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General: Does The Taken King Fix Destiny’s Problems?

Posted: 19 Aug 2015 05:11 PM PDT

Does The Taken King Fix Destiny

The hype train for Destiny: The Taken King has officially left the station. Bungie has been flooding the internet with new information since Gamescom stirring up excitement in current and lapsed players alike. This week week take a close look at what's changing, what's fixed, and whether it's worth $40 to check it out.

Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Fallen Empire to be Shown in Upcoming Stream

Posted: 21 Aug 2015 02:14 AM PDT

Knights of the Fallen Empire to be Shown in Upcoming Stream

Bioware has announced a forthcoming live stream in which players will get a first look at the Star Wars: The Old Republic expansion, Knights of the Fallen Empire. It will be the first time that game play from the expansion will be shown. The stream will take place on Wednesday, August 26th at 5:00 pm Pacific / 8:00 pm Eastern in the SWTOR Twitch channel.

ArcheAge: Update 2.0 to Feature the Hero System

Posted: 21 Aug 2015 02:10 AM PDT

Update 2.0 to Feature the Hero System

ArcheAge 2.0 is on its way. Called "Heroes Awaken", the update will feature the Hero System that will allow players to become faction leaders who can enable faction-wide quests and lead the team to war.

Camelot Unchained: Animation System Sparkles in New Video

Posted: 21 Aug 2015 01:59 AM PDT

Animation System Sparkles in New Video

Intrepid forum user PottedPlant22 has discovered a new animation video from the Camelot Unchained team. The video was released as part of the late Thursday, August 20th newsletter that also discusses several other interesting topics.

Crowfall: The Imortance of Correct Implementation of Crowd Control

Posted: 21 Aug 2015 01:48 AM PDT

The Imortance of Correct Implementation of Crowd Control

The Crowfall team is on record in a new developer diary that discusses the delicate balance between crowd control and the ability to escape from, or even become immune to (for a short time), its effects. In the article, devs examine CC pros and cons in MMOs thus far about ways in which CC might most effectively, and fairly, be implemented in Crowfall.

Siegefall: New Update Includes New Dragon Hunter Class

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 04:07 PM PDT

New Update Includes New Dragon Hunter Class

Siegefall has been updated today with a big patch that includes the new Dragon Hunter class. In addition, players can check out the new tower, the Ancient Monolith, and get a look at the Guild War Ship.

Sword Coast Legends: Pre-Order Customers to Get Early Access

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 04:03 PM PDT

Pre-Order Customers to Get Early Access

Folks who have preordered Sword Coast Legends will have a trio of opportunities to check out the game in special head start events. Two of the events will be held for players who preordered the collector's or campaign collector's editions and two will be for all customers who preordered any version of the game.

Star Wars: The Old Republic: Something Old, Something New, Something Jawa, Something Blue

Posted: 19 Aug 2015 10:01 AM PDT

Something Old, Something New, Something Jawa, Something Blue

Companions are finally getting a shakeup in the new expansion for Star Wars: the Old Republic. BioWare Austin has set themselves the task of making companions interesting once more, with some meaty choices where one or more of them could die as part of your Outlander storyline.

Shadowrun: Hong Kong: Multiplatform Title Launches

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 11:17 AM PDT

Multiplatform Title Launches

Harebrained Schemes has announced that launch day for Shadowrun: Hong Kong has finally arrived. The game is now available on Windows, Mac and Linux based systems.Interest players can grab a copy on Steam, Humble Store or GoG for $19.99 or a deluxe version that includes an art book and soundtrack for $29.99.

General: NetEase Introduces a Trio of New Mobile RPGS in the West

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 11:12 AM PDT

NetEase Introduces a Trio of New Mobile RPGS in the West

NetEase is ready to unleash a trio of mobile RPGs in the West, all of which will be heading into closed beta testing in the near future. Eternal Arena will begin beta testing this week, while Tome of the Sun and March of Heroes are inviting potential mobile users to sign up for later testing opportunities.

Colonies Online: New Trailer Introduces Main Features

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 11:04 AM PDT

New Trailer Introduces Main Features

Iron Bit has released a brand new trailer to show off some of the main features of Colonies Online. Of particular note are free-form construction, resource gathering and mining, weapon and armor modding, character development, large-scale alien battles and PVP warfare, all seated in an open world sandbox environment.

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen: Catching Up on the Past Year

Posted: 19 Aug 2015 09:49 AM PDT

Catching Up on the Past Year

On Tuesday night I caught up with two of the team members from Visionary Realms. Creative Director for Pantheon Rise of the Fallen Chris Perkins and Director of Communications Benjamin de la Durantaye. Read on to see what the two of them had to say about what Visionary Realms has been up to for the past 12 months.

General: Masquerada - Inspired by Baldur's Gate

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 09:32 AM PDT

Masquerada - Inspired by Baldur

Masquerada developers have sent word that a new trailer has been released for the game that is said to be inspired by Baldur's Gate. In addition, the game will be on display during next week's PAX Prime in Seattle, Washington.

Champions Online: Get Ready to Unleash Your Inner Villain

Posted: 19 Aug 2015 01:44 PM PDT

Get Ready to Unleash Your Inner Villain

You could be forgiven if you haven't played or paid attention to Cryptic's Champions Online for a while. Heck, some of us here at MMORPG have lifetime accounts and we haven't checked in. But that should all be changing as Cryptic is refocusing in on the superhero MMORPG with loads of new content in the coming months. We sat down with Lead Designer Randy Mosiondz to discuss the new Supervillain Onslaught content update due out in September.

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