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MOBA pushed to 2016 as 16 employees depart the company
Read More »Smite arrives on Steam
Free-to-play eSports hit Smite is now available through Valve’s Steam service. The Steam version of Hi-Rez’s third person MOBA, which is also available on Xbox One, is no different to the SKU that has for a while already been available on PC bar for the added potential of tapping into …
Read More »Dota 2 adds Rick & Morty announcer pack
Valve and Adult Swim have partnered to bring the weird and wonderful antics of Rick & Morty to Dota 2. A post onAdult Swim’s Twitter accountrevealed the new Dota 2 announcer pack, with the $7.99 DLC available now on thegame’s store. The pack swaps out the ‘Default’ and ‘Mega-Kills’ announcers …
Read More »Hi-Rez reveals new game Paladins
Smite developer Hi-Rez has lifted the curtain on its new game – Paladins. It’s free-to-play, as you might expect. It’s also a team-based shooter, but incorporates card collecting elements designed to boost the ability of your heroes. Paladins is pencilled in for release on PS4, Xbox One and PC with …
Read More »‘If Smite hadn’t worked out we would definitely have had to downscale’
Hi-Rez Studios COO Todd Harris on making tough decisions and learning from failure
Read More »The mobile MOBA – Can it work?
Super Evil Megacorp CEO Bo Daly on why he believes the start-up can make an impact in the popular and highly competitive genre with Vainglory
Read More »All League of Legends ranked matches taken offline after huge bug discovered
A game-wide bug has forced Riot to temporarily disable ranked League of Legends matches as it works to fix the issue. Players initially began to notice something curious with the hero Riven, with the champion able to cast the ‘Recall’ spell – which teleports the player character back to the …
Read More »Warner Bros pulls plug on MOBA Infinite Crisis
Free-to-play title struggled to gain traction early on
Read More »Warner Bros pulling plug on Infinite Crisis
DC Comics-themed MOBA Infinite Crisis will shut down just two months following official launch, publisher Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment has announced. An update on the game’s Steam page confirms work on the free-to-play game will cease immediately at developer Turbine, and servers will go offline for good on August 14th. …
Read More »Heroes of the Storm hits open beta, official release set for June
Blizzard’s free-to-play MOBA Heroes of the Storm is now out in open beta for anyone to download and play. The title entered its open beta phase earlier this week, and according to the developer will officially release on June 2nd. Blizzard states more heroes will be added at that time, …
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