While Hi-Rez Studios has confirmed that SMITE 2 will be free-to-play on launch, it’s still hoping to earn a few extra bucks before the sequel’s release by dangling the alpha carrot in hopes of getting fans to purchase founder’s packs. All Founder’s Editions include guaranteed access to next month’s weekend closed alpha tests, permanent access to the third-person MOBA’s full [...]
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It’s probably safe to say that there are a lot of Dune: Awakening fans hoping to get into the survival sandbox MMO’s next closed beta test. Unfortunately, not everyone will receive an invite and getting one boils down to whether you fit a certain demographic, hence the required survey. The survey asks questions about your gaming habits, what type of [...]
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Last Oasis developer Donkey Crew is finally throwing open the doors to gritty medieval world of Bellwright as it prepares for the game’s early access launch later this month. The studio says that they spent the last few weeks addressing feedback from last month’s playtest and are now ready to set the co-op survival sandbox loose on Steam on April [...]
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Indie developer Frost Giant Studios is looking to secure additional funding for its multiplayer real-time strategy game, Stormgate, by launching an equity crowdfunding campaign. For those unfamiliar with the term, equity crowdfunding allows supporters to actually invest in a project and earn money based on its performance rather than making a donation in exchange for in-game perks or physical merch. [...]
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If you’re a fan of HoYoverse games, the studio is working on another free-to-play anime RPG called Zenless Zone Zero and is inviting fans to sign-up for an upcoming technical test. While the game will be playable on multiple platforms, the technical test will be exclusive to PlayStation 5 users with a separate playtest planned for PC and mobile users. [...]
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Stardew Valley is due for another fixer-upper patch as developer Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone continues to iron out the kinks in last month’s Version 1.6 update. The update introduced new late game content for the PC version of the multiplayer life sim along with a new farm type, eight-player support, a trio of in-game events, and more. Over the past three [...]
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Palworld players will soon be able to pit their trusty gun-toting creatures against each other and developer Pocket Pair is giving the gaming community a brief glimpse of what to expect. The studio rolled out a 10-second teaser for the Pal Arena, a new Pokémon Colosseum-like instance where players can go head-to-head with a team of Pals. The trailer shows [...]
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We still don’t have a release date for Valheim’s long-awaited Ashlands update, but developer Iron Gate Studio recently rolled out a polishing patch which it hopes will be the final patch before Ashland’s release. Patch 0.217.46 introduced a whole host of fixes and improvements to various gameplay systems and updated the game engine to a later build. “This patch touches [...]
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Respawn Entertainment is giving away free Apex Legends cosmetic packs as compensation for the recent account issues, missing cosmetics, and lost battle pass progress. The issues started at the top of the month following the release of the battle royale shooter’s April Fools’ update and have now thankfully been fixed. Players will be able to claim eight free Apex Packs [...]
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When a group of Mythic Entertainment developers founded Loric Games in 2022, they immediately went to work on a new story-driven co-op survival game with loads of investor money to fund its development. The studio has now put a name to the project and is calling it Echoes of Elysium. The game’s freshly minted Steam page and official website describes [...]
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