Month: April 2019

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Help Stress Test Final Fantasy XIV Servers Using the New World Visit System

Square Enix is looking for eager Final Fantasy XIV players to help them test the upcoming World Visit system once it goes live. The test is designed to stress test servers in preparation for the launch of the Shadowbringers expansion. Players are asked to join the “large-scale FATE “A Horse Outside” [that] will spawn at specific times”. There will be a system wide announcement when the FATE has spawned so players can join up.

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Welcome Back to Guild Wars 2 Rolls Up with Week 5 & ‘All or Nothing’ for Free

Guild Wars 2 is rolling back into its fifth Welcome Back week, this time offering Living World Season 4: Episode 5 – All or Nothing. This episode brings players new story content and opportunities to explore Thunderhead Peaks, a dwarven fortress from the original Guild Wars. Players can claim the free episode if they own the Path of Fire expansion from April 23rd to April 29th.

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World of Warcraft: A Look at the Heart of Azeroth 8.2 System

With the release of a ton of information about World of Warcraft Patch 8.2 recently and it being on the PTR now we can finally look at how the new Azerite system will work. Today we’ll take a look at how the system works so far and how it may help or hurt the issues we are currently facing.

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Neverwinter Devs Reveal the Design of the Mad Mage from Undermountain

Halaster Blackcloak, the Mad Mage, is the architect of the magic-infused Undermountain lair. Every room and hallway has been imbued with his magic and those traveling its subterranean hallways will occasionally run into him as he roams in his domain. In a new dev blog, Lead Character Artist Jonathan Nascone writes about how Blackcloak’s attire and animations were designed to give him the lonely hermit appearance that will be seen when Undermountain launches.

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Bowman’s Star Trek Online Corner: Mirror of Discovery Edition

When there are signals coming from a planet in the galaxy who are you going to call to investigate it? In my case Captain Shinzor, a level 65 Tactical Captain. I traveled to a planet you all should know by now, Pahvo. The same mysterious planet that we see live in Star Trek: Discovery, is subject to some strange readings emanating from an Ion Storm in space. What is this the new Star Trek from JJ Abrams? No, it’s something worse.

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Elite Dangerous to Receive April Patch with Updated Commander Creation & More

Elite: Dangerous servers will be taken offline on April 23rd for “approximately six hours, though the time could run over” to bring the April Update to commanders everywhere. Players can look forward to improvements across an array of features including the Main Menu and Commander Creation. New features include the Pilots’ Federation District, a new “regulated area” designed for new commanders. New modules are also being added as well as improvements in other, smaller, areas.

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Heroes of the Storm Seems to be Teasing the Long-Rumored Arrival of Anduin Wrynn

The Heroes of the Storm Twitter seems to be teasing the next hero with a new image posted yesterday. One of the most widely rumored heroes players have been expecting is Anduin Wrynn from World of Warcraft. The image seems to show Shalamayne, once the sword of Anduin’s father, Varian. After Varian’s death in WoW, the sword passed to Anduin. During a cinematic video for Battle for Azeroth, the light at the center of the sword changed from red to a golden one.