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MapleStory 2 to shut down by end of March 2020

MapleStory 2 is less than two years old, but it has failed to find the audience of the original The MapleStory franchise has been one of Nexon’s more notable properties with its MMO world of cartoonish and lighthearted aesthetic. The first game was hugely popular for a long time, and the second would eventually go live in 2018, but it has never quite found the love and enthusiasm of the original. To that end, the MapleStory 2 devs have announced that they are shutting down service on the game at

New Chrono Trigger-Inspired RPG, Sea Of Stars, Revealed By The Messenger Dev

2018's The Messenger was a stellar throwback to the action-genre from the era dominated by the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo. Developed by Sabotage Studios, it took great inspiration from games like Castlevania and Ninja Gaiden, while at the same time possessing an incredibly self-aware and humorous story with the protagonist traveling between the 8- and 16-bit realms. Following the success of The Messenger, the developers have their eyes set on bringing their talent for stylized sprite work and action gameplay to the realm of the JRPG.With their follow-up, Sea

Untitled Goose Game Wins Another Game Of The Year Award

Untitled Goose Game has won another Game of the Year award. The whimsical game in which you play a grumpy, mischievous goose has won the overall Game of the Year award at Game Developers Choice Awards ceremony, following its GOTY win at the D.I.C.E Awards in February.Untitled Goose Game was developed by Australian studio House House. After launching on PC and Switch in September, the game came to Xbox One and PS4 in December. A line of Untitled Goose Game clothing was also released in the wake of the game's

Star Trek Online: Legacy HyperX Giveaway

Hey Shacknews, it is time for another giveaway! Find out how to win some sweet HyperX goodies and more. Shacknews has teamed up with Perfect World Entertainment, Cryptic Studios, and HyperX for a very special Star Trek Online: Legacy HyperX Giveaway. We are celebrating Star Trek Online's 10th anniversary by giving away three grand prize bundles and a whole bunch of PS4 codes. Use this Gleam widget to sign up for grand prize! Star Trek Online: Legacy HyperX Giveaway We also have a ton of other codes available to redeem.

Shackstream: To hell and back again – Doom Eternal

It’s time to rip and tear – again. Join me as I take on the demon hordes once more in Doom Eternal, the follow-up to id Software’s critically acclaimed Doom (2016). We’ll be kicking off the show in around 10 minutes or so via the official Shacknews Twitch channel. [embedded content] You can tune in with the embed above, or click the link right here to go to the official Shacknews channel. In our Doom Eternal review, I write: While Doom Eternal does a good job of building off of

First Post! March 18, 2020

Hey Shacknews, it's time for First Post! Let's officially kick off our day of posting. Please take a look. Is it March 20th yet? How very kind of @PlayStation to offer a countdown timer for @animalcrossing with any pre-order of @DOOM Eternal. pic.twitter.com/xKZFTsvdAE — Rami Ismail (@tha_rami) March 18, 2020 I would like to play Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Please understand. Me realizing I gotta walk into best buy to pick up my pre-order of animal crossing new horizons pic.twitter.com/bieix55z1A — Tylor (@theSirToasty) March 17, 2020 Maister wth the S-Tier

Butterscotch Shenanigans Launching Level Creation Platformer ‘Levelhead’ on April 30th

It was nearly two years ago to the day that we sat down with the fellas from Butterscotch Shenanigans during GDC 2018 to take a look at what they had cooking to follow up their previous release Crashlands, which was our Game of the Year back in 2016. The new game was called Levelhead and it was a precision platformer based heavily around the ability to create and share your own levels, similar to something like Super Mario Maker. The following May we got some new details and a new

Evening Reading – March 18, 2020

Hey Shacknews, it's time for Evening Reading. Let's officially close out our day of posting. I have missed the past day and a half of First Post! and Evening Reading due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, please understand and take a look. COVID-19 CAN EAT A FAT ONE Pikachu being tested for coronavirus pic.twitter.com/bjKQ8qJq0t — Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) March 16, 2020 Pika. Dogs bc their owners have to stay home all day pic.twitter.com/ZkUOH9JpoI — Kelsey (@notorious_KRG) March 16, 2020 Lola is stoked. Due to coronavirus precaution, Bob Shellard isn't allowed