It’s been almost 3 years since XL Games announced their tab-targeting, sandbox MMO, Archeage, and we are finally growing closer to the release, in the forth quarter of the year. Ever since the game has hit beta in the Korean version, it has been a fan-favorite amongst the multitude of MMOs on the market and it’s no wonder! Archeages’ features ...
Read More »Destiny will undergo some tweaks following the Beta, but nothing major
Destiny’s Beta was off to a rocky start last month with a lot of the players complaining about the length of some of the missions and the fact that there will only be one explorable location per planet. Add to this the technical issues – especially on the Xbox One – and it looked like the game wouldn’t live up ...
Read More »World of Warcraft loses subscribers again, down to 6.8 million now
Blizzard Entertainment announced earlier that World of Warcraft lost a pretty big number of subscribers again. As of June 30, the most popular MMORPG of all time can account for 6.8 million subs, down from 7.6 million it had back in March. That’s a 800.000 drop in just a few months and the numbers will probably continue to go down ...
Read More »Warlords of Draenor premier event announced, cinematic launches August 14th
Blizzard announced earlier that World of Warcraft fans will be in for a real treat on August 14th when the Warlords of Draenor premier event is scheduled to take place. The event begins at 9:30 PM PDT and will feature a live interview with some of the developers. The interview will be streamed straight from the Ace Theater in Los Angeles. It’s ...
Read More »Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn free for 14 days on the PC starting today
Square Enix announced that Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn will become free for PC users starting later today. The trial will last for two full weeks and can be downloaded from here once it becomes available. FFXIV is a subscription-based MMO so this is a great opportunity to try out the game free of charge for a while. The trial will ...
Read More »Destiny Beta is back early for both PS4 and the Xbox One
The Destiny Beta was supposed to undergo a two day maintenance in preparation for the Xbox One and Xbox 360 launch. However, it seems that maintenance was finished earlier that anticipated so Bungie decided to just go ahead and start early. Everyone who pre-ordered the game can jump in and play this time around including PS3 and PS4 owners. Redeem ...
Read More »WildStar gets new PVP oriented content patch called Sabotage
The first major content drop for WildStar was released not that long ago, but NCSoft already announced the next update complete with details and DevSpeak video. Going by the name of Sabotage, the patch will focus on PVP this time around and consists of a brand new 15v15 battleground. The action takes place on Daggerstone Pass, the newly introduced map that ...
Read More »Bethesda reveals patch notes for Elder Scrolls Online patch 1.2.6
Update 3 is scheduled to hit the Elder Scrolls Online sometime early next month and will be mostly be focused on the Guilds from the looks of it. We still have a bit to go until then so Bethesda decided that it will be a good time to release a smaller patch prior to Update 3 just to be on the ...
Read More »New MMO research reveals that World of Warcraft earned more than $1 billion in 2013
A new report by SuperData Research reveals that Blizzard earned $1,041 billion in revenue from World of Warcraft in 2013. According to the research, WoW was by far the most successful MMORPG last year with a market share of 36%. Several important tiles have switched to free-to-play in recent years, but still earn revenue via microtransactions or other pay-to-win business models ...
Read More »Elder Scrolls Online Update 3 coming early August
Bethesda released a preview video of Update 3 for Elder Scrolls Online and from the looks of it, the next patch is all about the Guilds. The update comes with additions such as armor dyes, tabards, heraldries, bank gold, and other Guild-related features. If you’ve played World of Warcraft or other similar MMORPGs before then this will feel all too familiar. Aside ...
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