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Albion Online is overhauling dynamic encampments and mists camps already
Albion Online's first real patch since the launch of its quarterly Horizons update landed today, and as you might expect, it's primarily a clean-up endeavor. Sandbox Interactive has added a new toggle ability for mounting, nerfed crystal creatures, and rebalanced a journal mission. Perhaps the biggest changes come for dynamic encampments and mists camps.
"Based on feedback, mobs in Encampments no...
Trove is already preparing its Thanksgiving event as Gamigo puts its whole catalogue on sale
With Halloween behind us, blocky sandbox Trove is already gearing up for a holiday that most MMORPGs don't do at all: Thanksgiving. Trove's version is called Friendsgiving, and according to the game's latest community letter, it'll have new content when it rolls out later this month.
"Get ready, Trovians—Friendsgiving is just around the corner! Chefsly’s got a bit of catching...
Age of Water’s ‘launch’ today was a technical glitch – the seafaring survival MMO is still in early access
We were mighty shocked this morning when Steam issued a news blast announcing that Age of Water was moving from early access to launch, especially since the team hasn't been building up the hype for that or sending marketing to that end - pretty weird for a Gaijin game. Turns out it was just a weird glitch.
"Dear players, many...
EverQuest II’s Scars of Destruction expansion now has a hard date of November 20
The fact that EverQuest II is getting an expansion toward the end of the year is not any sort of revelation, given that Daybreak does this every single year and in fact we already had preorders and a November window. But now that window has a cold hard date: November 20th. So two weeks, then.
"It’s almost time for Scars...
PlanetSide 2, fresh off an EU server merge, kicks off its 12th anniversary celebrations today
Somehow, the news that PlanetSide 2 is turning 12 years old this month strikes me as both way too high a number and way too low a number - probably owing to the fact that the PlanetSide franchise is much older than PS2 itself. Nevertheless, the Daybreak/Toadman devs are gearing up to celebrate with the 12th anniversary update, rolling...
New World’s weekly patch cleans up some bugs and buffs visual quality as the devs talk hippos
All right, a New World update, let's goooooo! Oh, it's a really tiny patch? And it turns off Halloween? Well, dangit.
Yes, New World's Aeternum 1.1.2 patch rolled out to PC and console in the wee hours of this morning - and it's pretty much tech adjustments and bug fixes.
On PC, Amazon added a native fidelityFX super resolution temporal anti-aliasing...
The Stream Team: Setting sail for more treasure and adventure in Cat Quest III
It's time once again for MOP's Chris and his best friend to set sail in Cat Quest III! Will they find another surprising location? Perhaps another step in their search for the North Star Treasure? Or maybe they'll just pick a random fight or three? Whatever happens, it'll go down today at 2:00 p.m. EST!
What: Cat Quest III
Who: Chris...
More leaks confirm that Blizzard is working on a Warcraft II: Remastered edition
While Blizzard fans spend the next week wondering what the studio will say or reveal of its plans for the Warcraft franchise, one leak perhaps is stealing some of the thunder. Multiple outlets are reporting that Blizzard is working on a Warcraft II: Remastered edition in the same vein as the tragically overhauled Warcraft III: Reforged it put out...
Kakao Q3 2024: ArcheAge 2 aka ArcheAge Chronicles has been delayed yet again
Kakao Games dropped its third quarter financials this past week, and it's a bit of a mixed bag - especially if you were anxiously awaiting the next big thing in the ArcheAge franchise.
The company saw a slight increase in its revenue in Q3 compared to Q2 - 5%, in fact - but it's still down over 14% compared to...
First Impressions: Brighter Shores has gobs of potential buried under mountains of grind
When I first heard of it, I wasn't sure that Brighter Shores would be a game I wanted to play, but watching development unfold - and the character with which it did so thanks to lead dev Andrew Gower's personality - I started to get more and more interested to at least take a peek. Besides, we haven't really...
Throne & Liberty boasts 4.5M unique players in its first month
If you're in the arguably right guild in Throne and Liberty, you've already got quite a few things to do (and most of them can be on a very firm schedule as our Choose My Adventure columnist found out), but what's a couple more dates added to that full calendar? It's content, baby! Log in for the content!
Specifically, the...
Daybreak’s MMO Extra Life teams combine to raise over $150K for children’s hospitals
We would venture to say that a story to restore a little faith in humanity is probably necessary for a lot of folks right now, so we turn our attention once again to the charitable efforts of MMOs for Extra Life, specifically some recent fundraising made by Daybreak's slate of games, which collectively helped to bring in over $150K...
MMO Hype Train: Brighter Shores is a totally chill RuneScape clone
Former RuneScape creator Andrew Gower admits that he never planned to make another MMORPG -- at least until enough fans convinced him to give it another try. Thus he and his tiny team at Fen Research put together a small-scale MMO as a sort of spiritual successor to the RuneScape spirit. This, of course, became Brighter Shores.
Ever since its...
The Crew Motorfest launches season 5 with the Made in Japan Volume 2 and Chase Squad playlists
The Crew franchise has been through a bizarre year, from provoking a whole game preservation movement after the callous sunsetting of a beloved MMO to bowing to pressure about an offline mode for The Crew 2. But Ubisoft is far from done, as today, it's announced the arrival of The Crew Motorfest's fifth season and second year of play....
Lord of the Rings Online releases its 10th expansion, Legacy of Morgoth, this afternoon
Fasten your cloak and pack a fresh batch of lambas bread, for Lord of the Rings Online is calling all of its high-level adventurers to sally forth once more with today's release of the MMO's 10th expansion, Legacy of Morgoth.
"Venture into the untamed wilds of Near Harad, where ancient secrets lurk beneath sun-scorched sands and treacherous marshlands," SSG says....
The Daily Grind: When’s the last time you felt MMO class envy?
If there's an underlying social engine that fuels competition in MMOs, perhaps it's envy. We're faced with the fact that -- no matter what the game tells us -- we're not the sole golden one who's saving the entire world. Instead, we see others with more powerful gear, better fashion, and more interesting abilities and are driven to attain...
Brighter Shores officially launches into early access today, hoping to court RuneScape players
It's early access launch day for Fen Research's MMORPG Brighter Shores, a game so new to our radar that it wasn't even a known entity when last year's "most anticipated" awards was being tallied. First announced back in March, the game comes to us from Jagex co-founder Andrew Gower; it's a RuneScape-esque MMO laid out on a cute top-down...
The Stream Team: Pushed Against the Wall in Guild Wars 2
Two titans -- it can't be that bad, can it? Uh, yes. With double trouble in Guild Wars 2, Massively OP's MJ has to find a new way to fight off the terror stalking the Janthir Wilds. Will the combined efforts of the Kodan and the Astral Ward allies find the solution, or will they be cornered in a...
Towers of Aghasba is a co-op survival RPG about restoring a tribe’s homeland from ruin
There are a few general reasons for a survival title forcing players to survive. Sometimes its just raw instinct, sometimes it's to withstand the assaults of others, and sometimes it's to come together to rebuild and restore. That last impetus is what drives Towers of Aghasba, an upcoming survival RPG for up to four players that tasks gamers with...
Hybrid hero shooter Supervive moves up its open beta to November 20
When last we checked in with hybrid hero shooter Supervive at last month's Steam Next Fest, we noted that Theorycraft Games was hoping to get this title into open beta by the end of the year. Today we can report that the studio is actually ahead of schedule on this, having moved up its OBT to November 20th.
The open...
