TERA and PUBG developer Bluehole is all set to reveal the details of the mysterious Project W at G-Star 2017. The upcoming PC MMORPG is being developed with NCSoft’s Hyung-Jun Kim as Project Director and was first announced by Bluehole in November 2016. According to MMOGames, Bluehole will not be publishing the game in North America and Europe, and neither [...]
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In what can only be described as quite the turn of events, the Cleveland Cavaliers have signed on to join the North American League of Legends Championship Series, League sources told ESPN. The Cavaliers will be one of the teams competing in the 2018 Spring Split, and it will have to make a new brand, as the Cavaliers branding cannot [...]
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Riot Games has always been a bit of a misnomer as there's only ever been 1 game under the "Riot Games" banner for the last 8 years, but that may be changing in the near future. Founders Brandon “Ryze” Beck and Marc “Tryndamere” Merrill posted this week on the Riot Games blog that they'll actively be working on making games [...]
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Dragon Age Senior Creative Director, veteran writer, and lead designer, Mike Laidlaw leaves BioWare after more than a decade with the Canadian video game company. During his fourteen-year stint with BioWare, Laidlaw also worked on other games such as Jade Empire and Mass Effect. Laidlaw didn’t explain his reason for leaving but other than that he plans to spend his [...]
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If you’re a League of Legends player you’ve undoubtedly come across toxic players at one time or another, probably said things that you shouldn’t have in the heat of the moment, and maybe even got reported for it. Water under the bridge right? Not if you’re the Lead Experience Designer for Riot Games. Aaron Rutledge, a.k.a. Riot Sanjuro, made the [...]
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Last week, World of Warcraft Senior Design Producer Stephan Frost announced on Twitter that he was leaving Blizzard Entertainment for a “big opportunity” that he felt he “had to take.” Well, know we know where he's gone. I'm starting today as a Creative/Game Director at Nexon OC on a brand new unannounced PC title. Super excited to get to work. [...]
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The Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, or SAG-AFTRA, ended their 11-month strike against big-name video game companies as both parties reached a tentative agreement last weekend. According to Polygon, the boycott began in October 2016 following 19 months of failing negotiations between voice actors and video game industry leaders for additional compensation, particularly for [...]
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There’s no shortage of reality TV shows in the US. We have The Voice for singers, America’s Next Top Model for models, and America’s Got Talent for, well, talented individuals. Hi-Rez Studios has recently launched their own casting show called The Caster. The Caster is an eight-episode weekly reality show where 10 aspiring game commentators battle it out for a [...]
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We recently covered Fortnite's Battle Royale game mode, with Omer providing a solid 20 minute in-depth look at Fortnite's take on the Battle Royale genre. However, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, the current market leader in the genre, was quick to fire some shots at Fortnite. Bluehole VP Chang Han Kim stated "After listening to the growing feedback from our community and reviewing [...]
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Pearl Abyss, the Korean studio behind Black Desert Online is preparing to go public via an initial public offering (IPO). This process requires certain financial disclosures and gives us a chance to see just how well the company is performing. We're happy to report that our 2016 MMORPG of the year is is doing just fine. Black Desert Online has [...]
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