NetEase and Starry Studio’s new free-to-play survival shooter Once Human is turning out to be an unexpected hit on Steam despite the technical problems plaguing the fledgling title. The team reports that the game has been downloaded over 10 million times since its official launch in July and is currently the ninth top-selling game on Steam in the United States [...]
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Yet another militaristic extraction shooter is waiting for you to check out as Arena Breakout: Infinite launches into early access. The new free-to-play shooter comes from Tencent subsidiary MoreFun Studios and promises an immersive extraction shooter experience with multiple maps, real-word weapons, and a fair and competitive community. “With realistic visuals and true-to-life audio, push through tough battles where the [...]
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It’s been three years since Riot Games first revealed that it was working on a League of Legends MMORPG. Unfortunately, it’s likely going to be a few months or even years before we hear anything about it again following the studio’s decision to “reset” the MMO’s direction earlier this year in an effort to set it apart from all the [...]
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The effort that Inflexion Games put into building hype for Nightingale seems to have been for naught as the excitement surrounding the portal-jumping, Victorian-era survival game died out literally overnight as soon as it launched into early access. Launch day was plagued with critical issues that rendered the shared world multiplayer game virtually unplayable, so much so that an offline [...]
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Predecessor, the latest attempt at reviving third-person MOBA Paragon, will officially be shedding its early access tag and transitioning to full release in roughly two weeks’ time. Developer Omeda Studios plans to roll out Version 1.0 on Tuesday, August 20, promising new characters, game modes, and plenty of improvements over the original game. “In 2020, Paragon’s most dedicated player and [...]
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Riot Games brought Valorant to a whole new demographic when it launched the popular team shooter on PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X|S over the weekend. The launch marked a huge milestone for Riot as it’s the studio’s very first live service title to be released on consoles. Not everyone will be able to play Valorant on consoles, however, [...]
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The crowd funded sci-fi RTS Stormgate has launched into paid Early Access on July 30, 2024. The studio behind Stormgate was founded in 2020 by Blizzard veterans who worked on Starcraft 2 and Warcraft 3. The project raised over $35 million from investors and an additional $2.4 million on Kickstarter via a crowdfunding effort. The game is built on the [...]
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A free to play clone of the popular extraction RPG Dark & Darker titled "Dungeonborne" launches today on Steam. While the game's core gameplay mechanics and design are similar to Dark & Darker, where Dungeonborne stands apart is its superior graphics and better UI. The 'fully free to play' business model also helps it stand apart. For those unfamiliar with [...]
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Once Human, the latest free to play title by Netease, launches July 9, 2024. The game mixes a handful of popular genres together to create something that is quite unique. Billed as a multiplayer open-world survival game, Once Human is set in a horror-tinged post apocalyptic future. The game opens as what seems like a horror themed shooter, but quickly [...]
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Synced, Tencent's free to play sci-fi co-op looter shooter is shutting down on September 09, 2024. Developed by Chinese firm NExT Studios and published by Tencent's global label Level Infinite, Synced launched in September of 2023. The game hit a peak player count of 10,272 shortly after release but quickly shed those players due server stability issues. Numerous unexplained wipes [...]
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