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HoYoverse has announced Version 1.5 of Zenless Zone Zero, titled "Astra-nomical Moment", bringing new characters, gameplay features, and events to the urban fantasy ARPG. Like other HoYoverse titles, Zenless Zone Zero is available for PC, consoles, and mobile devices. If you haven't played Zenelss Zone Zero since launch, it's worth giving the game another shot as the last update, Version [...]
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KRAFTON, the South Korean studio best known for PUBG, showed off 2 new trailers demonstrating their AI technology in PUBG and inZOI in collaboration with NVIDIA. For PUBG, Krafton showed off PUBG Ally, which they bill as the world's first "co-playable charater". In simpler terms its just a more realistic bot teammate that players like a real human and can [...]
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Albion Online's Rogue Frontier update, launching on February 3, introduces Smuggler’s Dens, new PvP rewards, enhanced inventory systems, and expanded activities for both solo and group adventurers. This update focuses on dynamic Outlands content and deeper progression systems. Rogue Frontier Update Key Features Smuggler’s Dens and Faction Activities Smuggler’s Dens: Hidden hubs in the Outlands offering city amenities, solo-friendly bases, [...]
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Popular Ashes of Creation content creator Narc released a video last week titled "This Will Be My Last Ashes of Creation Video" where he voiced his concern about the development of Ashes of Creation. While Narc explicitly says that he isn't calling the game a scam, he voiced his disatisfaction with the way the game continues to over promise and [...]
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HoYoverse has announced Honkai: Star Rail Version 3.0, titled "Paean of Era Nova," releasing January 15. This update introduces the new world of Amphoreus, significant story expansions, fresh characters, and gameplay systems across multiple maps and mechanics. OP: Nameless Faces | Honkai: Star RailWatch this video on YouTube New World: Amphoreus The Astral Express ventures to Amphoreus, a celestial vortex [...]
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SEGA has announced the first updates of 2025 for Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis, including the Super Genesis Festival Part 2, new Scratch Ticket campaigns, limited-time quests, and an intense solo boss challenge. What caught my eye was the collab with Frieren: Beyond Journey's End where players can get login Bonuses including Frieren, Fern, Stark, Himmel, Heiter and Eisen [...]
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Path of Exile 2 launched into early access on December 6 and hit a peak concurrent playerbase of 578,562 in the 3 weeks its been out. To put that number in context, the original Path of Exile has a peaked at 228,398. What makes Path of Exile 2's number even more impressive is that the game is buy to play [...]
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Snail Games launched the mobile version of their hit survival franchise "Ark" earlier this week and hit over 1 million downloads in 24 hours. The mobile version, called ARK: Ultimate Mobile Edition, is free to play and includes the following expansions: Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, Genesis Parts 1 & 2, and fan-favorite maps like Ragnarok. This isn't a new game. [...]
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Papaya Play, a global publisher of free to play games, announced earlier this week that they will be merging their Brazilian (Kepa) and North American (Popolion) servers for Tree of Savior with the Brazilian server (Kepa) being the surviving one. The merger is scheduled to happen on January 7, 2025. Keep in mind the Papaya Play version of the game [...]
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It's been 2 weeks since Marvel Rivals launched and the game has averaged 300,000 concurrent players on Steam alone (the game is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox, and Epic Game Store as well). Given the similarities in core gameplay, many have claimed the rise of Marvel Rivals means the death of Overwatch. While there's definitely some overlap, it's a bit [...]
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