Hopefully, you got into the Bless Unleashed PC closed beta when Neowiz and Round 8 Studio were doing sign-ups last month. If so, then today’s the day you can finally try it out for yourself, as the closed beta has begun on Steam. For the next five days, beta testers and jump into the world…

Guild Wars 2’s Icebrood Saga Finale Kicks Off Nov. 17
Last week, we learned about the general plan for Guild Wars 2‘s next few updates. This week, we get some spicy visuals — and, significantly, audio — for the next update, which is coming in just two weeks and will kick off the final chapters of the Icebrood Saga. The trailer for the first chapter,…

Explore A New Region And Get Help With Your Farm In ArcheAge’s Next Update
Wonder no longer at the mysterious teases that gamigo had last week. It’s an update for both free-to-play ArcheAge and pay-to-play ArcheAge Unchained, called Rise of Nehliya, and it arrives one week from today, on Thursday, Nov. 12. The update will bring a new area, Mysthrane Gorge, chock full of new quests and adventures. There…

Apex Legends Hammers 419 Players Using Exploit To Play Against Lower Ranks
419 highly ranked Apex Legends players will have to sit out the rest of Season 7, following a ban wave by Respawn Entertainment. The players, ranked in Platinum (the third-highest competitive rank) or higher were found to be using an exploit that allowed them to queue into matches with Bronze-level players. In other words, they…

World Of Warships: Legends Coming To Next-Gen Consoles; New Japanese Ships In November’s Update
The console version of Wargaming’s free-to-play naval battler, World of Warships: Legends, is — surprise! — coming to next-gen consoles. Wargaming announced today that Legends will be making its way to the Xbox One X and S by the end of November, while PlayStation 5 implementation will come “shortly after the console is released” (Nov….

Game of Thrones Winter is Coming Gift Pack Key Giveaway
MMOBomb and R2Games have partnered up to score YOU a gift pack key with in-game items for Game of Thrones Winter is Coming! To unlock your key instantly you just need to complete all the steps on the top. Grab your key NOW while supplies last! How to use your Key: 1. Complete all steps…

Microsoft’s game revenue up by $550 million as Xbox readies for Series X debut
While the Xbox One generation is winding down, the Xbox brand is holding strong and is even listed as a driving force behind year-over-year growth in Microsoft’s “more personal computing” segment as a whole. Revenue for Microsoft’s game business is up 22 percent year-over-year, an increase of $550 million when compared to Q1 FY2020. This…

Report: Latest Cyberpunk 2077 delay announcement blindsides its dev team
CD Projekt Red has once again announced a delay of its blockbuster RPG Cyberpunk 2077 but, according to comments now circulating online, it did so without first informing the developers currently working on the game. Shortly after the announcement hit social media, Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier shared on Twitter that a source within CDPR says an…

Call for data: (Steam) game revenue over time!
So we haven’t done a ‘call for anonymized data’ post recently on the GameDiscoverCo newsletter, but one subject has been coming up quite a bit recently. Sure, let’s say your game made $50k in its first week on Steam. But at the end of Year 1, will you have $100k or $250k? And how about at the…

Unity teams up with Lego to teach game development fundamentals
Unity has teamed up with the folks at Lego for its latest Microgame project, joining forces with the iconic brick building brand to help introduce game development concepts in an easily accessible and fun way. In a blog post, Unity says even those with no game development experience should be able to get a game…