The latest Palia dev update promises something festive and snowy, with details on the seasonal changes you’ll find in the game, a new event, a peek at new content in development and the ability to celebrate and throw snowballs.
New World Temporarily Disables Abilities to Prevent Crashes After Patching Combat Bugs and Exploits
The New World team has temporarily disabled some abilities to address some crashes after this week’s patch, which aimed to patch out some exploits and tweak combat.
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen Getting NDA-Free Content Creator Week, and New Updates Detailed
With Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen dropping its controversial 247 test mode, the Visionary Realms team is back on track. In the just-released November Producer’s Letter, they cover development updates, recapping the month’s changes, and announcing an upcoming NDA-free event that will enable more peeks into the game next month.
World of Warcraft Trading Post Offers Seasonal Colors, Pets, a Mount, and Class Sets in December
December’s World of Warcraft Trading Post goodies are almost here. Blizzard has revealed all the new items you can spend your Trader’s Tender on next month, including the third month of new class armor and weapon sets, and a baby moose pet for the season.
Creative Assembly to Refocus on RTS, After Sega Report Pins Hyenas Cancellation on Studio Mismatch
Sega has a new financial report that, like so many companies in the industry, discusses layoffs and project cancellations. Creative Assembly, as noted in the report, saw in-development FPS FPS Hyenas canceled in large part over concerns that the team wasn’t up to running a live service FPS long-term.Â
Nightingale Will Hold a Server Stress Test Early Next Year, Before February Early Access Launch
Nightingale will get a big server stress test in "early 2024" in order to prepare for the Early Access launch in February.Â
MapleStory New Age Update is Here, With Major Changes, But Not Those Controversial Progression Caps
MapleStory’s New Age update is here, with the 6th Job advancement, progression changes intended to help newer and more casual players, and a slate of other major changes.
Frontier Developments to Refocus on Sims After Diversifying Offerings Fell Short, Will Support Elite Dangerous
Frontier Developments is going back to its roots, declaring the company will return to focusing on sims, which brought the company its original string of successes. This comes after efforts to diversify the studio’s offerings were not as successful as they hoped.
Mortal Online 2’s Massive Unreal Engine 5 Update is Here, Along With New High Risk, High Reward Zones
Mortal Online 2 is now running on Unreal Engine 5 and has ushered in its version 2.0.0. The upgrade isn’t just visual, as the team had to rebuild and repair the game world during the process, but the team is optimistic.
Guild Wars 2 Opens Expanded Weapon Proficiency Beta Today
Guild Wars 2’s Expanded Weapon Proficiency beta is now open, letting all testers get a taste of upcoming additional build options like pistol Elementalist, or sword Necromancer.