This past week I have gotten addicted to Northgard. The Viking RTS where you expand your village and build out your raiders in a fun graphical setting. Made by the team behind Evoland, one of the most innovative mobile RPG games on the market right now, Northgard is a throwback to resource management RTS games with a fantastic Viking twist.
Torment: Tides of Numenera – Launch Trailer Celebrates Worldwide Release Day
inXile and Techland are celebrating the worldwide release of Torment: Tides of Numenera with a brand new trailer. The game went live for XBox One, PlayStation 4 and PC earlier today. The trailer sets the stage for Torment by giving viewers an introduction to the game’s premise and a look at some of its most notable features.
Revelation Online – Early Access Has Kicked Off for Founder Pack Owners
Yesterday marked a seminal day for My.com and Revelation Online with the start of Early Access for Founder Pack owners. These players are getting a week’s head start prior to the commencement of the open beta currently scheduled for March 6th.
Final Fantasy XIV – Latest Patch Lets You Build Relationships with Eorzea’s NPCs
The latest Final Fantasy XIV patch has been deployed that brings a number of interesting content additions. One of the coolest is the ability for players to participate in “custom deliveries” that ultimately allow them to “build better relationships with the people of Eorzea”.
Wild Terra – Investing in Your Fame – New Feature Coming Soon
Wild Terra players will soon be able to curry fame throughout the game world with the introduction of a new system to track specially assigned points. Players accrue fame through killing creatures as well as other players. The higher the fame level, the more fame is gained through that player’s murder.
Guild Wars 2 – A Struggle for Balance
This week, Guild Wars 2 has seen one of the biggest balance changes in recent history. Although not quite on the same level as some predicted, the patch came with some pretty significant changes to many of the classes, with both meta and non meta build being shifted around. The implications of the patch are fairly far reaching, with a fairly shake up to the high end raiding meta composition and also some significant buffs that are having a devastating impact in the World versus World scene.
Torment: Tides of Numenera – A Worthy Successor to PlaneScape & Then Some
While several well-known cRPGs have been released over the preceding few years, none has bigger shoes to fill than Torment: Tides of Numenera. As the spiritual successor to the much acclaimed Planescape: Torment, fans will come flocking to the title for nostalgia’s sake. They will be rewarded with an experience that feels familiar and yet completely new in a genre that has been brought forward to a new generation.
ARK: Survival Evolved – Next TEK Centered Update to Bring Fortifications & New Dinos
The next ARK: Survival Evolved update will be bringing a number of defensive TEK components into the game. These are designed to provide protection from players with TEK-specc’d dinos who have been wreaking havoc since the new more futuristic system was released. Players will be able to enhance buildings with TEK forcefields that can be adjusted to fit the particular structural organization of a home or enclave. It provides resistance to attack and keeps out non-home members as well.
ARK: Survival Evolved – TEK Centered Update Brings Fortifications & New Critters
The latest ARK: Survival Evolved update brought a number of defensive TEK components into the game. These are designed to provide protection from players with TEK-specc’d dinos who have been wreaking havoc since the new more futuristic system was released earlier this year. Players can enhance buildings with TEK forcefields that can be adjusted to fit the particular structural organization of a home or enclave. It provides resistance to attack and keeps out non-home members as well.
Overwatch – Latest Efi Oladele Teaser Fans Flames of Speculation
The latest Overwatch character teaser is out, this time a “to do” list written by 11-year-old Efi Oladele. The list specifies a number of items she wants to collect including a “UR-15 Chassis” and a “fusion driver”. What it all means is anybody’s guess but it builds on last week’s revelations that the Doomfist was stolen from Numbani.