Elite: Dangerous PC players can now check out the beta for v2.2. Players with beta access will be able to participate in fighter-ship battles, ferry others around on passenger missions in the Beluga liner, check out the new station interiors and use the improved route planner and much more.
Destiny – Rise of Iron Expansion Arrives, Servers Packed
It appears that the Destiny juggernaut is continuing with today’s release of the Rise of Iron expansion, enough so that servers are overburdened and players are reporting they are being put into queues on logging in.
Moonlight Blade Fan-Created Story Cinematic Released
YouTube’s SaitoVidz has released a fan-created story cinematic trailer for Moonlight Blade Online that tracks the Zhen Wu story. SaitoVidz provided all the voice work for the game that is currently not available in the West, though is likely to make it this direction with TenCent behind its publication. Check it out and see what you think!
Shards Online – Priming for Alpha with New Content & Alpha Preview Weekend
As Shards Online nears the commencement of the Alpha phase of development, the team is ready to update the pre-alpha with Release 5 that bring a number of new systems into the game that pave the way for the milestone alpha launch in the near future.
Age of Wushu 2 – First Screens Using Unreal Engine 4
Snail Games has released a trio of amazing screenshots from its forthcoming title Age of Wushu 2. The game is being created using the Unreal Engine 4 and the detail in the screens is amazing. Check them out and let us know what you think!
Curt Schilling Et Al to Settle Part of 38 Studios Lawsuit
Curt Schilling, three other defendants and Starr Indemnity & Liability Co. have agreed to “participate” in their part of a $2.5M settlement filed by the State of Rhode Island . The settlement will still need court approval. The lawsuit was filed after 38 Studios failed to make a $1.1M interest payment and subsequently declared bankruptcy a month later. According to the published report, Rhode Island has recouped approximately $45M of the $75M in bonds issued at the time of the loan.
Does Amazon’s Twitch Channel Name Reveal It’s New Title?
The name of the Amazon Game Studios’ Twitch.tv channel has undergone a change that may hint at one of the titles of the games set to be announced later this week. The channel is now known as “Play Breakaway”. We don’t know another thing, but it sure can lead to speculation!
Adventure Quest 3D – A First Look at Shadowskull Tower and Mogloween 2016
Next month, Adventure Quest 3D will drop on Steam, iOS, and Android as a truly cross-platform 3D MMORPG. You’ll be able to play at your desktop, move to your tablet, and take AQ3D with you on your phone anywhere you go. We recently chatted with the Artix Entertainment team, and Artix himself Adam Bohn, about the game and played their newly revealed dungeon: Shadowskull Tower.
Could MMOs Benefit from Less Scope?
“All I want is a focused experience”, said one of my friends. We were chatting about massively multiplayer games and the scope of the genre. Seemingly and in recent years that scope of has grown to the point where developers want to include everything. Take Guild Wars 2 as a prime example, it has dungeons, raids, fractals, structured PvP, World versus World, open world events, living world and seasonal events.
Guardians of Ember – Early Access to Begin in the Second Half of October
The Guardians of Ember Steam page has been updated with the news that Early Access will be ready to launch by the latter half of October. This is a slight delay but the team needed a bit more time to complete several internal tasks. In addition, the IndiGoGo campaign will also continue through October 10th and if a $20,000 funding goal is met, the Iron Man feature will make it into the game.