Ashes of Creation – Nearly 3-Minutes of Alpha Game Play Goodness

The Ashes of Creation team has released a new trailer called “A Mage’s Life” that expands on the one released earlier this month. It is taken during pre-alpha and shows a female mage character working through the world, applying abilities via interface and using them as well. In addition, you get a look at some of the creatures that inhabit the world as well as a warrior character that accompanies her.

Ashes of Creation – Nearly 3-Minutes of Alpha Game Play Goodness

The Ashes of Creation team has released a new trailer called “A Mage’s Life” that expands on the one released earlier this month. It is taken during pre-alpha and shows a female mage character working through the world, applying abilities via interface and using them as well. In addition, you get a look at some of the creatures that inhabit the world as well as a warrior character that accompanies her.

– Ship of Heroes – Superheroic Combat Sneak Peek

The Ship of Heroes guys are moving along with production pretty rapidly these days, and asked us to share with you a quick look at the game’s work-in-progress combat. We’ve already seen character creation, so this shows the game in action at an early stage. Readon for the video and an interview with the team about how SoH will hold up to City of Heroes.

– Five Things to Look for at GDC 2017

For those of you in the game industry, GDC or Game Developers Conference in San Francisco marks a yearly crusade for new developers, highlighted speeches, and business meetings. If you are breaking into the industry, it is a great place to make connections. If you are an accomplished developer, perhaps it is your chance to give back and advise some of the younger generation on design.

Tree of Savior – Nexon Makes ‘Strategic Investment’ in IMC Games

Nexon has announced that Nexon Korea has made a “strategic investment” in IMC Games, creators of both Tree of Savior and Granada Espada. This investment provides the opportunity for Nexon to assist IMC with continued development of Tree of Savior and to see the launch of Tree of Savior: Mobile Relaunch come to fruition in the coming months.

– Valkyrie Blade VR Coming From Bluehole in First Half 2017

Bluehole Studios and Kim Ji-Hon are hard at work on a new virtual reality title called Valkyrie Blade. The game is an first person fantasy RPG that is being natively developed for the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive and is further anticipated to be headed to Steam sometime in the first six months of 2017.

Rift – Next Patch Delayed Until March 29th

The Rift site has been updated with a short note to let players know that update 4.1: Forged in Flame has been delayed until March 29th. Developers cited the need to “invest a few more weeks” into both internal and PTS testing. As a result, Carnival of the Ascended is also delayed until after the deployment of 4.1, hopefully, March 30th.