Cooler Master has unveiled a pair of new gaming mice, each with a specific type of user in mind. The MM530 is for those who prefer to grip the mouse using their palm. The MM520 is more for those who use “claw grips”. These two join the ambidextrous mouse and give players a chance to “play your way” by customizing their experience down to the preferred mouse grip style.
Trove – Today?s Eclipse Update is a Doozy
TROVE is the colorful, carefree, but feature-packed MMORPG that keeps on getting bigger. Trion Worlds today launches the Eclipse update, a day later than that other Eclipse. We were fortunate enough to run through a demo of the content on deck, and bring you this report today as the patch goes live on servers.
– Roccat Takes ‘Intelligent RGB Lighting’ to Gamescom
The Roccat team is on hand during this week’s Gamescom with a pair of new peripherals that redefine RGB illumination. Both the Kone AIMO mouse and the Horde AIMO membrane keyboard are making their debut at the convention with both available for purchase later in 2017.
World of Warcraft – 7.3 Patch to be the ‘Last Significant Update’ for Legion
The timeline for a WoW expansion reveal at this year’s Blizzcon is looking better and better. Speaking to PCGamesN during Blizzcon, World of Warcraft Game Director Ion Hazzikostas said that the 7.3 update for Legion is the “last major content patch” of the expansion. That doesn’t, however, mean it’s the end of updates for Legion and updates that will help bridge the gap between it and the next expansion.
Grand Theft Auto Online – A New Vehicle, Double Payouts & Discounts Galore
If you’re a fan of Grand Theft Auto Online, you’re definitely going to want to check in the latest Steam update that includes the new Ocelot Ardent muscle car, some sweet double payouts and bonuses running from now through August 28th, a big discount on Executive Offices and the Smoke Tree Road Bunker and news about the next Premium Race & Time Trials.
Gigantic – Motiga Unveils New Map Called Wizard Woods
Perfect World and Motiga are on hand at this week’s Gamescom to reveal a new map called Wizard Woods coming to Gigantic soon. As the name implies, screen show off a forested area, starter locations and some of the ‘lanes’ in between. Check them all out after the jump.
– Smilegate Stops SkySaga: Infinite Islands Development
It looks like developer Radiant Worlds is in for a massive round of layoffs after publisher Smilegate Entertainment made the decision to stop development of SkySaga: Infinite Isles for an indeterminate amount of time. Radiant Worlds clarified that the failure to renew the contract with Smilegate causing the inevitable shutdown of production on SkySaga. “All positions at Radiant Worlds are now under threat and we expect to shortly enter a period of consultation with all staff.”
Dual Universe – Checking in with Novaquark?s Ambitious Space Sandbox
Since its successful Kickstarter, Novaquark has been hard at work on bringing their epic sandbox MMO Dual Universe to life. The single-shard massive universe is a huge undertaking, and we caught up with Jean Christophe-Baillie, Founder of Novaquark to see how far along they are and what’s coming next.
Star Wars: The Old Republic – Crisis on Umbara Launch Delayed Due to Critical Bug
Eric Musco has informed Star Wars: The Old Republic players that today’s launch of Update 5.4: Crisis on Umbara has been delayed by 24-hours. Apparently, a critical bug cropped up in the Crisis on Umbara Flashpoint. To give the team time to squash the nasty critter, the update has been delayed until Wednesday.
Dauntless – First Look and Weapon Overview
I’ve been looking forward to Dauntless for a long time. it’s only a matter of time before a PvE game comes along and does to MMO instanced PvE what MOBAs did to MMO instanced PvP: boil off the excess baggage and present a tight, focused experience that’s a lot easier to get right than a game that’s trying to accomplish a myriad of competing design objectives at once. Dauntless and games of its kin appear to be just that.