CCP Games has well and truly embraced the world of blockchain and NFTs with the announcement of its first blockchain game, codenamed Project Awakening. The upcoming game will be set in the same universe as the studio’s popular sci-fi sandbox MMORPG EVE Online and will leverage smart-contract blockchain technology alongside third-party open source development to create a new way of [...]
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Solid Clouds’ multiplayer sci-fi RPG Starborne: Frontiers has soft-launched on Android and iOS devices as the PC version is pushed back to later this year. The Starborne spinoff was first announced back in 2021 as a full-fledged persistent MMORPG but has since been downgraded to a “squad RPG” for PC and mobile. Unfortunately, it looks like its discreetly switched genres [...]
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Three years ago, a dream team of veteran developers decided to start up a new fully-remote development studio called One More Game (OMG). Last April, they announced that they were working on a real-time multiplayer tactics game called Spellcraft and proceeded to run private alpha tests throughout the year. The team is now kicking things up a notch with a [...]
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The Cycle: Frontier is gearing up for the start of its third season next week but developer Yager Developments has a few more things planned for the current season before it comes to a close. The studio is wrapping up Season 2 with an end-of-season event called Storm Divers and one last balance pass to see players through to the [...]
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Singularity 6’s vibrant social MMO Palia has caught the attention of hundreds of thousands of aspiring testers according to statistics released by the studio. Over 600,000 hopeful gamers have reportedly signed-up for a chance to receive an invite to the ongoing alpha tests, although only 20,000 have managed to get in so far. Together, they’ve accrued over 167,000 hours of [...]
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Ukrainian development studio GSC Game World, best known as the studio behind the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series of games, has been hacked by a pro-Russian group who managed to gain access to assets that will be used in the next game in the horror shooter franchise, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl. The hackers were able to gain access to concept art and [...]
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Elite Dangerous will be getting another balance pass for its ongoing Thargoid War to incorporate player data and feedback. The update will roll out later today after the sci-fi MMORPG’s weekly maintenance and progress reset. Frontier Developments has yet to share details about the upcoming adjustments but promises to do so in the lead up to the update’s release. In [...]
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Another battle royale game will be coming our way later this year as NCSoft announces its first addition to the genre – Battle Crush. The game was first announced in February 2022 as Project R and is being billed as a colorful action brawler MOBA with battle royale elements featuring characters from Greek and Roman mythology. “Battle Crush is non-stop [...]
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After a disappointing first season, Warzone 2.0 did a full 180 on some of its hotly-debated gameplay systems and reverted it back to the way they were in the original game when Season 2 kicked off in February. This week, Blizzard will be building on those changes with the release of the mid-season update, aptly-named Reloaded. Season 2: Reloaded will [...]
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Tripwire Interactive is running an open beta test for its new extraction shooter Deceive Inc. this weekend in preparation for its launch on March 21st. The ‘70s spy thriller-ish game was first announced at The Game Awards back in December and will pit 12 agents against each other as they try to complete the same objective, either by themselves or [...]
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