Blizzard Entertainment’s recent announcement that it will be adding passive healing skills for tank and DPS heroes in Overwatch 2 hasn’t gone over well with the hero shooter’s community. Game director Aaron Keller now admits that it was a “mistake” to reveal the change without the context of the other changes coming in Season 9. According to the original dev [...]
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Studio Wildcard has finally confirmed a launch date for ARK: Survival Ascended’s highly awaited Scorched Earth DLC. Unfortunately, the UE5 remaster’s community will have to wait a bit longer than expected before they can start their survival adventures in the unforgiving desert and get their hands on Wild West-styled gear. Scorched Earth was initially planned for release in March 2024 [...]
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CD Projekt Red is starting the new year with a brand-new project as it begins work on the sequel for Cyberpunk 2077 from its new Boston office. The sequel currently goes by the codename Orion and the developers are extremely optimistic about its future, saying that the original game was “just a warm-up.” While the optimism is understandable considering how [...]
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SMITE 2 may already be in development but Hi-Rez Studios isn’t done with SMITE just yet. The original game’s dev team is preparing a big update for its 11th open beta launch anniversary, aptly named the Year 11 update. The highlight of the update is the debut of the mythology-inspired MOBA’s 130th playable deity – the Egyptian sky goddess Nut. [...]
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Blizzard Entertainment is throwing a gigantic wrench into Overwatch 2’s core gameplay with the launch of Season 9 later this month. The proverbial wrench will come in the form of self-healing abilities for tank and DPS heroes, a first in the seven-year history of the hero shooter. “In Season 9, both Tank and Damage heroes will get a modified, tuned-down [...]
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Most MMORPG players have been conditioned to regard caves as treacherous mazes crawling with aggressive mobs, often with valuable loot hidden deep within it. In Book of Travels, however, they’re safe havens where players will be able to take shelter from the elements. In the case of the newly added caves along Braided Shore’s southern beaches, they’ll also find fisherman [...]
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Dune: Awakening teaser reels continue to roll in a year-and-a-half since the Dune-inspired open world survival MMO was announced back in August 2022. The latest one offers a brief introduction to the upcoming game to mark the opening of the game’s official TikTok page. In the new reel, Funcom chief creative officer Joel Bylos shines the spotlight on the setting [...]
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Palworld will finally be taking the next step in its development as the critter-collecting multiplayer survival sandbox enters early access to January 19. Developer Pocket Pair initially planned to release the game in 2022, but quietly pushed it back with no ETA until today. According to the Early Access FAQ, the game will launch with a $29.99 price tag on [...]
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Hi-Rez Studios and Titan Forge have officially unveiled SMITE 2, the highly awaited Unreal Engine 5-powered sequel to the mythology-inspired MOBA. “The battleground of the gods has evolved,” touts the devs. The big reveal took place during the SMITE World Championship kick-off event yesterday, promising improved matchmaking and new game modes with the same core gameplay and mechanics as the [...]
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It looks like the PvP side of Temtem isn’t getting as much attention as Crema Games had hoped as it’s decided to shut down both its competitive eSports tournaments and the standalone free-to-play PvP battler Temtem Showdown. For context, Temtem Showdown was launched on Steam in June 2023 as a way for players to jump right into Temtem battles in [...]
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