Month: March 2017

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ArcheAge – Player Behavior As a Predictor for IRL End of Times?

Researchers have used the culmination of the ArcheAge beta test as a predictor of a real world equivalent to a catastrophic end time scenario. The study analyzed over 270 million records of AA player behavior in something called the mapping principle. The team felt that the end of a closed beta test is a “close approximation of an end times scenario…[that can] shed light on human behavior in general under such conditions”.

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– Player Behavior Helps Predict Behavior for IRL End of Times

Researchers have used the culmination of the ArcheAge beta test as a predictor of a real world equivalent to a catastrophic end time scenario. The study analyzed over 270 million records of AA player behavior in something called the mapping principle. The team felt that the end of a closed beta test is a “close approximation of an end times scenario…[that can] shed light on human behavior in general under such conditions”.

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Overwatch – Jeff Kaplan Dampens Hope for a Switch Version

Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan is pouring cold water on a Nintendo Switch version of the game. Speaking on Reddit, Kaplan wrote on Reddit, “I’m loving the Switch! My second favorite gaming platform of all time is the 3DS. Getting OW on the Switch is very challenging for us. But we’re always open minded about exploring possible platforms.”

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– PAX Australia 2017 Tickets Now On Sale

PAX fans in Australia had best get on the stick with the opening of ticket sales for the event currently slated for October 27-29, 2017 in Melbourne. Early Bird tickets are on sale for $5 AUD off the normal price. One day tickets with the discount are $65 AUD, while all three days costs $165 AUD.

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– PAX East 2017 – Rend Wants to Make Survival Suck Less

Frostkeep Studios is a crew based in Irvine, California, composed of quite a few MMO industry veterans. Their first project, Rend is a survival game, but with a heavy helping of MMO features, in an ambitious attempt to create something new and exciting in the industry. They want to make a survival game without the suck.