Gigantic – Exile in the North to Begin with Pakko, the Jolly Brute

The Gigantic site has been updated with a brief look at the next hero comig into the game along with the Exile in the North update. Exile in the North will be going live on Thursday, January 19th and will come with Pakko, the “Jolly Brute”. Pakko is a “happy-go-lucky” critter that is a melee specialist with a ton of quick moves thanks to high agility.

Gigantic – Exile in the North to Begin with Pakko, the Jolly Brute

The Gigantic site has been updated with a brief look at the next hero comig into the game along with the Exile in the North update. Exile in the North will be going live on Thursday, January 19th and will come with Pakko, the “Jolly Brute”. Pakko is a “happy-go-lucky” critter that is a melee specialist with a ton of quick moves thanks to high agility.

SNK Is Launching a New King of Fighters Game This Summer–and It’s an MMORPG for Smartphones

“The King of Fighters World” will launch first in China, Summer 2017.

There’s a new King of Fighters game on the horizon–however, it’s not another fighting title. SNK has announced plans to launch a new massively multiplayer online role-playing game, entitled The King of Fighters World. It will apparently be free-to-play (with additional paid content), and involve exploring the KOF game world, battling and puzzle-solving through a “profound” storyline.

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It will be available for both Android and iOS devices, launching first in China, with the intention of expanding worldwide later. It might not be what every SNK fan burns to fight for, but it could be interesting for those that want to take some aspect of KOF on the go. Check out the teaser trailer below.

Source: SNK Corporation Japan, via Gatoray

Guild Wars 2 – An Economic Evolution

Gold in Guild Wars 2 was, once upon a time, an incredible valuable and hard to come by currency. As with most MMORPGs, back at launch the influx of gold and rewards was a lot scarcer than what you see today. As a result of a higher income as players got to completing higher end content gold became more and more common for the everyday player, resulting in forced gold sinks and more expensive outlets for your gold.

Conan Exiles – Keeping the Sandbox Filled with Lore

The Conan Exiles site has been updated with a new post that details the importance of lore in the game. The world is crafted around the literary works of Robert E. Howard, a world, the post says, that can offer players “an intensely rich universe full of great deeds, dark magic and high adventure”. Conan Exiles takes that vision and is inspired by the events between a pair of stories written in the 30s (“Xuthal of the Dusk” and “A Witch Shall be Born”).

Heroes of the Storm – Valeera Sanguinar to Join the Nexus

The Heroes of the Storm Twitter account has been updated with the news that Valeera Sanguinar, a Blood Elf assassin from World of Warcraft that has transcended the faction struggle by becoming a companion to Varian Wrynn. “I am neither Horde nor Alliance. What has either faction ever done for me?”

Path of Exile – The Exiled Tribune – Planning Ahead 13-Weeks at a Time

Welcome back to another issue of the Path of Exile – The Exiled Tribune. In this week’s update, we’ll take a look ahead at how the team will be sticking to its release schedule and how far out the next expansion could be as well as some other performance issues. In addition, the Talent Competition will be drawing to a close later today, some Breach League stats have been revealed and some spiffy new microtransactions have been released. Join us!