Blizzard is preparing Hearthstone players for the Journey to Un’Goro expansion set for release in April. As part of the expansion’s lore, a character named Professor George Herbert Doyle IV will be starring in a “short-form” web series, the first episode of which debuted earlier today. It was preceded by a text-based lore article of several of the good professor’s journal pages.
World of Warcraft – Bone Up On Your Azerothian History in Chronicle Volume 2
For World of Warcraft players who love the lore and “history” of Azeroth, today is a good day with the release of World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 2. These two volumes provide the backstory and lore behind WoW. Volume 2 gives more information about the history of Draenor, the First and Second Wars, the Gorian Empire, Apexis Arrakoa and much more. In addition, iconic characters including Aegwynn, Medivh, Khadgar, Garona and Deathwing are part of the book.
– Ship of Heroes – Remembering the Torch Video Tribute to CoH
The Ship of Heroes team took to the network airwaves to create a new video called Remembering the Torch, a tribute to City of Heroes. A team of developers go together to test out networking capabilities with each logging in from a different state on a rented server. That’s a pretty impressive feat for a game that is pre-KickStarter.
– 11th Annual BlizzCon Dated, Ticket Prices Revealed
Blizzcon 2017 has been dated for November 3-4, 2017. This is the eleventh annual convention to celebrate all of Blizzard’s games. Ticket will run $199 that includes access to the entire event. The first sales date is marked for April 5th at 7:00 pm Pacific / 10:00 pm Eastern. The second event will be on April 8th at 10:00 am Pacific / 1:00 pm Eastern.
– PAX East 2017 – Hand of Fate 2 Ups the Ante on the Original
Hand of Fate 2 is coming along nicely from our last sit down with the game at PAX Prime. The team continues to build out encounters and create a solid mix of card game strategy with action RPG encounters. This hybrid makes for some great player choices.
Paladins: Champions of the Realm – Console Closed Beta Key Giveaway!
MMORPG.com has been given loads of beta keys for the console versions of Paladins! Get your key now for XBox One or PS4 and get in the game! Don’t miss this exciting team based shooter with deep character development and card collections. Get your key now!
Paladins: Champions of the Realm – Console Closed Beta Testing Begins
Hi-Rez Studios has announced that the Paladins closed beta test for both PlayStation 4 and XBox One has officially kicked off. The console CBT allows players to try out all of the content through Season 1 patch including twenty-two champions, champion customization, 3v3 (Siege, Payload and Survival), cooperative challenge mode and competitive ranked mode.
World of Warcraft – Cathedral of Night Previewed + Itemization Q&A
The World of Warcraft community site has been updated with a pair of news items of interest to players and fans. The first is a dungeon preview for the Cathedral of Night that will be arriving with the 7.2 update. The second is the news of the next WoW developer Q&A.
Overwatch – New Tanky Orissa to Go Live on March 21st
Blizzard has released a new Overwatch hero preview for Orissa. In addition, it was revealed that she will be coming off of the PTS and into the live game on March 21st. This means PC, PlayStation 4 and XBox One players will be able to see if Orissa is as formidable a tank as she has appeared to be during testing.
Trove – Console Versions Are a Go!
PlayStation 4 and XBox One players will be happy to hear that Trove has successfully exited beta testing and is now in full release. To celebrate, Trion has released a Getting Started video to help get newbs started in the game by introducing some of its console features including the new Inventory AI, Loot Collector and more.