Join us Wednesday, January 11 at 12PM ET in our Conan Exiles subforum for an “Ask Me Anything” Q&A event with creative director Joel Bylos.
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft – Grab Suntan Oil – Winter Championships Headed to the Bahamas
The 2017 Hearthstone Championship Tour Winter Championship is heading to the islands, the Bahamas, in fact. The top four players from each region will take part from March 23-26, 2017.
Guild Wars 2 – The Decline of Build Diversity
In the last year, since the release of Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns with its elite specialisations and raids, as well as the increasing difficulty of Fractals of the Mist at higher levels to earn maximum rewards, classes have been forced to take on specific builds and roles to meet the demands of the game. This has carried through to all forms of the game, not just in PvE but also in both the player versus player environments.
– Epic’s Tim Sweeney Thinks Consoles Waning, VR On Rise
In an interview with Glixel, Epic Gaming’s Tim Sweeney has indicated that he believes that VR will be as widely accepted and used by the end of the next decade as smart phones are today. In addition, he believes that consoles are in a “significant” downturn given the lackluster sales over the past holiday season.
WildStar – Power of the Primal Matrix Preview Livestream
Last week, Carbine introduced WildStar players to the upcoming Primal Matrix, a way for max-level characters to continue to progress through the collection of Primal Essence. During a live stream event held on Friday, Jonathan Brown and Chad Moore previewed the Primal Matrix. If you didn’t have a chance to catch it live, the nearly hour-long event has been uploaded to YouTube.
Path of Exile – The Exiled Tribune – Looking Back Has Never Been So Fun
It’s always fun to look back at things as they were, to remember without the vaunted “rose-colored glasses” at how it used to be. In the spirit of the turn of the year, the Path of Exile team has taken players down a pretty fun walk down memory lane by showing off some of the game’s earliest moments in visuals and in patch notes. Come along and see what it’s all about.
– Guardians of Arcadia – A Nostalgic JRPG by JRPG Fans
Guardians of Arcadia is an indie JRPG being made by Fabula Epica, a group of JRPG fans creating a single-player RPG inspired by classic games of the 90s.
Conan Exiles – Stream #3: Building and Blowing Stuff Up
If you missed last week’s Conan Exiles live stream event, worry not! Here is the video of the stream so you can see for yourself the Building and Blowing Up Stuff part!
– Ship of Heroes Wants to Be Your Hero, Baby
Ship of Heroes is a new, but quickly progressing indie MMO from
Heroic Games, a studio founded on the idea that City of Heroes needs a true successor to fill its void in the MMORPG market. We spoke with CEO Casey McGeever about Ship of Heroes, what it’s all about, and how progress on development is being made.
Mass Effect: Andromeda – No Season Pass, Pre-Load Date Revealed, Framerate Hints
It seems that the Mass Effect: Andromeda team was busy over the weekend with a trio of interesting tidbits that include first information about framerates, when pre-loading of the game will take place and information about whether or not a season pass will be available.