Blizzard is looking to kill two birds with one stone with their upcoming patches for Overwatch and Hearthstone, by implementing changes in the loot systems in both games to reduce the frequency of duplicate items received. In Overwatch's latest developer update, Jeff Kaplan explains that the reduction of duplicates coming to the lootbox system should be "immediately evident and extremely [...]
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A recent move by Paradox Interactive to raise prices on their games has been met with backlash and criticism from users. These price adjustments have been made in select regions, with 26 countries including Russia, China, and UK having been affected by the new market price changes. Paradox discusses the reasons behind the increased price adjustments below... "This is something [...]
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Final Fantasy XIV is, by all accounts, a fantastic game. Currently 20,280 people worldwide are playing it - and that's just on Steam alone. FFXIV is also available on the PS4, and available on the PC without having to necessarily use Steam. And yet, it wasn't always like this. Final Fantasy XIV, when it first launched on September 30th, 2010, [...]
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Dying to go to BlizzCon 2017 but missed out on the first two ticket sales? Blizzard is giving you another chance to get your hands on BlizzCon tickets. The third batch will go on sale on July 5th at 7PM PT. Blizzard explains why additional tickets will be put on sale: “Until recently, we weren’t sure if the new hall [...]
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Our favorite Chinese technology conglomerate Tencent has another target in its sights. A report by tech industry news source The Information claims the Finnish studio Rovio, best known for their Angry Birds franchise, could be bought out for $3 billion. The Information sites 'people briefed on the situation' as its sources and claims that this is no done deal. Rovio [...]
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Gamigo released an official announcement last week that their subsidiary, Aeria Games, and Neowiz will be going their separate ways and that Bless Online "will not be published in Europe and North America.” Gamigo explains the reasons behind the split: “Unfortunately, the collaboration had to be cancelled because after extensive testing the game did not meet the quality standards of [...]
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The star that burns brightest also burns the briefest. After only 15 months or so since its inception, Yahoo's eSports portal will stop being updated after this Friday (June 16, 2017) according to a letter posted by Travis Gafford, Head of eSports Media at Yahoo eSports. Unfortunately, Yahoo Esports will no longer be updated after this Friday (June 16th). As [...]
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On June 13, 2017 Valve announced the launch of Steam Direct, the replacement for the much maligned Steam Greenlight. Greenlight sounded like a good idea at first, it allowed players to vote for which games should be approved for Steam. Unfortunately, it didn't take long for shady studios to game the system. Lots of junk, broken products, and 'asset flips' [...]
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Discord, the company behind the synonymous voicechat app for gamers, has quietly raised an impressive $50 million in the past year or so. While Discord gained its initial start as a game developer, the 2013 release of the ill-fated mobile MOBA Fates Forever veered them off course into a new direction. Fastforward to 2015, Discord has just unveiled the voicechat [...]
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Just today, Twitch has announced that those who are currently participating in the Twitch Affiliates program will be able to receive a cut of referred games and in-game microtransactions. The referral system was previously exclusive to Twitch Partners, but now Twitch Affiliates will also be able to earn a 5% kickback from every game or microtransaction referred through their channel. [...]
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