| The Secret World: New 10 Day Trial Offered Posted: 30 Apr 2016 02:02 AM PDT Have you ever wanted to play Funcom's The Secret World? If so, you have a new opportunity thanks to the new 10 day trial available on the official site. |
| General: HeroWarz: Cross-Genre MOBA Enters CBT On May 18th Posted: 30 Apr 2016 01:51 AM PDT KOG Games, developers of Elsword, have announced that their cross-genre MOBA HeroWarz will enter Closed Beta Testing on May 18th. According to the team, the game features RPG elements and in-depth story line, character progression, PvP and more. |
| Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward: Yo-Kai Watch Crossover Content Coming in v3.3 Posted: 29 Apr 2016 01:22 PM PDT Final Fantasy XIV players and fans of Yo-Kai Watch will be happy to hear that, like the Lightning crossover a few months ago, content from the Square Enix RPG series will be heading into the game. The announcement came as part of the larger discussion of the v3.3, "Revenge of the Horde" update that will also see a pair of new dungeons, new main scenario quests and other questing content as well. |
| General: Metronomicon - Mixing Rhythm Games & RPGs in a Fun New Way Posted: 28 Apr 2016 03:59 PM PDT Being a fan of RPGs and Rhythm games it's sort of weird to realize I've never considered the possibilities of mixing the two together. It might seem like mixing these two genres would be a bit weird but Metronomicon manages to meld them into a wonderfully entertaining and exciting package. |
| Black Desert Online: Hacker Hunting Initiative Announced Posted: 29 Apr 2016 12:38 PM PDT Black Desert Online is giving players a chance to take part first hand in the effort to hunt down hackers and cheats in the game. A new post on the BDO forum has announced the "Hacker Hunting Initiative" that gives players the opportunity to report bots, hackers and "disruptive hackers" (i.e. griefers). The reward? Elion's Tears and GM's Blessings. |
| Chronicles of Elyria: Bolstering Introduced to Equalize the Playing Field Posted: 29 Apr 2016 12:17 PM PDT The Chronicles of Elyria site has a new blog post that lays out a neat new in-game mechanic to help players maximize their time in game by equalizing the playing field when members of a "family" travel together. When a player of a higher level is partnering with others of a higher level, stamina is raised to the level of the highest character, though no additional abilities are added. In addition, "bolstering" as the CoE calls it, brings other stat increases to bear. |
| General: Vivendi Secures 18% More Stock in Ubisoft Posted: 29 Apr 2016 11:43 AM PDT While still denying a takeover attempt, Vivendi has increased its stock holdings in Ubisoft by 18% which gives the company a nearly 16% ownership stake in the gaming studio. Ubisoft has been actively seeking other investors to stop a takeover by Vivendi which only needs to gain an additional 12% of the available stocks to force takeover negotiations. |
| Warhammer 40k: Eternal Crusade: See the Swooping Hawk and the Striking Scorpion Today Posted: 29 Apr 2016 11:38 AM PDT During today's weekly Warhammer 40K: Eternal Crusade live stream, players will get a look at two Eldar leaders, the Swooping Hawk and the Striking Scorpion. The event will take place at 11:00 am Pacific / 2:00 pm Eastern in the Eternal Crusade Twitch.tv channel. This gives fans an excellent opportunity to chat with the team, check out more game footage and ask their burning questions. |
| General: What?s the Deal with Early Access? Posted: 27 Apr 2016 05:24 PM PDT We've all seen the glut of games that are begging for your money in the guise of early access but where did they come from? Rob tries to tackle that topic this week. |
| World of Warcraft: Pirate Server Admins Invited to Blizzard Campus Posted: 29 Apr 2016 10:47 AM PDT According to a Twitter post from the admins of the now-closed pirate server Nostalrius, the group has been invited to Blizzard's headquarters this coming weekend. |
| Tree of Savior: Review in Progress 3 - Combat and Replayability Posted: 29 Apr 2016 01:50 AM PDT Victor discusses some aspects of combat and replayability in this installment of the Tree of Savior review in progress. |
| Elite: Dangerous: Horizons Heading to XBox One in Q2 2016 Posted: 29 Apr 2016 08:43 AM PDT Elite: Dangerous XBox One players have a lot to look forward to in the coming months. Frontier Developments announced today that the Horizons expansion will will launch during quarter two 2016. Horizons will include planetary landings, the looting and crafting systems, multicrew coop missions and more. |
