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Sea of Thieves is down for maintenance, but when it comes back up, pirates will be able to dive into the game’s first major content addition, The Hungering Deep. “From May 29th, follow the trail of riddles and rumors to piece together what happened to “Merry” Merrick, the proud owner of a pair of matching peg legs”.
The Korea Times (via GameInformer) is reporting that PUBG Corp, the company behind PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, is suing Epic Games in Korea over copyright infringement with its game, Fortnite. The lawsuit wants a court to decide if Fortnite, or at least aspects of it such as the UI or in-game items, were copied from PUBG. The injunction was filed in January with the Seoul Central District Court and specifically against Epic Games Korea.
Bless Online players who own a Founders’ Pack can now take part in two days’ worth of early access game play in the highly anticipated MMORPG from Neowiz. The client can now be downloaded from Steam with players able to get started in their journey right after. Launch day officially arrives on May 30th with a Standard Edition available starting the same day minus the Founders’ Pack additions. It will run $30.
Late yesterday afternoon, Phoenix Labs developers took to Reddit to inform the Dauntless open beta community that game servers have now become stabilized and have reached “zero queue” status. The team has been “all hands on deck” throughout the weekend working to reduce wait times and to provide better matchmaking after players were faced with lengthy wait times of an hour or more.
Editor’s Note: When originally reported, we indicated MU Legend would be closing. This is our error. MU Origin, not Legend, is closing, though the facts of the closure remain the same. MU Legend’s service will remain in operation. ORIGINAL: Webzen has announced that it is cutting service for MU Origin in The Netherlands as a result of the Dutch Gaming Authority’s ruling against in-game loot boxes beginning June 20th.
MMORPG.com has been given some cool gift keys for Dauntless that will give players in game flares that when deployed will show the MMORPG.com logo! Get your key now, get in the game and have fun!
A small team of Star Trek Online players has dedicated itself to creating some of the most iconic costumes, including facial features and outfits, from all of the series’ major television shows. The costumes were created out of love of the Star Trek IP as well as to share with players who can use them in-game on both characters and bridge officers. There are directions how to do so and a way to request specific costumes via Reddit.
Rat Labs LLC has sent word that it has obtained the license for The Realm Online, one of the oldest MMOs ever made. The team has “grand plans to first relaunch a clean slate server with many mechanics improvements” made over the past year. In addition, developers will be working to bring both a web-based and a mobile version of the game to players around the world.
The World of Speed blog on the game’s Steam page has been updated with a new post that is short and sweet but continues to show the team’s commitment to getting the game out to open beta. While there are some secrets that developers are keeping to themselves, we do know that global chat and other social features are in the work. In addition “new liveries” for rides are being created as well as new maps with different tracks.
Webcams are great for connecting people. Whether it is connecting them through Skype or for a web conference, streaming cameras have taken root in society. As gamers, we do the same. The Logitech C922 is designed for connecting a streamer with their audience. Featuring easy syncing with XSplit and OBS for more connection power the C922 is definitely a webcam you should consider.