WoW’s Plunderstorm battle royale mode is much more popular the second time around: ‘I can just play and screw around’

World of Warcraft’s controversial battle royale mode relaunched a week ago, once again pitting PvE mount and transmog collectors against hardcore PvP enjoyers. And this time around… almost no one is complaining. Blizzard made some smart changes to the way its pirate-themed Plunderstorm worked. The rate of earning plunder, the game mode’s currency, has increased.

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‘When the world ends, people just dance’: As another MMO comes to an end, players come together for a final farewell rave

(Image credit: Bandai Namco (via Titania Gaming)) Bandai Namco announced the end of the anime MMO Blue Protocol in August 2024, setting the date for its demise as January 18, 2025. Fans made their displeasure known, but when the sad day finally arrived they met it with grace and style, dancing and partying into their

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The team behind one of 2024’s hidden gems is following it up with a stop-motion ‘relaxed digging and discovery’ game about a happy robot’s underground adventures beneath a lake of slime

(Image credit: Talha & Jack Co.) One of last year’s biggest pleasant surprises was Judero, a surreal little adventure by a two-man team whose art consisted entirely of action figures and other handmade, physical objects digitized as sprites and textures or animated in stop-motion cutscenes. Developer Talha & Jack Co. is already working on what’s

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Fortnite has 58 creators that got paid over $1 million in 2024, and 7 of those made over $10 million

(Image credit: Epic Games) Epic has released a 2024 “Year in Review” of the Fortnite creator ecosystem and, surprise surprise, there are a lot of big numbers to be had. As well as an overview of the year just gone, the publisher also took the opportunity to share some of the future plans for Fortnite

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Doom: The Dark Ages’ ‘iron tank’ gameplay takes things back to the very beginning: ‘It feels more like classic Doom than any game we’ve made up to this point’

In a press Q&A ahead of today’s Xbox developer direct, id Software creative director Hugo Martin and executive producer Marty Stratton expanded on some of the gameplay changes coming to Doom: The Dark Ages. In particular, they outlined how some of the criticisms of 2020’s Doom Eternal led the team to look for inspiration in

Is a New ATH and 2830 Levels Possible for Gold Prices?

Is a New ATH and 2830 Levels Possible for Gold Prices?

A recent debate in the markets revolves around whether gold prices can achieve a new all-time high (ATH). Experts suggest that geopolitical tensions, increasing recession fears, and central bank monetary policies could drive gold prices towards the 2830-dollar level. Current State of Gold Gold prices continue to be influenced by fluctuations in currency and bond…

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Dwarf Fortress finally got its roguelike Adventure Mode on Steam, so if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got to go fire up a fresh wombat man

Back in December 2022, I wrote in our Dwarf Fortress review that its Steam release is “a worthy revision of the legendary settlement sim.” And I stand by that. But there was something missing: The beloved Adventure Mode, which let Dwarf Fortress Classic players trade their mountainhome management for wandering the procedural world in traditional