work just fine. Looking forward to MU Legend's next global Closed Beta, which begins on February [...]
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With daily 24-hour peaks of over 40,000 concurrent players, it's no secret that Conan Exiles has done very well, but it wasn't until today, when Funcom released an Investor Relations update about the game's first week on Steam Early Access, that we learned exactly how well it is doing. The official number of sales for the first week of Early [...]
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Ah yes, the question as old as MMOs: should developers sell gold themselves? Why let the black market reap the benefits of chat spam alone when you can open up a cash shop and price a stack at $14.99? After all, there is almost no way to stop gold sellers, at least not yet. Black markets always find a way. So, is [...]
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A European Commission is investigating Valve for possible geo-blocking practices: stifling competition between EU Member States. What's going on here. Well, the commission is worried that region restricting CD keys prevents people from finding better deals for games, e.g. you see a great sale for Elder Scrolls Online but the key is region locked to Germany, and you live in the [...]
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Perfect World has bought out many of the Western companies it has worked with, or at least become a majority owner of many of them, including Cryptic Studios and Runic Games. Given that fact, I've been conducting research to see if Perfect World has bought a majority stake in any of its other partners, starting with Motiga, the developer of [...]
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Yes, we finally did it. MMOs.com has an official Conan Exiles PvP server: MMOs.com Official PvP Server #2 - 23.250.9.203:7877 (hosted by GTXGaming) The servers is standard PvP and running on the default settings, except when players log out their bodies go with them. If PvP logging becomes a thing we'll turn that around and makes sure a player's body [...]
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This week’s hottest eSports news and highlights for League of Legends, CS:GO, Dota 2, and Overwatch. Expect spoilers! Brackets from TeamLiquid. Contents (Click to Jump to Section) League of Legends NA LCS EU LCS LCK LPL Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Dota 2 Overwatch League of Legends NA LCS Recap and Standings The 2017 Spring Split of the NA LCS has officially [...]
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In an exiled land shrouded by jungle's darkness, archaeologists unearthed an ancient tomb that reads, "Watch the MMOs.com Podcast:" Kali Ma Shakti de. Where: https://www.twitch.tv/mmosdotcom When: That depends on where you live: 7PM EST 4PM PST On tonight's episode we're recapping our Conan Exiles adventure to rubberband land, talking shop about the Digital CCG market, sharing a KickStarter project Omer actually approves (that doesn't [...]
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You might be wondering why Studio Wildcard has been helping with the development of Dark and Light or why Snail Games announced two ARK spin-offs, the Minecraft-like PixARK and ARK GO, in addition to the free-to-play Chinese release of ARK. Well, it turns out that SDE, Inc, an affiliate of Snail Games USA, which is a subsidiary of Snail Games, [...]
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It seems that the rumors were right; The Elder Scrolls Online will be getting a Vvardenfell expansion entitled "The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind" on June 6th. But the expansion may be a bit larger in scale than we all realized. You see, the Morrowind expansion's Vvardenfell will be "the largest zone added to The Elder Scrolls Online since launch." It [...]
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