Paladins: Champions of the Realm – Latest Beta Update Brings Battlegrounds to Champions

The latest beta patch has been deployed to Paladins to bring the new Battlegrounds feature to the game. Hi-Rez announced its take on the battle royale genre last month during its fan festival. During a Battlegrounds match, up to 100 players are dropped onto a massive map in a fight to the finish. However, Hi-Rez has added some unique twists to its version of battle royale to set it apart from others.

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen – Visionary Realms Wants to Know Where You Draw the Line on RMT, F2P & More

The Visionary Realms team has a new post on the Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen forum to assess the community’s thoughts about a wide range of topics. Called “Where Do You Draw the Line?”, the topic asks players what their thoughts are on season passes, DLC, subscriptions, F2P, B2P, P2P, expansions, early access, microtransactions, and cash shops. The bottom line is “what is your preferred method to pay for an MMORPG?”

TERA – Human Male Brawler to Enter the Game in Counterpunch Update

En Masse Entertainment has announced that the human male Brawler will be blasting his way into TERA with the Counterpunch update on March 13th. He joins the human female Brawler for “equal-opportunity ass-kicking”. In addition to the male Brawler, players will also find a re-tuned normal and hard mode Ruinous Manor dungeon will make a comeback and the new battlegrounds leaderboard will be deployed.

Fortnite – 12-Year-Old YouTuber ‘Swatted’ After Spike in Channel Followers

A 12-year-old Fortnite YouTube streamer has been the victim of a recent “swatting” event after his channel followers spiked in a very short period of time. According to PCGameN, the boy, “Varady”, was playing a match with Cizzorz, another YTer with over 800k subscribers. Cizzorz sent his fans to Varady’s channel which raised the latter’s numbers from about 400 followers to over 85k. Apparently this didn’t sit well with some folks who called local police to initiate a “swatting”.

Destiny 2 – Bungie Pushes Equipment Mod Revamp & Nightfall Strike Perks Back

In a new blog post on the Destiny 2 / Bungie blog, Game Director Christopher Barrett lets players know that the development roadmap has been adjusted to push several features back. This includes adjustments to the Nightfall Strike perks and the equipment mod overhaul. Both were slated to arrive in game by May 2018, but Barrett feels the team wants to ensure each feature meets “a sufficiently high quality bar” and that artists are given the “extra time to make things super…cool”.