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Battleborn: Should You Play It Free2Play
How Monster Hunter World Affects Dauntless
Bless Online - NA/EU Community Considering Options For English Release

Battleborn: Should You Play It Free2Play

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I am currently away birthday and E3 at the same time yes! As for Battleborn, it has gone free2play sort of. Let's talk about that and it's it worth playing now?

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How Monster Hunter World Affects Dauntless

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Monster Hunter World came as a surprise during the Sony presentation during this year's E3.. but after we picked our jaws up off the ground.. my next thought was, "How will this affect Dauntless?"

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Bless Online - NA/EU Community Considering Options For English Release

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The English community of Bless has been discussing and brainstorming several options in response to the recent news of Neowiz (developer) and Gamigo (publisher) mutually agreeing to cancel Bless's development and publication in North America and Europe.

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IO Interactive Goes Indie, Keeps the Hitman IP

Posted: 16 Jun 2017 06:12 AM PDT

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IO Interactive Goes Indie, Keeps the Hitman IP

IO Interactive has gone independent! Company leaders signed a deal with Square Enix to buy out management as well as to maintain control over the Hitman IP.

IO Interactive CEO’s letter

Company CEO Hakan Abrak wrote a long letter on the official site. Here it is in its entirety:

In its 19 years of history, Io-Interactive has brought you original and exciting entertainment; from Mini Ninjas and Freedom Fighters to gaming's most notorious criminals Kane & Lynch and of course our beloved Agent 47. With our latest game, we have not only transformed Hitman, but also moved our entire studio into the AAA digital era. Our live product has disrupted the video game business and has received recognition and praise from press, community and our fans.

There are many tales of hope, dreams, hardship and joy within these walls. We have never strived for the expected or predictable. Instead, we are always in pursuit for what feels original and real. Our passion and determination has never been greater and so that is why we have decided it is not the time to stop as we have many more exciting and original tales to tell.

Therefore I am proud to announce today that IOI is now officially an independent studio. We have successfully concluded our negotiations with Square Enix and have agreed to a management buyout. Crucially, we will keep all of the rights to the Hitman IP.

Hitman’s Future

This is a watershed moment for IOI. As of today, we have complete control over the direction for our studio and the Hitman IP – we're about to forge our own future and it's incredibly exciting. We are now open to opportunities with future collaborators and partners to help strengthen us as a studio and ensure that we can produce the best games possible for our community.

I would like to say a big and sincere thank you to all of our players, community, friends in the media and everyone else connected to the studio for the messages of support that we have received in the last few weeks. I would also like to thank Square Enix; it has been a great family to be a part of and we are proud of what we have achieved together in the last eight years. IOI started as an independent studio and we will now return to those roots with an extremely passionate and talented team.

We are counting on the continued support of all our players; simply by having fun with everything we've released so far for HITMAN – and we want to encourage more of you to try our game. We have more details to come on our plans for that next week.

IO Interactive Goes Indie, Keeps the Hitman IP
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Ellie Gibson on E3
Here's how The Crew 2's vehicular triathlon will work
Call of Cthulhu looks suitably creepy in its E3 trailer
Eurogamer's best of E3 2017
Hitman developer Io-Interactive is now an independent studio

Ellie Gibson on E3

Posted: 17 Jun 2017 12:00 AM PDT

In the beginning was the word, and the word was: "EXCLUSIVE."

And Lo, the word did boom out across the Microsoft E3 conference at regular intervals, as though the voice of God was speaking; as though the Lord has nothing better to do than tell everyone that Black Desert will be available only on Xbox. For a limited time.

And the people cried unto the Lord, "But Lord! What is the difference between an exclusive, a timed exclusive, a console launch exclusive, and an exclusive world premiere console launch exclusive?"

Posted: 16 Jun 2017 12:57 PM PDT

Ubisoft has revealed how The Crew 2's multi-vehicle races will work.

As teased in the game's announcement trailer at the Ubisoft E3 press event, The Crew 2 greatly expands upon its "CarPG" predecessor by adding boats and planes to the mix.

The way this works is like a triathlon. You'll race one leg of the journey in a car, then, upon hitting the checkpoint, you'll skip to a boat race, and finally you'll transition into an airplane for the final leg of the journey.

Posted: 16 Jun 2017 12:33 PM PDT

Blood Bowl and Styx: Master of Shadows developer Cyanide showed off a glimpse of its upcoming Call of Cthulhu RPG for E3.

While the latest trailer contains little, if any, actual gameplay, it appears to be in-engine at least and gives us a good sense of the game's ominous art direction.

The game puts players in the role of private investigator Edward Pierce as he investigates the death of a family on the not too subtly named Darkwater Island. Along the way he'll question his sanity as he encounters cultists, conspiracies, elder gods, and the like.

Eurogamer's best of E3 2017

Posted: 16 Jun 2017 05:55 AM PDT

Wow, that was a long one. E3 2017 began for our away team on Friday last week, for those of us back in the UK on Saturday night, and has barely let up since. I've already mentioned that the volume of hype is now out of all proportion to the number of brand new game reveals, and that this is creating the impression of a flat show - but that impression isn't a wholly accurate one. The buzz from the show floor has been positive - thanks in part to the raw enthusiasm brought by the decision to admit members of the public. And, as ever, there has been a ton of games to see. And many of them have seemed excellent!

As we did last year, we're taking a simple approach to naming our picks of the show: five games, no more, no less, receive our E3 2017 Editors' Choice award. They are not ranked, not divided by genre, and not separated by any other category of achievement. In order to be eligible, games must have been available to watch or play in a live gameplay demonstration, so no CGI trailers or canned gameplay reveals. Hands-on time isn't a must, although it helps (and, in fact, we did get to play all five winning games this year).

Some of the most exciting games from this year's show weren't eligible for our awards: Beyond Good & Evil 2 had a spectacular CGI trailer, but is a very distant and vague prospect, with a slightly suspect relationship to the cult original. Anthem wows technically, and EA swears its Xbox conference demo was recorded in real time on Xbox One X, but we weren't given an opportunity to verify this for ourselves - ditto Metro Exodus. And we were disappointed not to see Sony Santa Monica's new God of War in the flesh, because it looks terrific.

Posted: 16 Jun 2017 05:54 AM PDT

Io-Interactive has announced it has become a fully independent studio.

The Copenhagen-based team said it has agreed to a management buyout with owner Square Enix after the surprise decision to put the studio on sale last month, and will retain full rights to the Hitman IP in the process.

Here is Io-Interactive CEO Hakan Abrak's statement in full:

MMORPG Reviews

EVE Introduces Support for Color Blindness

Posted: 16 Jun 2017 02:16 AM PDT

EVE Online‘s Rogue Swarm Alert Event and Color Blindness Support Rogue Swarm Alert! Following the revelation that CONCORD’s Rogue Drone Monitoring Taskforce has begun to observe new behavior among many of the groups of rogue drones, the empires of New Eden are requesting that capsuleers assist in stamping out this new breed of high-level rogue […]

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Posted: 17 Jun 2017 02:06 AM PDT

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June 20 Class Tuning Adjustments, Tweets, EU Arena Cup #3, ToS Minimalist Guide

Posted: 16 Jun 2017 04:10 PM PDT

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June 20 Class Tuning Adjustments
These adjustments will go live after the next weekly maintenance.

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Following the release of Patch 7.2.5, we continue to monitor every spec's performance and make tuning adjustments as necessary. With the opening of the Tomb of Sargeras in mind, during scheduled maintenance on 20 June, we expect to make the following changes:

Demon Hunter (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)

Vengeance
- Damage of all abilities reduced by 5%.
- Spirit Bomb damage reduced by 33%.

Hunter (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)

Survival
- Damage of all abilities increased by 3%.

Mage (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)

Arcane
- Damage of all abilities increased by 3%.
Fire
- Damage of all abilities increased by 3%.

Monk (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)

Brewmaster
- Stagger now has 40% effectiveness against Magic damage (was 50%).

Paladin (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)

Retribution
- Damage of all abilities increased 3.5%

Priest (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)

Discipline
- Evangelism now has a duration of 6 seconds (was 7 seconds).

Shaman (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)

Elemental
- Damage of all abilities increased by 3%.
- Smoldering Heart proc chance is now 10% per 100 Maelstrom spent (was 20%).

Warlock (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)

Affliction
- Damage of all abilities reduced by 5%.
Destruction
- Damage of all abilities reduced by 5%.

Warrior (Forums / Skills / Talent Calculator / Artifact Calculator / PvP Talent Calculator)

Arms
- Trauma can no longer Critically Strike.
- Damage of all abilities reduced by 4%.

In addition to the class changes above, we're doing some final tuning on a couple of the forthcoming Tier-20 sets:

Brewmaster Monk Tier 20 2-piece now has a 40% chance to generate a Gift of the Ox Healing Sphere (was 100%).
Retribution Paladin Tier 20 2-piece bonus now increases Blade of Justice damage by 20% (was 15%).

Blue Tweets

Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment

Mythic+ Loot
Will we get higher than 905 gear in the weekly M+ cache on patch day if we complete a +15 the week leading up to the patch?
The new level of Mythic Keystone 11-15 rewards will become active the week that the Mythic difficulty of Tomb of Sargeras opens. (WarcraftDevs)

Do i have to do a +15 this Week so i get Higher ilvl loot from my Weekly Chest or will the Cap still be +10 for another week?
The M+ loot cap generally goes up when Mythic difficulty of the raid unlocks - that's how it worked for Nightmare and Nighthold. (WatcherDev)

Achievements
.why remove the FoS ''Unholy determination'' From the DK Class mount quest, for those who've done it? Thats a slap in the face.
Don't want folks to feel the need to check guides before doing quests lest they miss out on something permanently without knowing it. (WatcherDev)
The FoS had been deleted in 7.2.5 data weeks ago. "Missable" achievements in one-time content would set a dangerous precedent. (WatcherDev)

Ghostcrawler Tweets
Ghostcrawler still occasionally talks about WoW. Remember that he no longer works for or speaks for Blizzard.

Originally Posted by MMO-Champion

You were on the WoW team still when it was said that there is too many currencies and it needed to be reined in. Since your departure, WoW has just seen more and more currencies added. Your thoughts on why this might be the case from a design perspective?
Generally it happens because you want to encourage players to engage in lots of different forms of content. If you have say 3 currencies and 10 forms of content, then what probably happens is one of the currencies can be earned in many different ways and there is a risk players will gravitate towards the most efficient. Having different currencies also lets you offer rewards on different cadences (say something with not much buying power that you reward frequently, versus something very powerful that you only offer once a week or less.)

The instincts to offer different rewards for different things makes your life a little easier for the designers, and often benefits players as well. The main downside is the growing complexity of a system, which can be overwhelming for players to keep straight.

Caveat: I haven't played WoW in over 3 years. (Source)

EU Arena Cup #3 LIVE June 24-25 at 17:00 CEST: Tune In!

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Cup #3 of the WoW® Arena World Championship goes live Saturday and Sunday, June 24-25. To keep up with the action, tune in to the broadcast each day at 16:30 CEST, with matches kicking off at 17:00 CEST sharp. Don't miss out!

You can catch all the action on our official World of Warcraft Twitch channel in English. The stream will also be available in Russian.

Miss out on the previous cup? We've got you covered—head on over to our Arena Cup #2 recap blog for all the details.

What's New?
We have a brand new esports page to share with you, a space dedicated to WoW esports. You can catch up with all the action, news and current Point Standings here.

Dates For Your Diary

Arena Cup 4: July 8-9, registration closes on July 2 at 11.59pm CEST
Arena Cup 5: July 22-23, registration closes on July 16 at 11.59pm CEST

Points Promote Players – Get Involved!
Cup Events

1st place: $3,000, 160 points
2nd place: $1,500, 80 points
3rd place: $1,000, 36 points
4th place: $500, 20 points
5th and 6th places: 12 points each

Approved Community Events

1st place: 40 points
2nd place: 20 points
3rd place: 12 points
4th place: 8 points
5th and 6th places: N/A

Find out more in our Arena World Championship announcement here.

Want In On The Action?
We want to see a ton of community involvement, and strongly recommend some of you out there hold your own events. Not only will you be part of the action, you'll help teams place higher on the ladder — as approved community events award points too! Want to know more? Get in touch. Want to run your own event? Apply here.

Good luck to all the teams, and see you on the stream!

Tomb of Sargeras Minimalist Guide
Vetaro has created his minimalist guide to Tomb of Sargeras! You can find him on Twitter at Vetaro.

Patch 7.2.5 Hotfixes - June 15, Student Art Contest Winners, Jeff Kaplan 15 Years

Posted: 16 Jun 2017 05:08 AM PDT

Patch 7.2.5 Hotfixes - June 15

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

Chromie Scenario

The Timelord title is now account-wide.
Nezar'Azret should now only summon adds when in combat.

Dungeons

Corrected an issue where Mythic Keystone completion failed to award an additional piece of loot for beating the timer in some circumstances.

Items

Tome of the Legionfall Magi should no longer notify group members when it is looted.
Mythic Keystones should now display properly when linked in chat.

NPCs

Ilyssia of the Waters should no longer appear in Azsuna. She wasn't quite ready for her debut yet.

Player versus Player

The Gaze of Aman'thul debuff can no longer be removed by player spells.
Druid
- Cyclone should now work correctly on all tamed Hunter pets.
- Restoration
  - Template Intellect increased by 5%.
Monk
- Windwalker
  - The stun provided by Heavy-Handed Strikes now correctly matches the increased range of Fists of Fury.
Paladin
- Holy
  - Template Intellect increased by 2%.
Priest
- Discipline
  - Inner Renewal will no longer trigger twice for Shadow Covenant.
- Holy
  - Template Intellect increased by 2%.
Shaman
- Restoration
  - Template Intellect increased by 2%.
Warlock
- Affliction
  - Nightfall will correctly be consumed when casting Seed of Corruption
  - Unstable Affliction's dispel backlash can no longer be reflected or grounded.

Quests

Auctioneer Xifa should no longer evade attempted assassination for "Hiding in Plain Sight".

Spellbook

Brawn (Tauren racial trait) and Might of the Mountain (Dwarf racial trait) now appear correctly in the spellbook.

2016 Blizzard Student Art Contest Winners

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)

The sixth annual Blizzard Student Art Contest has drawn to a close! Presented by Blizzard Entertainment's university relations and World of Warcraft development teams, this contest called upon college and university students to create epic World of Warcraft-styled environments and characters and share their vision of Azeroth.

After deliberating over the many exceptional entries, our judges have chosen four outstanding pieces by two very talented artists. Check out the winning entries below.

Winners

Cody Harder- Character Contest Winner
Brigham Young University (BYU) – Idaho

Kate McKee-Environment Contest Winner
Laguna College of Art + Design (LCAD)

Runner-Ups

Kate McKee- Character Contest Runner-Up
Laguna College of Art + Design (LCAD)

Cody Harder- Environment Contest Runner-Up
Brigham Young University (BYU) – Idaho

Overwatch - Jeff Kaplan 15 Year Anniversary
Dinoflask made a video to celebrate Jeff Kaplan's 15 year anniversary at Blizzard!