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NCSoft unveils a mobile and PC MMORTS codenamed Project G

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NCsoft is once again entering an MMO sub-genre at an arguably later point in time, though we also have to admit that there is...

NCsoft is launching Battle Crush, a new MOBA, to PC, Switch, and mobile this year

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Last night, NCsoft announced a new game: Battle Crush. I actually had to read the press release twice when it hit my inbox because...

Bellatores sounds like a full-scale Korean PvP sandbox MMORPG, now aiming for 2024

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A year ago, we covered a brand-new MMORPG from Korean dev Nyou called Bellatores, an Unreal Engine title revolving around big-scale progression, PvE, and...

Uncharted Waters Origin debuts on PC and mobile devices, runs afoul of gamers thanks to gacha monetization

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Today marks the day when the latest entry in the Uncharted Waters franchise releases its next global title. Uncharted Waters Origin has officially arrived...

Riot Games alums form The Believer Company, putting $55M investment to work on possible MMO

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The parade of new studios formed from major gaming industry players and backed by serious venture capital investor cash continues today with the formal...

AQ3D dev Artix drops new trailer for AdventureQuest Worlds Infinity, launching beta this year

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Last year, we caught wind of a new project out of AdventureQuest developer Artix Entertainment, a new version of the game called AdventureQuest Worlds...

Hitman series developer IO Interactive teases its work on an upcoming online fantasy RPG

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Gamers are likely familiar with the studio IO Interactive as the one behind several games in the Hitman franchise, but it looks as if...
two to the one to the one to the three

Bless Global is back again, this time on mobile and Steam as a shambling blockchain horror

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I'm sorry to report this morning that Bless is back and at it again. Oh, that sounds cruel if you don't know the history, so...

Avalon is the latest blockchain metaverse project from old-school MMO devs

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I know, I know, another one of these metaverse-blockchain-Web3 startups, but this one is one that MMORPG fans will want to at least take...

Meet Pax Dei, a well-funded open-world social sandbox built to ‘true MMO scale’

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Back in 2021, we caught wind of a new Microsoft-backed MMO called Pax Dei from studio Mainframe Industries, which had been busy raising huge...

Pokemon Day 2023 sees big Pokemon and Pokemon Go announcements, including Pokemon Sleep

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February 27th marks Pokemon Day, and The Pokemon Company usually doesn't sleep on it... except when it comes to a sleep game, we suppose....

The Front is a new survival shooter coming in 2023 with 10 ‘distinct survival indices’ to track

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Heads-up, folks, we got a new MMO acronym comin' in hot: survival-open-world-crafting aka SOC. Will it stick? Well, Samar Studio's new "SOC" called The...
Oh no, I'm stuck playing an Asura?!

Artifact Krewe, a Guild Wars 2 exploration fan game, is out now

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Is your favorite part of Guild Wars 2 getting to explore maps, jump around, discover treasures, and generally just see what the world has...

X-LEGEND confirms its plans for a global re-launch of Eden Eternal

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Earlier in the week Redditors discovered some indications that Eden Eternal was on its way to a return following its closure by Gamigo. We...

Coreborn Nations of the Ultracore offers up its open world co-op survival sandbox to alpha testing March 2

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Another survival sandbox is making its way into our radar (and likely part of our list of beta titles). This time we're casting our...

VR multiplayer swordfighter Altair Breaker arrives as a PSVR2 launch title

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Now that the PSVR2 headset has arrived to the PlayStation 5 console, there's the question of whether there are games for the platform, and...

Steamforged Games hints at the potential reveal of a Sea of Thieves board game

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Regular readers are likely familiar with the name of board game developer Steamforged Games - it's the team behind tabletop and board game versions...

Games startup Elodie Games announces Project Skies, a ‘social cooperative action RPG game’

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At this point, we all see a press release from a new startup studio with tons of investment money touting devs from the likes...

Tencent’s survival shooter Undawn opens closed beta signups for April test round

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Almost two years ago, Tencent's Lightspeed & Quantum announced Undawn, a UE4 post-apoc multiplayer open-world survival game, which promised everything from PvE and PvP...

Grand Fantasia and Aura Kingdom both make a bumpy return under X-LEGEND’s stewardship

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Before we leap into this story, a quick recap: Both Aura Kingdom and Grand Fantasia were in a state of limbo when Gamigo elected...