Interested in becoming a closed beta tester for Kritika Online? If so, today’s your lucky day as the site has been updated with a join form. You’ll need to sign in with your account (or create one) in order to register for a chance to be selected for Kritika’s upcoming CBT.
Guild Wars 2 – The Pros and Cons of a DPS Meter
For a long time, third party programs in Guild Wars 2 have been taboo of sort, with anything that reads the game’s memory being a straight up ban for anyone who uses it. Overlays, and some helpful add ons have been around for a while to make life easier, but the biggest place this hit was in trying to measure DPS. Recently, ArenaNet have made an exception in this case, allowing DPS meters to be a part of the game.
Diablo 3 – Practically Perfect Primal Ancient Gear Arrives in Update
Diablo 3 players who have reached the apex of their gear progression have new reasons to check into the game thanks to today’s v2.5.0 update. Primal Ancient gear is for anyone who has passed their Season Journey and collected the best items they can. This new tier of items can exceed even the most dedicated gear hunter’s dreams.
Conan Exiles – PAX East 2017 – Survival Tips & the Plan Ahead
This week at PAX East we got the chance to catch up with the Conan Exiles team. It is great to see the Conan franchise back in video games and Funcom has done a solid job combining survival elements into the open world format. Rough and brutal as always, the game pulls no punches. We spoke with Oscar Lopez Lacalle about the state of the game and some upcoming changes. He also shared some survival tips with us, if you are like me, your first few runs did not go very far.
Elder Scrolls Online – Just Joking Around During the Jester’s Festival
Tamriel’s citizens will have an opportunity to stand up and take part in the Jester’s Festival in Elder Scrolls Online. The event will kick off for wise-crackers on March 23rd and runs through April 4th. Special pavilions have been set up in Ebonheart, Vulkhel Guard and Daggerfall where jesters posing as faction leaders will assign one zany task to complete each day.
Lord of the Rings Online – Update 20 Takes Players Into Sauron’s Backyard
Lord of the Rings Online players are literally in Sauron’s backyard after today’s Update 20 release. Battle of the Black Gate adds ninety brand new quests in three big zones: Noman-lands, Dagorlad and the Slag-hills. The journey begins at the Camp of the Host and leads to Volume IV, Book 8 and the Battle of the Black Gate.
– Ship of Heroes Exclusive Dev Diary – ‘EYES’ On Development
In developing a game, often the little details make an enormous difference. Today we want to show some of the options players will have for selecting eyes for their characters in Ship of Heroes. After all, the eyes are the window to the soul.
Diablo 3 – Console Players to Join Seasonal Play Starting March 31st
Blizzard has published a handy-dandy guide to Diablo 3 seasons for the console crowd. Console seasonal play will kick off on Friday, March 31st at 5:00 pm Pacific / 8:00 pm Eastern.
– PAX East 2017 – Blade & Soul and MXM
We had a chance to speak to the NC Soft guys at this year’s PAX East, they had a lot to say about their latest plans for Blade and Soul and also their new MOBA-ish game MXM. Let’s start with upcoming changes to BnS.
Blade & Soul – Secret of the Stratus Expansion Marks a Shift in Dev Cycle
NCSoft is making a shift in the pace of development on Blade & Soul with the April 12th release of Secret of the Stratus expansion. Beginning here, the team will be making larger, more ambitious updates on a somewhat slower schedule than before. The shift is to give players adequate time to play through new content, something Secret of the Stratus embodies.