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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 All-Star Barcelona 2016 The All-Star Event is held by Riot Games every year in different [...]
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Sources suggest Steve Jobs once said, "I learned everything about marketing and life by watching the MMOs.com podcast." We're still waiting on our check. Where: https://www.twitch.tv/mmosdotcom When: That depends on where you live: 7PM EST 4PM PST6 On tonight's episode we're asking "Where's Lawbreakers?", we'll be holding a metaphorical candlelit eulogy for Pangya, trace the trajectory of WarZ and its zombie offspring [...]
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Remember that Gigantic Closed Beta weekend that we reported on yesterday? Surprisingly, that isn't Motiga's biggest news this week. Just four days after that Closed Beta weekend ends, Gigantic will be entering Open Beta on December 8th via the Xbox Game Preview program, allowing players on Windows 10 and Xbox One to play the game indefinitely, rather than having to [...]
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Lineage Eternal's first Closed Beta won't begin until November 30th, but the client is already available to pre-load. As with any major release, dataminers have begun to search through the files, finding maps of several zones, alternate skins for an assortment of heroes, the default—and perhaps only—keyboard layout, and more. Several gameplay features have also been uncovered, including the fact [...]
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Action combat games are all about maneuvering around your enemies to keep them on the chase while you whittle down their health. It’s the natural next step after tab-targetting, creating an engrossing combat atmosphere, one where you feel an invested sense of skill-based gameplay. The following is a list of playable—or soon-to-be—games that emphasize action combat over traditional tab-targeting. TERA [...]
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To celebrate all the crazy deals this weekend, Revelation Online is selling its three-person hot air balloon mount for $48.99. But wait, there's more! If you already own a Founder's Pack you'll get an additional savings of up to 55% off. Gee willickers. $48.99 for a mount is a little ridiculous, especially for a game that isn't out and needs [...]
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Do you remember walking into town and seeing the onslaught of player-runs shops? AFKers showing off their wares to passerbys, hoping to snag some zeny for items they collect on their adventures. I miss those days. What happened to player run shops? Nothing says community like an economy. But so many games lately seem to undermine their economies by limiting [...]
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Project Genom seems to have had a stroke of bad luck, as it was removed from Steam sometime in the past 24 hours. But don't worry, they know who to blame: a man named Artem Stehnovsky who also goes by the name "CodeSpartan." According to the team at Neuronhaze, Stehnovsky allegedly scammed them out of a large amount of money after making [...]
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Jeff Kaplan's latest Overwatch developer update announces major changes to Symmetra to make her a more viable pick—she was viewed as far too situational: as soon as you lost the first point, and the teleporter was destroyed, you might as well switch off. Hopefully, not anymore. Symmetra will have two ults available. Besides the teleporter, Symmetra's secondary ult will be [...]
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It's that time of year where we decide to put away our selfishness and try and be a little thankful for things in our life: friends, family, communities. But c'mon what we're really thankful for is games, cause we wouldn't be here if it wasn't for them. So I want to show my thanks for a few aspects of MMORPGs [...]
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