Arkane Studios released their latest action RPG, Prey, last week and it’s already on shaky ground. Despite critical favor and a whole lot of positive word of mouth, we might be witnessing the biggest failure of Bethesda marketing in some time. This week in the RPG Files, we’re going to look beyond Metacritic and what our gaming friends are saying. Although according to Google Trends, they’re not saying much of anything.
World of Warcraft – The Birth of a Legend – LEEROY JENKINS & 12 Years of Yolo
It’s hard to believe that twelve years have passed since the birth of the World of Warcraft legend that is LEEROY JENKINS! The yolo moment that wiped a raid has been in circulation nearly as long and, in remembrance of the moment, we bring you the full audio and video masterpiece from one historic moment in WoW.
– Wild West Online – Rootin’ Tootin’ Open World PvP
Many fans on the Grand Theft Auto forum were hoping that a leaked image showing a cowboy hat wearing dude was a teaser for Red Dead Redemption 2. While not from that game, the image comes as great news for MMO fans in the form of Wild West Online, an open world PvP extravaganza being built for PC. Developers of WWO have plans to reveal much, much more about the game in about two weeks when they will bring their project to a $250k KickStarter.
Conan Exiles – Traps, Easier Mod-Making & Placeables in Latest Update
The latest Conan Exiles update has been deployed that bring a trio of neat things into the game including traps, easier-to-make mods and a bundle of new placeables.
– ASUS Republic of Gamers STRIX AMD RX580 Review
To say that I am impressed with the power of ASUS’ AMD RX580 is an understatement. I’ve long been an NVIDIA-based PC gamer, but there was a time back in the AGP days where ATI (AMD) could do no wrong for me. On the verge of the Vega cards coming out this year, one would think the $279 RX580 wouldn’t perform so well, since it’s basically on par with NVIDIA’s 1060 line of cards. But that’s the rub…
– Ship of Heroes Development Continues: Check Out New Video About Mission Maps
The Ship of Heroes team is back with another in a series of videos designed to introduce fans to the main features of the game. In this seventh video in the series, viewers get a look at mission maps in instanced content both for above and below ground locations.
Elder Scrolls Online – Lies, Deceit, Treachery – Part of the Great Houses of Morrowind
A brand new Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind trailer has been released to explore the uneasy co-existence between the Great Houses as well as Morag Tong as it keeps the balance in order through strategic assassination.
– KickStarter Games that Begin with C
This week Tim Eisen hops around the crowd funded PVP universe as he covers the games that start with a C, Crowfall, Camelot Unchained and Chronicles of Elyria.
Overwatch – Is the Price of Professional Franchise Gaming Too High?
Blizzard is investing itself heavily in eSports with the recent announcement of a dedicated division called Major League Gaming (purchased in 2015) that will oversee the Overwatch League and World Cup. Franchise costs reportedly are in the $20M range causing many professional eSports teams to disband their Overwatch divisions. By comparison, League of Legends Championship Series sports a $1.8M price tag.
Lineage Eternal: Twilight Resistance – NCSoft Shuffles Development as Company Profits Tumble
After the Lineage Eternal closed beta test in late 2016, NCSoft management revealed that the game “did not reflect NCSoft’s characteristics”. As a result, NCS announced that a new development team is being put into place and that a new development plan is being devised.