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Free To Play Weekly – Maplestory, Ground Forces, The Repopulation (ep.109)

Maplestory undergoes a large revamp, Gaijin Entertainment rolls out the Ground Forces beta, and The Repopulation undergoes major modifications. These stories and more on this week’s episode of the F2P Weekly! Free-To-Play Weekly with Natsumii is the exclusive web show from MMOBomb.com. This show presents you with the most important news of the week about [...]

Added 1 hour ago - 2013-12-12 - one comment

Foreign Thursday? – Blade and Soul Bomblive

Spunkify streams Destroyer gameplay of the Chinese Blade and Soul open beta. It’s quite a hoot, but is it worth playing in Chinese or should players hold off until its released locally? Tune in to find out! Come enjoy a livestream broadcast on our official Live Stream page every Wednesday at 2PM PST. Follow us [...]

Added 2 hours ago - 2013-12-12 - one comment

Digging in the Dirt: Impressions of the EverQuest Next Landmark Livestream

Yesterday’s livestream was basically the first EverQuest Next Landmark footage I’d seen since the reveal at SOE Fan Faire. It was refreshing in that it wasn’t some kind of scripted event or prerecorded footage. Instead, the player used a pickaxe to dig a hole in the ground and… well, that was pretty much it. And [...]

Added 3 hours ago - 2013-12-12 - no comments

South Korea Considers Classifying Video Games as an Addiction

In South Korea, video games are a powerhouse, out-earning the native films and music combined. Video games in South Korea have a cultural influence like no other, which brings a lot of attention (Good and bad). With headlines like a 3-month old child dying from malnutrition because both her parents were at an internet cafe [...]

Added 4 hours ago - 2013-12-12 - 20 comments

Give the Gift of the Valar in LotRO and Auto-level to 50

‘Tis the season to be giving, and Turbine’s got quite the gift for impatient fans of The Lord of the Rings Online. From the 13th to the 19th, you can obtain the Gift of the Valar for one of your characters, instantly ramping that character up to level 50 — the original level cap — [...]

Added 5 hours ago - 2013-12-12 - 2 comments

Side-Scrolling Beat’em up Blade Hunter begins Alpha Tomorrow

After the closure of both DarkBlood Online and Dungeon Fighter Online, the age of 2D Side-Scrolling Beat’em ups seemed to be on its last leg. After all, who wanted to play a boring 2D scroller when you could do the same thing in glorious 3D? Apparently lots of people do, as the myriads of popular [...]

Added 1 day ago - 2013-12-11 - 13 comments

Modder creates unofficial Tribes Ascend SDK, Allows for Mods and Dedicated Servers

A key issue that remains with Free-to-Play games even today has to do with what happens to the game after the developers stop developing for it. Many titles coast for ages without updates, their dedicated population of players slowly dwindling. Worse yet, the game could shut down, meeting its untimely demise much earlier than gamers [...]

Added 1 day ago - 2013-12-11 - 5 comments

Lucent Heart Closed Beta Key Giveaway

MMOBomb.com and SubaGames are pleased to present our users with an invite to Lucent Heart closed Beta test. To get your beta code key you just need to click on the button below. Lucent Heart is a free-to-play social MMORPG with an emphasis on relationship building between players. Your browser does not support iframes. For [...]

Added 2 days ago - 2013-12-11 - 26 comments

Word Play: Aura Kingdom Exclusive Sneak Peek

I was asked several times during my visit to Aeria Games last week what sort of MMOs I played. “Mostly Western games, not the anime-styled ones,” I responded. That didn’t faze anyone I talked to, and, after playing a few hours of Aura Kingdom, maybe it shouldn’t have. Developed by MMO house X-Legend, with whom [...]

Added 2 days ago - 2013-12-10 - 13 comments

Aura Kingdom Founder’s Packs Giveaway

MMOBomb and Aeria Games have teamed up to give three lucky members Founder’s packs for the upcoming Anime MMORPG, Aura Kingdom. All Founder’s packs come with guaranteed access to the Aura Kingdom Founder’s beta which begins on December 16th, along with a special mount, pet, ingame currency, unique items, and Founder’s title. One lucky winner [...]

Added 2 days ago - 2013-12-10 - 765 comments

EverQuest Next Landmark Realizes Everyone is Confused

There’s a difference between EverQuest Next and EverQuest Next Landmark? Surprisingly, yes; there’s a stark fundamental difference between the two. Even SOE has taken notice to the audience confusion between the two titles. In response, there has been a video released explaining Landmark’s unique characteristics. EverQuest Next Landmark will be an expansive, highly customizable sandbox. [...]

Added 3 days ago - 2013-12-09 - 19 comments

Old School: Blackthorne Bomblive

It’s a blast from the past that just so happens to be F2P! On this episode of Bomblive, Spunkify takes on one of Blizzards’ first games, the cinematic platformer Blackthorne. Can our hero figure out the controls in time to defeat the evil menace known as Sarlac? Tune in to find out! Come enjoy a [...]

Added 6 days ago - 2013-12-06 - 6 comments

Maplestory – Red: First Impact Update Live, Anime Trailer Inbound

Despite Maplestory 2 being in development, Nexon has yet to show any sign of slowing down support for the original. Case in point, Nexon just rolled out part one of their three part “Red” update dubbed ‘Impact’, which signals one of the game’s largest content additions in recent years. Explorer class revamps, a new zone, [...]

Added 6 days ago - 2013-12-06 - 11 comments

Free To Play Weekly – Everquest Next, Trove, C9 (ep.108)

Everquest Next unveils new classes, Trove wants you to throw money at them -$2500 to be exact, and SMITE finally sets a launch date. These stories and more on this week’s episode of the F2P Weekly! Free-To-Play Weekly with Natsumii is the exclusive web show from MMOBomb.com. This show presents you with the most important [...]

Added 7 days ago - 2013-12-05 - 6 comments

Digital CCGs Decking Physical Games

A new report from market research firm SuperData examines the physical and digital card game market, giving estimates as to the size of both in the U.S. and worldwide. The tl;dr version: Both are fairly large and while physical is still bigger than digital, the gap is closing. This isn’t hard to imagine, with new [...]

Added 7 days ago - 2013-12-05 - 6 comments

Neverwinter: Shadowmantle Goes Live

It’s finally here! Neverwinter’s latest expansion/”module”, Shadowmantle, just went live today. There’s quite an impressive amount of new features. Players will now get to experience using a bow in game for the first time thanks to the new class added, the Hunter Ranger. This bow wielding class has the ability to dish out ranged combat [...]

Added 7 days ago - 2013-12-05 - 12 comments

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