It’s been an extremely long journey, but Skull and Bones is finally in the home stretch to its official launch as it kicks off open beta testing on PC, the final playtest before the co-op open-world pirate game’s official launch next week. Since Skull and Bones was first announced at E3 2017, it’s been delayed at least seven times in [...]
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Fortnite’s multi-franchise universe is about to get bigger as Disney partners with Epic Games to bring the entire Disney universe into the game. The partnership comes with a whopping $1.5 billion investment from Disney to help fund the creation of the Fortnite-based Disney world and the studio itself. “We’ve entered into a strategic relationship with Epic Games, the maker of [...]
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Funcom is back with a new Dune: Awakening preview reel narrated by yet another member of the dev team. This time around, Chief Creative Officer Joel Bylos talks up solo and group gameplay in the upcoming open world survival MMO. “When playing alone, you’ll be able to explore the world and find unique locations marked by the Fremen and left [...]
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Since Enshrouded launched to critical acclaim on Steam a few weeks ago, its developer Keen Games has been busy churning out hotfix after hotfix for the co-op survival sandbox game. This week isn’t any different, except that the fixes now come in a slightly larger package in the form of the game’s first major post-launch update. The update is relatively [...]
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Virginia-based indie studio Akrew has just launched a $50,000 Kickstarter campaign to help fund the development of its upcoming cozy MMO Galactic Getaway. The Animal Crossing inspired community-focused sandbox game has been in development since 2021, promising a multi-planetary adventure with space stations, unique biomes, player housing, farming, pets, and minigames. “One of our main focuses is that Galactic Getaway [...]
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Ubisoft continues to churn out Skull and Bones teaser trailers ahead of its impending launch next weekend. Over the past few weeks, we’ve gotten a brief look at the multiplayer pirate game’s high-level content and a few snippets of its general gameplay. Today, we get to see what the starting experience will look like courtesy of The Fast and The [...]
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Inflexion Games has moved up Nightingale’s early access launch by two days and will now be launching on Steam and the Epic Games Store on February 20. According to the studio, launching a few days earlier will give them time to head off any glaring issues before they’re swamped with the weekend rush. “Having the game release at the start [...]
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There’s no denying that Palworld is generating a ton of revenue for Pocket Pair, with over 19 million copies sold to date. Most of that revenue, however, will go towards keeping the Pokémon-like MMO’s servers running, as the studio revealed on X. According to a tweet from CEO Takuro Mizobe, this month alone will cost them over 70 million yen, [...]
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Astroneer players have several busy months ahead of them as part of the cutesy sci-fi survival sandbox game’s ongoing Breakdown event. The first stage of the three-stage event kicked off last week, followed by the second stage yesterday and the final stage on February 12. “Embark on a fun new adventure in the new Breakdown Event, unfolding in three stages. [...]
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Nightingale’s final stress test is now live, and it’s been going so great that Inflexion Games decided to extend it by a few hours. Obviously, the whole point of the playtest is to try and break the servers and the studio is giving players until 6 p.m. PST to give it all they’ve got. The stress test was originally scheduled [...]
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