As we head in to another exciting chapter of the Living World Season 3, it’s time to look at what we can expect from November 21st update, A Crack in the Ice. As most Guild Wars 2 players are already aware, this release will come with the next instalment of Tyria’s war against the Elder Dragons, and is expected to take us deep in to the frozen northlands where the icy breath of Jormag awaits us.
Robocraft – Fast And Formidable Expansion Launched
Freejam has announced that Robocraft has been expanded with the Fast And Formidable content update. Combat and progression have been completely reimagined and players have a brand new battle arena map on which to play.
Cyberpunk 2077 – A Way To Break The Medieval Mindset
During the recently held Golden Joystick Awards CD Projekt RED executive Producer John Mamais that as much as the team loves the Witcher series, they’re grateful to be working on Cyberpunk 2077 and consider it a breath of fresh air to move away from a medieval setting.
World of Warcraft – Legendary Drops Explained
Controversy has been swirling around World of Warcraft official forums about the random drop chance of legendaries in Legion. On the EU forum Community Manager Aerythlea took some time to clarify the “bad luck protection” that the development team has embedded into the game.
Rift – Compensation for Downtime During Starfall Prophecy Launch
Game Director for Rift, Chris Junior, recently took to the official Rift forums to announce some compensation initiatives for players currently being effected by the downtimes and crashing experienced with the 64-Bit client.
DarkFall: New Dawn – Devs Need Help To Break The Server
The Darkfall: New Dawn team is asking for players to come in to help break the servers and to try out the new spawn-scaling system. The game is open for anyone to join up from now through November 29th.
Heroes of the Storm – Post-Game Performance Notifications Now Live In Game
During Blizzcon, the Heroes of the Storm team revealed that more statistical data would be presented to the players in a forthcoming update. As of yesterday the post-game performance notification system has been released into HotS.
– War Rage Confirmed for Western Release
During G-Star 2016, NetEase confirmed that its ARPG / MMORTS, War Rage, is heading westward in late 2017. In the meantime, the game’s producer revealed some of the game’s features.
Blade & Soul – Gunslinger Named As 10th New Class For KR Version
During G-Star 2016 NCSoft revealed a pair of interesting items for the Korean version of Blade & Soul. Most notably a large update will be deployed which will bring the 10th class, Gunslinger, to the game. In addition NCSoft revealed that the Korean version, which has been pay-to-play will be going F2P beginning next month. The update will appear on the Korean servers on December 14th.
World of Warcraft – Controversial Class Design Addressed In Developer Response
The World of Warcraft PTR for Legion was recently updated with the v7.1.5 patch that is a work in progress. This particular patch is specifically designed around tuning classes and specs, with regards to mechanics, rotations, abilities, talent options, etc. The WoW forums have been alight with heated discussions about the sometimes massive changes perceived coming to many classes.