Subscribing to Electronic Art’s Origin Access not only gives you instant access to hundreds of games, you also get access to DLC’s and expansions, a 10-hour free trial for new games, and a 10% discount on new purchases. If you’re looking for a little more exclusivity though, you might want to try out EA’s newly-launched Origin Access Premier. For an [...]
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CCP Games, the company best known for Eve Online, signed a deal with Epic Games to use Unreal Engine 4 for all of their "currently unannounced" projects , one of which is an action MMO being developed at CCP's London studio. No word on what to expect with this new MMO, but we'll learn more once an official announcement is [...]
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Here's another reminder that mobile games are big business - In IGG's annual report published earlier this year they revealed that Lords Mobile is now making about $50 million per month in revenue worldwide (and still growing). That's a staggering sum of money for a single mobile game. Especially one that's so similar in core gameplay to dozens of other [...]
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Those interested in the business side of gaming should check out Nexon CEO Ownen Mahoney's presentation "IT’S A TRAP! - How to invest in video games without getting blown up": “IT’S A TRAP! - How to invest in video games without getting blown up” by Owen Mahoney, CEO of NEXONWatch this video on YouTube In the video above, Nexon's CEO [...]
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No Man’s Sky has finally gotten its much-awaited full multiplayer experience with the launch of the NEXT update this week. Unfortunately, players who purchased the game from GOG.com won’t be getting multiplayer until later this year and their customers aren’t happy. The delay is due to the additional time and effort Hello Games needs to bring the feature over to [...]
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While eSports is growing incredibly quickly in the West, it's still a niche market. That's not the case in China though. According to Bloomberg, premier tournaments like the King Pro League get as many as 240 million daily views, which is 2x the audience of last year's Super Bowl. The King Pro League is the biggest tournament of the year [...]
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Riot Games Co-Founder Marc "Tryndamere" Merrill tweeted yesterday "Should we build a MMO? Yay or nay? The tweet comes after Riot released their map of Runeterra (the world of League of Legends) which revealed a lot of lore behind the game. Should we build a MMO? Yay or nay? https://t.co/doZs8zkLNX — Tryndamere (@MarcMerrill) July 25, 2018 While this tweet doesn't [...]
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It’s a difficult time for Trion Worlds this week as the California-based studio is hit with a round of layoffs just a few days after the launch of Defiance 2050 and nearly a month after acquiring Gazillion Entertainment. A total of 15 employees have been affected by the layoffs including ArcheAge Associate Producer Seraphina Brennan and QA/CSR Jessica Pate. so, [...]
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There’s an age old saying that when the cat is away the mice will play. A fitting quote when talking about toxicity in forums and comment threads which, more often than not, quickly escalate into full-blown flame wars given half the chance. But, according to Creative Assembly’s Lead Social Manager Grace Carroll, managing and cleaning up a toxic community is [...]
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Intrepid Studios has snapped up 7 new senior members to work on the studio’s flagship MMORPG – Ashes of Creation, most of which were former Daybreak Game Company employees. Over 100 developers are now working on the game making it “among the largest MMOs in production,” according to a recent press release. Here’s a list of the new team members: [...]
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