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Dual Universe’s PvP-focused Athena update will be rolling out on the public test server next week and, according to Novaquark, will be the last major update before the sci-fi MMO’s full release. The PTS will be open from March 31st at 2:00am PDT until April 4th at 2:00am PDT. As we previously noted, the Athena update will shake up the [...]
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While the upcoming Dual Universe Athena Update will mainly revolve around “setting Helios ablaze” with new PvP content, it will also make the game a whole lot prettier. All the better to see the destruction and mayhem that the update will bring. Developer Novaquark shows off the drastic improvements to the sci-fi sandbox MMO’s visuals with a pair of side-by-side [...]
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Things will be heating up in Dual Universe this spring with the release of the space sandbox MMO’s PvP-centric Athena update. Named after the Greek goddess of war and wisdom, the update will bring “a new tidal wave of conflict that will set Helios ablaze.” Headlining the update are new resource-generation alien core units which will spawn in PvP zones. [...]
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Dual Universe’s upcoming Demeter update will be making significant changes to how land ownership works in the space simulation sandbox. Once the update goes live, territory owners will be required to pay a weekly upkeep tax of 1 million quanta per territory to keep them functioning. Failure to pay the tax will result in the territory going offline and all [...]
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Since Dual Universe transitioned to a closed beta version of sorts last year, players who wanted to play the space sandbox MMO were required to pay a monthly subscription fee of $6.99, at most, depending on the subscription plan. Unfortunately, developer Novaquark admitted that the initial pricing was conservative at best and have announced their plans to increase the subscription [...]
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Novaquark has just released the first phase of the biggest Dual Universe update since the space sandbox MMO launched into beta last summer. Patch 0.24 features the first stage of the studio’s ongoing graphical update, new voxel building features, the addition of organization wallets, and improvements to jetpack behavior. The first phase of the visual update focuses focuses on improving [...]
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Novaquark has just opened a Dual Universe Public Test Server where backers and all active subscribers can preview and test out new features and provide feedback before they go live on the game’s beta build. On the subject of new features, Update 0.24 is now live on the PTS which will be live until March 2 at 6am PST. The [...]
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There are a lot of things aspiring space explorers will need to focus on in Dual Universe. First and foremost is how to make money. The upcoming mission system will give new players or those who enjoy traveling a chance to earn some cash and gives veteran players the means to efficiently transport their goods to market hubs while they [...]
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In Dual Universe, players are able to design their own ships and create blueprints that can be used by other people. And, since it’s easy to just take a blueprint, slightly alter it, and call it your own; Novaquark will be introducing two new features in the next patch to help protect the intellectual property of the original designers and [...]
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After a few years in pre-Alpha and Alpha testing, Dual Universe is finally heading to Beta on August 27th. Novaquark first announced the open world sci-fi MMO in 2016 promising a single-shard multi-planet sandbox PvP experience similar to EVE Online. The studio launched a Kickstarter campaign a few months later, netting them €560,000 in funds followed by an ongoing on-site [...]
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