Just in time for Valentine’s Day, werewolves, vampires, and horror is overtaking AdventureQuest 3D. Hey, this game doesn’t follow the traditional holiday schedule! In the cross-platform fantasy MMO’s latest patch, a secret down in the basement of Boog’s tavern will unleash a terror that no one — no, not even you — is prepared to … Read more
For an older MMORPG, Dark Age of Camelot isn’t resting on its cyber-laurels. The RvR title posted its initial plans for 2020, and all of it sounds exciting! “We will have patch 1.128 coming out directly to live servers [this past] week with several much-requested bug fixes, including the social window display issue, some new … Read more
Shadow Arena, aka the battle royale game with fun modes but nobody around to play them, continues to push out updates in defiance of its low player numbers. This latest update has unleashed a couple of new heroes to the game’s roster as well as adjusted how defense points (DP) work. First, the new heroes: … Read more
Super Nintendo World – the new theme park about to open at Universal Studios Japan – is being recreated in Minecraft. Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan is still scheduled to open on 4th February, but visitor numbers will, naturally, be limited upon opening to avoid crowds and advance registration is mandatory. Thanks to … Read more
When Gearbox Software released Battleborn in 2016, there was a lot of concern over whether it could survive against competition like Overwatch. Five years later, it’s already been removed from digital storefront and will have its servers shut down today. But this doesn’t just meant that multiplayer will be inaccessible. Even the single-player component of … Read more
The Story of Seasons franchise is the pioneer of its own genre, lifestyle simulators that have been emulated by indie developers in titles like Stardew Valley or My Time at Portia. However Story of Seasons has big leg up on its contemporaries through its history alone; beginning with the original Harvest Moon releasing in Japan … Read more
IO Interactive’s Hitman 3 launched less than two weeks ago after gaining a significant amount of critical acclaim. It’s also been very successful sales-wise for the developer, recouping its costs in less than a week and becoming the biggest digital launch in the series’ history. While new Escalation Contracts, patches and so on will be … Read more
Plague Inc: Evolved DLC The Cure is available on Steam for free from now "until COVID-19 is under control". The previously-announced free DLC – which is out now and requires base game Plague Inc: Evolved – tasks players to "take control and stop a deadly global pandemic by any means necessary. Allocate resources to boost … Read more
Xur has returned in Bungie’s Destiny 2, packing some Exotics that many might already own several times over. Nevertheless, he can be found on Nessus at Watcher’s Grave, where he’ll remain until the weekly reset on Tuesday. This week, Xur has the Exotic energy pulse rifle Graviton Lance for 29 Legendary Shards. Despite its “pulse … Read more
Little things can mean a whole lot, especially if they impact your gameplay for the better. MMO blogger Contains Moderate Peril wrote a list of five quality-of-life features that he’s loved in his games. “I feel that Guild Wars 2 handles this mechanic the best, insofar as every player has the ability to revive another,” … Read more
In case you somehow missed it, Star Trek Online has released a new Legendary Anniversary Pack to commemorate the game’s 11th year of operation. The reaction from players to this new bundle, however, has not been exactly warm. Unless you consider flames to be warm, but that’s a bit too literal. The game’s official Reddit … Read more
Activision Blizzard have rejected a proposal by shareholders that would increase diversity in job candidate pools, as it would hinder their ability to hire talented individuals and would be superfluous. Vice had previously reported on January 27th that the video game holding company had rejected by the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial … Read more
The Wii U was a colossal failure for Nintendo. Barring the Virtual Boy, it is their lowest selling piece of hardware of all time, and everything from design issues to marketing disasters, one weird decision after another resulted in Nintendo losing a huge chunk of the marketshare they had captured with the Wii. With the … Read more