| Crowfall - The Road to Persistence Posted: 30 Dec 2016 06:00 AM PST While in Austin, Red Thomas stopped in to see Gordon Walton and Todd Coleman about their game Crowfall. With recent patches adding multiple unique servers, the project seems to be on the cusp of persistence! |
| - Amazon's Digital Day Sale Features Plenty of MMOs & RPGs Posted: 30 Dec 2016 05:59 AM PST Amazon is running its Digital Day Sale and it features a number of MMOs and RPGs at pretty decent prices. You can score a Defiance Gold Edition packed with in-game items, get 60% off Warhammer 40: Eternal Crusade, snag copies of Final Fantasy 3, 4, 5 or 6 for 50% off, Final Fantasy XIV is $9.99 as is the Heavensward expansion, Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns comes in at $24.99, Skyrim: Legendary Edition is a cool $15, Fallout 4 is $19.79, and The Division is $24.99 to name a few. |
| Elite: Dangerous - Carrie Fisher to be Memorialized in Next Update Posted: 30 Dec 2016 05:20 AM PST Executive Producer Michael Brookes has taken to the Elite: Dangerous forum to let players know that the late Carrie Fisher, best known for her portrayal of Leia Organa in the Star Wars movies, will be memorialized in the next update. A new outpost called "Fisher's Rest" will be added in patch 2.3 when it is released. |
| Tree of Savior - New Dev Posts Outlines Steps to Reduce Class Disparity Posted: 30 Dec 2016 04:56 AM PST A new developer blog post has been published on the Tree of Savior site that details steps that the team is taking to reduce class disparity. Having solicited feedback from the community, and after having deployed five patches already, there are two more in the works that will bring even more parity among classes. Barbarian, Rune Caster, Cannonneer and Monk are profiled in this journal entry. |
| - A Great Year for JRPGs Posted: 29 Dec 2016 10:30 AM PST This week Rob reflects on the stellar year we had for JRPGs. A once diminishing brand in the west. |
| - Has the Game Industry Jumped the Shark? Posted: 29 Dec 2016 08:00 AM PST As I look into 2017, the landscape is just not what we have seen in recent years. Games continue to build, but the trend for the next year is going in very different directions from the past. Indie games will continue to push through but overall, there seems to be a lot missing from our normal New Year game menu. |
