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At MMOs.com we often scratch our heads wondering why so many pay-to-win games are successful. They’re everywhere. But we’ve never come up with an answer, until now. I need to be clear. By pay-to-win I don’t mean the debates that eat up forum space with cash shop dissections: players clawing at each other’s throats over whether or not bonus experience [...]
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Blizzard wants to take eSports to new heights, announcing The Overwatch League at Blizzcon today. [The Overwatch League] “represents a true next generation eSports experience. There will be a combine where players attend tryouts. Teams will be formed around major cities... There will be regular schedules, contracts, team leaders... for stability.” It sounds like an official sports league, like the [...]
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Finally, after months of shenanigans Sombra is officially announced with a classy cinematic trailer, featuring Reaper, Widowmaker, and the hacker herself. She was revealed interrupting a look back montage of Overwatch's launch: nice work Blizzard. "She's able to turn the tide of battle in subtle and not so subtle ways." The trio attempt confronting a Russian scientist designing new mechs, [...]
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Blizzard announced today at Blizzcon that Heroes of the Storm is getting a new Brawl called Blackheart's Revenge. The Brawl is unique because each team will be given unique win conditions. Teams will even be able to blow Blackheart's ship to smithereens. It will be added to the game on the week of November 15th. The game will also receive [...]
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Hamilton Chu unveiled the latest expansion to Hearthstone today at Blizzcon called "Mean Streets of Gadgetzan". As the name of the expansion implies, many of the new cards are themed around Gadgetzan, the bustling goblin town of trade and commerce. Aside from a slew of cards, a new mechanic is being introduced this expansion called tri-class cards. Certain cards across the 3 [...]
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It's finally happening. Today, NCSoft released the first teaser trailer for Lineage Eternal, embedded below, alongside the launch of a brand new teaser site. While there is not yet much to go on, the teaser site has the date "2016. 11. 10." emblazoned across it, I imagine because something big is planned for November 10th. We don't yet know what [...]
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At Unity's annual Unite convention earlier this week, it was revealed that Eyedentity Games Co-Founder and Dragon Nest Development Manager Jung Sic Park has been working on a new mobile ARPG, codenamed "Project 100," with his new team at Hound 13, a company founded last year. The team is about 45 people strong and has been working on the game for [...]
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That's right, the man, the myth, the legend, is checking out Revelation Online live tonight: it's the Big Gumble stream; the most biased live review since yellow journalism. If you hate objectivy be sure to tune in. Where: https://www.twitch.tv/mmosdotcom When: That depends on where you live: 6PM MDT (Mountain time, cause that's best time) 8PM EST 5PM PST Watch live video from mmosdotcom on [...]
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BlizzCon has come and gone, and of course we have discuss it—because BlizzCon: Diablo 3: Necromancer, Diablo 1 Recreation, And Two New Zones Announced Blizzard Announces The Overwatch League: The MLB Of eSports Heroes Of The Storm To Get New Brawl And Two New Heroes New Hearthstone Expansion Mean Streets of Gadgetzan Unveiled at Blizzcon Sombra Finally Officially Announced At [...]
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Join Matt as he enters the world of Revelation Online for the first time. Will he survive the login queues? Will he be able to navigate the untranslated text? Will the servers stay online for the entire time he plays? What happened to his beard?! Find out today at twitch.tv/mmosdotcom! When: 4 PM EDT / 1 PM PDT Watch live video [...]
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