Camelot Unchained – Informative Document Series Reveals ‘Overview of Beta 1’

As Camelot Unchained motors towards beta testing (YAY!), the CSE team wants players, fans and backers to understand the driving forces present in the first round of testing. To that end, a lengthy, informative document has been prepared that currently contains fourteen chapters (two of which are not viewable by backers, but are for CSE only). Each chapter delves into various systems and features such as character creation, crafting and more.

Final Fantasy XIV – The Legend Returns Preview

FFXIV’s annual 14-hour anniversary stream was last week, and with it came a deluge of information about the game’s past, present and future. We learned that the team is considering adding Blitzball or Snowboarding to the Gold Saucer. Yoshida, enjoying a glass of wine, seemed to agree to re-enable the Yo-Kai Watch event on a whim. And it was confirmed that Patch 4.1 — titled ‘The Legend Returns’ — is scheduled to come out early October. (Beware: Minor spoilers ahead.)

Crowfall – Looking Ahead & Learning from the Past

In 2008 the MMORPG world was graced with Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. Like Crowfall, WAR had been highly anticipated prior to release and was offering up some very innovative ideas, many of which were highlighted in charismatic updates by Paul Barnett. Being a spiritual successor to Dark Age of Camelot, WAR was often spoken of with elation among members of the DAoC playerbase who saw it as an opportunity to reinvent the revolutionary systems of its antiquated predecessor.

Wild Terra – Wild Terra Steam Key Sweepstakes!

MMORPG.com has been given a very limited number of keys for Wild Terra. These will give you full access to the game on Steam for free! This is a $14.99 value and once these keys are gone there will be no more so you better act fast! This sweepstakes will run from September 8 @ 1:00 EDT to Sept 13 @ 9:00PM EDT. The more days you login to MMORPG.com during this sweeps the better your odds of winning. Enter now!

– Valnir Rock Closed Alpha 3 Begins Today

From today through Monday, September 11th, the third closed alpha event will begin for Viking-themed survival game, Valnir Rok. Any players who registered for alpha testing will be able to check out new features added including the bounty feature and the divine retribution system.

– Monster Hunter World PAX West Hands On Preview

Monster Hunter World is looking to position itself as a more approachable version of the game while still maintaining what hardcore fans have to come to love and expect from the series. And while at PAX I got to experience that accessibility first hand in the form of a brief hands-on demo.