– Brightlocker Wants to Connect You to Your Games

Brightlocker is a new game development, game sharing, game funding, game streaming, game everything platform from a group of industry veterans based out of Austin Texas. What is it exactly? Try to imagine one service that connects the capabilities and functions of Kickstarter, Twitch, Social Media, and Private Forums all in one place. It’s a service that wants to connect players and devs in deeper ways than any before it, to let both work together to foster great games on a more tangible level.

World of Warcraft – Mythic Dungeon Invitational Proving Grounds Kicks Off

From today through the next two weeks, World of Warcraft mythic dungeon teams of 5-players can work to complete dungeons in record time to qualify for the finals and a share of $100k. Multiple dungeons will need to be completed during the 2-week event. Blizzard will judge performance across each team’s top five dungeon times in order to select teams for inclusion in the Invitational.

Dark and Light – Global Mobile Version ‘Tales of Gaia’ Announced

Snail Games announced late last year that it was working on a mobile version of Dark & Light, but had only confirmed the Chinese version. However, it is now confirmed as a global mobile MMO that is “coming soon”. The game’s Facebook page has been quite active over the past month, revealing mounts, classes and more. On July 17th, the game finished its “Test Flight” with several key issues identified and addressed. The Android closed beta is scheduled to begin “soon”.