Our latest coverage of Columns.
It's the only show on Earth where 5 people come very close to murdering each other and than laugh off their disdain moments later: the MMOs.com podcast! The passion is real. Where: https://www.twitch.tv/mmosdotcom When: That depends on where you live: 7PM EST 4PM PST On tonight's episode we're not allowed to discuss our opinions of movies, but we will talk quite [...]
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Following a short Pre-OBT and two days of maintenance, the Hyper Universe Open Beta has officially begun in South Korea. Nexon's side-scrolling MOBA is launching with a set of three new characters, alternate skins for each character, a revamped website, and more. The new characters are Brawlers named Hongduk and Mugenhardt and a Technician named Olga. Hongduk is a medium [...]
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Two new job listings have appeared on Blizzard Entertainment's Careers site, looking for new Lead Software Engineers for both an Engine and Tools. You may be thinking "so what? You generally need those for game development," but these listings are significant because they are for an unannounced first-person shooter project. Blizzard is looking for two new hires to "work on [...]
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Japanese gaming media site Game Watch is reporting that Black Desert Online's Japanese publisher, Pmang, has begun previewing some the game's upcoming content updates, including the Dark Elf class and Kamasilvia. The Dark Elf will use a large sword and be able to dart around and high speeds. She will also be able to make use of dark magic in [...]
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Amazon is inviting mobile players to compete in the first ever casual eSports tournament, called the Champions of Fire Invitational—"no pros need apply." But, don't get ahead of yourself. This isn't a tournament for just anybody. No, no. These casuals are streamer-celebrities, and 16 of them will bang their heads together competing for their cut of a $100,000 prize pool. [...]
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Sandbox games, the virtual universes with no hand-holding from the developers or on-rails progression. You're plopped into a world and told, "go do something, whatever you want!" Do you want to build a house? Go for it. You want to spend your days fishing? Sure. Want to sneak up on another players and steal all their stuff? It’s foolhardy but [...]
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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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On this Sunday Funday the MMOs.com crew is wreaking havoc in Tiger Knight: Empire War. Who will be the best ancient warrior? That's easy, it's me. But I'll let everyone else believe they have a chacne against me, for now. Where: https://www.twitch.tv/mmosdotcom When: That depends on where you live: 7PM EST 4PM PST If you can't make it you can always watch [...]
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Unity has shared some data about their mobile landscape: games made using the Unity engine, topped off with colorful infographics. I sure love data. Android and iOS players have nearly the same average number of sessions per day (2.4 vs. 2.38) Android players spent 26.6 minutes on average playing Unity games every day; for iOS it was 19.8 minutes Phones saw 5x [...]
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It's time to build up that credit rating and burn through all your money thanks to the Thanksgiving/Black Friday/"We're slashing prices cause 'why not?'" sales. And we've got you covered with our work-in-progress list of MMO-related titles. Steam Battleborn - $14.99 Strike 75% off Battleborn: now's the time to try the badass character-based MOBA, if you ever had an interest. The [...]
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