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Hogwarts is shutting its doors... in the west, at least. NetEase and WB Games have announced from out of the blue that the popular card-collecting mobile MMO Harry Potter: Magic Awakened will be sunsetting in the Americas, Europe, and Oceania this fall. The news has sent shockwaves through the game’s magical community, especially since the free-to-play mobile MMO only launched [...]
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Bandai Namco announced today that Blue Protocol will be shutting down in Japan on January 18, 2025 and the game's global launch has been cancelled. The official statement can be seen below: Anyone who played the Japanese version shouldn't be too surprised as the game was ultimately mediocre at best. Amazon Games still has Throne and Liberty in its publishing [...]
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Nexon announced that their PvPvE shooter 'Arc Raiders' is set to launch in 2025. The game is being developed Nexon's Embark Studios subsidiary and will hold a playtest on Steam between October 24 - 27. The game will be available on PC and consoles sometime in 2025. The game was originally planned as a free to play game, but ditched [...]
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Zenith will soon be entering maintenance mode as developer Ramen VR prepares to roll out the VR MMORPG’s final content update and its fourth and final season later this month. The studio hasn’t confirmed exactly when the update will arrive, but it did say that it’s eyeing a launch date by the end of August. Season 4: Golden Isles promises [...]
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Intrepid Studios raised quite a few eyebrows this past weekend when it announced that it was charging at least $100 for access to Ashes of Creation’s second alpha test. The studio, however, has made a few concessions in response to the uproar. No, they won’t be bringing the price down, but they will be adding significantly more value to your [...]
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NetEase and Starry Studio’s new free-to-play survival shooter Once Human is turning out to be an unexpected hit on Steam despite the technical problems plaguing the fledgling title. The team reports that the game has been downloaded over 10 million times since its official launch in July and is currently the ninth top-selling game on Steam in the United States [...]
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Don’t be surprised if you suddenly find yourself unceremoniously banished from the Nazgul fight in Lord of the Rings Online’s new legendary servers. It’s all part of Standing Stone Games’ efforts to keep both the Angmar and Mordor progression servers from blowing up when too many players show up for the fight. “Unsurprisingly, when a Nazgul appears during peak hours, [...]
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Elder Scrolls Online has rolled out Update 43 on both PC and Mac. While it won’t add any new content, which are usually reserved for DLC and chapter releases, it’s still packed full of quality-of-life improvements and base-game enhancements with a focus on expanding and further refining the Infinite Archive endless dungeon system. According to developer ZeniMax Online Studios, they [...]
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Hi-Rez Studios will be ramping up testing for SMITE 2 later this month when it begins round-the-clock closed alpha testing on August 27. One of the key improvements that fans can look forward to in the MOBA sequel is a better and more accurate matchmaking system compared to its predecessor. The new and improved matchmaking system will take into account [...]
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Dynamight Studios is giving everyone another limited-time all-access pass to Fractured Online with another free-play promotional event starting this weekend. Unlike July’s week-long trial which was only open to groups and guilds, this weekend’s free-play event will be open to anyone who wants to take the sandbox MMORPG for a spin. It will also run two days longer than the [...]
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