CCP Games has confirmed that its multiplayer sci-fi space dogfighting game EVE: Valkyrie will be shutting down on August 5th. As MMO Fallout notes, the game is now being taken off digital shelves and has already been removed from Steam and the PlayStation Store but is still available for purchase on the Oculus store. “All good things come to an [...]
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Overwatch players and fans looking to join the next Overwatch 2 playtest will probably want to check their emails as Blizzard Entertainment has officially kicked off the sequel’s second closed beta test. This round of testing will feature the new Push game mode, a new hybrid map called Paraiso, various hero reworks and adjustments, and the debut of the Junker [...]
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Spellbreak developer Proletariat has been acquired by Blizzard Entertainment to bolster the World of Warcraft development team. According to VentureBeat, all 100 employees of the Boston-based studio will be working on Blizzard’s popular MMORPG including the upcoming Dragonflight expansion. “A big part of caring for our teams is making sure we have the resources to produce experiences our communities will [...]
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Never open mysterious doors because you never know what might be behind it as is the case in NetEase’s upcoming “New Weird” post-apocalyptic survival MMO, Once Human. As with most survival games, players will need to scavenge for resources, build a home base, and take on an array of horrific monsters as they fight to survive in the unforgiving post-apocalyptic [...]
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After embarking on a journey to the depths of Azeroth’s oceans, Hearthstone players will soon be heading to the Shadowlands where a murder mystery is waiting to be solved. Murder at Castle Nathria will bring players to the afterlife where they’ll help the illustrious Murloc Holmes and his sidekick Watfin investigate the mysterious death of Sire Denathrius. “The Shadowlands is [...]
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Last month, Riot Games revealed its plans to record in-game voice communications in Valorant as part of their efforts to combat toxic behavior. As expected, this raised a whole host of concerns within the community about data and personal privacy. The studio was quick to promise that they would keep only the absolute bare amount of data needed to make [...]
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Since Blizzard Entertainment announced Overwatch 2 at BlizzCon 2019, the studio hasn’t entirely been clear on what’s going to happen to the original Overwatch game when the sequel/expansion comes out later this year. Back then, former Blizzard Vice President Jeff Kaplan said that they wouldn’t be abandoning the original live service game and the players who were already invested in [...]
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will reportedly be getting a standalone DMZ mode inspired by Battlestate Games’ hardcore first-person shooter Escape from Tarkov. The rumored multiplayer open-world survival mode will apparently be launching as a standalone free-to-play game like Call of Duty: Warzone. Activision has yet to confirm the new DMZ mode but What If Gaming reports that it’s [...]
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Back in March, Bungie filed a lawsuit against several individuals responsible for the mass DMCA takedowns that brought down multiple Destiny 2 official videos as well as fan-made and partner content on YouTube. The defendants have since been narrowed down to just one person. The individual, identified as Nick Minor, is now facing a $7.6 million lawsuit for copyright infringement, [...]
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This month has already been chock full of new game reveals and announcement but we’re expecting a few more as Tencent gears up for its own summer games showcase next week. The Spark 2022 showcase is scheduled for Monday, June 27th where the Chinese gaming giant will reportedly be announcing a new open-world MMO. Information is scarce at the moment [...]
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