During E3, Snail Games partnered with Nvidia to create a brand new Dark & Light video created using Ansel technology. With Ansel, players can literally take a screen, freeze time in game and apply filters, enhance the image and save it in a huge number of ways including panorama, wallpaper and “massive gigapixel” size.
Final Fantasy XIV – Bonuses for Joining New Worlds Prior to Stormblood Release
Players are being offered incentives to create characters on Omega, the new World on the Chaos data center. These are being offered to help more evenly populate the worlds and to avoid congestion to keep things more enjoyable.
Dauntless – Founder’s Alpha Dated + Content Creators Partner Program
The Dauntless site has been updated with a pair of exciting announcements. First, the Founder’s Alpha will officially begin on August 18th. Anyone owning a Founder-tier packs will have access. Additionally, the team is “Calling All Content Creators” to join the Dauntless Partner Program. Those who join up will be provided information about opportunities and other necessary information.
Guild Wars 2 – EXCLUSIVE: Talking to ArenaNet About Big PvP Changes
There’s a big PVP update coming to Heart of the Mists in Guild Wars 2’s next update. To further detail the changes, we were able to interview ArenaNet’s Benjamin Phongluangtham and Grant Gertz about the new envisioning of the PVP hub and what new rewards come with excelling in the game.
Anthem – Drew Karpyshyn Signs On with BioWare
Drew Karpyshyn has come “home” to work on BioWare’s coop title Anthem. He had formerly been with BioWare and worked on both the Mass Effect series and Knights of the Old Republic. He made the announcement via Twitter earlier today.
Black Desert Online – Growth of a Kamasylve Tree Event Begins with Today’s Update
Black Desert Online has been updated today through weekly maintenance. In addition to the usual updates to classes, items, quests, and monsters, the Growth of a Kamasylve Tree Event has been added.
Wizard101 – Your Reputation Precedes You
Whether we realize it or not, a game’s reputation greatly impacts whether we decide to try it or move along. Since Wizard101’s creation, it has been labeled by many as a “kid’s game.” Though the game is marketed as a “family game” and its playerbase consists of a wide range of players, it’s not hard to see why Wizard101 gets the kid’s game reputation. The pre-selected character names and a highly restrictive chat system are just two of the elements that usually clue people in.
– Durango – ‘I Always Dreamed of Dinosaurs…’
Nexon has released the full version of the Durango E3 2017 trailer. The trailer sets the stage with a dinosaur attacking a commuter train, literally bringing the narrator’s childhood dreams to life in a terrifying way.
SMITE – Available Day One on Xbox One X!
Hi-Rez has sent over a brand new video to show off SMITE and how it will look on Day 1 of the release of XBox One X.
Anthem – The Best Online Games of E3 2017
I’m not often impressed with E3, but this year’s show was pretty damn good. There were welcome surprises through the course of the event, from the return of beloved IPs to entirely new reveals. More interestingly, though, there was a pretty sizeable presence for online games. Not quite MMOs, but as close as we can get these days.