Developer of Magic: Legends, Cryptic Studios, recently detailed how the Equipment system was added after early player feedback from Closed Alpha. Equipment brings another rewarding experience for player progression on top of the game’s deep deck-building mechanics. Magic: Legends begins…
New World – Struggling game developer Amazon Games confirms new launch date for MMO
Amazon Games recently announced a new global launch date for its PC MMO, New World. After 2 delays, the apparent confirmed launch date takes place on 31 August 2021, with Closed Beta starting on 20 July 2021. Players who pre-order…
Pokémon UNITE – First MOBA based on Pokémon to have beta test in Canada next month
The Pokemon Company, publisher of the upcoming Nintendo Switch and mobile MOBA, Pokémon UNITE, today announced that the English version will enter its first beta test phase in March. However, this is limited to just gamers in Canada on the…
BlueStacks 5 – Beta launches with 40% faster setup speed than previous version
BlueStacks, the pioneer of Android gaming on PC and the world’s leading mobile gaming platform, today launched its biggest update ever – BlueStacks 5 (Beta), a powerhouse of speed and performance. It is a complete rewrite of the product, internally…
Blade & Soul 2 – New in-game combat trailer revealed for upcoming MMORPG sequel
NCSOFT today released a new trailer highlighting the in-game combat of its upcoming PC + mobile cross-platform MMORPG, Blade & Soul 2. Seen in the video are the currently announced weapons, including Axe, Gauntlet, Sword, Bow + Arrow, Force, with…
SoulWorker – Gameforge shutting down anime MMORPG with new global server confirmed
Earlier, European publisher Gameforge announced the closure of the anime PC MMORPG, SoulWorker scheduled for 30 April 2021. Under Gameforge, SoulWorker was officially servicing both the North America and Europe regions. The closure is due to the publishing contract between…
Magic: Legends – Open Beta players to get special items for playing via Epic Games Store
Last week during the Epic Games Spring Showcase, Perfect World Entertainment and Cryptic Studios revealed that Magic: Legends will launch Open Beta on the Epic Games Store on March 23. The free-to-play, persistent world, action RPG pays loving tribute to…
Hortensia Saga R – Quick look at Japanese mobile RPG based on anime series
Hortensia Saga is a 2D mobile game which SEGA launched a few years ago and still running in Japan right now. We have no idea why, but SEGA later announced a reworked version in full 3D, Hortensia Saga R, along…
Netmarble – Global developer and publisher announces salary increment for all employees
Following in the footsteps of arch-nemesis Nexon, Netmarble recently announced that the average annual salary of current employees, including those in various subsidiaries, will see an increment of 8 million Korean Won (around 7,200 USD) on average. Similar to Nexon,…
Priston Tale M – Mobile MMORPG based on classic PC title officially announced
Korean developer FOW GAMES today announced it has signed an deal with Masangsoft to develop a mobile MMORPG based on the Priston Tale IP, now titled Priston Tale M. Originally developed and launched by YD Games, Priston Tale was one…
Black Desert Mobile – Pre-creation for new Archer and Fletcher classes now live
Global games developer and publisher Pearl Abyss today announced that two new classes, Archer and Fletcher, will be released in Black Desert Mobile next week. Meanwhile, pre-creation for these classes has begun with special rewards. Archer and Fletcher are two…
Blade & Soul 2 – Pre-registration begins in South Korea for new UE4 MMORPG
As reported last week, NCSOFT started the pre-registration phase for Blade & Soul 2 in South Korea today. A pre-recorded video stream was also held with NCSOFT founder Mr Kim Taek-Jin kicking things off announcing he is very much part…
Grand Fantasia Reborn – X-Legend begins 2021 with new mobile MMORPG based on popular PC title
Announced a couple of weeks ago, Taiwanese developer X-Legend Entertainment is back to its MMORPG roots with Grand Fantasia Reborn. With that said, the company has not found immense success on the mobile platform, so it is definitely still a…
Blue Archive – Quick look at new anime RPG launched by Yostar in Japan
Developed by NAT Games (V4, Overhit), a team under Nexon Korea, Blue Archive launched last week in Japan by publisher Yostar (Arknights). We did try to play the game, but it was plagued with random extended server maintenances each time…