Vince McMahon Being Inducted Into Hall Of Fame Tonight
Vince McMahon Going Into The Boys & Girls Clubs Of America 25th Annual Hall Of Fame Tonight
Vince McMahon Going Into The Boys & Girls Clubs Of America 25th Annual Hall Of Fame Tonight
General: What We Can Learn from the Latest NCsoft Earnings
NCSoft has released their financial results for the first quarter of 2015, and the results are a mixed bag of the good and predictably bad. Blade & Soul has seen continued growth, the company is in an overall better position, and second half releases are set to bring in an infusion of cash. There is nothing to worry about.
ISM|Osiris242 Shows What He’s Got in Olympic Gaming’s Latest Ultra Street Fighter IV Spotlight
This week’s Olympic Gaming player spotlight is dedicated to ISM|Osiris242’s Gouken. Gouken is one of those characters that can play an up close game or an annoying ranged game successfully depending on the character that he’s facing. He’s also equipped with some of the most explosive combo damage out there if he can get the right sort of hits going, and Osiris shows competence in all of these areas, making his Gouken an exciting one to watch.
In the footage below, you’ll see Osiris face off against a handful of high-ranking online warriors including a special appearance by the crowd-pleasing PIE|Smug. If you only watch a single fight from this reel, be sure to check out how Osiris handles what Dudley throws at him.
As with all Olympic Gaming spotlights, you can also check out the video’s description to learn more about the player.
Source: Olympic Gaming
General: Nekro: Charming but Dull in Early Access
Essentially a prolonged paid beta, Early Access is a great tool for indies to keep the lights on as they work their way to official launch. But the newly coined development state has its own fair share of issues, chief among which is putting a clearly unfinished game out to the general public. That’s kind of where Nekro, from DarkForge Games, sits right now. It’s an Action RPG Strategy hybrid of a game with a novel setting and design, but it’s also just kind of boring to play.
Heroes & Generals: The Battle Rages with 5M Registered Accounts
Reto-Moto has announced that its World War II themed MMOFPS, Heroes & Generals, has scored over five million registered accounts worldwide. The explosive growth has taken off since H&G launched its early access program on Steam in the summer of 2014. To celebrate the big news, Reto-Moto will be giving all players a gold voucher code during the upcoming weekend.
Life is Feudal: 200k Downloads During Early Access
Bitbox Ltd. is reporting that Life is Feudal, a "hardcore, medieval MMO", has been downloaded over two hundred thousand times on Steam during its current early access period of development. To celebrate the big news, Bitbox has a special Developers’ AMA scheduled on Reddit for Thursday, May 14th at 9:00 am Pacific / 12:00pm Eastern.
General: NCSoft Financials – Overall Profits Down Sharply
NCSoft’s financial results for Q1 2015 have been released and show a marked decline over Q4 2014. Guild Wars 2 is the one shining light due to excitement generated by the Heart of Thorns expansion. WildStar’s profits declined by nearly half from already dismal sales in Q4 2014.
General: Game On #66 -| WoW Subscriptions Plummet
Chris and Ryan are joined by special guest and regular Shroud of the Avatar writer, Red Thomas! Together they talk about the WoW subscription plummet, as well as dig deep into Red’s areas of expertise, Crowfall and Shroud of the Avatar. Will Crowfall pull subscribers for WoW? Is it finally time to buy into Shroud of the Avatar?
Mortal Kombat X Artist Shares Early Ermac Concepts
Some time back, NetherRealm Studios artist Justin Murray shared some of his concept art for Mileena, Ferra, and Torr as they appear in Mortal Kombat X. Now, Murray is back with another batch of concept art, this time for the series’ master of souls, Ermac.
The concept art shows a good number of concepts for the soul warrior, including some that didn’t make it into the final game. The most interesting one among these is definitely the version where Ermac is unmasked and totally devoid of his trademark red, all the while looking stockier than the svelte warrior we see in the final game, but every piece is a unique take on the classic fighter.
We’ve shared some of these concepts below, but be sure to head on over to Mortal Kombat Online for the rest.
Source: Mortal Kombat Online