Some of Lost Ark’s Tier 1 and Tier 2 endgame content will be getting a little easier in an upcoming update, as Amazon and developer Smilegate RPG have outlined various balance changes and fixes coming to the free-to-play MMORPG.
A total of six early Guardian Raids and four Abyss Dungeons will see their difficulty downgraded to be made easier. Amazon states the change is based on data and feedback, which showed that some of this content was giving new players a hard time and resulting in low success rates.
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Springloaded, the team behind Let’s Build a Zoo, has just announced its latest game, Let’s Build a Dungeon. This time, instead of building the perfect zoo, players will be in charge of running a gaming studio with the goal of creating an MMORPG.
According to the game’s Steam page, one of the first things players will need to do is look through applications to ensure they’re hiring the right developers for the job. In addition to getting the right devs, players will also need to create proper schedules, oversee advertising campaigns, and build relationships with the press.
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Around 40 minutes of leaked Diablo 4 footage has emerged. The footage is from a test-build of the highly anticipated action RPG.
The leak consists of two videos, one is around five minutes and the other is a little over 38 minutes. As indicated by PC Gamer, a link to both videos was posted in the Gaming Leaks and Rumours subreddit by user iV1rus. The footage shows a barbarian character exploring a city, and then heading out beyond the city walls to fight enemies and explore. The videos were likely pulled from a private Discord stream, as heavily edited voices talk over the footage and the sound of Discord notifications can be heard.
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As part of the Madden NFL 22 ratings reveal week, EA Sports is announcing the player ratings for some of the league’s most skilled players, and this includes one of the flashiest positions: wide receiver. The full list of top rookie and veteran WRs has now been released, and there are no surprises.
Starting with veterans, Davante Adams of the Green Bay Packers leads the way with his 99 rating that puts him in the elusive 99 Club. DeAndre Hopkins of the Arizona Cardinals and Tyreek Hill of the Kansas City Chiefs following with a 98 OVR rating. Hopkins has generated some amount of controversy recently over his anti-vaccination stance in response to the NFL’s new policies.
Following close behind is Stefon Diggs of the Buffalo Bills (97 OVR), Julio Jones of the Tennessee Titans (95 OVR), and Michael Thomas from the Saints (94 OVR).
As for rookies, Jaylen Waddle leads the pack with a 76 OVR for the Miami Dolphins. You can see a full rundown of the top-rated wide receive…
Lord Of The Rings Anime Focused On Rohan Coming To Theaters From Ghost In The Shell's Kenji Kamiyama
A Lord of the Rings anime film from Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell) and Warner Bros. Animation is on the way, and its story will focus on the King of Rohan.
The movie is called The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, and it “expands the untold story behind the fortress of Helm’s Deep, delving into the life and bloodsoaked times of one of Middle-earth’s most legendary figures: the mighty King of Rohan–Helm Hammerhand.”
The standalone movie is produced by Joseph Chou (Blade Runner: Black Lotus), while Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance) wrote the script. Philippa Boyens, one of the Oscar-winning writers on Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings series, is attached to the anime as a consultant.
While the movie is described as a standalone production, it’s also referred to by Warner Bros. as a “companion piece” to Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy. It will have “story and artistic elements” that may be familiar to fa…