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Darkfall: Rise of Agon ‘Soft Launches’ Freemium Version

Earlier this week, Darkfall: Rise of Agon developers soft launched a “freemium” version of the game “to test the limitations of the free accounts to tweak any changes” prior to a more extensive launch that will come complete with advertisements, a launch video and more. The post provides a detailed look at the free and premium features that are being tweaked. These include the speed of crafting and combat skills, speed of meditation and many others.

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Fallout 76 Devs Detail 2019’s Three Content Seasons & Wild Appalachia Release Info

Bethesda has unleashed a pair of development roadmaps for Fallout 76. One is an overview that provides basic information about what is going to happen throughout 2019 across “seasons” of content upgrades. The other is a more specific look at what players can expect from the Wild Appalachia season including information about when each piece will be released and what it will contain. See both after the jump.

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Lord of the Rings Online Producer Lays Out What’s Coming in 2019

The newest Lord of the Rings Online Producer’s Letter is posted to the official site that provides the community with a forward look at what they can expect throughout 2019. Most notably, the game is moving to its next expansion. The story will wend its way to the Vale of Anduin to explore its lore and secrets before heading “back towards Mordor to Minas Morgul” where players will face off against Shelob to discover “how she is influencing the future of Middle-earth”.

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Silicon Knights Veteran Denis Dyacks Revives Himself with New Studio & F2P ARPG

Silicon Knights and Precursor Games veteran Denis Dyacks is back in business after an extended absence from game development. Dyacks started with Silicon Knights before leaving to form Precursor Games where he lost a court fight with Epic Games leading to bankruptcy. He’s back and reinventing himself yet again by forming Apocalypse Studios in Canada and working hard on a free to play ARPG / multiplayer game where the player is undead and fighting the living.

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Anthem Review: Here We Go Again

With so many disastrous launches for looter shooters (and other live service games) over the past few years, surely Anthem would learn from the mistakes from its peers and not subject players excited for the game to yet another redemption arc. Right?

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Final Fantasy XIV’s Little Ladies’ Day Seasonal Event Begins February 28th

From February 28th to March 13th, Final Fantasy XIV players can take part in the Little Ladies’ Day seasonal event. “As ladies stroll the avenues of Ul’dah, dancing among drifting peach petals and faces aglow with delight, one cannot help but remember what Sultan Baldric Thorne knew so well?that each and every girl deserves to be treasured. On this Little Ladies’ Day, however, one in particular will need a kind adventurer’s help if the festival is to be a dream come true.”

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There’s More Than One Way to Earn Big Bucks This Week in Grand Theft Auto Online

Rockstar is offering its Grand Theft Auto Online players a bunch of ways to earn big bucks this week by taking part a trio of different activities. These include The Data Breaches, The Bogdan Problem and The Boomsday Scenario. Each of these will see players take home 2x GTA$ and RP payloads. Double GTA$ and RP can also be earned in the Arena War Series and players can unlock the Principe t-shirt just for logging in.

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H1Z1 Battle Royale for PS4 Updated with Season 3

H1Z1 Battle Royale for PlayStation 4 has been updated to bring Season 3 online that includes a new 50-player free-for-all Deathmatch mode, Ranked Leaderboards, and the new Battle Pass that includes “100 reward tiers across both free and premium lines”. There are also a pair of new bundles available in the PlayStation Store.

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Guild Wars 2 ? How ArenaNet?s Layoffs Affect Us

In an unexpected turn yesterday, ArenaNet’s employees confirmed a rumor related to massive layoffs that are planned to permeate throughout the company soon. While we have no confirmed amounts of how many of the nearly 400 members of staff that ArenaNet employs will be out of work, the confirmations came in the form of tweets from current staff. After massive rounds of layoffs have hit EA and Activision in recent weeks, we, the gaming faithful, look on with solidarity and hope that those that ha