The weekly Project Genom newsletter has been posted with information about the latest updates to the PTS as well as the current game world projects underway. According to the letter, development “goes on without delays”. In addition, devs thank the community for input and interesting ideas moving forward.
Destiny 2 – Party Hearty with Rockstar Energy Drinks & Pop-Tarts
Activision Blizzard has announced a rather interesting pair of new partners ready to help gamers with the launch of Destiny 2. Both Rockstar Energy Drinks and Pop-Tarts are going to feature custom packaging and in-game offers for fans.
– WD Blue 3D NAND SSD: WD Goes 3D
Western Digital is one of the world’s most well known storage manufacturers. Over the years, they’ve developed a reputation for developing hard drives that not only perform well but offer one of the most competitive dollar-to-gigabyte ratios in the market. As the world of solid state drives has shifted to 3D memory cell technology, consumers have waited to see what WD would bring to the table. Now we have it.
Gigantic – Join the Community to Unlock Mozu’s Solar Flair Skin
For the next week, Gigantic players are going to try to dish out 2.1 billion damage in games to unlock Mozu’s Solar Flair skin. Each day, Gigantic will update the community on its progress to that astronomical number!
Gigantic – Join the Community to Unlock Mozu’s Solar Flair Skin
For the next week, Gigantic players are going to try to dish out 2.1 billion damage in games to unlock Mozu’s Solar Flair skin. Each day, Gigantic will update the community on its progress to that astronomical number!
Grim Dawn – Expansion Finally Named – Ashes of Malmouth
Crate has finally announced the name of the Grim Dawn expansion. The expansion is called “Ashes of Malmouth” and, while there is no release date, developers did say it is “fast approaching”. Malmouth is a ruined city, one of the first to fall during the cataclysmic events of Grim Dawn.
Path of Exile – The Fall of Oriath Launches!
This week was a big one for Path of Exile with the launch of the highly anticipated “The Fall of Oriath” expansion. Up to now, GGG has been pretty quiet while in “crunch mode” leading up to launch but devs have returned to the forums with new information about the Harbinger challenges and rewards, a new manifesto, the Oriath patch notes, a new mystery box and more. The community’s in there as well with some great video guides that you definitely don’t want to miss.
Albion Online – Weekend DDoS & ‘Ransom’ Attack Shuts Down Servers
Albion Online players hoping for some relaxing action this weekend were frustrated by a series of DDoS attacks on the game’s servers and, according to devs, even included a ransom demand from the perpetrators. The attacks resulted in widespread disconnects and even server outages throughout the weekend that appear to have been solved as of today.
– NCSoft Mobile Revenue Soars, PC Games Tumble
NCSoft has published its Q2 2017 earnings report that shows a huge increase in mobile games revenue and a fairly significant across-the-board drop in revenue generation for PC games. Lineage M is the juggernaut that drove profits up by approximately 8%, an increase both year over year and quarter over quarter.
Guild Wars 2 – ‘Path of Fire is All About Content’ – Our Interview with Mike Zadorojny
Last week, ArenaNet unveiled the next expansion to Guild Wars 2. Called Path of Fire, the expansion is “all about content”. We had the opportunity to submit a number of questions to ArenaNet’s Mike Zadorojny to learn more about the expansion, bringing returning players back to Tyria and much more.